Prevention of Rabies
Authors: EUGENE A. HILDRETH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Review1 May 1963Prevention of RabiesOr the Decline of SiriusEUGENE A. HILDRETH, M.D., F.A.C.P.EUGENE A. HILDRETH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-5-883 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRabies was recognized and feared in antiquity. It appears to have been one of the few diseases that did not wait to be discovered by Hippocrates: there is a remarkably accurate description of rabies written in Mesopotamia in 2000 B.C. This excerpt recognizes certain facts related to the transmission and prophylaxis of the disease:"If a dog is mad and authorities have brought this to the attention of the owner, if he does not keep it in, and it bites a man and causes his death, then the owner shall pay 40 shekels of silver, 15 shekels if a slave."...References1. Advances in rabies control. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: EUGENE A. HILDRETH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaDr. Hildreth is a John and Mary R. Markle Scholar in Medicine, 1958-1963.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Eugene A. Hildreth, M.D., Section of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byInterspecies Semiotics and the Specter of Taboo: The Perception and Interpretation of Dogs and Rabies in Bali, IndonesiaRABIES VIRUSImmunology of Rabies, Arbovirus Encephalitis, Parainfectious Encephalitis, and Guillain-Barré SyndromeRabies: Recent advances in pathogenesis and controlSerum Neutralizing Antibody After Rabies Postexposure ProphylaxisLAWRENCE COREY, M.D., MICHAEL A. W. HATTWICK, M.D., GEORGE M. BAER, D.V.M., JEAN S. 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