The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-06-12
ABOUT MAD DOGS.
HOW THEY GET TIE HORRIBLE
DISEASE
How You Can Get IL Yourself aud
What to DO Quick--Thc Pastcur.

Treatment.
People should avoid handling dogs
at all times, but more especially dur
ing the warm m as a dog's
saliva may be full Of germs of rabies
several days before 1t goes mad
WIN That disease. 1t is enough if he
iicks your hand or your face. and
II skin is broken previously so that
the germs fluid entrance to the circu-
lation.
Right here. too much emphasis
annot be placed on the absurdity Of
the old superstitution that If tho
uoS mat Dites you should, at some
iuture me.hav" rabies. you--al-
though never again bitton-would
nave to die OF that disease!
IN Tie case OF your pet dog, if he
Is morosc and sullcn there may be
a possibility that he is in the early
stages of rabies. 1t has been de-
mohstratcd as Il fallary that rabid
dogs dread the sight OF water. It is
only human beings in that condition
VINO go into commissions at the sight
OF water. A rabid dog is thirsty. He
would like to drink, hut on attempt
ing To do So his ,hro,t conir nc,r ~.
ing ia tbc nnr,lvYi. ~ a.. ,,m.
that is characteristics of IN. 1i.n,.o
II your dog approaches eagerly
"lcn YOU offer him water, puts his
tongue to it but cannot swallow, and
perhaps gags, has commissions and
froths at the mouth. then Won had
better have him =. orcn cynn,i,nj VIZ
rabics-being. of coursc ox,,rmnlv
careful! to allow none of his e,l;vo ~
careful to allow mono or bic v,li,, 10
Human beings afflicted vim no
disease. being II orc e,ns,tiv. mnrn
imaginative and a~nnrcbcnsivo ,ro
throw into rOnvulnions nj tbo mn,o,
sight Of watcr-ospccioUv w,,or
from a tap suddenly turned on An
ticipating the act Of drinking tbo
throat paralysis asserts itself ana Tho
whole infected nervous system is con.
vulscd.
Tho favoritc breeding place of Tho
germs Of rabies is the nerve centres
The original germs travail from tbo
point Of infection through thc circu-
iation, injecting all the nerves Of tho
body and besicging, as tbcv multinrv
the spinal cord ana the nerve centres
of the brain.
AS the disease progresses thoro &c
more and more PARALYSIS of all lho
nerves and muscles. Thot or tho
throat is particularly noticeable he
cause OF the difficulty of swanowino
But quite early there are icrkv mo-
tons of the legs in walking and of
Applicants for treatment at the
paStcur Institute in New York who
show these signs ON entering are i'm
mcdiatcly subjected TO other tests.
Sometimes the pastcur phvSicians
will blow a breath of air ddcnlv
in the PATIENTS direction. Even
that slight, sudden draught of ain
has bccn known to throw an appli-
cant for treatment into commissions.
n certain paticnt who complained
Of thirst, but could take no water,
suggested an experiment TO one of
the nurses. She divided u pcelcd or
ange into small bits. One of these
she offered 10 him. He opcned bis
mouth to receive il. bnt The momcn
the moist object touched his lips his
teeth closed With n snap. 1t was a
signal from the p"aralyzcd throat.
IN addition to the Indications rotor
ed to, y" c%C5 o. rabies patients are
enlarged and rave Il took OF anxiety,
sometimes Of terror. Wherever there
are nerves TO ~actuatc muscles the
disease shows itself.
Infection With rabies is most dan
gerous whore the nerves are nearest
the surface. Communication to the
spinal cord and brain is then quicker.
When the race is the point OF infcC-
ton. mortality is so per cent; hands
and arm, 60 Dor cent, the lower cX-