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NO bud results have since been reported as a consequence 

 of the bite. January 28 a fox terrier biteh owned in Waltham 

 was killed as rabid. This ease was not proved by inocula- 

 tion experiments, but was in the neighborhood of the others, 

 and was no doubt rabies. Bceause of so much trouble, 

 January 28 Dr. Wallingford was directed to quarantine 

 every dog in the neighborhood, including the one Mrs. 

 Samuels' dog was said to have bitten, and also to order Mrs. 

 Samuels' cat quarantined. Fourteen dogs and the cat were 

 kept under observation for ninety days. All were released 

 as healthy April 26. This seems to have ended the out- 

 break in Watertown and Waltham. 



Early in February the head of a dog was sent from Chelsea 

 to Dr. Frothingham, with the history that the dog was sick 

 and had bitten a child, and later died, and it was feared he was 

 mad. Inoculation experiments were negative, and the child's 

 parents were written to that they need feel no anxiety, as 

 there was no danger of the child developing rabies. March 

 28 Dr. L. L. Pierce, inspector of animals in Arlington, re- 

 ported killing a dog supposed to have rabies, that was bitten 

 by a strange dog about twelve days before ; was probably a 

 case, although not proved experimentally. March 30 the 

 head of a dog which acted peculiarly was sent in from New- 

 ton ; animals inoculated did not develop rabies ; the dog was 

 therefore free from this disease. June 3 and July 2 Dr. 

 Thomas Bryant, inspector of animals in Wayland, reported 

 two suspected cases of rabies in dogs ; neither, however, 

 were proved by inoculation tests. The latter part of July 

 Dr. Madden of Watertown sent in the head of a dog sup- 

 posed to have been rabid. He acted so queerly that his 

 owner shot him, thinking he was_ mad. Inoculations of 

 little animals made by Dr. Frothingham proved negative, 

 and the dog was therefore not rabid. About September 15 

 a dog owned at Newton Centre acted queerly, and was shot 

 by the police, after biting two other dogs. About October 

 15 one of the bitten dogs appeared to be sick, and was sent 

 to Dr. Simpson's veterinary hospital, in Maiden. Dr. Simp- 

 son diagnosed rabies, and sent the head to Dr. Frothingham, 

 who inoculated small animals which developed rabies, prov- 

 ing the correctness of Dr. Simpson's diagnosis. The other 



