Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-10

Rabies.
:. Many, OF. our domestic animals suffer
with, nFdropheblas and die without the
owner recognising the disease as rabies
Hentesthe dahsels ne ana his family are
in, and the need of enlightenment to avoid
the risk Of their becoming inoculated
Win the, most terrible, disease known,
This week a cow 10 my county js suf-
fering with hSdrophobia. and she viii
surely die. -AshsY
ss5rhis lis one illustration of nay position.
The owner 4 pointer puppy, bit The COW on
September list about he. lbs and eyes.
anu she showed well sevelpped symptoms
OF ra bias on iCetober a A15rR i aassHr. sAg
The OWNER Host tive ddgs Of irabtesT get
could nat believe they had thE terrible
dfseazsgl They were gentle and a eettoif-
ate iowa i ham to the last. Most people
antiefpate Eis'fariotIs animal as the typl-'
cal kind abut my fobsefvance has been
that rahHtl dogs are mere afectienate
than usual and desire the 'eonlBanionship
OF their human friends with uno0ntroba-
bic emotions of love and dependeneesFu Ell
The danger OF being thtten by ones own
doa arises from the animals insanity an
certain sta es and for brief moments ES-
peciAlfy Is Athis true OF sudden and annex
pacted fhemants that tho dog cannot re-
aiize sthe5natuFe Of Indeed COWS and oth-
err large animals are uncomfortable When
snfdene mos emehts arr made by others
near them like dogs ralhRing in Inc pas
trrea or tvenscalves spleying about tneaa.
Animals that desire the communicating
of human Kind. ard that would be harm-
less khilestAe owner remained uufet ere
MADE so suffer srcatlys by any aaioF
movement % a spergen or object near
them aOnerof the astrangest tdiosynera-
eies an human nature to me is lRat a
school of medicine denies the existence. q
rabies under any name. animals DO DIT
ea die OF Il that newer refuse water, ana
the popular name s'nydfophebia rnight
reasonablv be tabbooetl. Animals die of>lt
without being crazy, and the word mao
may therefore he a HaisneHers seRauo-aga
= am willing to evel go so far. as 40
admit that rabies ts net a perfectly nttllE
name for g. nervous disease or 7tae pksttf
and spffnl cord that ends only In torttr-,
ing nervous y exhauktions and sdeathsa9syzifs
That "a disease is carried by dogs an a
certain state called rabid TO hogs sheep,
COWS and horses, rs well known bS prsae-i
tielp9 veterinary surgeons In Europe anu
Asaaerla.a. Hence the sform'li OF lhHstefta
that nsome physicians claim Is the only
trouble in human 1tahies is eliminated an
the domestic ifnalss who certainly nave
not read up to know how they are ext
pbcted to Act.1 eros 4gnd bat ~ .nazlo.
Death from septicaemis As too Ginerent
to he eS-prs dtsuuEsudg yet this is the last
resuxts fervths deriers OF hydraplfo hia~ ~
Some people Appear in8a measure srs-
sisthnt 10 FRA BiesL ltenus those often baaiy
bitten by rhbfd docs dB not 1developl n.y.
arophoiiIa. Often these use mad stones
and the nonrappearsIfce of the dreaded
disease afterwafu b wholly attribated TO
TIA lpdfpncV OF this fetichg An 1lsrt Ef-s4 q
Truly It is of M more benefit than any
ineahlation efthe dark ages. in my own
case dear and valued frief1hB Mastered 70
nave the most famous. OF these limestone
incrlssta items used ueon my woAinds made
nv A rabaSi cat Those that were supposed
Is adhere to the wonndl and those tlat
afofped on to scientific st1eptic acted
u6afIlraity.r not scasE the exalted nervous
condition of the sufferer would believe.
s,sperlaatuFailg Let me out or the pleh%
tItude Of my experiences warn my reaaers
not 70 trust 20 the most famous OF mad
stones. bul take the seientihc treatment
worked but in Paris by that great sseaie-
factor Of the whole animal kinsdom as
well. as OF ffianEPasteurs p 3
The PastetIr Institute and Laboratory
in Atlanta will furnisha sure diagnosis
OF MANY diseases that heretbfofes have
been recognized or nisinterpretHd' by
praetielng physicians and veterinary sur
geofis. "hl
Rabies especially no practitioner may
be sure OF IN its iacipiency Yet In a few
days with the head Or brain lof suspi-
clous animal the fact Us estabhsnea
whether the animal suffered with rabies
or some other nervous disease.
This blessing to the south has been IN
operation In Atlanta for just one year
In that time twtnty-two patients have
been treated. and not one has died 81
rabies, or afterward suffered from the
treatment. 100.
So antiseptit Is the conduct of the nab.
oratory that not an animal has died OF
septicaemia OF the hundreds OF wounded
ones !. ..--s.., -.,--,
struggle for life A survival Of the httest
against prejudice and ignorahee, without
being fed from the state or. the tax pay,
ers' support. (; 49, 4, - 80 80. :
Tnis hospita1 labors under the disadzz.
vantage OF treating people. 80 per cent OF
whom have not The ability TO Ipay the Ac-
tuaI cost they are to the instltution. For
II Is usually the poor who are necessarily
in Contact. with animals In Europe as we'll
as IN America that. have to take preyen-
tive treatment for rabies. \. - r-s-.,l-
Some writer's on political ec4nomy claim
that an average human life Is worth
81. 600 to the state. Those saved at this
Atlanta Institution have been mostly.
young working people and their savior has
I been. an Institution without an, end0w-.
ment or a rich man connected Herewith
one becomes famous who gives to church.
es, colleges and libraries, but there Is no
halo for him who strives 10 save the
huuahIe 5000 49, B.. w. HUNT.