Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1263

JAMES MEASE (1771-1846) An inaugural dissertation on the disease produced by the bite of a mad dog, or other rabid animal. Printed by T. Dobson 1792 [6] 130 pp. 18.4 cm.

Philanthropist, antiquarian, geologist, penologist, and physician, Mease was a notable figure in early nineteenth-century America and was at the forefront of many of the intellectual and humanitarian causes of his time. He contracted yellow fever while combating epidemics, helped found the Philadelphia Athenaeum (an early public library), and led the fight for systematic instruction of pharmacists. This is Mease's first work on rabies, a subject on which he continued to write throughout his life. He was particularly active in exposing quackery in supposed cures of the dreaded disease.

Cited references: Austin 1247; Cushing M252