Abstract
To the Editor.— As two students of veterinary medicine, we would like to take issue with Drs Corey and Hattwick with respect to their article, Treatment of Persons Exposed to Rabies (232:272, 1975), as well as with their response to the letter of Dr Rosefsky (234:383, 1975). Although we agree that the ultimate responsibility for the treatment of a person bitten by an animal rests with the physician, we do not agree that the physician is in a position, either professionally or legally, to decide if the animal could not possibly be rabid. It is stated in The Merck Veterinary Manual (ed 4) that a clinical diagnosis [of rabies] is usually possible but may be difficult; in the prodromal stage, rabies may easily be confused with other diseases. We believe that a veterinarian's expertise is required for such an evaluation of any suspect animal and, therefore, should play an integral
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