The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-06-23
DAY OF MAD
DOG SCARE
Several Kinds of Hydro
phobia.
How 1t Should be Recognized,
and Suggestions How to.
Wipe 1t Out.


at hand, and in most of the cities OF
the country the dog-catchers are
plying busy trade.
II is in recognition of these facts
that the department of agriculture
has lust issued a comprehensive III
tie pamphlet on rabies, or hydropho-
.b,a The disease is one of the most
terrible to man and beast known to
medical science 1t was known in
tn edays of Aristotle and dreaded lik
the devastating plague And yet,
scientists assert that the malady
could be wiped off the earth If every
dog were to be muzzled for a suffi-
Gent time. Several European govern
ments have stamped 1t out within
their borders by just such means.
Few DISEASES, the department OF
agriculture's pamphlet says, are 80
dreaded, and yet very few people
know exactly what the nalady rs. Il
rs still a widely prevalent belief that
IL persons or animals are bitten by
dog they are liable to become rabid
If the dog should contract the disease
at any future time There is no
foundation for this impression. All
experience, both scientific and prac-
teal goes to show that rabies is
transmitted only by animals that are
actually diseased at the time the bite
is inflicted.
The result OF years of investigation
regarding hydrophobia are embodied
in DR.. Mothers bulletin for the de-
partment. He says that despite the
fact that the disease was recognized
and described several centuries prior
to the Christian era, even now no
scientist has been able to isolate the
specific germ or organism that rs di-
rectly the cause. Apparently con
tagious can only be propagated in the
body OF an animal.
Specially, rabies is an infectious
disease involving the nervous system
and characterized by extreme excl
liability and other disorders, practtcal-
ly always terminating in hsalth, if I'LL
checked. The time within which a
bitten animal or person contracts the
disease varies greatly-geneally from
three weeks to three months. Vt is
this respite that enables human be-
ings TO ward off the attack by the
Pasteur System.
In animals, there are two varieties
of hydrophobia-the furious, violent
or Irritable, and the dumb or paralyt-
ic. A dog which develops this form
of the malady gives first indication o
his affection by a noticeable change
in disposition.
An affsctonate dog may beeome
-morose and depressed, while a snap
ping, treacherous animal may become
cowardly ca affoctionate. This Is
known as the stage of development
and in one or two days is followed
by an irresistible tendency to roam
If prevented the dog will fight or bite
at the restraint or at anything that
intarbenes with his freedom. This
rowing may occur for one 10 three
days, during which he travels aim
lessly in a nervous and irritable con-
dition. His instructive m thod OF de-
Tense ane nearly always highly de-
Veloped or exaggerated, but he seldom
willfully attacks parsons or othdr an
finals without provOcasisn. When h
returns if not destroyed in the mean
whale he shows from his exhausted
dirty, sheepish, or depressed appear-
ance evidences OF wandering. Having
returned home, he frequently seeks
secluded places such as are found un'
der the houSs or porch.
During this period OF rowing he
exhibits a disposition to eat or chew
indigestible objects, as rags, leather
sst1cSs, and even pieces OF coal, which
ore often swallowed The secretion
Of saliva in some cases appears 30 bs
excessive, owing to the inability 10
2W<hbohog uAu ~ cNhoOAhSOo pS'oS-4AN-
fnodhy from the champing OF the jaw
However, foaming at the mouth Ii
mot a constant symptom OF rabies. a
Is commonly believed by tho kymaR
and furthermore. 1t is frequently mis-
leading owing 20 the fact that II mas
be observed In other diseases. rbs
erncneous opinion tina tdogs suffering
with this disease are afraid Of wates
n also misleading, since such dog
have been known 20 swim streams x
fbeir roam4hgs. On the othsr hand
they apear 20 be afraid OF H0thing
~ 40 evidenced by attacking all AMI
anals. regardless Of size.
A change In the voice o.
The animals is peculiar to this affe'
don, and is due TO the beginning pas