The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-28

tinguished neurologists OF roe uaN~
such specialists as Dr. Landon Carter
Grey, Of New York. DR. Charles W.
Dulles. OF Philadelphia; Drs. Bird
SAIL Loomis, Woods Parwin, Nor
ton Mills, iIearn and other conspic-
uous as lecturers in our leading hos
pitfalls and colleges. who have given
years to Investigation ln this particu-
lar field and who arc regarded as au-
thority by the scientific world. None
of these eminent physicians goes so
far as TO assert that the malady oail
ed hydrophobia IN man. and supposed
to result from the bite Of a rabid dog,
has no existence. All Of them declare.
however, that they have never seen
a case or heard OF one from any
source entitled to recognition. More
over Dr. Dulles calls attention to the
significant fact that whereas a mum
Der OF large money rewards have been
offered by various physicians and ken
mel clubs for woll authenticated
case Of hydrophobia, 10 one has yet
come forward to claim any Of them.
These gentlemen are not theorists
or doctrlnaires. They are conscien-
tious painstaklng students Dr. Dul-
les, of the University Of Pennsylvania,
has corresponded with the most dis
tnsuished medical men in Europe. He
has also personally investigated rab-
les hundreds Of times for the medical
societies Of his state. The same is
true Of nr Matthew Woods, who has
pursued these inquiries as faithfully
os DR.. Dulles has and wth similar re-
suits. What, therefore the pamphlet
says Of the former applies with equal
propriety to the latter
"The result OF all this patient and
conscientious work has not only
brought Dr. Dulles to the conclusion
that hydrophobia is extremely rare
but has also inclined him to believe
that there is no such specific malady,'
since he has failed, after sixteen
years of Investigation, to find a single
case on record that can be conclusive
ly proved TO have resulted from the
bite of a dog or any other cause"
For the benefit Of creculous or tim
i'd dog owners, however. and without
further discussing the question of hy-
drophobla in man, let us repeat the
Hints on Rabies" given in Leahet
No. 6. They have been compiled by
the society on the authority Of the
most prominent specialists in the
country.
81. 1t is supposed that mad dog
breads water. It is not SO. The mad
dog is very likely to plunge his head
TO the eyes in water. though he can
not swallow it and laps it with diff
Guilty
2 It is supposed taat a mad dog
runs about with evidences Of intense
excitement. It is not so. The mad
dog never runs about in agitation; he
never gallops; he is always alone us
ually in a strange place where he jogs
along slowly. II he is approached by
dog or man, he shows no signs of ex-
citement but when the dog or man
Is near enough he snaps and resumes
his solitary trot
"a Ifa dog barks, yelps, whines. or
growla, that dog IS not mad The on
ly sound mad dog is ever known
20 emit Is a hoarse howl. and that but
seldom Even blows will not extort
an 1utcry from mad dog. Therefore,
a any dos under any circumstances,
uttes any other sound than that OF a
hoarse howl, that dog is not mad.
"a It IS supposed that the mad dog
froths at the mouth It Is not so. II
dogs jaws are covered or necked
with white froth, that dog is not mad.
The surest Of all signs that a dog is
mad Is a thick ropy brown mucous