Paper, 'Lugenda historia Pernetta ancillae mea Mayerne, quae hydrophobica Albonae interiit 9 februarÿ 1925' by [Théodore de] Mayerne '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. [1625]