Medicine: Balm for Canines

According to the Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, two Japanese physicians, Umeno and Doi, have successfully introduced a prophylactic vaccination of dogs against hydrophobia. Used in two prefectures of Japan, the vaccine has already caused a 75% reduction in canine rabies.

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