Paper, 'An observation of 2 boys bitt by a mad dog' by Martin Lister
Reference number: CLP/14i/48
Date: 1690s
Description
Lister describes the case of two boys who cared for and cleaned the wound of a dog who was bitten by a rabid dog in October 1679. The children were not bitten themselves, but they fell ill with rabies symptoms the following May, and it was believed to have been caused by the poison of the mad dog. The children had a few further fits but eventually became well.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation of two boys bit by a mad dog, communicated by Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Coll. of Phys. and R. S'.
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- CLP/14i/48
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- 1690s
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Martin Lister, Paper, 'An observation of 2 boys bitt by a mad dog' by Martin Lister, 1690s, CLP/14i/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_14i_48/paper-an-observation-of-2-boys-bitt-by-a-mad-dog-by-martin-lister, accessed on 14 October 2024
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I. An observation of two boys bit by a mad dog, communicated by Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Coll. of Phys. and R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 1st July 1698
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0045
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