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RABIES 



4. Paris. 



Dr Pottevin's report on the work of the Pasteur 

 Institute (Paris) during 1897 {Annates, April 1898) 

 must be given word for word, without abbreviation. 



1. 



During 1897, x 5 21 patients received the anti- 

 treatment at the Pasteur Institute : 8 died of rabies. 

 The notes of their cases will be found at the end of 

 this paper. 



If we exclude 2 of these 8 cases — the cases of 

 Heniquet and Morin, where death occurred before 

 it was possible for the vaccinations to produce their 

 effect — the results of the vaccinations in 1897 are — 



Patients treated . . . 15 19 



Deaths 6 



Mortality per cent. ... 0.39 



In the following table these figures are compared 

 with those of preceding years : — 



Year. 



Patients 

 treated. 



Deaths. 



Mortality 

 per cent. 



1886 



2671 



25 



O.94 



1887 



1770 





O.79 



1888 



1622 



9 



O.55 



1889 



1830 



7 



O.38 



1890 



1540 



5 



O.32 



1891 



1559 



4 



O.25 



1892 



1790 



4 



0.22 



1893 



1648 



6 



O.36 



1894 



1387 



7 



O.50 



1895 



1520 



5 



°-33 



1896 



I308 



4 



0.30 



1897 



1521 



6 



o.39 



