Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1902 — Mice May Cause Baldness. [ARTICLE]

Mice May Cause Baldness.

A barber had been giving the writer much information about the hair, and then remarked that not long since quite a young man had come into his shop who had lost all his hair. It had come off very suddenly, and for no apparent reason. The barber said: “You have a cat?” “No,” he replied, “we have not a cat in the house.” “Then you have a terrier that catches mice, and It comes in contact with your head?” “Yes,” said the man, “I have; and its favorite seat is on the top of my armchair, close to my head?’ The old barber then explained that his sudden baldness was a disease belonging to mice, that could be passed on to human beings by contact with an animal that touched them. Whether there Is anything in this or not, I cannot say. ■—London Spectator.