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An essay on the hydrophobia: to which is prefixed the case of a person who was bit by a mad dog; had the hydrophobia; and was happily cured / [Christopher Nugent].

  • Christopher Nugent
Date:
1753
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An essay on the hydrophobia: to which is prefixed the case of a person who was bit by a mad dog; had the hydrophobia; and was happily cured / [Christopher Nugent]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [2] Skin was pinched through, but it did not bleed. Thefe Sores were foon healed, without any particular Application or Trouble. Tuis young Woman, foon after fhe was bit, the fame Day, obferve- ing the Dog more fullen than or- dinary, and frothing at the Mouth, began to fufpectt he was mad; and, by way of Trial, minced a little Meat, and gave it him; of which he took fome in his Mouth, but could not /wallow it, but foon let it drop, together with a good deal of Froth and Slaver. This, another Dog that came in, licked up, and eat; and was killed, flavering and ‘mad, about three Weeks after: But the Dog, that bit the young Woman, died, without Violence, the next Day after I he had bit her. A
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