Observations on the probable causes of rabies, or madness, in the dog, and various other domestic animals : read at the London Veterinary Medical Society, on Wednesday evening, October 6, 1830 / by Henry William Dewhurst.

  • Dewhurst, H. W. (Henry William)
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1831
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Credit: Observations on the probable causes of rabies, or madness, in the dog, and various other domestic animals : read at the London Veterinary Medical Society, on Wednesday evening, October 6, 1830 / by Henry William Dewhurst. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ir> ObservatioTu on the imperfect Developement of the Skeleton of * Man, and particularly of the Cranium. By J. F. Lob- . STEIN. Translated from his Traite (TAnaiomie Patho- ■ logique, by H. W. Dewhuest, Esq. Surgeon, ^c. f Extracted from the Gazette of Health.) * A ie * ti There are numerous organs in the human body which remain stationary during their morbid progress, whilst the i surrounding parts augment considerably in size, without! our being enabled to perceive in them the characteristic symptoms of atropliy by which they are properly deno-- minated. To call tlie reader’s attention to some striking examples, without reference to any one particular organ, we shal proceed to examine the several portions of the skeleton, comprising the head, chest, pelvis, and extremities. We not unfrequently meet with the crania of some indU .-ji viduals which are considerably smaller tlian is found, unden ^ ordinary circumstances, in the greater number of persons.- Notwithstanding, the thickness of the two tables of whicbl ^ it is composed are of the usual dimensions. From this ik\ appears that there must have been originally some obstacU( ^ in the growth and general development of this part of th& osseous system. Lobstein is of opinion, that this fault o>’ formation in the cranium may have considerable influence on the functions of the cerebral viscus within. Reflectioiw | J which experience confirms, clearly proves tliat the conn tracted sphere of the skull oftentimes coincides with a der rangement of the mental faculties, or more properly speald ing, creating a nullity of the intellectual functions. j