Rabies !!!

[SteveHB]

Rabies is a fatal viral disease of the nervous system caused by a rhabdovirus

which can affect all mammals including humans.

The disease is usually spread by saliva from the bite of an infected animal.

Clinical signs include paralysis and aggression leading to a painful death.

Classical rabies was eradicated from the UK in 1922.

Here are some reports of rabies,

most commonly referred to as death from Hydrophobia,

that happened in Sheffield.

June 1865

His violence while in the Infirmary

was of such a character as to be

perfectly consistent of this

frightful disease

[Bayleaf]

Here are some reports of rabies,

most commonly referred to as death from Hydrophobia,

Ok , I take it back (see cat bite thread) <_<

[SteveHB]

Bitten By An Ass

Aug 13th 1870

Two year old Ellen Piggott and her older sister

went to amuse themselves in a field at Heeley

where a donkey was grazing ...

[SteveHB]

Ok , I take it back (see cat bite thread)

This is the modern day disciption of rabies.

'The virus concentrates in the salivary glands, which explains why it is usually spread by bites.

It also invades and damages the muscles involved in drinking and swallowing.

Most human victims, and apparently lower animals as well, suffer excruciating pain on swallowing liquids.

Though they suffer from thirst, animal and human rabies victims can be terrified by the sight of water,

hence another name for the disease, hydrophobia.'

[SteveHB]

Retriever Dog Bites Several People

And A Horse

14th 1872

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Two Year Old,

Bitten By Dog

June 12th 1871

[SteveHB]

Woman Killed By A Cat

And

Hydrophobia Has Broken Out

Amongst the Earl Fitzwilliam's hounds,

at Wentworth kennels

April 1874

[SteveHB]

Fifty Of Earl Fitzwilliam's Dogs Die.

April 9th 1874

And a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

offers some advice on the outbeak