Not for those of a nervous disposition, The BMA Guide to Rabies (BMA/Radcliffe Medical Press, £17.50, ISBN 1 85775 180 9) gives a brief history of a horrifying disease, a rundown on how it is now dealt with, and opens the discussion on how to cope with an outbreak.
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