Business & Finance: Mad Man?

In Pittsburgh last week Mike Rusco's mad dog bit him. He violently refused Pasteur treatment: "Any man who dies from a dog bite is a weakling. I'm not worried. All I want to do is get my hands on the guy who killed my dog on account of the bite."

Laws on personal liberty permit a man to refuse serums if he does not want them. Hence Pittsburgh's Director of Health, Dr. Charles Buckley Maits had to wait until Mike Rusco, 45, should develop rabies as he was practically certain to do. Then, since there...

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