Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-07-03
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CONCERNING RABIES
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posted Physicians, The sun u En-
abied 70 Produce Reliable Informa-
tIun Which May Cause Great Good.
Through the assistance Of Or. Hiram
Byrd. irat assistant 10 the State
Health Oflcer, and DR. J. H. Hodges,
agent for the state Board Of Health
Tor AIachua county, The Sun this
morning IS enabled to give to ifs
readers some reliable facts about
that dreaded disease, hycrophcbia.
The disease Il nov more prevalent
81 Florida, and throughout the entire
country, than for many years In
deed, II Ia doubtful n the disease has
ever prevailed to the extent that II
IL prevailing now. II Is q disease Of
the nervous system. the poison par
ticulariy affecting the brain and spin
Al cord, Like all nervous Diseases
shs symptoms VIII vary decidedly 81
different cases.
~ the dog the usual symptoms are
inability 70 eat Or drink. lhhamma.
sion and spasm OF the THROAT, excite.
ment and iFritability, and a tendency
70 bite everything that comes IN ita
way. A mad dog n art bite stick,
weed, another anims1 Or q person
anything that moIests him or gets
IA hls way. on the other hand, these
tendencies may moi develop 1t all:
the dog may simply droop and die.
Conyulslons preceding death are IRE.
quenl, but 40 MOI occur IN every case.
When q dog slckens. with any
throat trouble and dies, during the
prevalence o. hydrophobia. the nature
of the disease can be determined BY
packing tbe dogs head in Ice and
expressing II 10 the laboratory OF
the state Board OF Health, az Jack.
sonvllls' 40 that the brain may be ex.
amlneg
Tho disease prevails summer and
winter, and moat animals ara subject
10 it The dog. wolf cat and COW
aye worry susceptible 70 II, and It may
NJ conveyed 10 the rabbit. horse. PIG
lAnd other animals
The disease IL much more common
than Is generally supposed In aolne
countrIca where dogs are required
TO be muxzled OH the year, the dis.
easo has disappeared IN all ether
countries, where dogs are allowed 70
run nnmussIed. the disease IL more
or less prevalent A dog which has
been infected with. rabies Is danger
Gus, and his saliva contains the vlru.
lent poison of the disease, week or
ten days before the dog shows any
signs Of being sick. Therefore. igfaI
perSou ls bitten BY an apparently wen
dog, and that dos COOS mad within
a week OF ten days, the person 30
bitten IL IN as much danger as Il
bitten BY the dos Ia the active stage
Of the disease, The part Of the body
bis.en BY an infected dog has q very
decided bearing on the development
Of the disease, The location OF tie
wound has great deal 70 DO with
one'n chance Of escaping The malady.
OF persons bitten about the face and
brad about 81 per cent win develop
hydrophobla; II the bites ere ON the
hands and arms about e5 per cent
win develop tho disease. II the feet
and less are the parts bitten. nom
ID 20 SO per cent win develop n The
location 81 the wound also effects the
incubation period Bites about she
head and face win develop the ais.
ease 10 aome instances az early a.
sbs 18th day. while from bites ON
other parts Of the body the incaha.
ton period n from 80 10 80 DAYS.
Rut Il tho disease does nor develop
within ak weeks Il Il not likely 20
do 30.
When person Il bitten Ny dog
suspected 81 being mad the wound
should be thoroughly cleanasd ana
cao1erlsod with Tuning nitric acid.
The nitrate Of silver or lunar cauatlc.
commonly employed Cor this purpose.
ss NOT sufficient and should not be
used. u the wound 4 slight and 4 Is
Immediately eleansed and csutorired
with euming nitrate acid II 10 consider.
% that he person 20 lreated vii b.
safe Ni,hort the Pasteur treatment
rcrfous Win sores or abraslons on
their handle who ARE exposed 10 the
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