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chusetts relating to Texas fever, it seems to be almost an 

 impossibility for this malady to be any longer a source of 

 danger to the live stock interests of the State. 



Rabies. 



At the time of submitting the last annual report it was 

 stated that no authentic cases of rabies had occurred in Mas- 

 sachusetts for a long time, and it was hoped that the disease 

 had disappeared from the State altogether. The last case 

 reported to the Board that was verified by inoculating small 

 animals was in March, 1899 ; but it was feared at the time 

 of writing the report that an outbreak was about to occur 

 in Watertown and Waltham. This proved to be the fact. 



In Watertown two cases occurred Dec. 15, 1900 ; both 

 were proved to have been rabid by inoculating rabbits or 

 guinea pigs at the medical school. A third dog which used 

 to play with one of those killed was quarantined for ninety 

 days ; at the end of this time he was healthy, and released 

 from quarantine. December 17 two more dogs, one in Bel- 

 mont and one in Waverley, were killed as rabid. The dog 

 in Waverley was proved to have had rabies, by inoculation 

 experiments ; the other was undoubtedly mad, but was 

 buried without obtaining the scientific proof. These cases 

 were all reported to the Board by Dr. E. A. Madden, in- 

 spector of animals of Watertown. Jan. 2, 1901, Dr. P. F. 

 Wallingford, inspector of animals for Waltham, reported an 

 outbreak, probably a continuance of the one in Watertown, 

 as the towns join each other. Two dogs were killed on this 

 date, and another one January 9. They all undoubtedly 

 had rabies ; it was proved in one case ; the other two showed 

 every symptom of the disease, and were ordered killed by 

 the chairman of the Board. January 19 a Scotch terrier 

 owned by Mrs. S. B. Samuels of Waltham was killed. He 

 went mad and snapped at Mrs. Samuels' brother, bit her 

 nephew, and snapped at the cat and a neighbor's dog. Jan- 

 uary 21 the head was sent to the medical school, and small 

 animals which were inoculated showed rabies February 2. 

 The nephew was accordingly sent to New York to undergo 

 the Pasteur preventive treatment, which he took in part. 



