The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-10

/ about the prcpriety of muzzIing the dogs
Mr. Gallinger said that one of the prin.
! cipai causes of the mistaken ideas people
/ have about the disease is hat the com
munity is being constantly fooled by re-
/ ports of imaginary eases of il. He said
( that some young scientist being DESTROYS
! OF making Il reputation for himself mad
! examined the brain of a dog which had
died under peculiar circum stances and had
/ declared that the cause oil its death was
hydrophobia. The muzzliniy order had re-
! suited from that circumstance Mr. Gal
| finger stated that the brain test for hy-
drophohia has been aDarduned and that
an entirely new test is row in vogue which
is said to be infallibe. ar
He did not contend that.there Is 70 such
disease as hydropbobia, but said that it is
so rare that there was 10 use of discussing
1t. He stated that he had read recently in
u Philadelphia paper OF a whole family be-
ing saved from conllagrat on by the alarm
given by the watchdog. He said that Cogs
had saved hundred times as many lives
as haG ever been lost through hydrophO ia
Mr. Warren said he would like to ask the
Senator from New Hampshire whether eli
matte Or other conditions are such in the
District of Columbia that hydrophobia is
more likely to exist here than elsewhere
Mr.. Gailinger replied that the disease ex
scientists with whom this city, like other-,
is burdened. Il have no hesitancy," he
SAID, in saying that there has not been a
case OF hydrophobia in> the District this
year, last year or the year before. and do
not believe that there will be ease in the
years 10 come
Mr.. Wolcott at this point arose and said
that in reply to the Senator from Wycm-
ing tMr. Warren, he desiredfto state that
there is no reason why hydrophobia should
be more prevalent here than elsewhere.
The trouble with the existing order in
regard TO the muzzlng of dogs" he de-
clared, lis that it is not uniform through
out the United States. as il should be-
Mr.. Wolcott then referred to the
success England had had in stamping out
hydrophobia by uniform muzZling law in
force throughout the kingdom, and by pro-
hibitinS the bringing OF dogs into the
country by any person and under any cir
cunistances. After this law had been in
force for tlree years he said. hydrophobia
had bSc-i completely stamped out and
there being no longer reason for muz-
cling order it had been rescinded. He ad-
yocated the passage of a law for the muz-
cling order 1t had been res inded. Up to
that time there had been Thousands OF cat.
tie killed from hydrophObil. as well as
many people, but the disease had been alb
solutely eXterminated by the universal
muzzling order. He said that the oppo IL
ton TO the muzzling order came from ig-
norant physicians and mock humanitai ians.
He had lately read that many cattle in New
Jersey had been bitten by dogs and had
died from hydrophobia. He said that IL
the United States could have a universal
muzzling order the disease could be ab.o-
lutely stamped out from the Atlantic to the
Pacific
Mr.. Gallinger said that he was delighted
TO hear this medical and scientific expo il
ton on the subject of hydrophobia. but thai
he desired TO go Oh record as saying that
he did not believe what Mr.. Wolcotr had
said regarding the necessity for some ac-
tion TO stamp out hydrCphob;a.
Does the Senator speak as a physician
or as Senator" asked Mr.. Woicott
AS both, replied Mr.. Gailinger.
Regarding the existence of the disease
Mr. Bacon said he had lost a number of
valuable blooded cattle and a horse by the
result of what he had every reason TO be-
lieve was hydrophobia.
The discussion ended here and the petit
ton which brought it aheat was referred
to the Committee on the District OF Co
lumbia