A Case of Rabies with an Unusually Long Incubation Period · A CASE OF RABIES WITH AN UNUSUA^' LY...
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A CASE OF RABIES WITH AN UNUSUA^' LY LONG INCUBATION PERIOD
By S. S. HAJARE, m.b., b.s.
Good-Fellow Hospital, Palanpur (N. G.)
A. P., a Mahommedan female, aged about 30 yeaj was bitten by a rabid dog 011 her right leg on e
September, 1931. She arrived at this hospital on same day and the wound was carbolised and dress She was sent to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, the neaLre centre for anti-rabic treatment. The patient bet .
reaching the hospital at Ahmedabad had a fit
presumably was hysterical. This fit was translated ^ her attendants as the development of hydrophobia a ^ so without taking any anti-rabic treatment the Pa jjj was brought back to her village. Thereafter she ^ not have any illness worthy of note and the woud" the dog bite completely healed. ..J
On 10th November, _ 1932, she developed tyP, ^
symptoms of hydrophobia and died on 12th NoveD10 1932, after an illness of two days. ?
The interesting feature of this case is that the Pa gjje developed hydrophobia as much as 14 months after was bitten by the rabid dog.
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