The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-09-04
BOARD OF HEALTH ARTICLES
NUMBER /


I Mad dogs and the effects of tnrfr
! bite on human beings was faIknf
about and written about great
many years before The real rafurn
Of the disease was SERIOUSLY t1usIH-
cred. Germany took the Initiative 81
making law requiring al dFEa tu
b. muzz.ed. This was ir ls-f IA
I bies became rapidly .r-- each Fenr
year thereafter, and not one case haa
been reported iu Berlin iu thr nasf
twenty-five years.
But the greatest honor Is due %
Pasteur. who first scientifically sfud.
led the disease boo Paris. because to
not only produced rabies arfIH.IaUF
by injecting rabid saliva etc Infa
healthy dogs. cats rabbits and other
lower animals but he tlsH evolved a
harmless. ingenious ami Ntrf sur-
CeSSful plan 90 treatment Huf 90 be
experiments.
Symptoms Of Rabies ~ ooss
There L. "a change iu th. IIarusIfIun
or general behavior uf the d1E
naturally playful dog becomes suIIen
and irritable. or ~ D. o. naturally
quiet. he becoms- aTe.tionHte buf
still obeys his masters command TIE
bark changes Co combined howl and
whine. Irritability Increase Or taa
o. three days shows dIfHcuIfy ~
swallowing and eats sticks uand
etc. He hides away in his kennel nr
under the house or actually leaves
home. and on returning OIL erhausfed
and shows signs % having Fought
His lighting f. peculiar in that hs
is not noisy a. all other dors ar
while fighting His lower law hanrs
loose. he can not swallow. the leEs
become paralyzed and the animal
passes into the dumb stage Which
just precedeS death The whaia
course OF the disease from onset %
first symptoms To death lasts noe over
week.
Some cases 81 rabies begin uIfh
paralysis. hiding under the house and
inability To- swallow. and die quickly
as early as the second OF third dav
These cases are very rare
For a dog To recover from rabies ID
almost unheard OF what should b.
done with a suspicious dog
Send for "A competent veterinarian
and also notify the Board 90 Heaith
Don't kill the dog Lose uo time buf
proceed 20 shut the dog up or tls him
with chain or piece 81 bale sire
in a comfortable place. whore b. maF
be fed. watered and watched care
fully for a week or ten days m this
is not done promptly. the dog nay
escape and the knowledgs that a mad
dog is at large will produce panic
in the vicinity. n the veterinarians
decides that the animal has rabies.
he can be killed and the head en-
pressed 10 laboratory for eKamina.
ton. A valuable dog need not D. o.
stroyed simply because DO DE come
one. Biting L. a dogs natural and
instructive means % defense More
over dog killed early in the disease
does not show tho evidence 90 rahias
the Negri bodiez-in the brain ara
cord very satisfactorily o. the abura-
tory microscopic The laboratory
experts then. Co be- on the safe aIfa.
must inject rabbits with bits 81 this
suspected dogs brain and spinal cord
II takes az least fourteen DAYS Co.
this injection Co produce rabies In fhn
rabbits. During this time ths bites
person Is iu suspense even though he
Is taking the Pasteur treatment
The period Of incubation. D. b.. fruu
the time OF bite to Appearance 81
first symptoms is from fifteen a.
ninety days Longer and shorter o.
RODS Of incubation are on record. hat
they happen rarely
Dog days have no particular bear
ing on the disease Records In thn
Department 81 Animal Industry ahua
its prevalence O. De- independent uf
season. temperature or locality
Black mouth or tongue Ia a. flIa-
cious sign. since many dogs have naf-
urally very dark mouths
Fear Of water does not aIwaFs anIaf
in rabid animals. IT, mas cross H eel
lie down in a. iu fact. but DTS Inability
to swallow makes him SOONER rr later
avoid % as it Increase EIs sunrrIuEa
Maidstone are Of np Ft.u. a n-HI.
stone may stick. tH fha a1anf made
by the dog ana the Individual r1
treated may never develop rFIrlnn1.
bia. but 10 counts flr rHfE.rr la.fn
the reverse the bitten rfr.1r r.au.fr
In a false sense 90 security H"I srnuII
the di~eas. develop 1f fr. HrH .f
period OF incubation cure e. fhnn
impossible. whereas trH Treatment r
taken boz time o.. one .f tI. trI.mrra
OF the age
summary
symptoms % rabies. o. .Hanrf
Of disposition. -nd. change af FnIre.
Bird, inability tp swallow. Nh .eatinn
home and returning exhausted ard
emaciated. 9th paralysis tIf1rrInrl
Of jaw. 5th. swallowing abnormal
substances. as wood stones etr.
What % do 10 "a dog Is SUSPICION.
Notify Board 90 Health 1r Mayor anf
, tie the dog iu comfortable. rIarr
with "a piece % bale wire nr chain
Free use % Florida Health Notes
has been made in preparing th.s or
ticle. tSlEuedI
city Board 60 Health