114 ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



"In suspected cases of rabies (negative): 



•Per cent. 



"In positive cases of rabies: 



Off. Doc. 



Negri bodies found In 



No negrl bodies found In, 



91, or *97.9 

 2, or ♦2.1 



93, or *99 

 1, or *l 



•Per cent. 



"In suspected cases of rabies (negative): 



s 



3 



"v 

 t 



6 



No negri bodies found in. 

 Negri bodies found in 



26, or *100 



26, or •100 



•Per cent. 



"From the table, the following conclusions may be drawn: In 

 that it w^as impossible to find the changes described by Babes' in 

 33.5 per cent, of the specimens of the medulla oblongata examined 

 from positive cases of rabies, the changes in this structure must be 

 regarded as unreliable. 



In not a single positive case examined were the Van Gehucten and 

 N(^lis' proliferation changes not found, but as the changes were 

 found in several ganglia from cases not rabid, as proven in that the 

 experimental animals inoculated failed to develop the disease and the 

 absence in every case of the Negri bodies, shows that a diagnosis 

 based entirely upon these changes must be guarded. The sympa- 



