THE CONQUEST OF DISEASE 



1 per cent. Persons bitten on the uncovered 

 hands or face are much more prone to develop 

 the disease. 



Not long ago rabies was so prevalent in Ber- 

 lin that a new case in man was reported every 

 day. The authorities ordered every dog to be 

 muzzled and no dog to be at large without 

 being led by a chain. Paris has done the same. 

 Australia has become absolutely free from the 

 disease by imposing a six months' quarantine 

 upon every dog brought into the country. At 

 a recent meeting of the New York State Vet- 

 erinary Society, Dr. Moore said that if every 

 dog in America could be muzzled for ninety 

 days the country would be freed from rabies. 

 The experimental study of this disease has 

 shown its nature, has evolved a prophylactic 

 which will save the life of the infected person, 

 and now points the way to eliminate the disease. 

 The destruction, muzzling and proper confine- 

 ment of dogs, now successfully carried out in 

 many places, which would wipe out the disease, 

 is surely better than persisting in the necessity 

 for Pasteur institutes. But so long as mad dogs 

 are permitted at large the necessity for treat- 

 ment will continue. Professor Felix von Nie- 

 meyer said that no one who expends sympathy 



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