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and most of the forage was badly decayed, and consequently in 
a somewhat similar condition to that found in the ponds the 
year before. 
Just what is the exciting cause of this affection I am unable 
to say, but I firmly believe that it is either a germ or fungus, 
associated with the decayed vegetation that, when taken into 
the system multiplies and grows and produces the pathological 
changes and their accompanying train of symptoms. If these 
were all outbreaks of rabies why should sections, where these 
conditions did exist, be affected while an adjoining section where 
other conditions prevailed be exempt from the disease ? 
Again several children were bitten by the dogs supposed to 
have been rabid and the cause of these outbreaks, but none of 
the children even developed any symptoms of rabies, and could 
we not reasonably expect that if a dog that had rabies in such 
an aggravated form that he would communicate the disease to 
ten or twelve head of cattle without even biting one of them, 
severe enough to leave a visible mark, could bite a child on the 
hand so that the blood was drawn, that the child would be likely 
to contract the disease. Such was the history of one out¬ 
break. 
Again if these were outbreaks of rabies, why was the disease 
so much more prevalent in cattle than in dogs, as there was 
seldom more than one or two dogs affected in a neighborhood. 
Of animals other than cattle being affected were the dogs, 
none of which presented symptoms clearly indicating rabies, and 
in one outbreak one hog was supposed to be affected as were 
the cattle, presenting similar symptoms, and at one other out¬ 
break a colt. I did not see either of the cases and from the 
history of the cases was unable to associate them with the affec¬ 
tion of the cattle. 
Although not going as deeply into the pathology or symp¬ 
tomatology of the disease as I might have wished to have done, 
I sincerely hope that I have succeeded in presenting the subject 
in such a light as to elicit a spirited discussion. If such should 
be the results then the mission of the paper will have been ful- 
