An essay on the bite of a mad dog; with observations on John Hunter's treatment of the case of Master R---- [Rowley]. And also, a recital of the successful treatment of two cases / By Jessé Foot, Surgeon.

  • Jesse Foot
Date:
1788
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Credit: An essay on the bite of a mad dog; with observations on John Hunter's treatment of the case of Master R---- [Rowley]. And also, a recital of the successful treatment of two cases / By Jessé Foot, Surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( si )’ particular. Fontana hath filenced thofe fu- perftitious writers, whofe remedies he hath brought to the tell, and fcrutinized by the rigid touchftone of unerring experiment. Fontana, as it appears, made fix thoufand experiments on the effe<5l of the bites of vipers. All thefe experiments tend to prove, that out of the various powers that have been boalled as antidotes to the poifon of a viper, not one of them has the lead pro¬ perty in reality to effect it. The volatile alkali, boalled by Juflieu, is demonllrated to be abfolutely ufelefs; for it is clearly feen, that when the venom of the viper is effectually applied, the volatile alkali does not diminilh its activity. Fon¬ tana united a great variety of fubllances with this poifon, but did not obferve, that after all, it loll its active quality. He mixed alkalies, neutral falts, oils of vitriol, the nitrous acid, phofphorick acid, and mineral acids. S
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