The evening times., 1896-06-24
LOOK OUT FOR MAD DOCS
The Worst Months Are July
August and October.
HYDRoPHoBIA SYMPTOMS
City Authorities VIII Take Care of
All Strays-Owners Should Provide
Plenty of Good Water and Fresh
Cooked Food for Their Pets-Disbe
levers In Rabies u Small Minority.

The coming of July weather brings the
danger of iiydrophobia among dogs. Great
care should be exercised 10 avoid 1t. or,
While few eminent physicians believe that
nine cases OF ten of this disease among bu-
man beings is Mysteries and some think there
is no such thing as Il mad dog, there has
been so much genuine suffering among men
from real or supposed mad-dog bites that
no pains should be spared to avoid the
peril.
1t is important that all owners of dogs,
especially those having pets that are con-
stant!y in the society of little children,
should be a ware of the indications oil hydro
phobia. In the elementary stage. according
to high authority the habits of the dog are
anomalous and strange. 1t becomes dull,
gloomy and tacturn. 1t seeks to secrete
itself and chooses solitude and obscurity,
hiding in out-of-the-way places or retiring
under chairs and other piece; of furniture.
whereas in health it may have been lively,
good-natured and suciabie.
But in this retirement it cannot rest. 1t
is uneasy and fidgety. No sooner has it laid
down and gathered itself together, in the
usual fashion OF a deg reposing, than it
Jumps up in an agitated manner, walks
down and assumes sleeping position, but
maintains it only mentarly, when once
mere the animal is up and moving.
THE EARLY SYMPTOMS
Not infrequently there are few moments
when the deg appears more lively than
usual and displa VS. an e Xtrat rdinary amount
OF affection. Sometimes. IN pet dCgs, there
is evinced dispt sition to gather up small
objects, such as straws, threads, bits OF
wood and kindred articles. All dogs af-
| fiicted with these early symptoms have
| also Il strong tendency to lick anything cold
| and will frequently remain for several mo-
mcnts avidly tapping at the cCol stones OF
| the pavements CT walls OF houses.
In the great majority of cases of rabies
in dogs il is held that they are due TO the
| conve vance of the virus by an animal al
| ready mpregna;ed with it.
In hot weather dogs should always
have free access to clean, clear water.
| An idea of the old and illustrous vetcr-.
marian, Youatt, who achieved celebrity in
the early part of tile present century, was
| To place Il lump Of rolled sulphur i'll the pan
| OF water from which the dog drank. as
| preventive measure. Youatt knew very
|
| BILE III water, but lis object in keeping it In
the pan was 10 insure that the water would
remain clear and clean. Tie pan OF water
should never be SO exposed that other Ca
| mines may have access to it.
! Dogs should be fed on freshly y boiled
meats and vegetables. Their food should be
| cool when given them. do not think ra "
meat proper diet during the summer. By
no means should offal of any substance be
fed 10 dogs. Decayed fish should lie esre-
ciaily prohibited. The CANNES. as well as
cats, which are also liza BILE To rabies, are sin
| guiarly fond of this diet. When fish COM
mence TO decay it soon becomes poison
KEEP THEM COOL.
A this season dogs should on no account
be allowed 10 roam at large. They should
| go out, OF course, but it should be in COM
| pany with their masters. 1t is much
better to find them cool place, in base
| ment, If the owner lives in the city. In the
country the proper wayis to confine them ia
| an enclosure with fence sufficiently high,
and leaning outwardly at an angle. To pre-
| vent strange animals from consorting with
them.
The dogs most susceptible to the rabies
are the collies, and the major portion OF
the reported cases occur in July, August
and October, although the animuis are liable
to the malady at any season of the year.
Hybrid animals, the oltcasts of the streets,
are the most frequent sufferers, from
lack OF sufficient water and food, and
owners of fine pet dogs should be extremely
careful to protect their animals from con-
tact with these ours. If a proper surveil-
lance over these street dogs were kept
land all animals found without owners
promptly exterminated, rabies would soon
be stamped out in this city and country
Dogs travelling about the country with
droves of cattle and sheep are ii source Of
great danger. In their waDderngs they
come in contact with many strange dogs,
and constantly lying in the open greatly
exposes them to disease and the infliction
OF bites by rabd CANNES.