Facts and problems of rabies / by A.M. Stimson.

  • Stimson, A. M. (Arthur Marston), 1876-
Date:
[1910]
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Facts and problems of rabies / by A.M. Stimson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    17/104
    a thick fur which tends to mechanically prevent the introduction of the virus, or possibly because of some natural relative immunity. There is some reason to believe that skunks may propagate the disease widely among their own kind as the dog does, and cases are know of infection of man by this animal; but as a rule animals other than the dog or his kind do not transmit the disease another remove. This may be explained by their relative lack of ability, opportunity, and tendency to bite when rabid. The demonstrated susceptibility of rats and other rodents to sub- cutaneous inoculation has led to the opinion, entertained by a few, that these animals might be capable of perpetuating rabies without the mediation of the dog. Their limited contact with man, how- ever, argues little danger from this source, and the success of the measures directed against the dog alone, as for instance in England, shows that this fear is unfounded. It has been shown that rats may acquire fixed virus infection by ingestion of rabic brains. Perpetua- tion of the disease in this manner among animals dangerous to man seems far from probable. The domesticated animals are affected with something like the following relative frequency, subject, of course, to variation accord- ing to conditions: Animals sickened and died, or killed on account of rabies in Prussia. Animals. Doebert’s figures, 1902-1907. Schiider’s figures, 1886. Number. Percent- age. Number. Percent- age. 3,715 85.1 80. 2 '467 10. 7 14. 7 63 1. 44 1. 0 Swine 49 1.12 1. 6 Cats 35 .81 . 7 Sheep 32 .7 1. 7 Goats , 4 .09 . 1 .02 Total 4,365 11,306 Biting animals rabid or supposedly rabid, in cases from Paris and Budapest institutes. [From table by Hogyes.] Animals. Paris percent- ages. Budapest percent- ages. Animals. Paris percent- ages. Budapest percent- ages. Dogs 93.13 90.32 Man 0.04 0.20 Cats 5.75 7.80 Jackals .03 Cattle .37 .52 Sheep .02 Horses .22 .28 Foxes .02 .02 . 18 .06 .02 Swine .07 .32 Total number of cases.. 14,296 4,961 Considering now the animals which have been successfully inocu- lated experimentally, it may be stated that all mammals so far tried
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3