The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-26
WANTS UNIFORM
MUzzLINC LAWS
Government Expert Would Put
an End to Rabies.
DISEASE IS NOT MAG|hARY,
Figures Show Efficacy Of Pasteur
Treatment--some Cases Not Genu-
ine--CIerk Almost Scared himself to
Death, but Dog Wasn't Mad.

An indication of the efficacy of the
pasteur trea tment In the prevention
OF rabies is given in bulletin On the
subject by DR.. John r. Mohler. just
issued by the department OF agricui-
lure at Washington. Speaking OF the
work of the Pasteur institute under
state supervision in Atlanta. Ca, Or.
Mobler says that since its establish
ment in 1900 there have been GO cases
treated. OF those treated there were
only two that died. During the same
period there were 100 people bitten
who took no subsequent treatment and
Of these twenty-nine died 1t is hard,
Of course, to get the negative status
tics in the case OF people bitten ana
not taking the treatment, but the COM
paratiye figures are among the few
available and are interesting.
The bulletin Of DR.. Mohler deals with
the history Of the disease. the symp-
toms and treatment, and advocates a
general dog muzzllng law, which. he
says, would largely reduce the fatal
ties from the disease If not wipe 1t
out altogether.
Not imaginary Ailment.
There are two cases cited in the re-
port which the author says tend to
indicate that the disease is not an
imaginary ailment,. though there can
be cases In which the patient can WORK
I'D fine case of pseudo-rabies on
imagination alone.
One OF these was the case OF col
cred woman. She was twenty-eight
Tears old and had been badly bitten
y collie dog, but the wounds after
ward healed Eighteen days after
waEd she developed symptoms of the
disease. HShe did not know that tine
dog that bit her had died of rabieslI
ind even after she was seriously Ill
1T the hospital she did not connect the
fact Of having been bittan with her
sickness. She grew rapidly worse
with all the symptoms of the disease
and died twenty-one days after the
bites were inflicted. 4 postmortem
showed that 1t undoubtedly was a case
Of rabies.
Symptoms Not Convincing.
On the other hand, clerk in a dry
goods store was bitten by watchdog
In the store on Saturday. The
wound was slight and was immediate
ly cauterized. On the following Wed
nesday the clerk tainted at the couu-
ter and was sent to hts home, while
the dog was kept under observation.
Within two days the young man de-
veloped case Of rabies that was not
only too soon after the bite, but was
too conventional to be convincing to
the physicians. He would roll himself
in the bedclothes, bark like dog and
bite the pillow, shaking it like q rat.
At first 1t was impossible to attract
his attention, though he would mum.
bic and talk to himself. Finally when
he was told that the dog that bit him
was not mad. but was enjoying its
usual health and appetite and that be
had developed the symptoms entirely
too soon. he commenced to realize that
he had been making himself victim
Of autosuggestion, and rapid recovery
followed.
Nearly Scared to Death.
IT developed that he had been read
ing up on rabies after he was bitter
and nearly scared himself to death.
Dr. Mohler is strongly in favor Of ;
general muzling Of dogs and says that
while federal muzzling order is i'm
practicable, If all states would act II
the matter the disease could,be stamp
ed out.