A number of constables of the French police are undergoing the Pasteur treatment for rabies on account of scratches received while restraining a prisoner who has since died from what is believed to be that dread disease.
The circumstances of the case are that on December 29'a Serbian subject named Vidachich was arrested by the Tnternational Police for breaking the windows of the shop of C. Bracco & Ca., at 195 Szechuen Road. He was supposed to be drunk and was taken to the Central Police Station where he created a great dea] of disturbance.
On learning that he was a Serbian subject he was handed over to the French authorities about three o'clock the next morning. He ame so violent here that he almost broke out of the detention room. He was then sent to the mental ward of the Victoria Nursing Home where he died on Thursday of last week, it is feared of rabies As some of the constables received severe scratches it has been considered advisable to take all pre cautions by giving them the Pasteur treatment.
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