The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-11-26
AS TO RABIES IN DOCS.
How to Detect the symptoms OF Madness
In the Animals.

How to Detect the symptoms of Madness
In the Animals.
Is there such a thing as rabies. and
such n thing as a mad dog? Undoubt-
edly there is. though ! have never
seen one, says John +. Haines. in
Our Animal Friends. In the 80 years
since the American Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals
was established, our officers and
agents have been constantly on the
outlook but no undouttcd case has
ever fallen under their observation,
or within their knowledge; and of
over 10000 dogs and other small
animals, which have been cared for
at our shelter during the past three
years. not one single case of rabies
has been found. These facts sufii-
ciently prove that rabies is rare in
this city and in this state; but there
Is such disease, and 1t Is important
for the public as well as yourself.
that you should know whether sick
dog is or Is not rabid. II you will
note the following facts, you will
have no difficulty. You will proba-
bly, find them to be quite different
from the popular fancies by which
most persons are misled:
Il is supposed that mad dog
breads water. 1t is not so. The mad
dog is very likely tc plunge his head
to the eyes in water, though he can
not swallow it and laps 1t with diili-
Guilty.
II Is supposed that mad dog runs
about with evidences of intense eX-
citement. II is not so. The mad dog
never runs about in agitation; ne
never gallops he is always alone, usu.
ally in a strange place, where he jogs
along slowly. If 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.
If a dog barks. yelps. whines or
grCwls that dog is not mad. The only
sound a mad dog is even known to
emit is a hoarse howl, and that but
seldom. Even blows will not eXtort an
outcry from a mad deg. Tehre@ore, If
any dog, under any circumstances,
uptters any other sound than taat of
hoarse howl, that dog is not mad.
1t is supposed that the mad dog
froths at the month. II is not so. II
dogs jaws are covered or fecked
with white froth, that dog is not
mad. The surest of all signs that
q dog is mad is thick and ropy
brown mucous clinging to his lips,
which he often tries vainly to tear
away with his paws or to wash away
with water
II your own dog is bitten by any
other dog, watch him carefully. If
he is infected by rabies, you will dis
cover signs of it possibly in from six
TO ten days. Then he will be rest.
less. often getting up only to lie
down again. changing his posi-
tion impatiently. turning from
side to side, and constant
| ly licking or scratching some
particular part of his head, limbs OF
body. He will be irritable and in
| clined to dash at other animals. and
HS VIII SohhStiHieS snap ul ODJcCts
which he imagines TO be near him
He will be excessively thirty, lap
| ping water eagerly and often. Then
there will be glan1ular swellings
about his jaws and throat, and he will
vainly endeavor to rid himself of a
thick, ropy mucous discharge from
his mouth and throat. If he can, ne
will probably stray away from nome
and trot slowly and mournfully
along the highway or across country
meddling with neither man nor beast
unless they approach him, and then
giving single snap. The only ex
ception to this behavior occurs in fe
rocious dogs, which. during the ear
lier stage of excitement. may attack
any living object in sight.
These symptoms OF rabies are con
densed from valuable information re
ceived from physicians of undoubtet
authority.