Author: N. Pemberton

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-10-17

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0230589545

Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public.