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A LETTER headed “Mr. Hanbury admits the failure of the muzzle” has been addressed to us by a member of the executive committee of the National Canine Defence League, which letter, as might be expected, urges in so many words on behalf of the canine species the total abolition of the muzzling order at all times and under all conditions. The writer of the letter vindicates for himself, as might also be expected, a superior knowledge concerning rabies, its nature and its mode of spread; he, as a matter of course, is one “who understands dogs” and considers “that the muzzle was from the first condemned as useless cruelty.” According to this authority, the Board of Agriculture, including, we presume, its veterinary department, “itself ignorant of dogs and their diseases, has persistently refused to be advised and guided by those who do possess the requisite knowledge” (stc ).
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Prevention of Rabies . Nature 67, 178–179 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067178a0
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