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.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    cramps in the side of the belly, which however are now less frequent. The stiffness of his back and jaw are lessened, but he cannot open his mouth sufEciently to put out his tongue. His mouth continues very sore. He has taken fifty drops of tincture of opium every six hours, beginning - at two yesterday afternoon ; in all two hundred drops. Let him take a strong dose of infusion of senna. APRIL 3. Pulse 84, and full. Had no stool from the senna yesterday; but a small one at two this afternoon. Skin. cool. Appetite good. During the night had a. good deal of the spasm in the belly, with great soreness there, which prevented him from readily making water. All his spasms are less to-day, but he is still unable to put out, his tongue. The soreness of his mouth continues. He has taken one hundred and fifty drops of the tincture of opium, APRIL 4. • Pulse 84, and full. Had five or six motions after my visit, before bed-time yesterday. Slept tolerably well during the night. His leg is less stiff; and he has had little spasm in the belly. The iaw and back are also much better, though