New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-29

with cold water mixed with a thirty sixth a.
OF carbolic acid whenever the wound Is dres,S
Probably modern treatment can improve upos
this recipe. b.
Apart from all concomitant danger of blooa
poisoning the severity OF the bites Of flesh
eating animals Is out OF all proportion to N.
weapons by which they are inflicted. Tn
teeth, even Of the largest carnivora. are mereh
the "spearhead," but the force which work.
these instruments is prodigous. II seems as
for the moment the animal threw all its bodily
energy into the combination OF muscular action
which we call a bite" In most cases the men
shock Of impact. as the animal huris itself on ID
enemy. is entirely demorazing or infiicts phys
ical injury A muZzled masttn will hurl man
TO the ground in the effort to fasten its teeth
in his throat or shoulder. Then. the driving
and crushing force Of the Jaw muscles Is aston.
ishing The swapping power OF an alligator
laws is more or less ineligible. They are long
and furnished with a row OF pointed teeth from
end to end. But the jaws or the hon leopard
tiger otter, ferret or baboon are snort. and The
long and pointed teeth are few Yet each u
their species has a biting power which in pro
portion to it's size is almost incredible
Sir Samuel Baker. who had long and varied
ACQUAINTANCE with the bites Of the carnivon
noticed that the tiger usually seized an Indian
native by the shoulder. and with one jaw 90
one side and the other on the other bit clean
through chest and back The fatal wound
was the bite. which. through back and chest
penetrated to the lungs" Europeans are killed
by the tigers bite we'll as lacerated by the
claws. a Mr.. Lawes, son or missionary Of
that name was killed after being shaken for
few moments by tigreSS, which then lett him
He died next day. In nearly all cases the btu
penetrates TO the lungs. This kind OF wound .
characteristic Of the attacks or many OK ta
felida Scarcely any bird RECEIVERS from cats
are almost instantly driven through the lung
under the wing. The cheetah, which mas ven
small mouth. always bites through the piack'
bucks throat
o1tn llpF
such as dogs. brushes the head; when attach
ing men it aims at biting through the luneA
Sir Samuel Baker must again De auo'eo'
Africa a native boy was firing reeds. accom-
bow and was almost instantly killed by the
other who hurled his spear so accurately tna9
IL separated the vertebrse or the ieoparu lec "a
THE boy was carried to my nut says 81
Samuel but there was no chance Or recovery
az the fangs had torn open the chest aho M
jured the lungs: these were exposed 10 vev
through the cavity between his lids lie uiea
during the night" 49,
SWAPPING" BITES go
The worst Of the swapping" bites u man.
mails Is that " the wolf. The Jaws. Unlike moss
OF the felidn are very long. male woifi
head often seems to be more than a quarter Of
its length without the tail. Some judges SCI
at nearly a third Of the total length OF us pody.
The bite is always snap. wnch wiz 'ea' q" ~
a mass OF flesh from stu running d''i"a, -. W
infict "A mortal wound on the lower parts OF INV
body The crocodile bite is the most forIniulos
Of the swapping order. Though us tee,h as
only row OF spikes it can cut or imp ~
bite A fish weighing seventy pounds INTO t"0
pieces as clearly II they were divided oy
knife
Among the minor forms Of bite to which per
sons in this country liable are those OF tne
fox the ferret. the rat and the stoar 10,
writer has seen large greyhound wnich coui ~
a fox completely disabled by two bites iniiictee
instantancously-one across the greyhounel
muZzle the other on its thigh. he mas peer
bitten through the finger by ferret-a mos
painful experience. and has seen six-pouno
pike. lying apparently dead on the grass sprlns
up and bite a persons hand, cutting the lore.
finger TO the bone. This pike DID nor pan
like dog" as did that which Mr. Brgtl
caught but 1t certainly BIT Like cat ADDER
fat Is still sold in the New Forest as an ant'dou
to t-bites.
Horses usually seize q person by the arm =
shoulder when they bite. The result Is noIv
often a very bad bruise. like jam in dooS
than a wound. But the great onender In IN.
respect is our friend the dog. and the greatess
sufferers young children We have Know
a little girl Of ten years almost bitten 10 DEAN
by a petted St Bernard dog which was )ealou.
OF her: and a boy Of six mauled ana iaceratee
by a bulldog for the same reason. As mus
persons keep dogs for their own amusement
Is incumbent on them to remember that thouen
the best OF domesticated animals, they are pV
tentally. dangerous wild beasts and II ing
show signs OF vice should be dismissed by e~
thanasia. not sold to some one else.