Tularemia

Francis, 1 in reviewing the modes of infection with Bacterium tularense, notes three reports of infection through the ingestion of uncooked or partially cooked rabbit. One of these instances was reported by Freese, Lake and Francis, 2 one by Crawford, 3 and the third report is ours. It is our intention in this paper to report in detail the two cases that have come under our observation. LITERATURE Since the time of the report by Francis, Beck and Merkel 4 have added an instance of an infection of this nature. The report by Beck and Merkel is the only report of this nature in which necropsy data are given. Crawford 3 reports an instance in which seven members of a family had the disease. The father and grandmother were not affected. The children found a dead rabbit, which they cleaned, cooked and served for an evening meal. When first seen