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was ihc (-lest ruction of the i)ack of hounds owned by the 

 Myopia Hunt Club, because of an outbreak of rabies. A firm 

 and rational stand against this disease four years ago might 

 have prevented its spread in a great measure, and perhaps 

 saved the lives of these and hundreds of other dogs, beside 

 other animals and a nuudx>r of human beings. 



Two particular cases are worthy of special mention. One 

 is that of a dog in Ludlow that was always kept chained ; he 

 was bitten by a rabid dog in the autumn of 1907 and was 

 quai-antined for six months; at the end of this ])eriod his 

 owner was sent a notice of release. Four days later, March 

 11, 1908, he developed rabies, broke his collar and ran away, 

 and was killed after biting a number of other dogs. 



The other case was that of a dog in Milton, released from 

 quarantine July 15, after being confined for a number of 

 months, bitten by a rabid dog in August, from which he devel- 

 oped rabies and was killed October 10. If it had not been 

 known when he was bitten in August his trouble might have 

 l)een ascribed to the first bite, and have been cited as another 

 case with a long incubative period. When rabies is preva- 

 lent in the conmiunity is it not possible that many of the cases 

 of long periods of incubation recorded may be cases where 

 the animal has been bitten a second time, without any one 

 being aware of it ? 



There do not seem to be any further suggestions or recom- 

 mendations to make in connection with this disease that have 

 not already been made in previous reports for the last three 

 or four years. 



Glanders. 



]\rore horses or mules died or were destroyed because of 

 glanders and farcy in Massachusetts, including Boston, dur- 

 ing the year ending Nov. 30, 1908, than during any other 

 year of which there is any record. 



During 1907, 711 cases of ghmders are recorded, beside 

 which there were 26 cases which had not been disposed of. 

 Twenty-two of these were later released and 4 were killed as 

 having glanders. Of these 4, 1 was entered on the 1908 rec- 

 ords, and the other 3 should be added to the 711 1907 horses, 

 making 714 in all, 308 of which were Boston cases. 



