num_pages: 257
description: Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public.
language: English
title: Mad Dogs and Englishmen: Rabies in Britain 1830-2000
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan