The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-21

ilNd anu inc nel NOuS SYSTEM, He
said.
When a dog shows fear of water
is it an indication that he has hydro
phobia?"
Not at all. In fact, the word hy-
dropho bia-fear of water-is a mis-
homer. 1t isn't that the dog or the
person who is suffering with rabies
is afraid of water, but the fact that
the pharynx is paralyzed that causes
them to refuse water. We had a pa
tient-a woman 80 years old-from
New Jersey who was bitten by
rabid dog that swan across a river
while he had rabies"
How, then, can you tell that
dog has rabies?"
There are ten symptoms which
come in progressive stages in this
order:
Il. Change in the disposition of
the dog
"2. Unusual show of attachment
to it's master.
"3. Disa ppearan from it's home
for from several hours to two days
a. Change in the bark, or total
absence of barking, even on provo
cation.
IS. Lack of appetite, difficulty in
chewing and swallowing solid food
IS. Excitement and hallucina-
lions. The dog snaps at imaginary
objects, and may attack it's master
1t is excited by the sight of another
dog, though this stage may be alb
sent in the dumb form of the dis
ease.
~. The dog eats it's own bedding,
tears cushions, carpets, etc
IS. 1t seems to be unable to eat
The dog takes food into the mouth,
but the food drops out after the dog
has made one or two attempts to
swallow it. Drinking, however, is in
terfered with very little, or not at
all, and there is no hydrophobia
cwater fearo in the stricter sense
of the word.
80. Unsteady gait which shows the
beginning of paralysis In the hind
quarters. The pupils of the eye are
dilated
40. Later, there are paralysis of
the lower jaw, shown by drop
ping of the jaw generally paralyis
and DEATH
What are the symptoms of rab-
les in human beings?" l asked.
There are two forms to the dis
ease he replied" They are the
furious form and the paralytic.
There are three stages to the furious
form: Firt, the prodromal; second,
the stage of excitement, and, third,
the paralytic stage. The first stage
is manifested by symptoms of ner-
vousness. The victim becomes mel
ancholy and seems to be Indifferent
to everything about him. He shows
desire to be alone, and finds re-,
lief by taking exercise He suffe &
from severe headache and Is rest
less at night. Sometimes instead OF
being melancholy the PATIENTS un-
usually cheerful. This stage las.s
from forty-eight hours to six. days.
At the beginning of this stage 1t If
probable that the virus is in the
brain. After this comes the stage of
excitement. The breathing is irreg l.
lar and difncult, the pulsa is high,
and frequently there is vomitinB.
There Is construction OF the phar-
ynx and the patient cannat eat or
dr., k. Sometimes death comes 1T
this stage. The are Authorizations;
then the patient is able to swallow,
hut he is much weaker. Salvation
is profuse and the muscles become
paralyzed. Sometimes the voice is
husky and the patient makes a queer
sound when he tries to talk, and
from this has arisen the saying that
a hydrophobic victim 'barks like a
dog. 1t is seldom that the patient
will attack his nurses, unless an at
tempt is made to put him under re-
straint. This last stage seldom lasts
more than twelve hours, when death
relieves the patient from his suffer-
ings. In the paralytic form of rabies
the stage Of excitement Is absent.
while the prodromal stage Is the
same as In the furious form. The
first indication OF the disease In this
form is feeling of numbness in
the part which has been bitten. Ere
quently the paralysis which follows
does not begin In the part bitten.
The disease usually lasts from three
to four days"
What causes rabies?" / asked.
That is not positively known"
he replied. I'VE know there is a
rabic virus, but just what the nature
Of that virus is has not been deter
mined Pasteur was OF the. opinion
that the disease was caused nv