﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  503 
  

  

  give 
  me 
  some 
  definite 
  infonnation 
  relative 
  to 
  rabies. 
  A 
  letter 
  

   subsequently 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Wende 
  states: 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  first 
  case 
  I 
  saw 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  outbreak 
  was 
  

   a 
  pug 
  dog, 
  over 
  a 
  year 
  ago. 
  Can 
  furnish 
  authentic 
  proof 
  by 
  owner 
  

   that 
  I 
  diagnosed 
  the 
  ease 
  as 
  rabies 
  and 
  destroyed 
  the 
  dog. 
  It 
  

   would 
  be 
  impossible 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  tell 
  how 
  many 
  people 
  and 
  animals 
  

   were 
  bitten. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  people 
  have 
  died 
  of 
  hydrophobia, 
  and 
  

   a 
  great 
  many 
  Avere 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Pasteur 
  Institute 
  for 
  treatment. 
  

   Dogs, 
  horses, 
  cattle 
  and 
  one 
  deer 
  have 
  died 
  to 
  my 
  knowledge. 
  

   Some 
  poultry 
  and 
  hogs 
  have 
  been 
  reported, 
  but 
  did 
  not 
  see 
  them 
  

   myself." 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  letter 
  received 
  from 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Baker, 
  he 
  made 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  statement: 
  

  

  " 
  About 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  March 
  an 
  Irish 
  setter 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  

   me 
  for 
  treatment, 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  confinement 
  as 
  a 
  suspicious 
  

   case 
  of 
  rabies, 
  which 
  developed 
  into 
  a 
  well 
  marked 
  case, 
  with 
  

   all 
  the 
  symptoms, 
  and 
  died 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  or 
  third 
  day. 
  The 
  

   dog 
  was 
  noted 
  for 
  its 
  kindness 
  and 
  friendly 
  manner 
  toward 
  every 
  

   one. 
  For 
  about 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  days 
  previous 
  he 
  had 
  acted 
  

   strangely, 
  and 
  had 
  scarcely 
  eaten 
  anything. 
  He 
  followed 
  a 
  

   delivery 
  wagon, 
  and 
  showed 
  great 
  disposition 
  to 
  fight; 
  the 
  driver 
  

   informed 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  refused 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  dog 
  to 
  follow 
  any 
  

   longer 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  this, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  dog 
  had 
  positively 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   or 
  more 
  fights 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  days. 
  Then, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  

   was 
  about 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  April, 
  a 
  greyhound 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  place 
  

   for 
  treatment, 
  showing 
  symptoms 
  of 
  rabies 
  in 
  the 
  dumb 
  form. 
  He 
  

   was 
  destroyed. 
  Thehistory 
  of 
  thecaseis: 
  For 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  the 
  dog 
  

   had 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  eat 
  anything; 
  the 
  dog 
  was 
  about 
  paralyzed, 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  hanging 
  open. 
  This 
  dog 
  had 
  done 
  no 
  damage, 
  as 
  he 
  was 
  

   unable 
  to 
  bite. 
  About 
  a 
  week 
  later 
  the 
  same 
  party 
  brought 
  us 
  a 
  

   cocker 
  spaniel 
  that 
  had 
  acted 
  strangely 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  and 
  had 
  

   refused 
  to 
  eat. 
  This 
  dog 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  pet, 
  and 
  showed 
  no 
  bad 
  

   signs. 
  It 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  quarantine 
  and 
  died 
  the 
  third 
  day 
  

   after, 
  having 
  developed 
  a 
  well 
  marked 
  case 
  of 
  rabies. 
  The 
  parties- 
  

  

  