Remarks on the means of obviating the fatal effects of the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal : with observations on the method of cure when hydrophobia occurs :and the opinion relative to worming of dogs refuted : illustrated by examples / by R. Hamilton, M.D.

  • Hamilton, Robert, 1721-1793.
Date:
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
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Credit: Remarks on the means of obviating the fatal effects of the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal : with observations on the method of cure when hydrophobia occurs :and the opinion relative to worming of dogs refuted : illustrated by examples / by R. Hamilton, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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