176 RABIES 



cent, among patients bitten by dogs undoubtedly 

 rabid : — 





73 

 +3 



CO 



>> 













9 



1 







« 

 .2 



1 









n 



O 





1 



p 



O 



Bites of the Head . 



1,759 



21 



I.I 



A 



2,872 



20 



0.69 



Bites of the Hands 



11,118 



53 



O.47 



B 



12,547 



61 



0.48 



Bites of the Limbs 



7,289 



22 



O.3O 



C 



4,747 



15 



0.31 



j 20,166 



1 



96 



O.46 



1 



20,166 



96 



0.46 



III. 



In regard to their nationality, the 1521 patients 

 treated at the Pasteur Institute in 1897 were as 

 follows : — 



Germany . 



8 



United States . 



1 



England . 



• 83 



Greece . 



1 



Belgium . 



• 14 



India 



• 33 



Egypt . 



2 



Switzerland 



• 33 



That is, 175 foreigners and 1346 French. 



IV. 



Notes of the eight cases where the treatment 

 failed : — 



1. Camille Bourg, 26. Bitten nth April ; treated 

 at the Pasteur Institute, 13th to 30th April ; died of 

 rabies at the Lariboisiere Hospital, 26th May, Six 

 penetrating bites on the ball of the left thumb. The 

 dog was examined by M. Grenot, a veterinary 

 surgeon at Paris, and the dissection gave evidence 

 of rabies. Another person bitten and treated at the 

 same time as Bourg is now in good health. 



