A plan for preventing the fatal effects from the bite of a mad dog, with cases / [Jesse Foot].

  • Jesse Foot
Date:
1793
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Credit: A plan for preventing the fatal effects from the bite of a mad dog, with cases / [Jesse Foot]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jaw, and the little finger of the right hand, all of which bled in’consequence of the Bites. The bitten parts were all extirpated. The wounds were dressed with a Mercurial Digeftive, and healed in about sixteen days. This patient has experienced no i'll effects from the Bites, and is now in good Health.” EXTRACTS OF VARIOUS CASES, BY DR. WHITE OF ST. EDMUND’S BURY, JUNE 4, I 792, 44 Seven miserable objects were bitten by Dogs quite unprovoked, and with every appearance of Madness. Three did not apply till the third day, two on the second, and two in a few days after the accident. 44 Three others also applied to the Do&or for advice, who were bitten by a Cow that had the Hydrophobia. All of these, except two, had the injured parts wholly dissected out, the wounds well washed first with cold water, and the surfaces touched with Lunar Caustic,— 41 And,” says the Doftor, 44 I am in hopes, * from.
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