From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, October 27, 1914: Fifteen of the nineteen persons taking the Pasteur treatment at the state laboratory, as the result of being bitten by cats and dogs which have shown signs of rabies, are from Indianapolis. Rabies among dogs and cats is spreading at an alarming rate, and only the Pasteur treatment has saved several persons bitten by the animals from developing hydrophobia, according to Will Shimer, laboratory superintendent. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, warns that with the unusual number of cases of rabies orders may have to be issued to keep dogs indoors or to have the animals muzzled. In one instance, an infected dog bit several other dogs that were out of doors in a neighborhood before it could be killed.