Cases of hydrophobia / by George Pinckard.

  • Pinckard, George, 1768-1835.
Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Cases of hydrophobia / by George Pinckard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    i x< •• . a f • The wound healed In a short time, and Mr. Hubbard pursued his usual occupations, not suspecting any unhappy sequel. On Thursday, January 21, 1819, forty-four days after being bitten, he perceived a degree of tenderness or weak- ness in the part of the hand which had been wounded; and, soon afterwards, he felt a pain and sense of stiffness in the arm, which he attributed to his having worked several hours with a saw. He slept as usual during the night, but on Friday (Jan. 22d) discovered that the pain and stiffness extended to the shoulder. The night was again passed in sleep: but on Saturday (Jan. 23d), particularly towards evening, the pain and sense of rigidity increased in the arm, and affected likewise the right side of the chest. He re- moved this afternoon to his father’s house at Battle Bridge, and the night was again passed without disturbance. On Sunday morning (Jan. 24th) the pain of the arm, shoulder, and right breast was very severe, and he felt otherwise indis- posed. His mother, considering the pain to be rheumatic, now rubbed the arm with some “ oil and hartshorn,” and caused her son to put on a flannel waistcoat. He rose at ten o’clock, and drank two cups of tea at breakfast; but, feeling a general sense of languor and weakness, he returned to his room, observing that he should be “ more tranquil and comfortable in bed,” where he continued accordingly throughout the remainder of the day. Feeling sick, he drank some camomile tea, which was quickly afterwards returned from his stomach : he had no desire for food; and when his tea was brought to him in the afternoon be was unable to drink it. During the latter part of the day the pain in the right side of the thorax increased, and a spas- with caustic. I applied tlic argentum nitratum, in solution and in substance, freely to the parts. Sloughing afterwards occurred from it, and in the event the wound herded comfortably.” B 2