The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-10
CATS AND RABIES.
killing the Dog which bites Person "a
the Wrong rhlne to DO.
Do not nermit a too f,nti,ar,,s ha


Do not permit TOO familiarity be-
tween Your eats aud dogs
The former are all right and won't
get rabies, unless they are bitten by
one OF their natural enemies So. at
least, says Dr, Gibier. chief 81 the New
York Pastem Institute. and when he
talks about hydrophobtl other per-
sous are expected to stand from under.
The occasion for this assurance OF
the hydrophobic safety OF cats was a
case whica DR. Gibier received hast
"Wednesday. In which woman about
30 years old was bitten by pet cat
and came TO the physician for treat
meet. The biting occurred about ten
days before. and from the woman's de-
seription of the cats action the Doctor
had no question that the animal was
suffering from rabies. In fact the cat
died from them three days after the
biting.
The patient. whose name is withheld
by request described the biting rs hav-
ing occurred while she was attending
To her housework The cat, which had
always been u pet. was seized with
saaSm and rushed about the room with
her tail greatly enlarged and the hairs
bristling on her back. She suddenly
stopped, and after crouching on the
hoor sprang ut her mistress throat.
lacerating the latter's shoulders very
severely with her teeth. The wounds
were eauterized.
The cat rushed into a closet and re-
manned three days in rapidly succeed
ing spasms. dying with every evidence
of hydrophobia.
The victim was of nervous temper
ataH
called upon DIR. Gibier. she had already
reached the dangerous period for the
development of the disease and she was
inoculated with greater quantity of
the virus than Is usual ia the first treat
ment. The patient received other in
EQUATIONS yesterday morning aud
evening and expressed herself as being
much quieter and stronger.
The doctor is confident that his
patient will not suffer seriously from
her experience.
| asked the doctor. on behalf of those
women whose affections can be ONLY
contented with a feline. whether there
was danger from cats contracting
rabies without having been bitten by !
dog. He replied in the negative.
Dogs are the only animal who actual
ly generate the disease" (" he said. ..and
so there need not be any fear of an
epidemic of hydrophobia from all the
cats going mad. Should dog bite a
eat and that eat go about biting other
cats. there might be some danger be-
cause cats are kept more within houses
than are dogs
The treatment for this case, which
is the first that has been brought TO INV
attention while in this country, will be.
exactly similar TO those of dog bites.
The poison is the same in all cases aud
the antidote is the same. The patient
will be inoeulated for the reanired
fifteen days. and then will be considered
safe"
Do rabies. rs manifested in cats.
appear differently than in docs?'' /
asked.
The symptoms the Doctor replied.
ARE generally the same in very inn
portant aspects, but eats are more fierce
and their excitement much greater.
They have a fashion of wagging their
heads, too, when they are dangerous.
and of course show the usual trailing
saliva which the contractions of the |
throat compel to be elected
Should eat drink milk which a /
rabid dog has tasted ,.r ..l dropped /
saliva in, the former might contract |
rabies.
The whole thing resolves itself into |
his, F" said the Doctor; without dogs
Tou won't get hydrophobla, and so the /
pest way to stamp out the disease Is /
or Americans to do as is done in /
Northern Germany-that is. keep the
logs muzzled all the time in the cities /
md also in the country. Then YOU
ant get the rabies The most insane
hing for persons who are bitten to do
to klll the animal If they shoot the
log how are they to tell whether it has
'abies or not? Let it live, and then if
t dies with hydrophobic symptoms
here IS decided reason why you should
axe all scientific safeguards to save
.ourself from similar fate ~. T.
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