The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-07

to protect g dog from death after he
with hldrophobia. Kill the dog and
kill 1t quickly whenever It has been
exposed expose to a. dog which CHI, is even sus-
True 1t is that trouble has to come
home to us before we can actually
ssympathize with those who have trou-
BILE Of the same nature Take the
who have lost loved ones from this
them would have the finest dog in
the world. II the dog was known to
Then do not wait till the trouble gets
at your own door. Think of tho little
children playing about who love to
pull the ears of every dog they can
little ones Having that dreadful dis
ease as the result of a bite OF worth
less dog.
Mr.. Shultz has told me timo and
case sa that haiti he ny would OUT not pass through
the worry again, which he experienced
after he found that his dog was mad
and, biting. ether dogs, for all OF the
tit by the mistakes of others In order
to prevent making too many ourselves.
Thus allow me t, impress upon every
one, town councils especially, the i'm,
or muzzled during the warm months.
No dog ever develops hydrophobia
Except as the result OF bite of dog
suffering with the disease. in the
opinion Of the writer. In other words
the disease Is truly infectious. 1t
may get into the system through the
with this poison comes in direct con-
ftact with the same, but as q rule the
disease is !nocu!ated into the system
| by the bite OF a rabid dog.
! Dogs bitten in the winter will often
go until the warm weather before they
develop the disease. but heat, cold, bad
treatment or kind treatment will never
develop the disease unless the animal
has first been inoculated with the In
lection.
] Why does It seem hard to make some
people believe that dog is more than
apt to 'so mad" II he Is bitten by a
rabid dog? In my mind the ,, one fea-
corning this disease, more than any
| filing else, Is the indefinite period of
incubation the period between the
time Of the actual bite and the ap,,
bitten), as It Is often the case that
twenty days, then in other cases it
does not develop for weeks Elk :, or even eve
even be longer than year and then
The tramp dog Is by far the most
. dangerous dog to the public, for the
tention to this dog. and does not no.
tice him until he has bitten some ani-
mai. Again the dog which has no
particular heme may S,.g GO from place ,Iace
some one SECS the dogs fighting no
one suspicious any trouble, as that
iparticular dog is known to be roam-
ing about the town or neighborhood
OF the other domestic animals, to say
nothing Of man, all are more or less
susceptible to this disease However,
| 1t is a disease OF the canine race as a
are particularly susceptible to rabies.
No sensible man Is going to try to
treat case Of hydrophobia. II he
knows what hydrophobIa is, nor Is lie
going to try to prevent the disease by
inoculating a dog known to have
been bitten by rabid animal.
4 Antitoxines are excellent preyentives
in combating some diseases, but they
are not indicated when. dog. is the
4 patient ana hydrophobia Is the dis
case to which the animal has been ex-
!. Iosed. Human life Is too dear ana dog
A flesh too cheap to5run any such risk.
4 Again know we'll that some prom
inent professional men contend that
i there Is 10 such disease as hydropho-
may. you may call it dydrophobia,
4 black tongue, or even elemental
i American" II you wish to be cspec-
tally technical and modern. Neverthe-
,Iless, when see a dog making 1t his
business to bite everything In his path.
!. ticularly small space the said dog has
\ conyinced nc of the fact right thcn
land there that, according to the law,
1t is the duty OF any citizen8to as
sist in confirming the dog, IL not des-
troying him at once.