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)psies. He inquired at first whether sulphate or quinine 
( >uld interfere with the treatment, as he had chills. He grew 
i;aker every day, but kept on his duty, though he was ad- 
■ ed to take a rest. Two days before the end of the treat- 
:nt he felt very feeble and the last day he was still worse. 
! polymyelitis developed and he died on February 23d. 
Frank McCoy, thirty-one years old, of Port Jervis, N. Y., 
irber. On March 7th, 1891, he was bitten on the lower lip 
1 his own dog, which was recognized to be affected with 
idrophobia. The wound was large and bled considerably ; 
tvas cauterized about twenty minutes afterwards with ni- 
i.te of silver (inefficacious). McCoy applied for treatment 
ily five days later (March 12th). His treatment was not 
i.f completed when he went to Liberty Island on a cold and 
;ny day. On returning home he went to bed with chills 
id fever, the effect of a penetrating cold so contracted. He 
«.s attended by Dr. R. W. Buchanan, of New York, who 
ortly after cupped his left side ; the patient was then suf- 
ring from pneumonia of an infectious form. On the 3d of 
bril he seemed somewhat better, and his relatives took him 
'Port Jervis, where he died on April 8th, 1891. 
Jonathan Knowles, sixty-three years old, of Taylorsville,, 
farmer, came for treatment on December 12th, 1891. Was 
tected with bronchitis and kidney trouble. He was obliged 
keep in bed a few days after, as he had contracted the 
jippe complicated with pulmonary oedema. He died on 
hcember 24th. 
By examination of the foregoing figures one may see that 
p results obtained at the New York Pasteur Institute are 
tout the same as those reported by kindred institutions. It 
^unnecessary to comment upon them, as they will be well 
ipreciated by any unprejudiced mind. 
Let us remember that last year forty-two deaths caused 
: hydrophobia have been formally reported of persons bit- 
1 by rabid animals, and who were not submitted to the in¬ 
flations. This makes about eighty deaths for the period 
eluded in our statistics, during which three persons died 
:spite of the treatment. And without taking an exception 
