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'An account of the Symptoms that attended two boys who had handled and washed a dog's head which had been bit by a mad dog' communicated by Martin Lister

Reference number: RBO/9/23

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Incident occurred in October 1679 - children fell ill in the following July believed to have been caused by the poison of the mad dog

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RBO/9/23
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2 pages
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'An account of the Symptoms that attended two boys who had handled and washed a dog's head which had been bit by a mad dog' communicated by Martin Lister, RBO/9/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_23/an-account-of-the-symptoms-that-attended-two-boys-who-had-handled-and-washed-a-dogs-head-which-had-been-bit-by-a-mad-dog-communicated-by-martin-lister, accessed on 11 July 2025

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