| RefNo | CLP/14i/38 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Lugenda historia Pernetta ancillae mea Mayerne, quae hydrophobica Albonae interiit 9 februarÿ 1925' by [Théodore de] Mayerne |
| Date | [1625] |
| Description | 'The lamentable narration of Pernetta my maid who being bit by a mad dog died at Albona [modern day Istria County, Croatia] February 9 1625'.
English and Latin versions of the account of Mayerne's maid who died following a bite from a rabid dog. Mayerne describes the symptoms that the maid experienced leading up to her death. The third page provides a prescription in Latin for a medicine to treat rabid dogs and those bitten by them. There is no English translation for this portion.
Subject: Medicine
Read to the Royal Society on 18 April 1694. |
| Language | Latin |
| English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |