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the case of small wounds all the treatment probably 
indicated will be thorough cauterization with nitric 
acid within twelve hours from the time of infection. 
Our experience in dealing with those bitten by rabid 
animals indicates that physicians do not appreciate the 
value of thorough cauterization of the infected wounds. 
But far more important than any treatment, curative 
or preventive, for hydrophobia in man is the prevention 
of rabies in dogs, through which this disease is usually 
conveyed. Were all dogs under legislative control and 
the compulsory wearing of muzzles rigidly enforced 
where rabies prevails, hydrophobia would soon become 
an almost unknown disease. This fact has been amply 
demonstrated by the statistics of rabies in countries 
where such laws are now in force. 
