Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-02-17

paws. To this succeeds an Unsuitable thirst.
The dog that retains power over his jaws con-
inues 10 lap, while The animal whose jaw and
tongue are paralysed, plunges his muzzle into
The water up 10 his eyes, TO get water into the
dry and inAamed jaws and throat. Hence. in
stead Of the disease being always characterized
| by dread OF water in the dog, it is marked By a
thirst perfectly unquenchable--t though in cases
Of hydrophoba in the human subject, there is
often dread OF water. Mr.. Youat states that,
in the rabid dog there is no reluctance to liquids,
or difficulty in swallowing them, in one case
on, of fifty. 's@.'s 90.
The frohirg and foa'nihg a, the mouth, com.
monty mpuedto The mad dog, is also, according
TO Mr.. Youau, an error. This frequently takes
place in cases of canine epilepsy or nausea,
but in rabies exists in a very slight degree.
The dog affected with rabies is by no means
t(erocious. This is often the case, bu, in many
instances the animal suffers and dies with pa
lience and in quiet sssvs snae-.a
The symptoms, how ever, are TOO varied 10
be certainly detected by the inexperienced per-
son. TO all such the best advice is TO prevent
their dogs as far as possible, from the rsk of
on,agion in street fights sand quarrels to be
very careful of them if they are i'll, unless with
a plain and well understood disease, and par
.cularly to obs,ain from the practice Of allow
ing the dog TO lick the hands or face, by which
dirty habits the rabd infection has often been
conveyed into the system. aa srBH 81.
The point of greatest importance, however,
is, what measures TO lake in case of being Bit
ien by dog under suspicious circumstances.
Fortunately, the preventive course is simple and
safe. & ASSN zosol0aoE 8di isziy u sidg7f
The raLid poison is peculiar nature, While
whole system 10 few minutes, and most other
poisons produce their effect in a short period,
the poisonous principle introduced by The bite
of mad dog lies inactive in the wound for
weeks and even months, before il becomes ab-
sorbed into The system and produces its effects.
Consequently, if The bitten part be removed i'm
mediately, the poison goes with il, and danger
is prevented o4
There are, however, two objections to using
he knife in this process. One is, the pain and
exen, Of the wound-lhe other is, the danger
that the knife itself, while removing the bitten
spot, may carry The poison to a deeper place,
and leave the fatal innoculation there. $500
ov;1
The wound thoroughly with lunar caustsc. Let
his sharpened TO point, be applied carefully
and thoroughly TO every recess and snuosliy OF
| Of The wound, where the teeth and saliva of the
animal could possibly have penetrated. This
will form an eschar, hard, dry and insoube-
compound Of The anmaffbr and the caus,ic,
in which the virus is wrapped up, and from
which il cannot be separated. In short time
this dead matter souehs away and the virus is
carried of with IT, Previous 10 applying the
caus,ic, it will often be necessary to enlarge
the wound, that every part may be fairly got at,
and after The first eschar has sloughed of, it
will be advisable to apply the causic second
line TO destroy any part that may no, have re-
ceived the full influence Of the first operation,
or that may possibly have been innocuated
more by IT, ,s.i.,,, oa, ae..-.es
This carefully and 'hough,fully done, The pa
Itient may feel perfectly safe. The poison will
have been entirely removed, and no danger can
remain. Mr. Youa,t himself has been repeal
Eedly biten by rabid dogs, and other veterinary
surgeons also, ,abut after pursuing the. course a.
bose recommended they have fell entirely se.S
cure--a confidence justified by the event, as
well as by experiments tried on inferior ANIMALS.
This advice, given moi by quacks, but by
practitioners OF skill and experience, and found
ed. as will be acknowledged, on reasonable
grounds. is worthy to be noted and remembered
by all as pointing out certain preventive for
one of The most dreadful diseases 10 which hu-
manly is exposed.
Wrb regard 10 dogs which have been billen
by rabid animals. Mr. Youaus advice is in all