General conclusions on the nature and cure of hydrophobia, intended for popular reading / By James Wood, M.D. &c. &c.

  • Wood, James, M.D., -1822.
Date:
1814
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Credit: General conclusions on the nature and cure of hydrophobia, intended for popular reading / By James Wood, M.D. &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to his throat, and from thence its effects followed in the same direction to the wound as the pain had ascended from it. This case has been by some suspected not to have been the real disease ; but such suspicions have generally followed any case successfully treated. I must again repeat, that if the importance of the pre¬ ventive plan above-mentioned is duly considered, it cannot fail of making a proportionate impression on the mind. If the means of dilution should not be sufficient to render the poison inert, then another great chance is obtained by a dis¬ charge from the wound; and this hope is strongly supported by analogy in the inoculation of both cow-pox and small¬ pox, which is known often to fail, when the part inoculated has been disturbed or broken, so as to occasion an early discharge. By the knowledge of this, the mind too of the patient must be very much relieved. Thus I have endeavoured to comprise, within narrow limits, the history, and the means of prevention and cure of this yet terrific disease ; and I cannot conclude without ex¬ pressing my ardent hope, that by such methods it will in time be overcome. Newcastle, Leases Cottage, July 10, 1814. F. WALKER, PRINTER, NEWCASTLE.
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