This production features four children from age two-and-a-half to nine years in order to show the clinical signs and symptoms associated with human rabies. Prior to the presentation of each case, a brief written description of the patient's pertinent medical history, symptoms, clinical course, and treatment is shown. Dog bites appeared to be responsible for the rabies in all four cases. The four cases differed in the length of the incubation period and in the severity of the symptoms affecting the central nervous system. All four cases died within hours or days following hospital admission.
Produced by Cook County Hospital.
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