The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1901-07-18

Save tuem from tue maTsnaIs .
clutches. Dog tax 10 now due, aud
stray dogs will be promptly taken to
the pound aud killed.
MADsrONEs WORTHLESS.
Atlanta Constitution: In part, tho
following ia tho paper on "Hydro-
phobia" which DR.. Henry r. Slack. Of
Lairange. read to tho members Of the
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
al the session of the convention OF
tha, body on yesterday morning.
There Is no cry that strikes the ear
Of the pedestrian with more terror
than "Mad dog! Mad dog" what
awful sppreheusions this an
nouncement conveys to the nervous
bearer, as the rsbId animal passes
swiftly along, snapping at everything
IN sight. Hydrophobia, as We know,
10 q misnomer, ss the fear Of water ID
not, rs populsrly believed, tho most
prominent symptom Of the disease.
Rsbid dogs often thrust their noses
into water. II IL not the sight OF
water. but the effort to swallow that
brings on the fearful spasms during
the period Of excitement. CANNES
arc peculiarly liable TO this disease.
The period OF incubation varies
greatly In man. The usual time ID
from four to eight weeks, but cases
are recorded whero symptoms ap.
pearcd In less than two weeks, and
some few claim to have run two
years, put these are extremely doubt
fUl. Few cases are ever reported he.
cause they all terminate fatally. The
only treatment Is preventative, fol
there is no well authenticated case %.
record of recovery where rabies hA'
been developed. Until the discover,
by that great savant, Louis Pssteur
there was no reliable treatment FOL
the unfortunate bitten by rnbit
animals, a,rd. despite the use OF caus
tics, bleeding and mad stones, froa
10 to 30 per cent of all bitten died 4
most horrible death.
The number of fatalities depend oi
the location aud severity Of tn,
wounds, those on the face going a
high as W per cent, hand 80 to 60 pc
cent aud through the clothing as low
10 per cent. Now all this has beel
changed, and II the patient Is give
Psstcar treatment promptly tho fatal
i,y is less than one.half Of one pc
cent During the past year thcr
have been treated in the four Pastcu
Institutes IN the United States a
I New York, Chicago, Baltimore nu,
Atlanta, 875 patients with u tatalit!
of four. One of these patients wa
not treated until cigh,y-iivc day
after he was bitten. aud another wa
taken away before the treatment wa
completed, so we have only tw,
deaths In $40 cases. Certainly thi
is as near specific as anything W
have IN medicine.
Hydrophobin occurs oftcaer tina
many OF Us are inclined to b,
iieve. During the past ten month
seven white persons have died fro'
rabies In Georgia. These cases hav
, been reported through the press an
most of them confirmed by CORE,
pondence or reports from the after
D ding physicians. Nearly all Of theI
D used the "uad stone" tbss prOvin
3 iis utter worthlcssness. There wcr
8 four children and three adults. 81
0 were bitten by dogs and one by ca
= Resides these have the records {
C twenty-five deaths In the middl
q states from rabies. Doubtless ther
:, were more, for few cases arc ever n
Q ported In the medical journals As the
all terminate fatally aud no physicia
u rclishes reporting cases whcro cur'
: are never effected,
;, l recently read paper on this sui
Il ject before the Medical Association I
}, Georgia In Augusta, aud the dean
Q the medical college ridiculed tho i'd
y of rabies in man. This led 10