An essay on the bite of a mad dog, in which the claim to infallibility of the principal preservative remedies against the hydrophobia is examined / by John Berkenhout, M.D.

  • Berkenhout, John, 1730?-1791.
Date:
1783
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    refpect to feveral remedies now in ufe, is uncertain, I cannot venture to affert that any of thefe is abfolutely inef- fectual; but I can give it as my opinion, that the efficacy of mercury given very largely, and perfifted in for a long time, both as a means of preventing the difeafe, and of curing it when it has actually come on, is better vouched by experience than that of any other remedy now propofed, or commonly employed. 107. This E/Tay may poffibly be read by perfons who live in the country, at fome distance from an apothecary, and confequently, in cafe of an accident, it may be many hours before any mercurial ointment can be procured. Such readers will neceffarily alk, what then is to be done?—Whilft the perfon bit is fucking the wound, let a fpoonful of lard, or tallow, or fat of any kind, be melted, and immediately, withthehand, rubbed into the part, continuing the operation until the fat be entirely abforbed. Let him then take his horfe and' ride leifurely to the neareil apo- thecary, who will proceed as above directed. 4 108. On