Remarks on the means of obviating the fatal effects of the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal : with observations on the method of cure when hydrophobia occurs :and the opinion relative to worming of dogs refuted : illustrated by examples / by R. Hamilton, M.D.

  • Hamilton, Robert, 1721-1793.
Date:
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
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Credit: Remarks on the means of obviating the fatal effects of the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal : with observations on the method of cure when hydrophobia occurs :and the opinion relative to worming of dogs refuted : illustrated by examples / by R. Hamilton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ™ ] is then the vifcid Haver is fecreted in largeft qu intitiesj throwing the infected organs into more inordinate and preternatural actions. To prove that the virus is abforbed in the manner we have endeavoured to def- cribe above, we need only, fome days after inoculating the variolous matter, cut oat the part, and no fmall-pox mail appear -, no fever mall be excited in the fyftem : it is nothing now but a local complaint, uncon- nected with the habit at large. Experiments have been inftituted for this end, and the event has correlponded with the doctrine of abibrption. It is difficult, however, to fay, exactly, at what time after inoculation this can effectually be done, becaufe abforption takes place fooner or later from the varieties, and peculiarities of temparament, §cc. al- ready hinted at. We frequently find the patient, fome time before, or about the eighth day, com- plain of a pain in the courle of the lym-r phatics,