REPORTS, 1899 



351 



other inoculations requiring a preliminary incision in order to 

 expose the part into which the injection is made, in Table III. 

 (A.). In all these cases the whole operation is performed under 

 an anaesthetic. 



The inoculations for the diagnosis of rabies are made in 

 accordance with the directions printed upon the back of dog 

 licenses, which run as follows : — 



" If a dog suspected of being rabid is killed after 

 14 it has bitten any person or animal, a veterinary 

 11 surgeon should be requested to forward the spinal 

 " cord to the Brown Institution, Wandsworth Road 

 li (or some other licensed institution), in order that it 

 H may be ascertained with certainty whether the 

 " animal was suffering from rabies." 



The number of inoculations for the diagnosis of rabies 

 performed in 1899 was 164, the steady decrease during recent 

 years noticed in the report for 1898 having been maintained. 



The return of experiments performed by one licensee, 

 holding a license only, has not been received, owing to his 

 absence on service with the forces in South Africa. 



Table III. (B.) is devoted entirely to inoculations, hypo- 

 dermic injections, and some few other proceedings, performed 

 without anaesthetics. It includes 6813 experiments, whereof 

 there were performed, — 



Under Certificate A ... 6689 



„ Certificate A + E . . -83 



,, Certificate A + F . 41 



A large number of these experiments were performed as a 

 matter of professional duty for the diagnosis and prevention 

 of disease, for the standardisation of remedies, and for the 

 testing of articles of food, such as water, milk and butter, 

 many of them on behalf of Government Departments, County 

 Councils, and Municipal Corporations. The demand for anti- 

 toxins continues to increase, and during the past year 54,569 

 doses of diphtheria antitoxin have been sent out from two 

 institutions. 



