MYTHOLOGY and SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF RABIES?

Hi, can anyone help me on the Mythology and Scienctific basis of the rabies virus. I have had an assignment put forward that expalins a story of the warewolf, and I have got to compre it with question as mentioned above!

Ps. This is A level standard for Nurse Training (U.K)

Lycanthropy is not explained by rabies alone. Read Sabine Gould on the subject.

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sorry, but all i know that that's why the wolf has been considered in the middle ages a reencarnation of the devil cause some times wolf infecte with rabbies come into town and showed rabbis dissease effects, like the salive and agresion, that's why in so many areas they the wolf almost went extinct, cause wolf only attac lifestolk when the hunting destroyes there pray, but usually a healthy adult group, woudn't attac people, only whenb they r forced to do so

Rabies was often called hydrophobia, because it induced a fear of water and produced a frothing at the mouth. Water was associated in myth with the cleansing of the spirit and soul.
Many of the herbs used to treat either mange or rabies owe their common names to their professed cures ie; Dogwood.
Rabies in any animal demonstrated the wilder aspects of animal reaction without the subtler restraints of instinct. This factor; lose of control of the self is fundamental to the werewolf legend. Also in relation to the time the werewolf manifests itself, the Full Moon is associated with high tides and extreme emotional reactions.