Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1911 — RABIES PATIENT LEAVES [ARTICLE]

RABIES PATIENT LEAVES

Complains State Did Not Furnish Him With Spending Money. Indianapolis, Ind., August 12. —The state board of health has lost another of its rabies patients. James Jenkins, fifty-six years old, of North Vernon, left Thursday night, declining to remain for the rest of the treatment, which would require one more week. His complaint was that the board did not supply him with spending money, while paying his board and room rent and supplying the treatment from the state fund. Jenkins’ case was progressing nicely. The head of another dog killed in North Vernon has been found by the pathological laboratory of the board to contain rabies germs. No data were supplied as to whether the dog had bitten any other animals or any persons. The head of a dog killed in Brightwood also was examined, but no rabies germs were found. The dog bit some children in Brightwood when they sought to play with it. A head from Dillsboro was found to contain germs, but no history of the case was given. Another head showing absence of germs was received from Rensselaer. A head sent from Paoli was in such a state of decomposition as to make examination impossible.