Statement showing efficacy of dips used on sheep exposed to and infected with scab for the calendar years 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903. [Compiled from replies to circular letter of inquiry sent to owners.] Grand total. 1900 Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number Peret. Number. Perct. Number. 1901 2,401 100 Buffalo. 11, 201 98 220 2 6, 027 13, 602 90 639 10 98.4 220 1.6 13, 822 Chicago.. 1902 35,581 81.7 7,995 8 116,744 92 11,075 8 10, 141 8 185,027 126,885 Statement showing efficacy of dips used on sheep exposed to and infected with scab for the calendar years 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903-Continued. Number. Per ct. Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number. Per ct. Number. Perct. Number. Perct. Number. Per ct. Number. Perct. Number. PATHOLOGICAL REPORT ON A CASE OF RABIES IN A WOMAN." By JOHN R. MOHLER, A. M., V. M. D., Chief of Pathological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry. GENERAL REMARKS. While walking through a vacant lot on February 11, 1902, Mrs. J., colored, of Washington, D. C., was fiercely attacked and severely bitten on the right forearm, near the inner canthus of the left eye, and on the left frontal eminence by a stray collie dog. Eighteen days later the woman complained of a general malaise and pains in the cicatrized wounds of the head, which rapidly grew more severe, necessitating the services of a physician. Upon the latter's advice the patient was removed on the following day to Freedmen's Hospital, where the case was diagnosed as "suspected rabies." On the afternoon of March 3 the writer visited the hospital, on the invitation of Dr. William C. Woodward, District health officer, to whom we are indebted for the kindness of having brought this case to our attention. The patient was found in an extremely nervous condition, having an excessive feeling of fear and uneasiness. The eyes were staring, and a general expression of anxiety pervaded the countenance of the individual. The mind, however, was clear and no efforts at violence were made. When interviewed as to the cause of the scars on her head and forearm, she lightly replied: "Oh, a dog bit me there some weeks ago, but they are all right now." From time to time reflex spasms involving the muscles of deglutition were noticed, causing a clutching at the throat and difficult breathing during the attack. These rapidly became more generalized, and in a few hours also involved the respiratory muscles, causing extreme dyspnea. Attempts at vomiting would then occur, but no evacuations followed. Contrary to the usual run of cases, the patient accredited these symptoms to indigestion and had not the slightest suspicion of the true nature of her condition, thus disproving the idea that the nervousness and fear usually seen in the early stages of rabies in the human subject are due to the natural dread of the disease and appre a This report was prepared for filing in the District Health Office, together with the records furnished by the attending physician, the hospital pathologist, and the resident physician. For this reason only those portions of the history and clinical symptoms that were brought to my attention will be given at this time.-J. R. M. |