, 1874-07-10
HYDROPHOBlA.
Dr. llammona's Address Before tho Now
=, ii. iork Neurological Society.
The Nature Of the Disease---Can II Pro-
coed from the Bjto Of a
Non.Rahtd Dog7
Docs 1t Ever Originate Spontaneously In
AntMals or In hran 7...I'le
best Preventiyes.


Resolutions Adouted 1,v fhe gooIotv
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William A, Hann'oond a., Hraron,a,. .'9e u. ~
}ornr: 49, Na.1 1ea.,. W nyulophona, ,delavorot
,t', eolo.o suo ~" aotR neurological Society ol
A1onoay evening last;
Is hyropio1a S11ns aIseasn Hs the p P1sE4aE H.
or blood dluoasoP suppose It ia uttorly i'm
possible TO arswor sucu question o. t1at. II I
itay start "a blood dtsoaao md ond ae a nerve
disease. blood dlseasos lead to structure
chaugea Of various organs Of tho body, and til,
nerve contros aro likewlso involved fo ~ con on
before society like thia tho ''1 numorou aeSou
instaneoa, t, OF blood aisoasos which proGuct
bo blood disease, aud yet aftorward be euo ,.
ceodod by chnngos IL tho noryo centres. r !,
not worth while to suppose that l,ydroplobia ia {
nerve dsoaso from THO beginning. It is porfoct,
" possible to suppose thaEt and fhere aro groai
| mary instances Which Gnu readily bo atlduood ir
proof o. o. that assortlon. Take totanus flock.
ja'7) Tho mass Of tho practitioners do not pro-
tend 70 say that totanas ts u blood diHoasc. II
atretra Is alaoaeo .Rropegsted through tho ndrve
lnoGr tho aurfaoo) rlolve, and Inducing atriotur-
spinal cord. Ono doctor bus asoortalned d in 's q
nnmbor Of caBoh TINT tho essential condition of
cord I and thag II at9 gfn 81 the
tho fatty degeneration fnd IN hyjronlo.
othI nna suspect that iB the essential condition,
.vsanus occurred unor tho ilcntoal cir
you might hayo 1t fully developed, Oh 10 tho nd.
qonood stage of fatty degeneration In which tho
structure Of Mccormick was found, Toton1n
i ibeng aolo @ to Induce such o horrible disease as
ros ~ mag usuy Is n1 'Gaaey Gaaays p9SshS , tat H
Why may not the bito Of a dog induoo q In aimilnr
ntsoaao to It, as hydrophobia does Hydropho-
ia..p9 ha presents many analogice to tetanua. Epi-
1esy arsae ean 70 effected By lnjurios to pephesl
WHO wounded her thumb, and aix months
afterWard eho Ind epiloptio pafoxysmg
anu yot' no doubt, TINT wound was tho
cause ?f her epilopay. Aud II ep,opsy-7hieh
be introduced by simple wound, {yby not
lydrophobia7 So that we hnyo humorous or-
amples OF analogous diseaaos caused by wounds
q ncfycst without tho necessity Of auppoaing
1np ao olooa 10 primarily Affected.
There Is very remarkable diseasc, progrcs-
sivo muscular atrophy {waatinR). / fave kliown
humorous caacs, md think my FREUD Dr..
Board VIII recolloct caao which excited a groat
deal Of attention among those Interested in
Hero we found diaease going on month by
month, induced by wounds TO distant ucrvaa
Why should It not DO so with hydrop1obia
1.. You may rcoolloot him, somo Of you; I pro-
becAuso he won't round to many nhysiefans ~
Nom York. i was man whom Lad boforo r nv ~
clinic at tho Bellevue Hospitai hIcdicaI c,oiiono
who followed tho occupation Of q gambler. III
aroao from tho excessive use Of tho tLumb md
angor Of ono hand In certain 1nalipulations
Whlol ! am not competent to describe. In hand.
fng cards ct faro. It Ind brought On pro0rov |
'iye muscular atrophy, which oxtontlol to aln,ost
'soly muscle OF both upper cxtromltios, It in
~ solVod tlio muscles which supported tho hoai.
Nhen tho head fell forward he had to mako
many oontorhona to bring IT baok again. Horo |
'efy EXCESSIVE uso of ccrtain uorvoa brought on
% attophy OF tho nervo structure. From aomo
beginning 1t travels along tho noryos.
II II some excessive '1so Of tho neryo
% I lnsoftefea with tho nerve itsolf that
. aooh becomes Involved. I aee no
oAson 70 suppose Tint 1t ia not possible for
'5 '5utopnopla 10 no !tineaRe essentially Of tho
.u.vo eenttes, oFoh although 1t appoars to bo
loueou uy tne blto or rabid animal.
nm. nlTEa FROM DOCS THAT ARE NOT MAD.
Inc n, no3f auoatton ia, can 1t really proceed
ro9,a aom ,. 1no olIo OF no1-rabid dog On thnt
,to aoRonds tho future Of ali the dogs in
ae o!ty o. NOW York. II it Gun DO clearly ehown
? DO 80. l would not Kiyo much for tleir longoy-
=. vi, am rather lncnod to think that 1t ca,i. I
|9nla ,Il not aay that boioyo it can, for don't
olleYe anything unless it is proved. But there
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