Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-04-12

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seizes him. Meanwhile
he gives hundred warn
ings. All that is neces-
sary is ts chain him.
That this piece OF information has
not been given publicity before, ex-
cept In the case of few New Eng
land towns. is due TO the general lack
OF caution. but. with the alarming in
crease OF rabies both In animals and
men, 1t has become essential. Too
many dogs are going mad every day.
something will have to be done about
II. The disease Is now so prevalent
that 1t Ia pertinent to ask:
is your dog going mad too:
This question may strike you as un-
necessarily alarming. especially II you
happen to live where there have never
been any mad dogs. In that case you
are to be congratulated Places with
such record are becoming rare. Your
turn may be next
Left to spread as far as II might,
With practically no attempt to stop II.
rabies during the past few years has
become thickly disseminated over the
whole OF the United States. except the
far West, Along the Atlantic coast
and In the middle West. both North
and South, there is hardly n district
unaffected by II, and each additional
dog that goes mad Is carrying II as
Tar as he can travel In two or three
days time. II has arrived at the point
where It threatens everyone. and. II II
we're not for the twenty-five or more
| u-h oh,
Pasteur treatment in the affected dis
tricts. the number OF human deaths
would be startling
Three years ago rabies began to
press itself upon public attention. Up
to that time II had never appeared
as much of n danger I'm America, al
though mad dogs had shown them
selves at intervals for more than n
century. Each In itself had always
been terrifying object. but the num-
bers were comparatively scarce.
Conservative estimates OF the med
zeal men and boards OF health place
the number OF deaths annually from
this dread disease at 10000
The question OF what to do is also
before this country. Two courses are
open: policing and study of the dis
ease which may lead to its prevention.
Effective policing has always meant
rigid muzZle and leash law and the
chloroforming OF all stray dogs. But
IT has been proved to be successful.
After centuries of terror over rabid
animals, England. since 1897, has sue
ceeded by this me ans I'm remaining rid
OF them entirely, and only a few
months ago when some of the virus
was needed in a research laboratory
In Liverpool 1t had to be obtained out.
side the country Berlin has practical
ly eradicated the disease within the
city following an epidemic during
which dog went mad on the streets
every day. Paris. overcoming a SEN
umental opposition. reduced the mad
dogs from $50 during the year 1901
to 10 in 1907, simply by compelling
owners to look after their pets.
Attempts to stop the disease in this
country have been spasmodic and
hysterical. It has required the death
OF some weil-known person or some
unusual circumstance TO awaken the
police
There arc three types OF rabies
furious. which we recognize; dumb.
which we do not; and a mixture of the
two: The furious is the most import
ant.
The first action on the part OF a
dog which points to furious rabies is
marked and unusual restlessness
He jumps NJ constantly without cause
and is hypersensitive to light and
sound. He snoops I'm dark corners and
Hicks everything nervously. He be
comes ELUSIVE In HIS affection. and his
master, wondering. feels that there Is
trouble. and asks the poor dumb brute
what aiIs him.
Then, all at once, his disposition
changes. He snaps suddenly. and the
next instant wags his tail I'm apology
for HIS action. In moment he snans
again. Meanwhile he eats and drinks
normally and shows no sign Of paraIy.
sis, which we have been taught to look
for when rabies is suspected.
The restlessness increases in n wav
That can hardly fail OF notice. and
then night comes when he gives III.
tie gasping bowls. which sound "a Z,
they had been choked OF IN the mid.
die. Anyone who has ever heard this
howl knows instinctively that there IA
something wrong. There is no confus-
Ing II with the ordinary barking al
I passing or imaginary objects, and II
sounds nothing at all like baying nj
the moon. The bowls are senseless
and the hearer realizes II.
At first the dog remains near the
house. giving his master ample time
to take action. In fact he forces the
! attention of evervone within hearing,