THE CONQUEST OF DISEASE 



after having bitten another dog, cat, or child, 

 which in turn may die without the real nature 

 of the malady being recognized. Rabies is on 

 the increase. Moore reports .that at the New 

 York State Veterinary College they have had 

 sent for examination a rapidly increasing num- 

 ber of suspicious animals each year, from one 

 in 1899 up to more than 200 in 1908. Over 

 half of these were positively identified as rabi- 

 etic. The others were negative or undeter- 

 mined. There were 45 separate outbreaks of 

 rabies in this state alone from January, 1906, 

 to September, 1908, identified by the chief vet- 

 erinarian of the Department of Agriculture. 



During 1908 and the first half of 1909 in 

 New York State, 89 persons are recorded as 

 having been bitten by rabid animals, of whom 

 5 died; also 26 cattle, 36 sheep, 7 swine, and 

 several hundred dogs have died of the disease 

 during this period. The records of the Depart- 

 ment of Health of New York City show a list 

 of 46 persons who have died of rabies. Prior to 

 the Pasteur treatment and the identification 

 of the infectious nature of the disease, there 

 were yearly in man in Prussia 5 deaths, in 

 Austria 58 deaths, and in France 24 deaths. 



What has been done besides making the 



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