Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-29
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study of the situation, declares tha. he found that the number of patients in the Pasteur institute in Paris had decreased very much. When visited Paris in 1904 there was an average of 50 patients; now the average is not, more than 15. There are five other institutes in France, to be sure. But the disease seems to be decreasing.
 The precautions against rabies in Paris are very complete. All dogs are tagged and registered, and those not in leash must be muzzled. When dog believed to be mad bites a number of others record is made of the tag num- bers of all the dogs bitten. The offend ing dog must be killed at once The head is sent to the Pasteur institute for examination. If the rabies poison is found in it. all the dogs bitten must be killed at once. We sent out similar notices here in New York from 1894 until 1901. but found that no attention was paid to them. so we gave it up.
 Tn England the results have been must successful. The disease has prac- tically been stamped out. There all dogs on the streets must also be in leash or muzzled. The dogs enteridg the country must be kept in quarantine and under observation for 40 days.
 The reason there is so much less hydrophobia in America than in Eu- rope, is. I think, because the country. is not so densely populated. Espe- cially in the open country, a rabid dog m f1rrt Ar4 people to bite.
 From 1886 to 1904 there were 2S, ,i94 persons treated at the Pasteur institute in Paris, and 121 deaths. ratio of .39 per cent. The 2S, ,494 cases made an average of 1 1.500 a year, with patients from all parts of the continent The Pasteur institute in New York was established in 1889; that in Chicago a little later. From 1890 to 1901, inclu- sive. 1908 cases were treated in this cit!. = From 1901 to 1905 there were 4S2 cases, and since 1905, 800 cases, with the mortality ranging from .67 to 20 per cent. The total of 2.S9o cases in the New York institute means ar average of 150 year. These cases are drawn from New York city, the country for 300 miles around, and four or five year from Central America and the West Indies.
 The proportion of persons who. aft CT being bitten by rabid animals, de- yclop hydrophobia has been various ly estimated. Tardieu and Bouley. in France. collected S55 cases, of which 399, or 46.6 per cent. died. Generally speaking. the more numerous and the deeper the wounds the greater is the danger. Furthermore, statistics show that the mortality is greater when the bites are inflicted on bare parts. It is easy to conceive that clothing pre- vents. to a certain extent, the intro duction of the virus. or, at least, re- duces greatly the quantity that reaches the wound. The nerve supply of the wounded part plays also a very inn portant role. Thus, face bites are the most dangerous, owing to the fact that the virus reaches rapidly the medulla through the cranial nerves Bites on the finger tips are next in importance Statistics show that about 90 per cent of the bites inflicted upon the face re- suit fatally. On other parts of the body the bites show the following per ccntages of fatality: On the hands and. wrists, 65 to 70 per cent; on the arms, % to 35 per cent; on the lower limbs. 20 to 25 per cent; on the trunk, 5 to 10 per cent"
 One of the most general of the popu- lar beliefs regarding rabies is that dogs are apt to develop it in hot weather the dog days.
 Modern science has exploded this idea. If hot weather makes any diff ference it is not very marked.