CHARACTERIZATION 459 



ease in Europe by quarantine and disinfection necessitated the 

 radical measure of slaughter of infected and exposed animals 

 in order to eliminate the disease from our country. 



LoefiBer has recently produced artificial immunity against 

 this infection by a method which promises to be successful for 

 practical immunization. 



REFERENCES. 



1. Cope. Foot and moiith disease. Report, jth International 

 Congress of Vet. Surgeons. Baden Baden, Vol. I ( 1899), p. 184. 



2. Loeffi,ER und Frosch. Berichte der Kommission zur Brfor- 

 schung der Maul iind Klaueuseuche bei dem Institut fiir Infektious 

 Krankheiten in Berlin. Cent, f Bakt. Ed. XXIII (1898), S. 371. 



3. LOEFFLER. Ibid. Bd. XXIV (1898), S. 569. 



4. LoEFFLER. Bin neuer Verfahren der Schutzimpfung gegen 

 Maul und Klauenseushe. Rfiiiich. J/ed. IVoc/iensc/ir., igo6. S. 1036. 



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

 and Thera., Vol. XVI ( igoi), p. i5. 



6. Peters. Foot and mouth disease. Second Semi-annual 

 Report of the Chief of the Cattle Bureau, Mass. State Board of Agric. 



1903. P- 321- 



7. Salmon. Foot and mouth disease. Year Book U. S. Dept. of 

 Agric. 1902. p. 643. Ibid. Annual Report Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, 1902, p. 391. 



8. Walley. The four bovine scourges. 1879. P- 6r. 



R.^BIES 



Synonyms. Hydrophobia ; canine madness ; lyssa; Rage ; 

 Tollwiit ; 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 inocula- 

 tion. It is not known to be contracted or transmitted in 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 



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