KABIES 317 



1895 ................................ <i7-' 



1808 ................................ 17 cases 



I'.iui ................................ 1 cases 



l'.in:;-7 .............................. cases 



This reduction was due to the enforcement of muzzling 

 laws after 1896. Rabies was reintroduced into England 

 in 11)19 by aviators who were able to disregard tin- <|uaran- 

 tine regulations. The muzzling regulations that have been 

 passed by governing bodies in this country are rarely, if 

 ever, enforced in an effective manner, because many people 

 believe it cruel to muzzle a dog. It is certain that the dis- 

 ease could be eradicated in a short time if its transmission 

 could be prevent rd. It is also certain that the muzzling 

 of doLrs for a short time would be much more humane than 

 to have hundreds tif them, as well as other animals and 

 people, dying from rabies each year. 



Actinomycosis. Actinomycosis. or lumpy jaw, as it is 

 more commonly called, is primarily a disease of cattle, al- 

 though horses, sheep, hogs, and dogs may be affected. Man 

 is also subject to the disease. The causal organism is 

 usually classed as one of the higher bacteria. In the t issues 

 the growth is often in starlike clusters. This appearance 

 gave rise to the name actinomycosis. The term Actinomy- 

 cetes is applied to the group of which the organism is a 

 member. In this country the disease is not nearly so wide- 

 spread as in some other sections of the world. It has been 

 found in about one out of sixteen hundred animals killed 

 in this country. Tuberculosis is many times more prevalent 

 and more important in every way ; and yet, in many places, 

 because of the appearance of the disease on the surface of 

 the body, actinomycosis has made more of an impression on 

 the popular mind than has tuberculosis. 



The disease is not one that spreads from animal to ani- 



