New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-16
DON'T Kill TIE DOG:
pEpREcATINa THE FOOLISH COURSE OFTEN
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pEpREcATING THE FOOLISH COURSE OFTEN
TAKEN WHEN SOME ONE is BITTEN.
ut always irritst,s me- said New-fork man
Yesterday "wlen read account of some one
having been bitten by dog, to see the statement
that the dog was at once shot otherwise dispatched
What could be moro absurd P0r my own part be
eve that there not much stock 10 be taken IN the
popular notions the subject OF bydrophobia There
are some most skilful and reputable physicians who
do not hesitate 10 assert that there Is such thing
and there is, suppose, no doubt that many OF the
cases commonly regarded Ne hydophooa are 10
reality of what doctors term false hydrophoo'h
The fact IS when Il person is bitten by dog, he ex
n.cts and all his friends expec-such the force Of
the popular betef-tllat hydrophOha Will ensne
Perhaps expect Is too strong term to use, brit they
dread II and look for it, and the first ache or pain or
unusual sensation is taken = symptom OF the dire
disease.
~Nov. supIrsr TINT man has been bitten by dog
that Is TO ali Appearances In good health and suppose
that after few weeks the has peculiar sensa'
don In his wrist say, whore the dogs teeth broke MS
skin Suppose that ia the uroantine, is 50 often
done the dog has been Killed on general principles
The chances that the man and his friends IN ter
anxiety and alarm, Will worry the victim INTO II
nervous state that may actually give rise to ue
commonly accepted symptoms Of hydrOpholta But
nm the other hand suppose that the dog has been
allowed 10 i've close watch being Of course Kept on
him. and that he shows signs whatever Of anything
abnoymal but goes about IN the usual eats ana
and seeps ms before and n every way appears
healthy and natural. The fact that nothing had
nroved to be wrong with him would be reasourlng I'D
the highest degree. and no occison for alarm wouio
exist In the case of the who Ind been bitten
81 heard day two ago OF fneDd " ni'he
whore family e in the country and whose ntue poy
had been bitten by dog. The dog was ordinarily
mood natured but the little fellow thoughlessy AT
tempted TO pat his head while the dog was sna"1ne
a home Vexed at beng disturbed at such uHe'
the dog snapped vt the lad and seized hold oi MS
cboeE The wound bled freely, but was not serious
and is not likely even TO leave scar, aNhoueh
several stitches had to b. taken In IT, "hen my
friend was informed by letter OF what nan oI i
he was also told that they were INTENDING 10 MI a.,
dog He at once wrote most urgenI ieteI pesslns
her, moi ON any account to do 50. The amman hau
| shown no signs OF rabies and had only oo|ec"o u
| being interfered with when eating NH. ,,a g.
| " This happened sevenl weeks ago. Inc % h,or
Now IL the dog lad been killed, In accoruance VIII,
Tho first Impulse that to govern such cases ny
tsend his wife and all the family and their acqqah
ouces would bc In constant dread lest the cI1 en h
deveiop hydroph0bia Nothing, IN fact, c9le my
Heen more utter folly than to put an enc 10 tns
| animal which had merely obeyed natural iIisthct
and whose death would have removed all evacnce a.
Ga whether or not he In a normal cohdluon .
| ID that In such q 1t is well 10 Keep thc uOt
adr resfraint and careful observation for som,
ine hut hope the time will soon come wnen every
newspaper other account Of dogs bl,inf eg rh
one wifi not wind mp with the announcement" Inv
| dog has been shot"