Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-21
NJ MAD DOGS EXIST;
 FRIGHT KILLS VICTIMS

hoerate promotion. By some s,ne,, .ai process the public has been lad eo ueneSe that nydropnopia ia a most common malady, when an an NnoFiues agree that II IS unite rho most uncommon disease known to se'encs. Tne Ertai statistics ar me eity Of Philadelphia, covering a nar. iod or more than twenty wears ro not show a single death fron, nvcro, pnooia and thousands Of actIve ma '. lcai praettloners nave gone to tnelr graves after many years of pracuce without having ever seen a case Q, hydrophopN.
 without discussing the merits a, deme7ts of the Pasteur troor.aet, Tor hydrophobia. it IS impo-tant ro emphasize the fact that the recoras or the Pastenr institute prove thu less than I5 per ceut rr those rrear. ed by the method required any care beyond the usual dressings Tor an oDen wound.
 it Is very important that all per persons should know tnaI a aog bite is not Of necessity a serious ifl. lury. however DainfuI 1t may De
 It very important that all per sons should Know that nydropnoDla IS exceedingly gare. ana therefore little to be feared. nom an ordinar' dog bite
 lt is well to keep in mind tne fact that all dogs running amucK ID The summer season are not afflicted with rabies. and that the state ur mind Of the person bitten mas mucn 10 do with the success Of the suSsa- Quent treatment.
 Authorities worthy or considara- ton disagree as 10 the pest metnod of final treatment. out ai conceua that the first thing 10 uo is to clean the wound. it is not ar ali dlIncuir to accomplish this eariy treatment anywhere ana at any time, as notn- ing is required but clean cotton cloths and bot water unul a pnysi- clan srrlyes and assumes responsipI,. lty for the aftertreatment.
 Tnere IS no occasion TOT excite uuent. There is but a very remote chance Of serious complications. 'tne patient need not anticipate tne worst by worry. in eignty-nve cases ont Of one hundred the wound result ing rom a dog bite IS no worse o- more pninrul than wound or inc same size ID the same location caus- ed by any other agency. There is more real perii ln the mental atrl- tude Of the patent than in me pnys- teal aspect or the wound.
 4 cheap and most effective cure for hydrophoDla has been per1ecreu by Dr. Buisson. The Buisson vagor bath treatment IS rree ID England and fin all the colonies where .. naS been established by the crown. and can De most sucessIuIIy gwen IF any nome with puI small expense. NO speciai or costly apparatus Is required. 4 loot bath, cane seaJ- ed cnalr ana an oil stove or splrH lamp is about all tho equipment t,,aT IS required. in addluon 10 a nuIlnef of blankets ana Ice water TOT the cold ToweIs 10 Ue appnen 10 Tus head. An ordinary cabinet or box bath IS the ldeal apparatus, but the maKesElrJ proposed VIII answer vsIs well. as there IS nothing in The treat ment, nut process or sweating.
 in me course or treatment follow
 
 or q box or cabinet path IS assumed.
 The nead snouIu De well nauseu with warm water before geUtIn-g uiD the DON. Assuming me patent seated On the cnalr with the feet Ia nGJ Water. a cold wet ciotn snould De placed frequently on the head. Tue duration Of the sweating process may extend 10 an almost un.Inu,Sl ;lme; generally rom twenty tU iorIy nnnuues are suu1clent. ana duItlE tnls ume Jne pauent should ue sup- piled freely with cold water TO drInS.
 Regardlng temperature ana dura- ton Of the bath. me mos- rauOna. mode IS to gye as mucn neat as can De comfortably borne and 10 keen the patent sweating prUiuseiy, but unGer no circumstances sno1lu he be gwen 8 higner tempcr2ture than l3O degrees Farennet m vapor; that is. with the head exposed and breathing the ordlnary GIT. bath og thirty or forty minutes would De attendeed with greater benefit thar, say for twenty minutes; that is, the patient can bear tt w'ihocI any nervous upset. After Jne sweating there should be a cool or warm ap- lution as the patient can best pear
 The frequency Of the bath eltieiy depende upon the perlod of tine tha- has elapsed after the supposed lnlec- tion from a bite, or symptoms Of nv drophobia developing. 1T the patient is subjected 10 the bath on the ilrs' day of hydrophobic symptoms. pToo- ablv the f1rst bath would prevent it's development; but it is adVisaoie that inc parent should take fhs sweating bath every six hours i"I forty-eight hours.
 If the patient is not subjected un- til the second day Of the develop Inent Of me symptoms, it Is recon mended that the patient should take the bath m bed with apparatusl without afterablution, plenty or clothing heaped on. with a cold cloth 10 the head and not bottle to the feet, plying the patient witr barley water tadding a Jeaspoonfui of cream Of tartar to a quart), to be drunk through a cane or straw tube; Sa no account use glass.
 lf the ratient IS calm, repeat the bath in four hours until the painful ~.rr--rsrr ~ -o raffavad. ann aVou aF.