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.

  • Parry, Caleb Hillier, 1755-1822.
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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    On dissection, the wound appeared to have granulated, and was free from inflammation, or *'unheahhy appearance. No cause appeared in the thorax or abdomen.'* CASE II. April 3, 1813. A grey horse belong to T. ** G. LowDER, esq; became lame in the off fore- leg. Upon examining, I could not find any thing in the foot, but thought that he had bruised the heel. On the 5th, not finding the *' animal better, I was convinced that there was a greater cause of lameness than we had disco- vered; consequently I began cutting the pos- terior part of the horny frog. After removing *■* a portion, my knife came in contact with a nail, which was buried three parts of an inch in the fatty part of the frog ; and the horn was quite closed over it, so that the orifice where it en- *' tered was not visible. It was taken out, the wound dressed, the foot put into a poultice, and the animal remained at rest. *' On the 6th we considered the horse better. On the 7th, I ordered him out, to see him go. On his trotting, I observed a general stiffness in his aflion, the muscles of the neck and back being