The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-08-10
CONSIDER THE DOG.

| CONSIDER THE DOG.
Mans Faithful Friend Would he Beessu
Treaeed,Lf MAJ Knew Hin Bsster.
So great Is the popular dread Of hy-
drophobia that a slight arrangement
OF the dogs nervous system is often
mistaken for symptoms of rabies, while
. dog in convulsions, In an epileptic fit,
or stricken with apoplexy may be shot
as ENTHUSIASTICALLY If It be hot
weather-beforc there Is . chance of
determining the nature Of his disease.
Tho principal centers Of the nervous
| system aro the brain and tho spinal
cord These Stonehenge compares to
tho electric telegraph. Tho brain he
calls the central Office From that sta
ton are issued messages to all parts Of
the body, and the wires which carry
those messages are tho nerves of mo-
| tion, the nerves Of sensation, and the
nerves Of organic life, all of which
have their separate gsnglia, or tho
lesser station masters Tho normal
movements of the body are tho result
Of harmonious, coordinated functional
activity of the eneuro-mascular mechan-
ism, L g., of the nervo centers, nerves
and muscles In convulsions the move
ments are purposeless and irregular,
and are, OF course, wasteful Of the ami
NAL energies. A dog may have q fit
from overexertion in the heat Of the
sun, from neuralgia pains, or from
toothache. from meningitis, excessive
fright, parasites in the nose or brain,
acute ear disease, or from tho distress
of being lost in q big city; or, II . fc-
male, of being deprived OF her whelps.
Recently it has been shown that mental
distress has the power to give a dog
diabetes 1t stands to reason that SO
unduly excited
On no account allow one dog 20 see
another in fit. The suffering dog
should have his head wet, and should
be kept for a time in . dark, quiet
place, free from all excitement. In
most cases Of corvulsions q small dose
of bromide of potassium will do great
good. Hydrophobia, considered as
canine disease, is decidedly . misno-
madness is rabieA The rsbid dog has
mo fear of water" On the contrary,
he Graves it, and, unless parslyzed, he
has no difficulty in swallowing it. Ra-
bies Is q specific disease Of the nervous
system. In all cases there Is an in
tenso Inflammation of tho brain and
spinal marrow, ending in . loss of
function, which In q result common 70
infsmed glsndA Tho mucous glands
of the stomach and bowels. the iivor,
the panoreas and tho kidneys arc all
moro or less injected with blood; but
tho salivary glands are especially a..
footed, and the secretion OF sal-s Is
greatly increased There Is tho furi-
Gus or maniacal form Of rabies and the
paralytic- The peralytic Is known IS
dumb rabies. Absolutely typical cases
OF either form arc as rare as 10 tho dis
ease Death, however. usually results
in from two 10 ten days Ia the furious |
FORM while In dumb rabies the period |
Is much shorter.
The howl or bark of mad dog is |
very remarkable. II Is totally unlike !
his ordinary voice. AID Is eonorous and |
melancholy to an extreme. No one l
need mistake II. The dogs appetite is |
50 perverted that ne will swallow
stones, sticks. stravs, and alrnos. any l
filth His biting and swapping aro re-
fex actions; they shoald not be re-
garced a. deliberate Il Is then that
he Is really dangcro1A Irrisaoiiity IL
an advanced stage CT rabies IN the
t.
inclined 20 hide awsy in corners Has
eyes grow wild snd suspicious. II az
large be will roam over wild tracts os
country ~ a jog trc;, with his head
down and his tongue out. IL dumb
rabies there il n entire absence Of ex-
element The racscies of u.zsticatton
are paraiyze9 50 that the lower jaw is
dropped; there 10 no manisesi stage
a. all
Epilepticsl con-ultons are due 20 sn
irregular discharge os he nerve celia
They occur unexpectedly. are of vari-
able duration. add the spasEns are Of
two kinda A prolonged muscular
is called q tonic spasra-
Following the tonic sp2s-a are the
chronic spaznx. which consist os alter
nate contraction and relaxation TIE
dog. Ike the human srb;ect- VIII t-oth
81 the mouth and bite the tossse-
Epilepsy may De he-rditsry. or r2y b
due 70 teeshing and worms
Apoplery diSe-S greatly from cpl
lepsy- The eoa-alxions are lot prom
Incns; the pupils Of ths eyes are either
contracted or dila.>d: there ss iorg
soctfaued unconsci0rsress and more
or less paralysis Il
Meningitis. - often fnists<eo io-
-.hses. IL jet rery direren. The ten
per - ve-y mach elevated -hiea !. is
rot in r.bses; the dog soaps. e1s shows
DO tendency 20 bite. AID there - no
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