A further account of the Trinidad outbreak of acute rabic myelitis: histology of the experimental disease

ABSTRACT

Experimental work proving that the cause of the Trinidad outbreak of acute myelitis in man, and of the so-called botulism in cattle, is the virus of the rabies detailed. The vector has not been determined with certainty but the evidence available suggests that it is the vampire bat. The histology of spontaneous cases and of the disease in the monkey and rabbit is described (Summary)