http://news.ca.msn.com/local/toronto/rabies-diagnosed-in-toronto-man-2
oh the poor bastard god help him!
oh the poor bastard god help him!
rabies in toronto man
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What I found interesting (from what I heard on the radio) is that they can tell where the rabies came from including the type of animal and the geographic locale in which it was contracted.
I trust we're all aware that in 1819, our Governor-General, who was the Duke of Richmond, died of rabies. Legend has it the fear of hydrophobia-madness was so great that he was abandoned to die alone in a barn, in the Ottawa Valley town of Richmond where he had been visiting when he was bitten.
He was bitten by a pet fox. The (fourth) Duke of Richmond and Lennox is buried at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Québec City.
By the by, Richmond Street is named for him as is supposedly Richmond Hill.
True.
No-one has ever survived rabies once it developes in you. You have about 10 days from the time you are bitten until the virus kicks in. Once it kicks in - you are dead.
There was one girl in the states that they put into a deep coma and she lived to tell the tale, but she did suffer some damage as a result.
As I recall they ventilated her until the rabies had run its course, part of the reason for putting her into the drug induced coma.
