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Show oo RABIES REPORTED IN PARTS OF IDAHO Salt Lake, Jan. 14 Rabies is spreading in Idaho and tho state has administered Pasteur treatment to twenty-four human beings bitten by mad coyotes, said Dr. Ernest E. Lau-baugh, Lau-baugh, state bacteriologist for Idaho, who was in the city a few hours yesterday. yes-terday. Dr. Laubaugh was on his way home to JBoise from a conference on the subject of rabies held by Nevada health and other officials "in Wlnne-mucca. Wlnne-mucca. This conference had been called by Governor Emmet D. Boyle of Nevada to determine steps In a campaign against the hydrophobia epidemic epi-demic in that state. The Idaho bacteriologist called upon up-on State Health Commissioner T. B. Beatty, and discussed the rabies men-aco men-aco with him. Conference Is Called. "The epidemic has assumed such proportions In Idaho," Dr. Laubaugh told Dr. Beatty, "that the governor has called all the county commissioners commission-ers to meet in Boise January 24 to 27 to discuss ways and means of fighting the disease." Dr. Laubaugh said that tho first case of rabies attracted attention in July, when some sheep herders were bitten by mad coyotes and were given the Pasteur treatment by the Idaho state board of health. Since then, be said, twenty-four persons infected with hydrophobia had been treated by the state, and that a number of other cases had received private Pasteur Pas-teur treatment for the disease. A preponderance of the victims, he said, had been bitten by rapid coyotes, although some of them had been bitten bit-ten by mad dogs, moBtly sheep dogs, which had been attacked by the coyotes. coy-otes. There were several instances said tho bacteriologist, where the mad coyotes had gone into tents and houses and attacked the inmates. Rabid Coyotes Caught. Thirteen rabid coyotes had tbeen caught and examined by the Idaho health board, said Dr. Laubaugh. "One rabid coyote even made a raid on Boise," said the visitor. "It bit six dogs and one cow, which died, but did not attack any human beings," Dr. Laubaugh said that Nevada was much aroused over tho rabies scare. Reports were made showing that much damage to livestock and sheep had been done by the coyotes and that there had been frequent cases of humans hu-mans heing bitten, administration of the Pasteur treatment being necessary to save their lives. The statement was made at Winnemucca that there were ninety deaths of human ibeings from hydrophobia in California last year Dr. Laubaugh told Dr. Beatty that Idaho was much interested in the conference con-ference on rabies and other questions to be conducted in Salt Lake next month by Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the United States public health service. He said that Idaho would have a large official represonta tion at the meetings. oo |
