When Dr.Kennedy first saw the patient he had been carried in a boat and then in a palanquin for over five miles, and at this time, three hours after the reception of the wound, Kennedy freed the abdominal cavity of salt water and blood, thoroughly cleansed the wound of the hair and the clots, and closed it with adhesive strips.

By the sixteenth day the abdominal wound had perfectly closed, the lacerations granulated healthily, and the man did well.

Boyle reports recovery from extensive lacerated wounds from the bite of a shark.

Both arms were amputated as a consequence of the injuries.
Fayrer mentions shark-bites in the Hooghley.
Leprosy from a Fish-bite .-- Ashmead records the curious case of a man that had lived many years in a leprous country, and while dressing a fish had received a wound of the thumb from the fin of the fish.
Swelling of the arm followed, and soon after bullae upon the chest, head, and face.

In a few months the blotches left from this eruption became leprous tubercles, and other well-marked signs of the malady followed.