El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-22

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tain sections of our city
These ill-kept, half-starved creatures
chase horsemen and others in droves
and why such nuisances are tolerated IL
is hard to imagine. 1t is really cru
city to animals to permit the breeding
and multiplying and keeping, or rather
half keeping of dogs in such numbers
in any place unless it were an Indian
village.
Time to Act.
The life of this one precious child,
sacrificed by an untaxed, unmuzzled
cur was worth more than all the dogs
in FL Paso. The means for controlling
the dog nuisance utilized In other cities
are high tax, muzzling, and the leash,
with the destruction of homeless and
| wandering animals. Every owner
should be arrested who allows his dog
! to become a nuisance, much less men
ace to his neighbOr-
The saying, What use is a dog any
way in civilized life in a city, is one
| worth considering. I am extremely
fond of dogs in their place, but like
children, uncontrolled they soon lose
ones affections, and then some people
| make such spectacles of themselves
over a dog Modern legislation should
be aimed more at the owners OF dogs
than at the dogs themselves
All Animals Liable.
! Inc QOR IS the cause VI ~ percent u
| all cases Of hydrophobia and keeps
alive the disease in mis- species. yet the
I skunk wolf cat and fox often have
the disease while ain domestic animals
are subject to this disease if bitten and
! may transmit it by their saliva to an
! abrasion or bite. even the peck of a
hen f. said to have propa gated dis
| ease in man The licking of a sore
hand by a rabid animal may cause hy-
! drophObia.
Man has never been indisputably
known to transmit the disease to man
/ though experimentally his saliva will
/ develop the disease in animals.
First Treatment.
ANY abrasion or bite by an animal
not known to be free from the disease
and especially when the animal has
been lost sight of. should be a once
I ligatured off from the body if on z limb
/ by a strong cord or bandage. then lay
open the wound freely and suck Or cup
the wound. Then cauterize the wound
/ freely with strong antiseptics. as BIZ
/ chloride, or better with Tuning nitric
acid or pure carboIic acid or a red hot
iron. Then within a week, if possible,
/ the Pasteur treatment should be be-
gun and the earlier the better.
Danger for Year.
The treatment may De begun any
disease, because the Incubation period
during which the disease may develop
after bite is so variab le-often not
developing before SIX months or one
year. but % days is the regular time.
1t seldom develops in adults under 21
days, although some authorities state
! to the cOntraTy-the nine day incuba-
ton Ct the laity is as completely IN
/ founded as is the efficacy of mad
stones.
Don't ALI the Dog.
Dogs may also be immunized against
! the disease. that have been bitten and
this is dcne by certain vetcrinarIes
hers in FL Paso- II deg bites a per-
son he should be kept alive and If still
living II days after he has bitten the
person. that individual will not develop
! hydrophObia, even though the dog goes
on and develops the disease and dies of
| 1t, for dog has not the virus in his
saliva y days before he dies Of the
disease. but If a dog bites a man and
the dog acts differently from usual or
IL stray or unknown dog has bitten
a person it is best 10 start the treatment
at once and keep the dog. for it is
| easier TO stop treatment after il Is
| known the dog was not mad than II
would be to begin treatment and thus
| lose valuable time while watching the
dog
, This theory is based on the fact that
; there has never been a case DEVELOPED
ten days after Pasteur treatment was
completed This shows that tie i'm
HiuhlzlnS force OF the treatment grows
stronger after the treatment is COM
pleted and perfect immunization seems
to be the rule at the end of 80 DAYS
! after the Pasteur treatment was he
| gun.
Periods of the Disease.
| treatment is useless after symptoms
/ have developed
| The incubation period is the same in
Doth man and dog. e., not under d
! days as an average. ProdromaI symn-
toms are seen In the dog for three or
| Tour days but not seen in man the
| same AS stated rabid dog never lives
more than ~ days after he has tba
virus in his saliva, as a ruleLhe e. onIy
SICK seven or eight days, but to be ga fe
the IL day limit is given.
Inc lafty should know somethinp of
the prOdromal symptoms Of rabies as IN
TINS early stage Of the disease in ami
ilals they most often succeed in biting
man. when no one thought the animal
mad, as in the case Of nv little pattent
recently The only thing that might
nave aroused my suspicious in that "a Sc
was the 1acI tnat 1t was stated that the
oog Ftucked his tail between his legs
anu ran on Probably he did not
tuck his tail, but simply carried A.
| hanging limp behind. as is the habit of
| rabid animals
Actions Of RabId Dog.
In the early stage the dog will obey
and follow his master and show utt1s
signs of the disease besides nervous
ness or disposition to hide away in dark
places Soon he will refuse food and
may come out from his retreat and
howl unnaturally. He will grow more
nervous and come out from HIS hiding
| place with increasing frequency and at
| times wander about in an aimless man
ner. then return perhaps to the same
| retreat
After the prodroma, one or two forms