Despite being relatively rare, rabies (or hydrophobia, as it was also known) commanded a fearful fascination in Europe; wildly foaming at the mouth, its victims died painfully and dramatically. But ...

As we have recently heard of several persons who have died of this terrible malady by having been bitten by dogs not supposed to be affected with rabies ... among them. Hydrophobia, or fear ...

then full-blown rabies symptoms including tangling sensation, salivating, hallucinations, fever and fear of water (hydrophobia). Rabies is a viral disease transmitted from animals mostly dogs to ...

Back in the 19th and early 20th centuries, few things were as terrifying as hearing a cry of “Mad dog!” Wild-eyed canines, ...