Observations on hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal : with an examination of the various theories and methods of cure, existing at the present day, and an inquiry into the merit of specific remedies : also a method of treatment best adapted to the brute creation : in a series of letters to a friend / by James Thatcher.

  • Thacher, James, 1754-1844.
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Observations on hydrophobia, produced by the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal : with an examination of the various theories and methods of cure, existing at the present day, and an inquiry into the merit of specific remedies : also a method of treatment best adapted to the brute creation : in a series of letters to a friend / by James Thatcher. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Plymouth, Mass.] : Published by Joseph Avery, and for sale at his bookstore in Plymouth (Mass.), 1812 (Boston : J. Belcher, printer)

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301 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 22 cm

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Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1880
Shaw & Shoemaker 26864

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Printer statement from t.p. verso
Plate captioned: Scutellaria lateriflora or species of Skull-cap used for curing the bite of mad dogs by Jesse Lewis of West Chester
NLM copy 1, plate hand-colored.
NLM copy 2, p. 215-218 and plate wanting.
Film 633 reel 93 is part of Research Publications Early American Medical Imprints collection (RP reel 93, no. 1880).

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1959. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm

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