Abstract
MAJOR IYENGAR, director of the Pasteur Institute of Southern India, Coonoor, has issued his annual report for the year ended March 31, 1936. The number of patients who underwent a full course of treatment at the Institute was 433, and 102 patients received incomplete treatment for various reasons. There were no deaths from hydrophobia among those treated at the Institute. In addition, more than 14,000 courses of antirabic vaccine were issued to outlying centres. Details of the course of treatment are given; Semple's carbolized 5 per cent sheep vaccine was in use throughout the year, prepared from Paris fixed virus.
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
The Pasteur Institute of Southern India. Nature 139, 624 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139624c0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139624c0