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six in AVenham were quarantined by the local inspectors as 

 a matter of precaution, by order of the commission, all of 

 which were released as healthy June 15. 



The head of a cat thought to have been rabid was sent to 

 Dr. Frothingham from Melrose January 19, but the rabbit 

 test was negative. 



February 7 the head of a fox terrier was sent from Svvamp- 

 scott on suspicion of having had rabies, but the rabbit test 

 was negative. 



April 3 a case of rabies in a dog was reported by the in- 

 spector of animals in Lowell, but this was not verified by the 

 rabbit test. 



April 5 a dog was quarantined by the local inspector in 

 Ipswich, on suspicion, but was apparently healthy, and was 

 released by order of the commission April 13. 



June 2 the head of a dog supposed to have been rabid was 

 sent to the commission from Lynn ; one rabbit and two 

 guinea pigs gave negative results. 



August 18 a head of a dog was sent by the police depart- 

 ment of Gloucester, but was too much decomposed when it 

 arrived to be of value ; rabbits inoculated died of septicaemia. 

 This was a young dog recently taken to Gloucester from 

 Boston, and there was no reason to believe he had rabies; 

 but he bit a policeman, who went to Xew Yrtrk and took the 

 Pasteur treatment as a matter of safety. 



August 22 the head of a dog was sent from Lynn ; inocu- 

 lation tests showed him to have been free from rabies. 



September 20 the Worcester papers reported a case of 

 rabies in a dog in Oxford, stating that he had bitten a horse, 

 and was shot. Commissioner Herrick went to Oxford Sep- 

 tember 21 to investigate the matter, and learned that the 

 dog had been shot and buried. The grave was on the edge 

 of a pond and was dug at low water, a heavy rain had filled 

 the pond up so that it was impossible to disinter the remains ; 

 but the collar was saved, and from this it was learned that 

 the animal was owned in Worcester. The owner was seen, 

 and said that he had a collie pup that had been missing for 

 two or three days, and undoubtedly had strayed away from 

 home and been shot. As there are no other reports of 

 rabies from the neighborhood of Worcester, and as there is 



