CHARACTERIZATION 459 



ease in Europe bv quarantine and disinfection necessitated the 

 radical measure of slaughter of infected and exposed anunals 

 in order to eliminate the disease from our country. 



Loeffier has recently produced artificial immunity against 

 this infection by a method which promises to be successful for 

 practical immunization. 



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I Coi'E Foot and mouth disease. Re.pivt, 7th International 

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*2 L0EEFI.ER UND Frosch. Berichte der Komniission x.ur Krfor- 

 schuiig der Maul uud Klaueuseuche bei dem Institut fUr Infektious 

 Krankheiten in Berlin. Cent. / Bakt. Bd. XXIII (.898), S. 371- 



3 L0EFFI.ER. Ibid. Bd. XXIV (1898), vS. 569. 



4 LOFFFLER. Ein neuer Verfahren der Schut/.impfung gegen 

 Maul und Klauenseushe. Munch. Med. W oclienschr., i9o(>. S- ■036. 



5. PENBERTHY. Foot and mouth disease. Jour. Comp. Path, 

 and Thera., Vol. XVI ( 1901), p. 16. 



b PJ.-TERS Foot and mouth disease. Second Semi-annual 

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1903, p. 321. 



7 S.^LMOX Foot and mouth disease. Year Book U. S. Dcpt. oj 

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Industry, 1902, p. 39^- 



8. W.\LLEV. The four bovine scourges. 1879- P- ^i- 



RABIES 



Synonyms. Hydrophobia ; canine madness ; lyssa; Rage ; 

 Tollumt ; Wutkrankheit. 



§366. Characterization. Rabies is an acute infectious 

 disease transmitted from animal to animal or from animal to 

 man by the bite of the rabid individual or by direct mocula- 

 tion It is not known to be contracted or tran.smitted m any 

 other manner. It is characterized by a long and variable 

 period of incubation, followed by symptoms referable to the 

 nervous system, lasting from one to ten days and ending in 



