Facts relating to Hydrophobia. 153 
PART II. 
Hyxprornosra :—Extent, ease of transmission, dangers of exposure 
time during which the virus lurks in the system, fe. — 
If hydrophobia should ever become as frequent in the United 
States, as it has been in some countries, it would be a subject of re- 
gret that we have no regular statistics of the disease. We have sta- 
tistics of other diseases, as well as of vice and crime. The labor of 
collecting them, is more than compensated by the diminution of suf- 
fering, which their publicity occasions. The present is deemed a 
favorable time for inviting attention to hydrophobia, as it is believed 
that the disease is more prevalent in the country than at any former 
period of its history. During the last year especially, the cases have 
been frequent ; and there is reason to believe, that with more knowl- 
edge of the disease, and of the dangers of exposure, some at least, 
of the many fatal terminations which have occurred, might have been. 
avoided. 
‘ A table, containing a statement of the number of deaths 6 ot 
phobia, in the different parts of the Prussian monarchy, was publish- 
ed in Hufeland’s Journal for March, 1824. From this table, it we 
pears that the deaths in ten years amounted to one 
hundred and sixty-six. i 
Years. Deaths. Years: Deaths. 
1810 104 - 1815 79 
1811 117 - 1816 201 
1812 101 - 1817 228 
1813 85 - 1818 268 
1814 127 - 1819 356 
‘The deaths occurred more frequently i in some provinces than in 
The greatest number mentioned in one province is two hun- 
dred and twenty-eight. In several provinces, the cases were very 
~ wipe or totally absent. Dr. Hufeland accounts for this great diver- 
sity, by remarking that the provinces in which it is frequent are con- 
tiguous to the —— containing wolves, as those of Poland, Prussia, 
and the Ardennes 
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