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rabies is one of the leading topics of the day, and though 

 strong doubts exist in my own mind as to the reality of many 

 of the cases reported, yet no doubt there is much cause to 

 fear that unless more active measures are adopted, this most 

 to be dreaded of all maladies will continue to increase. 



Dr. Acland observes : " We have enough, through the 

 splendid tables of mortality, monuments alike of English civ- 

 ilization and of official zeal, prepared by Major Graham and 

 Dr. Farr, of Somerset House, to show that the present panic 

 in this country depends on the horrors of the complaint, not 

 on its frequency, and upon the just conviction that it is high 

 time to prevent its increase." * 



Let us yet hope, dubious as I have already said the reali- 

 zation may be, that the time is not far distant when curative 

 measures for hydrophobia and rabies shall be discovered. 

 That man will deserve well of his fellows who has the honor 

 of such a discovery. 



" The literature of this malady is indeed advancing at a 

 wonderful rate, and it is almost daily receiving additions. 

 Perhaps the most valuable and complete is to be found in a 

 series of articles which are now appearing in the ' Medical 

 Press and Circular,' and which we can highly recommend to 

 those who are studying the subject, either in man ir 

 animals."t 



The above opinion I can thoroughly endorse, having 

 perused the articles mentioned ; but I would also refer my 

 readers to that splendid treatise on " Rabies and Hydro- 

 phobia," by G. Fleming ; — an ornament to our literature, and 

 a work which, apart from its high scientific merits, contains 

 so much information of considerable value to all persons 

 interested in the canine race and their worst malady. 



* " The Contemporary Review," Jan., 1878. (Dog-Poison in Man.) 

 t " Veterinary Journal," Leading Article, February, 1878. 



