4 8 
J. H. ADAMSON. 
that eminent professor, St. Cyr, of the Lyons Veterinary Insti¬ 
tute, will show. It plainly states that rabies is even more prev¬ 
alent in or during the temperate months, than those of extreme 
heat or cold. St. Cyr says that during the months of 
Total Admitted in 
January, 1865. 
Rabid. 
12 
Suspected. 
2 
Infirmary 
’ 14 
February, “ . 
14 
4 
18 
March, “ . 
16 
11 
27 
April, “ . 
14 
20 
34 
May, “ . 
12 
14 
26 
June, “ . 
6 
14 
20 
July, “ . 
2 
* 8 
10 
August, “ . 
4 
3 
4 
September, “ . 
7 
3 
4 
October, “ . 
1 
1 
0 
November, ‘ 1 . 
3 
0 
0 
December, “ . 
1 
1 
2 
Total. 
9 2 
81 
159 
Pathology and Symptoms of Rabies .—Three circumstances in 
the pathology of rabies are worthy of notice, namely : 
First.—That the period of latency, or incubation, after in¬ 
oculation, is very indefinite, ranging from fourteen days to 
several years, and that it varies in different animals. 
Second.—That inoculation does not always produce the dis¬ 
ease, as one-fourth of inoculated animals escape. 
Third.—That the disease is transmissible to man, mammi- 
fers and birds, by the usual media at a later period than 
twenty-four hours after the death of a rabid animal, or after 
cadaveric rigidity (rigor mortis) has completely invaded the 
body. 
As before stated, heat and cold do not favor the generation 
of rabies, the disease is hardly known on the South American 
continent, it is entirely unknown in Egypt, and Syria has never 
been visited by it. Greenland, also, is entirely exempt from this 
scourge. M. Andry, the French writer on this subject, says 
that January and August, the hottest and coldest months, fur¬ 
nish the fewest cases. 
