Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-31
MAD DOGS AND HOW
RABIES ARE FOUND

DO Won know how To- ten when a
dog 81 mad Probablt yoa do not.
for There is remarkable amount of
ignorance aud INSTRUMENTATION on tho
subject consdicrine So importaug Go
Tho human as Wcl as to tho canine
race
Many an old dog TRAY. faitnful and
true. has been gathered Is his fathers
Tor no other reason than that badly
frightened master lost his head aud.
knowing nuthng about hNdrorhohln.
sacrificed the 900" ui his faithful
friend Co has own unrytsoulug terror.
bf course. the man who would dee
lihcfoteN take chances with So hor-
riblc a fate as death from hvdrophn-
hla would ne u fit subject for inctr-
ceration M padded colt hut science
han nado II so easy to ton whether.
under "a given state Of facts. dog Ia
affected bv rabies that there ls uttic
excuse Tor au Intelligent man not 90
b" informed on the subject
II has Ions been the accepted tho.
orr thut when one Is bitten h. "a dog
the first Trims to do Is go kist tho dog.
Provided there is Pastcur Institute
within convenient reach ana ON, can
afford To- pay the foe of tnu scientific
man for examining The dog brain.
there ts no serious objection tp this
procedure, except from tho point of
Nic@ of the dog who may have been
actuaied b, entirely Unsuitable iuo-
tiv"s and without fault loo th, pre-
misses. but how many ol tuusc who
are bitten los dogs are in position
tu take this troublesome and cNp,u-
sive course. and how much less ttuu-
hl"somc ana expensive is tbr simple
rNpodicnt of epufining tho dog uul
Il is possihl, tp see Nhcthor ur not h,
is infected with rabies.
For It is n> nc means over, dog
that bites that has rabies. and after
one is bitten tl,rc Is anpl, tim, Tor
one to wait 60 src II tho dos - mad
without the least danger from On, dee
las. The disease never inDuuut.s n
less than thrr, weeks. and ufili "a
much longer time is required. 500 nai
81 the dog Dis confined iutinrdlttrly
after the p,rseu is bitten IL 500 Nk,
oph short time to determine uh.th-
or or not thor. rs ans neccssit. ur
the victim tn Undergo treatment Tor
hl drophohiu
An interesting hullctin has just 1..p
ISSUED ny o., United states d.uaff-
mcnt eff agriculture. containing AN ar
ticle ou Rabies. or Hydrppkuhiu
written hF lr John q, Mohlcr. y
-" chirf "i u- pathological division
81 tho bureau ut animal iudustr, who
has made IL -Y, .tM study OF this nn
portani subj There is much in
i"rmauou contained n this article
that is little NnpWn. and many popU-
lar dolualous u regard tu the much
dreaded disras" are exploded
For instance. u Is generally sup- |
posed That amy one hittrn hN mad |
d"s d. -ule 90 contract hNdruphuhia
Wh"rrds such Boa TAR from being tho !
case. The proportion of pcrsous Who !
contract thc disease after being bitten /
oy fuhid dose md not ,r,aNd is cun-
s"rNauV'iN estimated at a. per cent. /
The percentage in animals H. consid
'rahly higher 1ut the genera average
both of men and The lower animals
wa" contract the disease after bcing
bitten is only 3o per cent when the
disease IL one, contracted. however. |
unless the Victim is treated. death ~
practically certain.
OF Interest to everybody IL the
method given of determining whether
! dog has rabies or not
Following the period of incubation
# the disease which u usually be-
woen three weeks and three months,
here Is FIRST noticed Ia the furious
orm OF rabies marked change IN
he disposition ot the animal which
mould AT once arouse suspicion. IN
'ffco'inoaie dog may become moroso
ma depressed while swapping.
r'hchorous animal may became COW
'rdiy or aiioctionato. This IL known
u me stage of development. and IN
me "r two DAYS Is followed by an
If'sis'iple tendency to roam. u .prse