Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-01
HYDROPH0BlA A FAKE
so SAYS SUPERINTENDENT HAN
KlNsoN, OF THE A. S. P.C. 7. A

Dan n man scare himself to death
after having been bitten by dog wnich
isn't maa?" | asked Superintendent Han
kinson. 81 the American Society ior tne
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. one
dav as he sat in his little office on fwen |
ty-second street,
MIR Hankinson is good naturet
looking man with reddish hair VINO Is
afraid of nothing and nobody: certainly
not of hydrophobia quacks
why. certainly he said with de-
cision That man down in Asbury
Park who was bitten by cal was
scared to death. He never had hydro
phobia. He died of nervous prostratlon
brought on by worry over an imaginary
danger. His friends were all plying
him and hoping he wouldn't die, ana
phrophesying that he would, and ne was
man of nervous temperament, as edu-
Gated people sometimes are, ana u SIM
ply killed him. suppose he read up IN
the books about hydrophobia ana II
turned his head That's all there was
about it. Do you remember what
great howl there was about those New
ark bovs who were bitten by mad
dog, and who were sent over to P'isteur
to be 'curedY V
"Why, of course; who doesn II
'.Well. it's quite easy to cure disease
that never existed. Those boys never
had hydrophobia and never would have
had it. The dogs didn't have it. Dur
ing that excitement we went to Newark
and found lot of dogs shut up wei
asked to be allowed to take them away
to our stables, but the people wouldn't
have it. Do You know what was done
with those dogs? After the excitement
was all over they were given back TO
their owners, every one of them. NOT
one was killed Not one of them had
anything worse than II fit. Wig, our
men are constantly handling dogs, get
bitten again and again. but they never
dream of having hydrophobia It's a
myth. There isn't any such thing.
A CASE OF IMAGINATION.
"Then you don't believe in the exist
ence of such disease:' | asked, think
ing that, as Mr. Hankinson probably
knows more about animals than any
other man IN Aherlca' ne must oe soo"
authority
NO aoh T. mere may oo suon ="
disease, but don't believe it never
saw case or knew o' Que posi''Neiy
HOW aoout theae uoc'ois WIZ euio
ltF asked
lhey uoh cure any .ii,hS' "sAeu "
man VINO hlahes Apeeiaity VI io"OihS
hydrophoola' iis he caIis IL, II ne ever saw
one single case ol hyuroplooia W "ni0h
ne coulu swear. he reiuSe.' ,oa"s"ei' ou'
ne toiu me tlis stols iii'h oahie "
MN one aay ID terr'pie distress ne hau
been oitten by dog' ne reared hiaohess'
ne couia not steep all niSht anu was
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the doctor 10 treat MN ne uoctor s'tlo
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no way 10 stop IL,
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t,ie iieA' u"y nearly i'antio iie 'iau'i
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toia me ehat hinseil' ana lie processes 10
cure hyuropnooia
SHE WAS MAD.
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