RABIES 655 



The treatment at the New York Department of Health is as follows :* 



The severity or mildness of cases is estimated from the depth and 

 degree of laceration of the wounds, also from their location bites about 

 the face and upper extremities being the most dangerous. 



During the course of such treatment patients may show troublesome 

 erythema about the point of injection and occasionally backache and 

 muscular pains. Treatment need not be omittted unless these symp- 

 toms become excessive. 



The efficiency of the Pasteur treatment in rabies is no longer prob- 

 lematical. According to Hogyes, 50,000 people have been treated within 

 ten years, with an average mortality of 1 per cent. 



1 Personal communication from Dr. Poor, of the New York Department of Health. 



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