(From a wolf, and

a man), Lycanthropy; by the Arabians cutu-buth, from an animal which perpetually moves up and down on the surface of stagnant waters; by AEtius, cynanthro/iy, as well as lycanthropy. It is supposed to be the disorder with which the demoniac, mentioned in scripture, who dwelt among the tombs, was affected. Oribasius informs us, that persons affected with this disease"leave their houses in the night time, in every thing imitate wolves, and wander about the tombs until break of day." Actuarius adds, that "they then return to their homes and their senses." Their looks are said to be pale, their eyes dull, hollow, fixed, dry, and without the moisture of a tear; their tongues dry, their legs, from the bruises they receive in the night, (and, according to .AEtius, from the bites of dogs,) full of incurable ulcers. It is the melancholia errabunda, erratic melancholy of Sauvages. Bleeding, blisters, purgative medicines, interposing anodynes, with gentle treatment, are the principal means of relief.