Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-13 | Page 16 | Rabbit Fever Warring Told

RABBIT RAB FEVER WARNING TOLD Report of ot 39 cases of ot tularemia tularemia- rabbit fever ln fever in tho the state tate during 1935 drew a a. warning Monday from Dr John L. L Jones state stati health commissioner as to precautions tobe tobe to tobe be taken talen by hunters and others handling wild rabbits Although an Infectious disease there is no record of ot contagion among human beings Dr Jones said Thorough cooking liberal use of ot disinfectants on cuts and scratches and preventive inoculation were urged by Dr Jones Keep your bare baro hands out of ot a wild rabbit he cautioned Rubber Rub ber bet gloves afford protection but remember that sharp fragments of shattered bones can pierce a rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber glove and the hand Persons having recovered from an attack of ot the disease are immune against further attacks Of the 39 cases in the state 29 were reported from Box Elder coun coun- ties tics Weber and Duchesne counties each had two cases while counties having one case each were Salt Lake Summit Sevier and Tooele