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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    [ *63 ] • To conclude thefe remarks, I mall pre* fent my readers with the opinion of the late Dr. Gregory, Profeflbr of Medicine in the Univerfity of Edinburgh, relative to the production of Hydrophobia.—Speaking of jlimuli, which, he thinks, are the chief caufe of the evacuation of the vejica urinaria, he fays,— You may take it for a general rule, *' that thofe creatures that feed upon animal u food have their bladder more mufcular, and coniiderably flronger, and lefs capa- cious, than thofe that live on vegetables, fuch as horfes, cows, fwine, &c. whofe *' bladder of urine is perfectly membranous, and very large. This is wifely adapted to the nature of their food 5 for, in thefe fir ft, all their juices are more acrid\ fo, in a particular manner, their urine becomes *' exalted, which, as its remora might be <e of very ill confequence, muft neceflarily be quickly expelled. This is chiefly ef* feezed by its {Simulating this vifcus more ftrongly to contract, and fo dlfcharge its i{ contents.