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RABIES 



subcutaneous injections give no pain or malaise 

 worth considering. 



Of course, the treatment is adjusted to the 

 gravity of the case. A bite through naked skin is 

 more grave than a bite through clothing ; and bites 

 on the head or face, and wolf-bites, are worst of all. 

 The number and character of the scars are also 

 taken into account. An excellent description of 

 the treatment, by a patient, was published in the 

 Birmingham Medical Review of January i 

 It gives the following tables of treatment : — 





I. Ordinary Treatment. 







Day of 



Days of Drying 



Day of 



Days of Drying 



Treatment. 



of Cord. 



Treatment. 





of Cord. 



I 



. 14 and 13 



9 • 



. dose) 



3 



2 



. 12 and 1 1 



10 . 



(full dose) 



5 



3 • 



10 and 9 



11 . 





5 



4 • 



8 and 7 



12 . 





4 



5 • 



6 



13 • 





4 



6 . 



6 



14 . 



. (h dose) 



3 



7 • 



8 . 



5 

 4 



15 • 



(full dose) 



3 



Day of 

 Treatment. 



14 



15 



16 



2. Cases of Moderate Gravity. 

 Same treatment, up to 13th day. 



Days of Drying 

 of Cord. 



3 

 5 



4 



Day of 

 Treatment. 



17 • 



18 . 



Days of Drying 

 of Cord. 



. (| dose) 3 

 (full dose) 3 



Day of 

 Treatment. 



II 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 



3. Grave Cases. 

 Same treatment, up to 10th day. 



Days of Drying 

 of Cord. 



4 



3 



5 

 5 

 4 

 4 



Day of 

 Treatment. 



17 

 18 



19 

 20 

 21 

 22 



Days of Drying 

 of Cord. 



(full dose) 



