A history of the introduction and use of Scutellaria lateriflora (scullcap,) as a remedy for preventing and curing hydrophobia : occasioned by the the bite of rabid animals ; with cases ; accompanied with a plate of the plant / by Lyman Spalding, M.D. : read before the New-York Historical Society, September 14, 1819.

  • Spalding, Lyman, 1775-1821.
Date:
1819
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Credit: A history of the introduction and use of Scutellaria lateriflora (scullcap,) as a remedy for preventing and curing hydrophobia : occasioned by the the bite of rabid animals ; with cases ; accompanied with a plate of the plant / by Lyman Spalding, M.D. : read before the New-York Historical Society, September 14, 1819. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a scruple of calomel, and directed him to drink his tea (which, upon inspection, I found very weak) as strong as it could be made—to take it warm, and in as large quantities as his stomach would bear—using it as his only drink.* 18th. Early in the morning, Dr. Robson saw him with me, and continued to see him afterwards. We learnt that some unauthorised person had taken ten or twelve ounces of blood from his arm the night before; that his cathartic had operated freely during the night; he had taken largely of his tea, and thought himself better; the spasms, however, still severe, but not quite so frequent. We directed him to continue his tea as yesterday. 19th. This morning we found him cheerful; he had passed a tolerably good night; feels much better than yesterday; his spasms moderating considerably, both in violence and frequency. He still continued his tea as before. In the afternoon, a shower of rain fell, at sight of which, and the rippling of the water in the gutter, his spasms returned in quick succes- sion, and with more violence than they had done at any other time during the day, and produced in him such sensations that, to use his own expression, he could not bear to look at it, and was obliged to turn away. 20th. We saw him about noon; he was not so well; his spasms rather more frequent and severe, leaving him with a disagreeable feeling in his head, and an acute pain in the back of his neck. Upon * Mrs. Williams, the daughter of Lewis, being informed of Cann's violent attack, sent him word by his wife, that he must make his tea as strong as lye, and drink it warm, and as much as he could bear. Ed. E. P.