Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-30
THAT VICIOUS DOG.
1t Is a Question Whether or Not 1t
Had HydrOphObia,
Although an Examination OF the
Animals Stomach Tends to Con-
firm That Opinion-Suggestlons
by Physicians Which Should Be
Needed.

The scare caused by the mad dog Is not
over yet The pertinent question mas
been stirred up whether serious results
might or might not follow from some Of
the iniuries inflicted by the brute in his
mad career through the streets. An eX-
animation was made yesterday which has
resulted in a strong belief that the dog
had bvdrophobia and that this terrible
disease might develop in those persons
who had been bitten. The dog, which
has heen found to be of the bulldog spe-
cies also used his teeth on numerous
o,ber ours. only few Of whom are
l,rov,n This has made every owner OF
dog apprehensive that his animal might
haze been attacked by the mao ID u'e'
The belief that the dog had hydrophoDia
is founded mon the results OF an ahdlysis
~ the contents of the dogs stomach
which was made yesterday by Dr. Reelel'
ny Scbwinn and Charles MenkemeHe'.
mr. Refer performed the operation ana
II was found that the entire contents oil
the stomach consisted Of nothing put
large amount Of frozen substances.
Among these was a mass OF torn cIoIhIns'
a large dish-rag a good sized piece OF shoe
leather etc. The whole lot OF stun VIII
fiji q quart and a half measure. ms
seemed TO be pretty strong evidence to
both DR.. Refer and DR.. Schwinn that the
dog surely had the hydrophoDia. ms
conclusion is based upon the argument
that q dog would not take such SUBJ
stances or such a large amount INTO It's
stomach unless it had the disease ana
also because of the additional fact that
no food. nor any substance of any klhd
that an animal would naturally take into
it's stomach. had been found. This inves-
tigation puts the matter in very serious
LIGHT and has caused much concern
among the numerous parties who were
bitten.
DR. w. r. Taylor was visited by man
Yesterday who had a finger bitten by the
dog He did not learn the mans name
but he dressed the wound and took all the
precautions that are proper in such cases,
such as drawing out the blood and cauter-
ling the wound. The doctor said he had
not seen the dog that had caused so much
terror. but gave it as his opinion that it
could not be said positively that the dog
had had hydrophobia until some of the
fluid of the spinal cord had been sub
iected to a microscopic analysis. He said
this disease was always located in that
part of the animals anatomy and this
would settle the matter definitely. 1t
would take probably fifteen days before
the symptoms would develop in either
brute or human. although symptoms some
times appeared sooner. 1t also happens
that the symptoms do not appear until
after that time. and long after the matter
has sometimes been forgotten. DR.. Tay-
lor advised that instead of shooting dogs
and killing them Unfortunately, that
the owners tie them up for fifteen days at
least. and see whether any dangerous
symptoms are manifested.
1t is known that the dog bit n pet ami
nal belonging to Mr.. VIM. Schwertfeger.
After Mr.. Schwertfeger learned Of the
result of DR.. Refers examination he
gave his dog to DR.. Refer to confine in
his hospital as further means Of know
ing whether the brute which has caused
such wholesale alarm. really had the
hydrophobia or not. In the meantime.
there is a general desire by all people TO
give every brute Of the canine species
plnty Of room. and it would he well If the
police would instruct all owners OF dogs
TO confine their animals for a period of
time and until further developments take
place.
In response to several inquiries the
Register states that there is a Pasteur
institute in New York City, where the
methods and remedies of DR.. Pasteur
are carefully followed in every detail