I would like to mention, what seems to be forgotten, that many years ago a boy was bitten in Hobart Town by a rabid dog, and that the poor child died from clearly-defined and unmistakably pronounced hydrophobia. The case was recorded in the Medical Journal at the time,1 and I remember that Dr. Agnew was one of the several doctors who attended this the only solitary case of rabies ever previously reported in Australia.
‘Hydrophobia in Hobart Town’, Australian medical journal, vol. 12 (1867), pp. 166-82 (a series of letters and reports on the case in question).
Letter not found. The text given here is from a report of the meeting of the Australasian Veterinary Medical Association held on 11 April 1883, Leader (Melbourne), 21 April 1883, p. 37 (B83.04.08). It is introduced by 'among the correspondence read were two very interesting communications; one from Baron von Mueller, in which he says—'.
Please cite as “FVM-83-04-00a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on