The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
MAD DOGS NEVER FROTH
 AT MOUTH AS BELIEVED

rabies may be given before the dog be- comes dangerous.
 Well, it is only after the dog has pass ed from the first to the second stage of the disease that he becomes dangerous. And even with regard to the second or violent, stage, there is great popular mis- conception.
 "A general rule to follow with regard to all dogs is this: Always turn out for dog that won't turn out for you. If you follow that rule you will be compara- lively safe from any rabid dog that comes your way.
 When the dog passes Into the second stage of rabies he becomes still more restless. It Is then that they wander off. They do not go at a rapid pace, they do not froth at the mouth, their eyes do not become bloodshot Perhaps they hang their aeads-all sick dogs do that-and they run until they drop from exhaustion, stopping by fits and starts to rest. but never being able to rest long because the nervous tension of the disease keeps them going. If not intercepted and killed they will finally fall dead I have seen them wear their toe nails to the quick.
 During this time they will bite things that come in their way. Understand that. But they will not go out of their way to attack anything.
 Here is an illustration out of my own experience. It happened right here in Montclair. An misunderstanding dog sauntered along the street, attracting no attention whatever. In appearance, to the unpracticed eye, he resembled any other healthy dog. A little child got in Its way, and the dog threw the child down and bit her.
 "A crowd gathered. but no attempt was made to stop the dog. No cry of mad dog was raised. I happened to pass and stopped to make inquiries and learned that the child had been bitten. I got a description of the animal and started af- ter him in my wagon.
 Half an hour. later my attention was attracted to a dog on the outskirts of the town which resembled the dog that had bitten the child. In two minutes I dis covered that 1t was made. I followed it. The dog sauntered along, winding in and out between fences, lying down, then get ting up nervously and starting off again.
 "Once small dog got in the mad one s way, and the latter bit him once and started on again. Two hundred yards further down the road a man and wo- man were standing at the side of the road | B. I without attempting any violence Next he approached a stoop where man was about to descend Fearing that the man would be bitten, I shouted a warning. but the man merely laughed at me. and, coming down the steps snapped his fln- gers at the dog, which actually lodged him and ambled on down the road.
 "The fingers of the foolhardy man were within two inches of the dogs mouth, yet he was not bitten.
 After this the beast wandered along the side of a creek tried to drink but couldn't. and walked two hundred yards up the bed of the stream before l finally killed him. I had policeman with me, and do you know that officer refused to shoot the dog. He said it wasn't mad, and he saw no reason for putting it out of the way.
 Nevertheless. within twenty three days the dog that had been bitten up the | later the child died of the same disease sent the brains of the two dogs to the Pasteur Institute, and in course of time I learned that both dogs had been afflicted /, with rabies.
 "On the other hand, I had dog at ons l time, the property of two maiden ladies | in town, that was sent 70 me to be killed because it was frothing at the mouth and showing other alleged signs of rabies 1 I put the animal under observation and | in the course of a week had him in suct | condition that I was able to restore him to his owners. The difficulty with him.