An essay on tetanus : founded on cases and experiments / by Joseph Swan.

  • Swan, Joseph, 1791-1874.
Date:
1825
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Credit: An essay on tetanus : founded on cases and experiments / by Joseph Swan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    formed by the fifth pair had not any in- creased vascularity. The largest piece of arsenic weighed full thirty-eight grains, and the smallest twenty-four grains. There was much in- flammation on the skin to some distance round the place where the arsenic was inserted. The abscess had formed near the shoulder. EXPERIMENT 11. December 13th, 1824, at ten a. m., two portions of oxyd of arsenic, one weighing twelve and the other thirteen grains, were inserted into a wound in the back of a large dog. He soon after began to have twitchings of the muscles, but he otherwise did not appear much affected. 14th. He ate with a good appetite in the morning, but appeared very uneasy and at times ^s if suffering much pain. He was thirsty. B 3