Show A tf FOUNt OAME HUNTERS WARNED 0 discovery ot or six cao cases as of rabbit fever or tularemia tular emla in salt alt lake recently impelled J arthur st state a to fish and game commissioner to warn hunters and housewives j against handling wild rabbits five ot of the six cases were reported by dr john W sugden all of the victims have been given blood tests to verity verify the diagnoses ot of tuI tularemia tular arem emla ia and all ot of them have recently hand handled ledl wild rabbits the disease long known as rabbit fever was first discovered among the ground squirrels s 9 ular as I 1 in tulare tu lar 0 co county y california and later was identified among rabbits in ullard mallard and box elder counties counties it I 1 t Is contracted conix acted through and usually makes its appearance app earence in the form ot of a small ulcer later the patient develops chills and an fever becomes ex tired and experiences severe headaches its normal course Is from three to six fit x months mon th 9 making it ita a serious disease fro standpoint ot of the time lost by ithe tha patient pat the death rate according to local physicians is one out ot bevery every five cases u f the malda malady was classified clinically clial cally by two U B S department ot health physicians Physic lahs working in tulare I 1 county and near delta utah both physicians contracted the disease during their laboratory experiments I 1 rabbits are the commonest known carriers although any member of the rodent family can contract it in humans the disease la Is similar ini in ef ec feet to typhoid fever and Is often d diagnose as aa typhoid although hot rare the number ot of known cases la in salt lake Is considered unusual salt lake tribune |