A Case of Hydrophobia with Incubation of One Year
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J The interest of this case lies in the well established incubation period of about one year. The following sentence is quoted from Osier's medicine: " It is stated that the incubation may be prolonged for a year or even two years, but this has not been definitely settled." A Mahomedan male, aged about 38 years, was bitten by a dog on the leg in the latter part of Poush 1319 B. 8. (Dec. 1912). Another man and a goat were bitten by the same dog. Both the man and the goat died within a month ol the bite. This man, so he says, was rescued by the
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