Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-10-02

As it is the season for the annual NUM-.
| cipal crusade against the canine genus we
NAV soon expect the usual official edict
| giving to Tray, Blanche, and Sweetheart
a choice between death by asphyxia and
| the almost equally cruel alternative Of
| wearing muzzles which shall deprive
them of their only means Of cooling by
| evaporation. In vain have veterinary
surgeons proclaimed that, rare as real
hydrophobia is under any circumstances,
| it is even rarer in the so-called "dog-days"
| than in the colder months; an ignorant
and unreasoning popular prejudice, TAX
| ing fright at every unfortunate cur with
passing fit has demanded each summer
| the immOlation of multitude of unoffend
ing victims, and the machinery of a popu-
lar government has been employed to i'm
moate them accordingly. Scores of peo-
| pie scout professional statistics showing the
scarcity of genuine cases Of hydrophobia,
and cite their personal experience as to the
number of "mad dogs" they have seen
with their own eyes. If, however, it were
generally known that the cOmmonest
| form of rabies in dogs is not CON-
municable to man, the knowledge
would be OF infinite advantage not only to
| our four-footed favOrites, but to those tim
orously imaginative human beings who
are ready to scare themselves into an hys-
terical imitation of hydrophobia, if they
| get bruise from pet terriers tooth.
| And that such is the case is most positive
| ly asserted in a paper recently read before
| branch meeting OF the British Medical
Association by DIR. f. p. Philpots, who
has long and carefully studied the sub
| ject. According to him, there are two
distinct forms of canine madness-the
one true hydrophobia, very rare, and read
| lily communicable to man; the other, dis
| temper, madness, more frequent but alb
solutely on-communicable. "A person
bitten by hydrophobic dog is more or
| less certain of contagion, and as sure as
| the disease is contracted either by man or
| by dog so sure must death ensue from it,
With regard to distemper madness, the
case is quite different. A person bitten
| by dog that has this disease suffers
merely from the local effects of the bite,
which effects are, of course, in proportion
| to the severity of the bite, or simple lac
Grated wound, as it may be termed; the
dog, also, as rule recovers" To facili-
! tate the differential recognition of these
| two diseases. the following table is given:
HYDRopHoBIA. DIsTEMPER MADNESS
Deftition-A fatal form Defnition--A form Of
| of madness communica- rabid madness non-com-
| Bile from the lower ami municable to man; char
| mails to man; character acterlzed by foaming at
| lied Gas the name de- the mouth impairment
notes. by an intense OF deglutitiOn, and de-
| dread of water. sire to vomt.
Synonymes-N Synonymes- Rabies.
Premonitory symphonic Premonitory Symptoms
| Begin two days before Loss Of appetite and
hand, loss OF spirits; iosslslight husking In the
| Of appetite, general de- throat
General Appearance Genera! Appear nc e
During the Attack During the Attack-The
When left alone the dogldog bites at any OF its
lies sullcpy "Out Oflfellows, gnaws at his bed
Sorts" and depressed. or the wall, eats straw,
notices little, but recog- snaps at his attendant
nizes his master BY wagI
ping his tail. Violently
insane only on the ap-
proclamation Of water.
Fits-Absent. Fits-Present in =
marked degree in post
Foam at the Lips-Ab- Foam at the, Lips
sent. Very much the dog
leaves 1t on the surface
OF the water he vainly
tries to drink (the foam
is caused by futile e..
forts to drink or swal-
Water-sprinkled over Watcr-Has no effect
or near him causes vi0- upon him.
lent commissions:
able.
Howling ana Darkhs- moving ana barking.
Absent present.
Muscular Affection on Muscular Affection Of
the Throat, Causing Ina the Throat. Causing Ina.
bilty to Swallow Any-lbility to Swallow Any.
| thing-Absent or not OBJ thing-Well marked
servabe.
Causes-None. Aspe-
| cifc zymotic poison!-- Causes Infammatory
| Ed. World faction internally pervad-
Prognosis - Very bad, ling the system.
| always fatal, no chancel Prognosis = Good or
1 OF recovery. bad, according to the SC.
Termi n o n--Thelverity OF the fits
| symptoms do not vary tol 1ermination-Aft.
/ any great extent tOwardsl
| the termination.
PathOlogy-Intense in-l
| famma alton Of the brain,
| extending 10 the throat Pathology - Infiamma-
| and lungs. Ition OF the brain, often
| lextending to the throat,
| the lungs and the intes-
| Prophylactic Treat tines
ment-None. Prophylactic Treatment
| Vaccination Is certain
| preventive.
| 0Thp hvdrOphObiC dog is n srllpn ami.