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biting at his forciiriii, juiii})ing up and kicking. He ko})t 

 tliis u.\) until cxliausted. He made no attenii)t to bite any 

 one but liiniself, but would kiek at the api)roach of a person. 

 He exhausted himself in a short time, and was apparently 

 d3'ing ; and, as he could not be controlled by any means, it 

 was deemed best to kill him. 



At the Harvard Medical School Dr. Frothingham succeeded 

 in producing rabies in rabbits from portions of the brain 

 sent by Dr. Balmer. 



No history can be obtained of this horse having been bitten 

 after his arrival in Massachusetts ; the probability is that he 

 was bitten while in the AVest, before shipment to this State. 



The other case was that of a dog owned by a vaudeville 

 actor performing at Keith's theatre, in Boston, early in Sep- 

 tember. The dog was noticed to be ailing, and was sent to 

 the Boston Veterinary Hospital, where a diagnosis of rabies 

 was made, and the animal reported to the Boston board of 

 health. Dr. Alex. Burr, veterinarian to the Boston board 

 of health, reports that the dog was killed, and rabbits inocu- 

 lated from the base of his brain developed rabies. As the 

 owner of this dog performed in various places, an engagement 

 at one of these theatres being usually of a week's duration, 

 and as there is no history of an}' cases of rabies among dogs 

 elsewhere in Massachusetts, the probabilities are that he was 

 bitten while outside of the State, and developed symptoms 

 of the disease duringf his master's eno:agement in Boston. 



This is an illustration of how readily rabies might be rein- 

 troduced into Massachusetts. If this dog had strayed away 

 and bitten other dogs, instead of being sent to the hospital, a 

 great deal of trouble might easily have ensued. 



Miscellaneous Contagious Diseases. 

 The law relating to contaijious diseases among animals in 

 this Commonwealth is contained chiefly in chapter 90 of the 

 Revised Laws, and section 28 reads as follows : — 



Contagious diseases, under the provisions of this chapter, shall 

 include glanders, farcy, contagious pleuro-pneumouia, tuberculosis, 

 Texas fever, foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, hog cholera, 

 rabies, anthrax or anthracoid diseases, sheep scab and actinomy- 

 cosis. 



