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Channel on his return home. Mr. Horsley proved that his death 
was due to the virus of rabies, by using a portion of his spinal 
cord for the inoculation of rabbits and dogs, who died with char¬ 
acteristic signs of paralytic rabies such as usually occur in rabbits. 
Yet it is by no means certain that the fatal issue in this and in 
other cases treated by the intensive method was not due to the 
original infection. M. Pasteur has, however, greatly modified 
this plan of treatment, which he employs in none but the most 
urgent cases. 
“ The final paragraphs of the report, which embody practical 
suggestions, may be given in extenso : 
“The consideration of the whole subject has naturally raised 
the question whether rabies and hydrophobia can be prevented in 
this country. If the protection by inoculation should prove 
permanent, the disease might be suppressed by thus inoculating 
all dogs; but it is not probable that such inoculation would be 
voluntarily adopted by all owners of dogs, or could be enforced 
on them. Police regulations would suffice if they could be rigidly 
enforced. But to make them effective it would be necessary (1) 
that they should order the destruction, under certain conditions, 
of all dogs having no owners, and wandering in either town or 
country; (2) that the keeping of useless dogs should be dis¬ 
couraged by taxation or other means ; (3) that the bringing of 
dogs from countries in which rabies is prevalent should be for¬ 
bidden or subject to quarantine; (4) that in districts or countries 
in which rabies is prevalent the use of muzzles should be com¬ 
pulsory, and dogs out of doors, if not muzzled or led, should be • 
taken by the police as ‘suspected.’ An exception might be made 
for sheep-dogs and others while actually engaged in the purposes 
for which they are kept. There are examples sufficient to prove 
that by these or similar regulations rabies, and consequently 
hydrophobia, would be in this country ‘stamped out,’ or reduced 
to an amount very far less than has hitherto been known. If it 
be not thus reduced, it may be deemed certain that a large num¬ 
ber of persons will, every year, require treatment by the method 
of M. Pasteur. The average annual number of deaths from 
hydrophobia during the ten years ending 1885 was, in all Eng- 
