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cept from the bite of some animal whose virus is received directly 
or indirectly from the dog. 
May not human medicine be able to take advantage of the 
lengthened incubative stage of rabies, to attempt to establish in 
that interval of time, before the appearance of the first rabid 
symptoms, the refractory condition of bitten individuals ? But 
before this hope can be realized much remains to be done. 
In beginning the study of rabies, my principal object was to 
search and prove, if possible, the power of experimentation in the 
knowledge of virulent or contagious diseases. The Academy 
has no jdoubt already observed that the preceding observations, 
as well as subsequent investigations, have been obtained without 
necessary recourse to the discussion of the question, or even the 
knowledge of the facts of the contagiousness of the disease. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE-HOSPITAL RECORDS. 
SIMPLE FRACTURE OF THE RADIUS. 
By J. E. Ryder, House Surgeon, A. V. C. 
A sorrel gelding, ten years of age, was brought to the hospital 
on the 8th of April, with the following history: At about three 
o’clock p.m. of that day, while standing in the street, he became 
suddenly frightened, and while rearing fell heavily upon his near 
side on the curbstone. He was immediately unharnessed and al¬ 
lowed to get up, but upon standing was found very lame and un¬ 
able to move. An ambulance was immediately summoned, and 
he was brought to the College. 
Upon examination, the animal was found standing up, with 
his left leg in the normal position and without swelling, but be¬ 
traying excessive pain on the slightest manipulation on the lower 
part of the radius. By careful handling crepitation was detected, 
and a diagnosis made of simple longitudinal fracture of the ra¬ 
dius without displacement, the lower lesion extending upward 
along the length of the bone. Everything seemed so far favor¬ 
able that a corresponding prognosis was given, and the owner be¬ 
ing desirous of having the animal treated, a splint of plaster of 
