RABIES.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "spzeTvros..]
SIR,—I send you as nearly as possible in the words it was told to me an Arabic account of the origin of rabies which I expect was unknown even to Pasteur; it may interest certain of your readers. "Behold, now, there are great birds which live in the air, beyond the sight of the children of men (Beni Adam). Now the females lay their eggs flying in the air, and the eggs that are good float, and the small birds come out of them fall-fledged ; but the eggs that are addled fall to earth and are broken, and the dogs and cats scavenging round the villages eat of the fallen eggs and forthwith they became mad, even man himself if he put his hand to the broken eggs and then place it on his lips will become mad also."—I am. Sir, &c.,
Cairo, May 20th. J. WILLOUGHBY FRASER, F.S.A.
Previous page
