Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-29
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HydrOphObia

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HydrOphObia
With the coming Dog d.,s lherc returns thar
fesr Of hydrophcbis which is in sbsys, Q. du-
log the winter moaths; yet. if We may trust
scientists, it is false security. ss dogs are liza
bic to become affected with the dlsrsss during
the whole year. Nevertheless. the largest nun
Der Of GASES cccur between May and September.
| Although hydrophia is known to have exis:cd
| from the earliest ages q certain cure has never
yet been found for it. The treatment Is Very
similar now to that pursued even before the
days Of Galsn The only sdvauos wo may 90
said to have made is 10 the sbolitiou of mu.der,
for We no logger smother hydrophobic patients.
Ut this bsrb>rous practice 90 trace is to be dis
covered before the sixteenth century, aud next
10 he turniug OF WITCHES il aff rds the Strongest
chapter in the history of Unauthorized pubic
crime. lu furmer days The iubaicg Of tho
breath of the suffe,er from bydrophooia was
thought 10 be dangerous. ss also the bite OF th,
| Vicim. and. no cure being possible, it was
considered matter of public safety to put him
to death. whioo was done 10 numerous Gases by
smoihetiog him between feather beds
| lo the Augussan sge they ducksd but did
not drown them. CELSIUS, who liVed about two
| huodred sod thirty years befure Chris.. gave
very dis iuct account aud trea'msn of hydro
phobi.. the substaocs Of whion wa: The ouly
koown remedy tor the dread of and desire Tor
wafer which go torment the euf ,rer Is ito
| throw bin uoaware Into o pond ooiure b. sees
the water, where. it he c.onot SWIM he vii
| swallow q sudic enoy OF Waller While he sinks
aud rlsrs bY his rwu eXrr ions; bu II he swlus.
he same eud is 20 b. sualnrd by the ASST 40 s
l m md, fro
and lest he should suffer from no fees ot is
cold Ilutg be is to be siVeD q bath Of warm
| oil
| Fhemison. the precepior Of CELSIUS w,s raid
| to have recovered from "simpIe" hydrophubia
and sfterward fr' q1enty lectured upoo rhs
disease, but Wa, sl~ays lhreateued Win a fresh
attack the moment no began describing its
symptoms.
| G.'eo's opiuioos on medical matters swayed
| The sch uls 300 years st,er hie death. He
inverted seversl sotIdotes against hydro uhno'a,
ooe ct which-the ashes Of the river csb-he
| ssys bas never been kuosn TO fail He com.
p.res the operation of the canine virus to the
ion of slow rolsons. which, ru;h givcu
daily only produ,e visible IF ct at or a Ger
ain time. The dread of water b. couceiv.s %
arise fr"m mcntsl sberratioo, whsca he calls
impaired jad. ment.
! Ou,un was freely used by h, aucjeuis but
'u't 'o' ually, and even arsenic produced 90
oh ok upon the course Of tho disease Dogs
| llving upon islands are less liable 10 bydropho-
ola than sboss % the N a,nlsnd. This is owing
20 their isolation. whicn by nj ins tho sd-
niXture of breeds, p eveo,s d geuerstou.
5 'me forty years ago alm ,st al 'h- dogs 10 st.
| DInius" we're iofeoted iron he bit-s rabld
| aolmals brought from tho Uoled States. I0
Jan aica ,ha dogs kept FIR b, dessuotioo of
rats upon sugar estates are qaoutly seized
with madness Withou, aog disc,v rab, o-use.
Simple heat will not create the dI-ens-. az it is
not more common ia tropical re. ions than 10
temperate. Some have asserted hat U o Of
the Arab race are exempt from iss ravsges. bu.
Arabian physcI ADS treat ct the disease. Hy-
lrophobia is very rare in 8 sedsn. There ,s 90
| mention made Of the disease in the sacred
| volume. which oircu nstsbcs is bis explained
BY the fsot that even down to the present day
o,nine madoess is unknown in Syria aad
Egypt.
10 1893 case wa1 recorded OF hydr ,phooa
resulting from tho bite of 40 iusecs Tne lion
sod the tiger were formerly believed to be
cspable of producing the same result The
camel is alluded to by Aristotle, sud
the leopard, the bear. the hnrs'. he In
ksy sud the gameoock are mentioned by Aure-
liam as animals propaQating the disease. Tha
fox aud wolf OF the kindred for the dog, aud
these. with the latter aod domestic cat are sll
the ami mails which appear upon reliable test-
Oopy TO have produced genuine rabid hydro
phobia by their bite. Ruugsr. pu,rid food,
confinement, vicleut treatmeot, great atnos
phrro heat or o,'d. checked psrspiratiou, the
groWth of pcoulisr worm under the tongue.
Intestinal wolm,, epidemic opn ayion, want Of
wafer and seifgeoerssed coutsRioo, have all
been aesgp d az causes of hydrophobia hmorg
animals With respect TO hunger. it is Known
that its paugs produce high degree of fury 10
the woll but this ls s3ened when his famine
IS aIlayed. 1t is no, b. ydrophobis. and it docs
no. appear that the dog, even when dying of
huuger, ex ID Is the same fury. Moreover by
f.e the greater oumbsr OF Uses occur 10 dogs
hat are highly frd and psmpered. Pu,rid
food sesme 90 ailmeut ss natural to the dog %
to the vuture or msgRot. The great majority
Il uf dogs kept 10 keU nes are fed upon nothing
else, and hydrophobla is DOT frequent among
these; while pet lap dops AID favorite cats.
whose taste has been rendered too nice by in.
du'secc. TO eat pu rid meat, frequ ntiy be-
coue mad aud oomuunicse By their bite by.
drophobia to men aud rabies 10 other animals.
Great abaodsros Of 6!;h 10 the streets, or car
roo. ty o,5greg stllg = number of dogs from all
qu,rsers mus greatly tend 80 disseminate The
uai.ds. Hence il will be seen that. not only
:. docs the FL Of 'he streets subj c. tbs commu
Oily to tbs Drubsbit,sy of pes;ilencs duriog tho
summer months, but exposes it to dsaeer
quaIy dissslrou 10 is If ects-,hst of an in-
CT ,sss Of b. Sdrophobis in This beyond sny pre-
, ueedirg yesr N y Herald.
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