The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-11-19
HYDROPHOBIA.
Symptoms as Manifested in Animals and
Man With Suggestions In Way
Of Treatment.
ALL DEPENDS ON PROMPT ACTION.

mer Trogler, near Mercersburg,
at the Pasteur Institute IN Balti.
more last week, as the result of
having been bitten several weeks
ago by a mad dog, has awakened
a local interest in thatgreatly-to-
be-dreaded disease, <Hydrophob-
Ia or Rabies, the latter term be-
ing usually applied to the disease
IN ANIMALS, and the former term,
when applied to man.
The disease has been known
from early times. and is alluded
to in the works of Aristotle, Ken
ophon, Plutarch, Virgil, Horace,
Ovid, and many others, as we'll as
those of the early writer's on med
iclne; and 1t is not confined to any
particular part of the globe, SER
lous outbreaks have been record.
ed as occurring among dogs,
wolves, and foxes IN different
parts of the world, particularly
IN Western Europe and in North
and South America. 1t Is very
frequent in Europe and seems to
be on tho increase. England IS
becoming more frequently visit.
ed than before, though Scotland
and Ireland are much less trou-
bled than England.
The disease is almost invarl.
ably fatal in man, and IN the dog
it nearly always terminates in
death, though instances of recov-
cry are recorded. 1t is also fatal
to hcrses, cows, pigs, goats, cats,
but not to fowls, many of these
recovering from accidental or ex.
perlmental inoculatlon. While
the disease is readily conveyed
from animals to man, 1t is not Of
ten conveyed from man to AMI.
mails.
The period in which the symp
toms of the disease become mani.
fest, eolally after accidental
inoculations. as bites, varies ex-
tremely; indeed there is no dis
ease in which the period of la.
tency or lncu baton is more vari-
able or protracted, this beng
limited to few days
or weeks and extending in rare
cases to morethan twelve months.
Of course, this immunity may be
due to natural non-receptivity, to
the wound not having been in
fiicted in very vascular part, or
to the saliva having been ex-
pended from frequent bites on
other ANIMALS, or intercepted by
clothing, hair, wool, &c.
In the dog, the disease does
not commence with fury and
but in a strange and |
change in it's habits;
t becomes dull, gloomy, and |
5aciturn, and seeks to isolate it. !
self in out.of. .the-way places, re.
5lring beneath chairs and to odd |
corners. But IN it's retirement |
t cannot rest: 1T is uneasy and |
idgety, and no sooner has it LAIN
iown than suddenly it jumps up
n an agitated manner, walks
and forwards several
lmes, again lies down and as
'umes a sleeping attitude, but
las only maintained it a few min.
ties when 1t is once more moving
bout. Again 1t retires to It's
corner, TO the farthest recess il
'an find, and huddles itself up !
nto heap, with its head con-
ealed between Its chest and
ore-paws. This state of aglta-
ion and lnquietude is In striking
ontrast with It's ordinary habits,
md should, therefore, receive
'rompt attention. Not unfre-
Iuently there are a few moments
vhen the creature appears more
Ively than usual, and displays an
Extraordinary amount of affec-
ion. Sometimes there is a dis.
'ositlon to gather up straw,
bread, bits of wood, &C., which
re industriously carried away;
tendency TO lick anything cold, /
$ IRON, stoves, &c. AT tins per.
ID no disposition to bite is ob.
erved. These symptoms In
rease, and later it will lie APP
arently Watching something in
entity, and then iump mn oujcklv