RABIES AND HYDROPHOBIA. ggq 
thorities. Children might be instructed that an unmuzzled dog 
was dangerous, and that they should keep at a distance from it, 
and especially that they should never touch or fondle such an 
animal. 
The results which have been obtained by muzzling, justify 
its enforcement wherever there is an outbreak of rabies. Most 
of us have heard of the experience of Berlin with this measure 
about the middle of the century. From 1845 to 1853, 278 
rabid -animals were received at the Berlin Veterinary School. 
This is an average of 35 a year. From March, 1852, to the 
same month in 1853, the number was 82, and from March, 1853 
to the end of July, there were 37 more. On July 20, it was ordered 
that the use of the muzzle should become general. From July 
to the close of the year but six cases were admitted. Only four 
cases were observed m the whole city during 1854, and but a 
single case in 1855. For the seven years following there was 
not a single case recorded.* 
While some have attributed the disappearance of rabies from 
Berlin at the time mentioned to other causes, muzzling has been 
adopted in Germany as the principal reliance in repressing this 
disease. Consul-General Mason reports from Berlin to the 
State Department that “ in Berlin, Frankfort, and, so far as I 
know or can ascertain, in all cities and large towns in Germany, 
dogs are required to be muzzled whenever they are on the street 
or public place, and this regulation is enforced in cities even 
when the dog is led or held in leash by the owner, or is har¬ 
nessed for working purposes to a cart or other vehicle.” f 
In Great Britain the results from enforcing the muzzling 
order have been phenomenal both in the opposition encountered 
by the authorities and in the successful eradication of the ' 
disease. he number of rabid dogs officially reported was, in 
i 88 7 > 217 ; 1888, 160; 1889, 312. In the last mentioned year 
* Renault, cited by Bouley in “ Rapport sur la rage.” Bui. de l’Acad de Med 
Paris, 1863, p. 725. 
Fleming, “ Rabies and Hydrophobia,” p. 365. 
f Consular Reports, June 19, 1900. 
