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Americus Times Recorder
Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
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Dr. J. W. Payne warns of rabies menace in Americus and Sumter County, with six patients, including an 18-month-old baby, receiving Pasteur treatment. He urges immediate treatment for exposures to fatal 'dumb rabies.'
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Rabies in Americus and Sumter county, said Dr. J. W. Payne, county health commissioner, this morning.
The statement was made in connection with a conversation relative to the number of persons now receiving Pasteur treatment through his office. One of these patients, of which there a total of six at present, Dr. Payne states there is one young baby only eighteen months old, although most of his patients are grown persons.
A number of cases of exposure that have come under the observation of Dr. Payne, he states, are due to persons having attempted the treatment of "dumb rabies," a disease which closely resembles "black tongue," the first named disease not being suspected until after exposure. Dumb rabies, Dr. Payne states, is a very dangerous and almost universally fatal disease, and all persons who have been exposed to this disease are urged by him to immediately protect themselves by taking the Pasteur treatment.
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Americus And Sumter County
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This Morning
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six patients receiving pasteur treatment, including one 18-month-old baby; dumb rabies described as very dangerous and almost universally fatal.
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Dr. J. W. Payne, county health commissioner, states rabies constitutes a real menace in Americus and Sumter county. Six persons, mostly adults but including an 18-month-old baby, are receiving Pasteur treatment through his office. Exposures often result from attempting to treat 'dumb rabies,' which resembles 'black tongue' and is not suspected until after exposure. He urges all exposed persons to immediately take Pasteur treatment.