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and fret themselves into a dangerous illness or even to death, 
when if they had been informed that the animal was not mad 
would never have had a day’s sickness ; however, the wound 
should always be cauterized at the earliest opportunity. It does 
no harm and may be the means of preventing further trouble. 
If rabies should develop in the dog that has been confined, 
no time should be lost in sending the person bitten to one of the 
Pasteur institutes for treatment. Pasteur discovered that a 
serum containing an attenuated toxin derived from the brain 
and cord of an animal suffering from rabies would prevent the 
occurrence of the disease in those who have been bitten by ani¬ 
mals undoubtedly rabid. On this principle Pasteur institutes 
have been established in which preventive inoculations are made 
with quite satisfactory results. It has been impossible to esti¬ 
mate how many cases of hydrophobia occur in this country dur¬ 
ing the year, but in the older countries where records are kept, 
it was found that in three years in Belgium, England, France, 
and Germany there were 6538 cases. 
The death rate without local treatment is 83 per cent. The 
death rate with local treatment is 33 per cent. The death rate 
with Pasteur treatment is 0.6 per cent. This speaks for itself. 
The preventive measures taken in countries where hydrophobia 
is almost stamped out are muzzling of all dogs out 011 public 
thoroughfares, especially during hot weather, high dog tax, kill¬ 
ing off all stray and ownerless dogs and public drinking troughs 
for dogs. I might add that a system of preventive inoculation 
of all dogs would still tend to reduce the number of cases of 
hydrophobia. 
Glanders, a contagious disease affecting the horse, ass and 
mule, is transmissible to man. This disease is caused by the 
mallisti bacillus. It is characterized by a discharge from the 
nose, the formation of nodules in various parts of the body. 
The lymphatics are the organs most frequently attacked. The 
lesions may be external or internal or both. The animal be¬ 
comes emaciated, looks unthrifty, although in some cases there 
may be no visible symptoms except perhaps a slight discharge 
