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the case of small wounds all the treatment probably 

 indicated will be thorough cauterization with nitric 

 acid within twelve hours from the time of infection. 

 Our experience in dealing with those bitten by rabid 

 animals indicates that physicians do not appreciate the 

 value of thorough cauterization of the infected wounds. 

 But far more important than any treatment, curative 

 or preventive, for hydrophobia in man is the prevention 

 of rabies in dogs, through which this disease is usually 

 conveyed. Were all dogs under legislative control and 

 the compulsory wearing of muzzles rigidly enforced 

 where rabies prevails, hydrophobia would soon become 

 an almost unknown disease. This fact has been amply 

 demonstrated by the statistics of rabies in countries 

 where such laws are now in force. 



