Case of hydrophobia / by Dr. Pinckard.

  • Pinckard, George, 1768-1835.
Date:
[1812]
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Credit: Case of hydrophobia / by Dr. Pinckard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    BY DR. PINCKARD. 'IT^ILLIAM ROGERS, of Southampton-court, Queen- » » square, Bloomsbury, a strong bealthy child, two years and a half old, was bitten, in the right arm, by a dog, on the i6th of July last. The wound was slight, and soon healed. The child went about as usual, there being no sus- picion that the dog was mad : he was lying at the door, when the child, walking up the steps from the area, put his hand upon him, and he instantly bit him; upon which thq father kicked the dog, and he ran away. No information regarding him has been since collected. The child remained in his usual health, until Monday the £8th of September, when his parents perceived him to be unAvell. He looked “rather pale,” and they imagined that he had “ head-ach. His mother put him early to bed, and. he slept during great part of the night; but was occasionally disturbed with starting and restlessness.” On Tuesday, September ^i9th, he was worse, and re- inained in bed. About three o’clock, his mother observed that he frequently grated his teeth ; soon afterwards he seemed to be much agitated, had a wild look, and, as his mother expressed it, “ made a noise in his throat or his sto- mach, as it trying to throw up something, but could not.” Mr. Hall, of Southampton-row, visited him in the evenino- between nine and ten o’clock. The symptoms were then observed to be highly distressing, and somewhat peculiar • but It vyas not mentioned that he had been bitten by a doer’ nor did any suspicion yet arise that h;s illness proceeded from such a cause. • r His respiration was convulsive, and attended with a loud rnnfl remarked, did not resemble the a?r •UP?/ croup. He was re.stless, anxious, exceedingly agitated, and partially convulsed. When any thiii.r ^vas offered him to drmk, he shuddered, and threw himselAuck.