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of human patients, has recently published a rough 

 analysis of the cases treated. 



It appears that between the 6th of July 1885 and 

 the 10th of June 1886 the number of patients treated 

 by Pasteur's method was 1335. In order to eliminate 

 cases of which the final issue is uncertain, Dr. Grancher 

 omits those treated subsequently to the 22d of April 

 1886. Of the cases treated within the period thus 

 defined, there were ninety-six in which the patients 

 had been bitten by dogs which were absolutely de- 

 monstrated to be suffering from rabies. This demon- 

 stration was afforded either by the fact that other 

 animals bitten by them became rabid or by an experi- 

 ment in which a portion of the dog's brain being placed 

 in contact with the brain of a living rabbit was found 

 to cause the death of that rabbit with indisputable 

 symptoms of rabies. A second class of cases were 

 those of persons who were bitten by dogs certified to 

 be rabid by the veterinary practitioners of the locality 

 in which the bite took place. Of these there were 

 644. Lastly, there were 232 cases in which the dog 

 which had inflicted the bite had run off and not been 

 seen again, leaving it entirely doubtful as to whether 

 the dog had really been rabid or not. 



For the purpose of judging of the efficacy of 

 Pasteur's method the last group of cases should be put 

 aside altogether. In the first two classes there are 

 740 cases. These we can compare with the most care- 

 fully formed conclusions as to the result of bites of 

 rabid dogs when Pasteur's treatment has not been 

 adopted. In the first part of this article it was stated 



