El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-10

viii fight or bite at the restraint or
at anything which interferes with it's
freedom
This rowing may continue for from
one TO three days, curing which the
dog travels aimlessly in a nervous and
irritable. condition His instructive
methods of defence are always highly
developed or exaggerated, but he sell
com wilfully attacks persons or ami
mails without provocation. When he
returns. if not destroyed in the mean
nile, he shows from his exhauste
dirty, sheepish or depressed appear
ance evidences of wandering. Having
returned home he frequently seeks Sc
cluded places such as are found under
the house or porch.
During this period of rowing he ex-
hlbits a disposition 20 eat or chew
indigestible objects, as rags. leather,
straw, feathers, sticks and even pieces
OF coal, which are OFTEN swallowed
The secretion of saliva in some cases
appears to be excessive, owing to the
inability to swallow, and it sometimes
becomes frothy from che champing of
the jaws. However, roaming at the
mouth is not constant symptom OF
rabies, and is frequently misleading
because it often appears with othe.
diseases.
Not Afraid of Water.
Dogs with rabies are not afraid OF
water, since they frequently swim large
streams in their roamlngs. A change
in the voice of the animal is peculiar
to this affection. and IS due to paraly-
sis of the throat. Instead OF the nor.
NAL bark the affected animal makes
a long. resonant, peculiarly drawn-put
bark which has been likened to the
yelp Of a coyote. A<ter awhile the
muscles of the jaw become para!yzed,
the tongue hangs out and grows dark
III color, and the paralysis continues
to spread until death comes III from
four to eight days af.er the develop
r.enr Of the first synptom.
Rabies IN Cattle.
Dumb rabies is a type in which the
dog is depressed from the beginning
and seeks quiet spots or hides in some
secluded place Usually the first
symptom noticed is the paralysis Of !
the lower jaw, as a result of which
the dog is suspected of having a bone
IN his throat In cactle, both forms
of the disease occur. It first NAM
tests itself by loss of appetite, great
reslessness, anxiety and fear. This
is followed by the stage Of madness
marked by loud bellO~ing with pc
culiar change in the Vv1ce, violent but
ting with the horns. and paving the
ground with the feet Great emacia-
ton follows in a few days, with fin
ally complete PARALYSIS of the hind
quarters, after which the animal lies
in cOmatose condition except for ir-
regular movements. until death follows
in from four to six days after the ap-
pearance Of the first symptom. When
cats are afflicted with rabies they
usually hide themselves. but when dis |
turbed become bellicose. In its mad /
ness the cat frequently bite; itself |
1t loses its voice and can new but |
hoarsely
Tie length of the period of sncu-
baton of hydrophobfa varies with /
Iuf ny conditions. 1t Is longer IN man
thar in the lower animals. and in a /
general way is proportional to the /
size of the animal The nearer the bite !
TO the main nerve center, the shorter |
the period between Injection and tie
development o. the disease. The larg- 7
er the wound, the quicker the appear |
ance of the disease. The symptoms US !
ually progress from day to day after /
the first outbreak and the spasms
which follow attempts 10 eat or drink /
are Of an agonizing character not ex- !
reeded in all the possibilities of physi- /
cal suffering.
The Final Stages.
In the final stages of the disease,
the muscles. racked to the limit of !
human endurance, become limp. The I
face, which had expressed terror and i
extreme suffering, becomes smooth 4
and expressionless, after which death
ensues quickly. A person afflicted
with hydrophobia is characterized by
extreme sensitiveness to draughts of
air The stimulated and the real hy-
may be distinguished by
simple test. If one steps unobserved
behind a patient aRr fans him and
commissions enSue, 1t IS certain that
he patient has rabies If not, it is
equally probable that he has no such
disease. One frequently hears ~of the
BODY Of suspected dog being sent to
he Pasteur Institutes for examination
% determine whether or not rabies
Exists The method by which this Is
determined at the Institutes is by TAX
ng bit of the spinal cord Of the
suspected dog and inoculating a rab-
tit with IT. If the rabbit develops the
Vmptoms of hydrOphobia it is known
hat the dog had the disease.
Not Spontaneous.
Some people suppose that hydropho-