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Excerpt from Hydrophobia: Report of the Section on Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology
As regards the distribution in the body of the infectious material of rabies, it has been demonstrated by Pasteur that in human beings or animals which have died of hydrophobia, the virus is contained most abundantly in the central nervous system, and especially in the medulla oblongata and brain. It is found also in the nerves near their exit from the brain and cord, but less constantly and in less amount in the peripheral nerves. The virus is probably always present in the salivary and lachrymal glands, and sometimes in the pancreas, but it is usually absent from the blood, kidneys, spleen-and liver. Only exceptionally is it present in the mammary glands and the milk. It is very rarely transmitted to the foetus through the placenta. We see, therefore, that the virus is very un equally distributed in the body, and that its chief habitat is the central nervous system.
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