What Is The Hydrophobia Mentioned In Rudyard Kipling’s The Mark Of The Beast?

What Is The Hydrophobia Mentioned In Rudyard Kipling’s The Mark Of The Beast? We call it hydrophobia, but they call it dewanee – the madness – and run. In a letter 7-8 July 1888, Kipling mentions seeing a man die from hydrophobia. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium Leprae, an organism rather like that causing tuberculosis.