The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-05-06


~ acquired with the bite Of the dog.
wolf. cat. fox and other animals In
<hess Groups- IL results from the pre-
eoncs OF specific germs which are In
0oducsd with the puncture of the
>ooeh and ultimately make their way
enroush the circulation OF the blood
- HmDA vntii they find suitable
ereoo!nG wVsnd. usually In the brain.
and ePnuDe 20 say tha. they select
~ Dssferspcs particular and limited
Uoes,on q this order. The germs are
ooonslonaily found In the substance of
ene sp1asl cerd. and les frequently in
oeveain ef the larger nerve structures.
2onev ~ cent. Of all cases In human
oe1noD rsss,t from the bite Of the dog.
<oe0 ~ eps< from cats and wolves
49, I've ~ seat from foxes.
&hs tis9j which intsrvenes between
~ Ne - the development Of the
>oouvo,ll6D which follow varies from a
~ 1nDa b several weeks. sometimes
onooth4 snd occasionaly q year or
nege WIN slsqss between the receipt
- - hjsry pPd the onslaught OF the
cunnA sssvy&eos
~ soG& eSmpsoms OF Infection are
\. = oDo1loo - sasasiness and senerai de-
4 opuGDa ~ n rare instances whore
~ veun1 has long Seen healed PAIN
~ sesin fsat n the scar. The convul-
sivs ss1nSrss which usually affect the
musc1ss g the throat gradually In
creass " severity. the fatal cases end
ins IN -1seAh nom exhaustion due both
To- TIE iaaea>1ty - swallow and the de-
arossing sa1bsa OF the toxin on the
heart - 1ppathins pusciss.
fUu9ba point u sreat import
Inss r. ceansctAsa with hydrophobia
Is - Gses mine whsthsr the animal
whicA has iaAlcted the wound IL or ,s
~ mad. aid II u u killed this may
- esesrmiaed within . very few min
49, by microscope examination of
ens doG's brain. This brilliant discov-
~ was made In 1893 by an Italian
Deysscisn. DIR. A. Negri. who demon
sezoesd the presence of certain specific
bodass In the brains Of animals suf-
eering from rabies. This knowledge OBJ
0hed within . few hour, after the
0Aicticn of the bite should enable any
: oomp<tsnt physician to treat the
wound IN such a way as to prevent
uyseemstic infection. II a competent
pethologist II not close at hand TO
make tho examination the skull OF
~ animal should be broken open.
0s brain removed and placed in a
ar or bottie filled with mixture of
ons-hah water and one-haif alcohol,
ono this should be forwarded at once
70 the nearest laboratory. where the
examination can be made within Ave
manutss after II Is In the hands OF
hs pathoiogist and a positive asyur-
sAce made as to whether the anima,
wss or was not infected with the dis
SAss when the bite was inflicted.
A to treatment. the immediate In
o1cation h TO destroy the germs AT
0e point Of incubation. The
0orough burning with nitric acid
vni put On end to all danger of con-
ue1tutionai Infection. This should be
cone ~ early after the bite as pos
soo>s. hut u has been proved that n
oe,ayed ~ long as twenty-four hour.
xovther Invasion OF the disease has
essn prevented In almost every In.
ueaacs In which Il has been employed
1ne remedy advised In pure nitric
eead. which can be obtained from any
SSug store. This should be thorough.
y applied to all points OF the wound
- means Of a small glass pipette oI
Dedicine dropper. or IL this cannot bs
oosnined BY a small glass rod OIL
osece OF wood. which later In, how.
ever. gradually charred by the acid
A tho application OF the remedy 4.
mtense,y painful the injection into
she substance OF the skin by mean.
of . hypodermic syringe OF a one-ha,,
~f one per cent solution OF cocaine
and the innitration OF this same solu.
eson into the fat and the muscles 70,
= circle of one-haif inch beyond tn,
SdBcs of the wound so deadens sensi
os1sty that the burning OF the acid {,
- In the least painful. when ther,