The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-09-18
Advice to those bitten by dogs.

Advice to those bitten by dogs.
A person bitten by dog known o.
suspected to be rabid should apply a
once to the hygienic laboratory, Unite
States public health service, for treat
ment.
Treatment thereis administered fire.
of charge. The laboratory is locate
at 25th and E streets northwest Wash
ington and arrangements for treat
ment can be made in advance by tele
phone, west S7S, so as to avoid undu,
delay on the part of the patient and un
necessary Interruptions of the work O
the laboratory.
Treatment for hydrophobia new e.
ends in recovery. After the bite and
before the disease has developed, il
is stated, the Pasteur treatment offers
reasonable hope of escape. Nothing
else does.
Rabies or hydrophobia is communi
SdplS ulScdSS W Which, all w dl ul-bioOu-
ed animals are liable. 1t is stransmitt.
ed in the saliva, through>a bite or other
wound. The saliva may be dangerous
even five days before the affected ami
NAL shows evidence of sickness. A bite
inflicted upon part of the body cover
ed with hair, may, however, be undis-
Ia 1nb
to afford entrance to the disease-pro-
ducing saliva. Bites on the head and
face are the most dangerous.
In dogs, rabies may develop as ear
ly as ten days after the bite, but its
onset may be delayed as long as year.
In horses and cattle the disease may ap-
pear within eight days, or it may be
postponed for period of thirty days.
After symptoms of rabies have once
appeared the disease is certainly fatal.
"In so far as possible, avoid, sick
dogs. If it is impossible to avoid such
animals, remember always the danger
OF being bitten.
Characterization of the the wound,
even though done Immediately, cannot
be depended upon to prevent rabies.
The wound should be subjected to sur
gical treatment, and for the determi-
nation of the particular surgical treat
ment to be adopted in any civ en- case
competent physician should be con-
suited.
If bitten by rabid dog, the only
hope of avoiding the development of rab
les lies in the Pasteur treatment, adopt
ed at the earliest possible moment, and
energetically followed up under the in
srructions of competent physician.
If the dog is only suspected of being
rabid, preventive treatment should be
taken.
President Wilson Asks for War Taxes
Assuming full responsibility TO meet
the emergency, President Wilson in
special address" to a joint session of
Congress asked imposition of internal
revenue taxes sufficient to raise $780,
900, 900 annually because of dwindling
customs revenues as a result of the
European war
The President said the "war tax
was necessary Immediately to keep the
Treasury unimpaired and to place it
beyond public question in strength. He
emphatically said bond issue would
be unwise
\ "We ought not to borrow" he said.
"We ought to resort to taxation, how
ever much we may regret the necessity
of putting additional temporary bur-
dens on our people,"
That an emergency which did not
brook temporizing or delay, although
not our making, exists and 1--WE must
accept the inevitable with calm judg->
ment and unruffied spirits was stated
by the Chief Executive.