In feeding a patient with rabies, substantially the same plan is to be followed as that above described for tetanus. In some cases, however, even in the early stages, all efforts to swallow fluid food excite violent general convulsions. Osier suggests that this spasm may be lessened by application of cocaine to the throat, so that the patient can swallow. Failing this, nutrient enemata must be relied upon, but they also sometimes excite convulsions. In this case it is justifiable to produce primary anaesthesia with chloroform, and to seize the moment of temporary relaxation for feeding.