The Paonia newspaper., 1911-03-24


call out to him to be still. Some COM
ment is probably made on the peculiar
effect his bowling has. A timid men,
ber of the household suggests that the
dog is going mad. but the idea is
secuted
Wen this has gone on half the
night, and the family is distraught for
lack of sleep. the howls begin to grow
fainter and the family falls into a
peaceful sleep. But the dog has gone
away to menace the surrounding coun-
try for fifty or a hundred miles. He
wanders aimlessly. the disease grip
ping him tighter hour by hour. and.
when the morning comes. he is foam
ing at the mouth-a mad dog. The Bit
ing mania is on him. and he attacks
everything. cattle. horses. dogs. cats.
children. Fortunately the only other
animal which gets the biting mania is
the horse. The disease is spread In
almost every case by dogs.
After two or three days. II he has
not meanwhile been shot. he comes
back. but. by this time. he has done
his damage He is weak In the hind
legs. then In the fore legs. His eyes
become covered with a film and his
under Jaw hangs down. Before long
general paralysis sets in and he dies.
The warning which can hardly fall
to be noticed is the howl, and.
when his owner hears this. It
is high time to act. He can
be caught without much danger OF
biting. as mad dog only attacks his
master when the disease has complete
ly captured his mind. But the saliva
is already virulent, and gloves should
be worn. Otherwise a little of It pene-
trating the skin or rubbed from the
hand to a freshly shaved chin is
enough to communicate the disease.
In dumb rabies the first sign is the
dropping of the jaw. When this hap
pens to dog. 1t is only necessary to
place a dish OF water before him to
discover whether he has rabies. He
will lick at II, II rabid. but he will not
be able to swallow. and the amount in
the dish will remain the same.
AS he cannot bite he is not very
dangerous, but his saliva is as virulent
as II he had furious rabies. and he
should be kept apart. Usually a dog
with dumb rabies is believed to have
bone in his throat, and some kindly
person puts a hand In his mouth
literally into the jaws OF death.
In mixed rabies the dog is more or
less furious. He shows some Of the
symptoms of both the other forms.
About the only other diseases to
which dogs are prone show them
L. z1& er 10.
with rabies. Gastric trouble and
rheumatism appear much as In human
beings, and distemper is accompanied
by coughing and sneezing. a high
| fever and running at the eyes.
The cardinal rule is never to kill a
biting dog II possible to avoid it.
| Catch and chain him, and wait to see
II the symptoms OF rabies develop. II
| he is all right at the end OF q week
those he bit may breathe more free
| ly, but, II he becomes rabid. they have
no time to lose.
With the increase in rabies some
knowledge of what to do for a dog g
victims is as essential as a pocket sup
ply of potassium permanganate In the
| rattlesnake country. Dr. George G.
Rambaud, of the Pasteur Institute OF
New York, gives the following direc-
tions as first aid to the injured:
THE wounds should be treated like
any other infected wounds. Bleeding
should be encouraged. as a free flow
of blood may carry of with It great
part of the virus. Then the wound
should be thoroughly washed with any
good antiseptic solution. The newer
colloidal silver or silver-salt prepare
tions are to be preferred. but, In their