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Show Rabbies Caused Death of Only One Patient Out of 38 Cases Salt Lake, Sept. 7. With a total of 38 cases of rabbles or hydrophobia hydropho-bia treated in human beings In tho past 12 months, only ono patient died, according to Dr. T. 13. Deatty, sec retary of the state board of health, who has compiled statistics on tho matter. That patient had not taken tho full treatment. Ho was wanted by the peace officers of another stato, who took him away beforo tho 21 days required for a full treatment for tho disease, after ho had boen bitten by a mad dog. Ho was reported re-ported to have died somowhero In Idaho. Dr. lleatty today received a report from Dr. L. E. Vlko, of tho University Universi-ty of Utah, that a head of n calf which had beon bitten by a dog supposedly sup-posedly rabid, had shown positive traces of the disease. Tho dog which bit tho calf had also bitten a man by tho naino of Morgan, who was at onco rushed to Salt Lake City for treatment. Comes In Waves. Tho epidemic of rabbles, or hydrophobia, hydro-phobia, according to Dr. Beatty, seem to corao In waves, and to bo peculiar pe-culiar to no particular season of the year. Ho Bays that of lato many cases of tho dlseaso aro being reported report-ed from various parts of tho stato and that t6 much precaution can hardly bo taken In combatting tho disease. di-sease. All worthless dogs, tho physician phy-sician says, should be destroyed, and the ordinances with regard to tho I licensing and muzzling of dogs should bo strictly enforced. When human being aro bitten, they should apply nt onco to tho stato board of health for tho Pasteur treatment, nnd If this Is started within a few days after tho Inoculation with tho dlseaso, thcro Is little- fear as to tho success of tho treatment. Dr. Deatty asks that caro bo taken In forwarding heads and brains of animals killed on suspicion of having rabies for tests at tho University ot Utah. Ho urges that tho brains bo packed In Ico and tho heads likewise, like-wise, or In a 30 per cent solution of glycerine |
