The New York herald., 1877-03-16

rxPLASArioN
! l. Dock for drowning dogs
s. Shed for dogs to be kept.
I. Stable stable ss for horse horse, ,ronrh
g. Shed for abandoned animals found In tho streets
| Shed for wagons
| g. Entrance gate
To- Veterinary Surgeons Office.
THE
The expense OF erecting buildings would DC very
small aud after the land had been paid for tho bust
ness for which to be used would DC transacted or
n mere triac There being job in Mr.. Bergh's plan
he claims 1t Is improbable that IL VIII suit 'ne O'y
| DR. HAMMOND ON HyDRoPHoBiA
Ex.Surgeon General OF the Army Dr. William A.
Hammond being regarded as one OF the most eminent
authorities ON nervous diseases in this country, was
yesterday to give his views on hydrophoba
which is now conceded to be a nervous disease Tho
Doctor was found al his residence, No. 10 west Fty-
tourth street. and although bcseged by host OF pa
t,ents he readily consented 10 contribute his share
| toward q solution O, the vexed problem which SO
vitality affects the public health IL VIII DC seen
that the Doctor concurs with the position OF the
HERALD regarding the dangerous nature oi Inc sptz
dog and considers Mr. Bergh's theory OF the harm
essness OF the spz absurd 1t should be stated that
Dr. Hammond was not questioned as to the nature OF
tho sp,tz at ALL but OF his own voltion and without
the of his nterocutor, himself introduced
the subject OF the SpitZ and dwet on 1t with much
earnesncss and emphasis though desiring 10 sound
warning note against the terrible depredatons OF
this pretty animal. Owing to its paramount import
ance this part of the conversation. relating to the
Spitz, Is here given hrst:-
sp,tz dogs are moro prone excite hydrophobia In
the human system than any Otner breed OF dogs We
know Of" the Doctor added. involunariiy, 70 some
general statement OF the nature Of the disease.
'.How do you account for that. DoctorY
''rhe Spitz cross between the Pommeranian
hound and the Arctic fox. All hybrids are bad The
mulatto neither good as tho white man nor as the
negro While the blending of varieties Is good that Of
genera Is accompanied with evil results. have al
READY said that the disease only be communicated
by the saliva by wound, and not by the Injection
OF the blood of the hydrophobic animal The SALIVA
is the only poisonous part animals. The saliva OF
the ruesnake Will XIII you and yet you can eat the
a,esnake" and he Doctor mere aocsd eha
the Rocky Mountains, wherc have had occasion to
live rattlesnakes, mules ana other tidbts OF that
"How did you like themt"
| sI prefer my porterhouse steak" the Doctor res
ponded ilh u laugh; "but, TO resume, you Will hnd
that The saliva of vpcrs, copperbeads, &C., Is fatally
poisonous while their flesh is not necessarily So Now
! until more comprehensive investigation settles the
question: We are justified In assuming from present
experience that the saliva OF the Spuz dog IL more
uniformly poisonous that of any other dog, and
experience teaches that the saliva OF dog not suffering
from rabies may be poisonous under certain condi-
tons--whsn The dog is in state OF anger fury or
! merely in Condition of excitement"
"You think that the sptz's saliva Is uniformly
| poisonousY'
| DR. HAMMoxDs CENTENNIAL
.Until We have convincing proofs We must assume
| that IL Is. | have had some experiences with sprz
| the Centennial We called HIM Centennial He 5c-
came attached TO the family and was most kindly
cared for He raised sir, ~ the Doctor added, IN
rio-comic oue .'amid the moral associations
And yet he would often show treachery whc exhibit
ing anger, but Kindness and his periods o anger
and good will would abruptly alternate without appar-
emily any reason whatever He would afectonaely
lick your hand in moment ana violently snap at 1t
II hope he is not around just now," the visitor
calculated.
| tsNo. sir the Doctor replied, sODthugly; 1--WE were
very fond OF him, but we gave HIM away. entirely
agree with the wisdom OF The HERALD war upon tho
spllz MIR. Berghs defence of the spitz is absurd
His idea, for instance that only the male dog can
communicate the disease is preposterous The female
Is lust in this respect, and, In this con-
necton would like to say that, while have respect
for Mr. Bergh's manifest sincerity, think he is cong
strain vivisectlon. Here is city whittier repair
annually 200 students. They spend at least 5000
each. Here is quarter Of q million at once. You
can readily see that 10 drive away students
some more liberal centre Of science where no harass
be a decided loss to the city, In London this actually
has occurred and the nudicous restraints vvisec
ton have driven medical students to Paris, where
Bcrghs notions have not YET penetrated say ms,
with all dce respect to Mr. Berehs sincerity, there
that the course he Is pursuing Is serious
hindrance TO scientific progress"
ExrERMSArE THE sPIrZ
"And to return to the Sptz, what would you do
with himy"
"I'd Kill him." the Doctor replied. energetically.
He is absolutely use, and IN matter ike this
involving precious ves IS better to be on .ne SAFE
spnz."
what mode OF determination would you recon-
II think drowning them in crates would be about
the speedest, easiest ana most painless mode oi DIS
posing OF them
So much Tor the Spilz On the subject Of hydropho-
ba general the Doctor expressed himself briefly as
iolows:-
! SOME STRANGE FEATURES OF HYDRoPHoBA.
"A aog perfectly heaithy at least Tree from rabies,
may produce tue disease ny his bite through his saliva
as nave already stated. You remember the case OF
Mccormick. In that case the dog was exhiDitcd 10
the Neurological Society moro than month alter he
bat Mccormack, aud as hydrophobia runs It's Course
III seven or eight days, dog invariably Dies
he either coud not have had IL or lie could not haze
been the dog III question. Remember II takes wound
10 produce death. You nigh. swallow the saliva and
1t would not Kill you uniess you had, perhaps, an
abrasion On your up Tne saliva IS only po'sonous
jaw, or tctsuus, from simple wound, and hydropho-
uia seems to DC etanus Plus group OF other symp-
! toms"
From all this IT would appear that the science Of
medicine knows very little about DydrophobIa"
'Wc can recognize the origin anu symptoms oi n.y.
drophobla those Of scarlet lever measles
To this day has discovered the primal origin OF
bIa Remember that there never has been cure on
record 1t necessary not To conouhd the prevention
with the cure. There are a great many people VINO
CLAIM 10 have invented cures Tor hydiophobia, hutthcy
mean cures after the bite and before the poison has
been developed. This is easy matter, but no cure
has yet been effected after the poison (Which lies
dormant In the system lew weeks, and sometimes
several months and several years. has been
developed In the early part OF last ia dstingu
officer OF the army me- who had been bitten by
dog, manifestly hydrophobc cauterizcd the wound
with red hot iron, and | regard him US perfectly
safe.
RETRBUrIvE VENGEANCE.
sThcre is evidence also that the disease can be
municated by the man to the dog; 80, you see that
there such thing as retribulive Vengeance. Ex-
pcrments have been made by nocuat.ng the lower
animals with the saliva oI hydrophobic man, aud IT
has gwen them the disease | saw q coininun caton
in of the morning paiers the other DAY stating
that the wolf Is not subject rabies This a great
error IL Is the dangerous OF all animals in th
respect Tor he cs at the throat which Is protect ed
by any clothing. Cats, horses, goats, pigs, ali man.