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  Seventh 
  Anmal 
  Kkport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  to 
  be 
  rabid, 
  was 
  also 
  sent. 
  In 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Moure, 
  already 
  

   referred 
  to, 
  bearing 
  date 
  of 
  September 
  thirteenth, 
  he 
  states 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing: 
  " 
  Both 
  rabbits 
  inoculated 
  with 
  the 
  cow's 
  brain 
  have 
  died 
  

   of 
  rabies," 
  and 
  those 
  (rabbits) 
  '' 
  inoculated 
  with 
  the 
  bits 
  of 
  dog's 
  

   brain, 
  sent 
  in 
  glycerine, 
  are 
  showing 
  unmistflkal)le 
  signs 
  of 
  rabies." 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  East 
  Aurora 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  dog 
  that 
  was 
  shot 
  by 
  Ur. 
  

   Kelsey, 
  health 
  officer 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Wales 
  Centre. 
  The 
  dog 
  had 
  

   on 
  a 
  collar, 
  to 
  which 
  was 
  attached 
  Buffalo 
  license 
  tag 
  2328. 
  This 
  

   dog 
  was 
  seen 
  first 
  at 
  East 
  Aurora, 
  in 
  the 
  morning; 
  he 
  snapped 
  at 
  

   all 
  dogs 
  and 
  objects, 
  and 
  went 
  toward 
  Wales 
  ( 
  'entre. 
  Dr. 
  Kelsey, 
  

   having 
  heard 
  so 
  much 
  about 
  rabies, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  dog 
  was 
  acting 
  

   strangely, 
  shot 
  him. 
  As 
  the 
  dog 
  had 
  l)een 
  killed 
  about 
  36 
  hours, 
  

   there 
  was 
  no 
  use 
  of 
  taking 
  the 
  brain 
  for 
  animal 
  inoculation, 
  but 
  

   judging 
  from 
  the 
  symptoms, 
  he 
  undoubtedly 
  had 
  rabies. 
  

  

  As 
  rabies 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  readily 
  detected 
  from 
  other 
  diseases, 
  such 
  

   as 
  certain 
  affections 
  of 
  the 
  brain, 
  teething, 
  distemper, 
  angina, 
  in- 
  

   testinal 
  parasites, 
  enteritis, 
  pentastorha 
  in 
  the 
  nose 
  and 
  frontal 
  

   cavities, 
  foreign 
  bodies 
  between 
  the 
  teeth, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  throat, 
  or 
  

   laxation 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  physicians 
  and 
  

   veterinarians 
  have 
  put 
  themselves 
  on 
  record 
  as 
  disbelievers 
  in 
  the 
  

   specific 
  nature 
  of 
  rabies, 
  post-mortems 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  all 
  cases, 
  

   where 
  the 
  animal 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  dead 
  long 
  enough 
  for 
  decomposi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  take 
  place, 
  the 
  brain 
  and 
  spinal 
  cord 
  removed, 
  and 
  rabbit 
  

   and 
  dog 
  inoculation 
  made. 
  

  

  Pasteur 
  has 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  a 
  rabid 
  brain 
  loses 
  its 
  infectious 
  

   virulence 
  only 
  when 
  that 
  part 
  has 
  become 
  partially 
  decomposed. 
  

   There 
  is 
  also 
  danger 
  of 
  producing 
  septicaemia 
  when 
  a 
  decomposed 
  

   brain 
  is 
  injected 
  into 
  a 
  healthy 
  animal. 
  

  

  As 
  rabies 
  never 
  occurs 
  spontaneously, 
  but 
  is 
  transmitted 
  only 
  by 
  

   natural 
  or 
  artificial 
  inoculation, 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  where 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  

   done 
  animal 
  inoculation 
  was 
  used 
  for 
  diagnosis. 
  The 
  majority 
  

   of 
  the 
  inoculations 
  were 
  done 
  bv 
  Dr. 
  Moore 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  Veterinarv^ 
  College, 
  and 
  the 
  method 
  used 
  was 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  described 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  the 
  Twelfth 
  and 
  Thirteenth 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  

  

  