Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-10
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disease, and taAs u = ansosussAy ineofaoA
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psrsons bitten oy on4 snea I'VE:
symptoms q "hss c.aisd feosst oe 49,. =.
Of horrible agony-deatns vnien osem ~
vague fear OF all movements ana son
which continue IN tne eppsafancs
OF Violent nature, AND WHEN go " AxaS
full agonis~ Whesher m y only heaf % =
myth which kills, o. vhesnse % IN ecs"ea
dream, the result b thera
Inefe y one grAI fAiscy ~
With the dieAse-one which pfsvasns
among all Glasses OF psopae IL = tnooens
that dogs only 60 mad u ne not innotaA
This Is untrue. Rabies y common among N
Wild dogs which course the naeak AND ssspPs
plains OF Russia, - well a. any oogs .uHn
ars brought under the induenoe oe great hsak
Madne~s = liable 10 appear amoog oae q
any season OF the year and N any piAca
Another fallacy 10 thAeydropoooaA can
be cured N. Pasteur, the nov admittediy
greatest student Of The disease. seAfss poanvs
iy that It cannot be cured fTeve0taon y N
only thing which be attemp0 ne uhes 70
check the disease before It has larry gnppsd
the victim-whfle the poison yet bes LATENT,
and not after IL has strongly and vt2oeouay
manifested itself
Prevention then y tho tninG 70 y on
cussed and the only thing. This d broad
subject and involves arresting The disease IN
its incipiency or preventing rabid dogs from
getting chance at human baingA
From what has been said then II Is clearly
folly to muzzle . dog for few weeks during
hot weathsr and allow him to 60 free during
the rest Of the year. Shutting them up IN
pounds during the summer season Is equally
absurd. Neither Of these methods reach tho
root Of the matter.
In European countries there b and has
been far more trouble with rabies and its 70
suits than In the United States- But nov
scarcely municipality In the United States
neglects 70 take precautions Of . more or isas
effective kind
In Europe, however. the thing has bseo 70
duced TO a system There the endeavor y to
prevent rabid dogs from having chance to
bite. In the grand duchy Of Baden special
attention is paid 70 the symptoms OF mad
ness in dogs All dogs are required 70 wear
q collar bearing their owners name and Ad-
dress. Owners must make known to the au-
thorities any appearance OF the peculiar
symptoms Of madness, 80 that a veterinary
surgeon may examine ut once. 30 well have
these precautions ruled there that rabies .
almost unknown
The authorities at Vienna publish the
symptoms of rabies and require OwnerS to 70
port the appearance Of any Of the symphms
in their dogs under penalty Of heavy hne. A
dog must wear the name and address Of the
owner, and II found without 1t be must pay .
fine During the prevalence OF an epidemic
Of rabies, as In 1887, dogs were only allowed
in the streets muzzled and led. While cures
Of rabies are not unknown In Vienna. cures Of
hydrophobia are rare indeed.
Sweden was formerly affiliated with by
drophobia, 1855 deaths from 1t being reported
in one year Now all dogs are mrszlsd. and
rabies thing Of the past.
Prussia has found it impossible to prevent
rabies because OF the influx Of rabid dogs
from Russia and Poland These foreign dogs
bite the home animals and infect them But
hydrophobia is almost entirely prevented by
the order requiring the muxxling Of all dogA
To cure bitten man Is beginning too late
in the case The thing is TO prevent dogs
from biting. That this can be done u shown