The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-07-18

logs brought mere must lSe haLZIed or
Tied-Town Commissioners Pass a New
Ordinance-Symptoms of Hydrophobia
as Described in Chambers Eneyclo-
pedia.
The fact that Mr.. J. Ed Lyons dog
was found to be mad, and that 1t was
known to have bitten several other dogs
created deal of talk yesterday. 1t was
found later that other dogs had been
bitten, besides the list given in yester-
days GLOBE.
c. NJ. Herndon wishes THE GLOBE to
state that his dog was not bitten by the
mad dog. The two were playing to-
gether, but a servant girl who was watch
ing them says Mr.. Herndons dog was
not bitten. The dog has been confined,
however. No signs of bite are observed
on his body.
1t is reported that a number of dogs
besides those named in yesterdays GLOBE
have been bitten. Hydropbobia is so
much feared that the town commissioners
met last night in extra session to take
measures for protection.
Captain Parrish has killed his fine dog.
The town ordinance will have a good
effect, and may be the means of wiping
out a lot of the worthless dogs that nfest
the town.
At special meeting of the board of
commissioners of the town of Durham
held Tuesday, July Il, 1894, the follow
ing order was adopted
| Whereas, The board has learned that
several dogs in town are diseased with
rabies, therefore it is ordered,
/. That on and after the 10Th instant
all dogs within the town must be con.
fined, or if allowed by owners TO go at
large, must be securely muzzled with
wire muZzle
2. That dogs coming into town from
the country must be fastened to vehicle
or secured in some safe way.
3. That this order shall be observed for
thirty days from 10Th instant.
4. That the police shall shoot all dogs
not secured in accordance with this order
Chambers Encyclopedia contains the
following regarding the symptoms OF
rabies in the dog and horse: "These may
be exhibited in dog in few days, or il
may be, and often is, weeks, and even
months after he has been bitten. AT first
he loses his appetite, becomes sullen
idgetY, has vacant gaze, licks or gnaws
the injured part, laps any liquid thai
comes in his way-for he has, unlike
man, no dislike for water, although ht
has a difficulty In swallowing it-eat!
wood, straw, hair, and other indigestibl'
substances; and in day or two he be
comes quarrelsome, bent on mischief
and his bark is more like a howl; hi.
lower jaw becomes pendulous, and gen
eral paralysis sometimes precedes death
and as a rule, on the fifth or sixth day
he dies. The principal post mortem az
pearances are these-enlargement anC
increased vascularity Of the salivary
glands, nfi3med condition Of the base ot
the tongue and fauces, epiglottis, and
stomach, which last organ almost invar
ably contains such indigestible substances
as straw, hair, cffal, etc. These symp
toms in the horse, which become appar
ent in few weeks, are those Of extreme
irritabilitv. He trembles, heaves, aBC
paws, staggers, and falls; and after
severe struggle he suddenly rises again
and appears settled and collected, wher
he will again exhibit the usual distressing
symptoms. He is sometimes mischievous
bites, foams. and snorts; and generally
in three days he dies paralyzed and ex
hausted.
The disease seems primarily TO be on,
OF blood poisoning, and not, as some have
represented ii, an affection Of the nervous
system. We know that some Instance
of blood poisoning terminate with coma
or conyulsiOns, but are not, on that &C
count, TO be considered az proceeding
from nervous disease Whatever may b,
the precise nature of the disease, ii /
certain that no cure has been discovere,
for it. The writer has seen many dogs
some horses, and an OK in all the differ
ent stages of it, and many attempt. at
cure tried, without producing even an,