| RefNo | CLP/14i/48 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An observation of 2 boys bitt by a mad dog' by Martin Lister |
| Date | [1690s] |
| Description | Lister describes the case of two boys who cared for and cleaned the wound of a dog who was bitten by a rabid dog in October 1679. The children were not bitten themselves, but they fell ill with rabies symptoms the following May, and it was believed to have been caused by the poison of the mad dog. The children had a few further fits but eventually became well.
Subject: Medicine
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation of two boys bit by a mad dog, communicated by Dr. Martin Lister, Fellow of the Coll. of Phys. and R. S'. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1698.0045
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 20 (1698), p 246 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/9/23 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist | 1639 - 1712 |