Paper, regarding the case of a person bitten by a rabid dog by David Hartley and F Sandys

Description

Hartley, a physician at Bury [England], and Sandys, a surgeon at Cambridge, share the case study of a man who was bitten on the hand by a 'mad dog'. They observe the man's condition and describe the treatment of the wound. Communicated by Francis Wollaston.

Subject: Communicable diseases / Rabies

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Another case of a person bit by a Mad-Dog, drawn up by David Hartley, M. A. and Mr. Fr. Sandys, communicated to the Royal Society by Francis Wollaston, Esq; F. R. S'

Read to the Royal Society on 9 May 1734

Reference number

CLP/14ii/44

Earliest possible date

1734

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

4 pages

Format

Manuscript