Cases of tetanus, and rabies contagiosa, or canine hydrophobia : with remarks chiefly intended to ascertain the characteristic symptoms of the latter disease in man and certain brutes, and to point out the most effectual means of prevention / by Caleb Hillier Parry.

  • Caleb Hillier Parry
Date:
1814
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Credit: Cases of tetanus, and rabies contagiosa, or canine hydrophobia : with remarks chiefly intended to ascertain the characteristic symptoms of the latter disease in man and certain brutes, and to point out the most effectual means of prevention / by Caleb Hillier Parry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MARCH 13, 10 A. M. About eleven at night he bled two ounces from the nose, and again half an ounce about half-past three this morning. The first glyster was given at eleven, and the second at two. Both imme- diately returned, the second with some fseces; but they produced no other sensible efFeft. He passed the night without the least sleep, talking incessantly and quickly of obje^ls about him which did not exist; sometimes repeating in rapid suc- cession the names of a great number of things which he would not eat or drink; at other times asking for liquids, and when they were brought, dashing them away with his hands with violent outcries; yet at the same time answering, with perfeft rationality and calmness, any question which was asked him. In the morning, the delirium ceased ; but he was constantly restless, looking about him with gr^at apparent anxiety and apprehension, and turning his head quickly in every direction j equally averse to food] and drink, and also to be touched any where about his neck or head, while at the same time he expressed not the least uneasiness or obje£lion while I pressed on any other part of his body, or felt his pulse. His face and eyes were less flushed and red ; and during part of my visit he was sitting on a close-stool, saying
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