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dogs have been either confined, muzzled or killed, and the out- 

 break did not become serious until the month of May, 1901. 



On the morning of May 8 a dog appeared on the premises of 

 Mr. H. M. Butler, about three miles west of the city of James- 

 town, biting three cows owned by him. This dog was wounded 

 at the time but later in the same day returned to the place 

 where he belonged, and after being kept in confinement for a 

 couple of days and exhibiting no further symptoms of rabies was 

 killed. Knowledge of these circumstances did not come to this 

 office until after the dog was killed. I have given the circum- 

 stances somewhat in detail to show that a dog having rabies 

 does not at all times give manifestation of the disease, as is com- 

 monly believed. The owner of the cows was requested to sus- 

 pend the sale of milk for a time, awaiting developments. It was 

 afterward learned that three cows owned by Mr. Townsend Jack- 

 son, living near Mr. Butler, were bitten by the same dog on the 

 same day. 



A telephone message from Dr. Frank Hunt of Jamestown on 

 May 31st gave information that one of the cows owned by Mr. 

 Butler was showing pronounced symptoms of rabies. The other 

 two cows in this lot had been transferred to a farm in the town 

 of Stockton belonging to Mr. Butler. The party in charge of 

 them was immediately notified that he should make no sale in 

 any way of the milk from the cows in question. The sick cow 

 was killed with the consent of the owner, the brain being 

 removed by Dr. Hunt and sent to Dr. V. A. Moore of Ithaca. 

 On June 20th a report was received from Dr. Moore confirming the 

 diagnosis of Dr. Hunt. All of the six cows which were known 

 to have been bitten, as well as a horse belonging to Mr. Mcln- 

 tyre, the owner of the dog, died after periods of incubation rang- 

 ing from twenty to eighty-five days. Several animals in the 

 same vicinity died with pronounced symptoms of rabies about 

 the same time, and it was thought probable that they had been 

 bitten by the same dog. The brains of two dogs in the city of 

 Jamestown which were exhibiting symptoms deemed suspicious 

 were removed by Dr. Hunt and forwarded to Dr. Moore, who 



