A Case of Cat-Bite Fever

Cases of cat-bite fever are rare, particularly in this country, although a short note recording an instance of the disease was published by Collier in the British Medical Journal in 1924.1It is generally agreed nowadays that rat-bite fever and catbite fever are one and the same disease, and a case of rat-bite fever ac- quired from a dog was described in America last year by Ripley and Van Sant.3The disease is known as "sodoku " (Japanese "so" = rat, and "doku " = poison), and occurs all over the world.Case Report A girl, aged 141, was admitted to the Royal Masonic Hospital on November 11th, 1934, with the following history.On Septem- ber 3rd, while releasing a stray cat from a trap in a garage, she was