Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-01-15

The present agitation rabies which prevails alarm
ing portions of the State naturally dread in the
mind of every person who has neither information has
with the malady 1t well known to those
who have studied animal life in the wild that there seasons or
periods when wild animals suffer disorders that often caused by
which foods otherwise they would
touch Frequently starvation such animals to act direct
contrary habits and the actions caused by hunger
disease resulting from hunger observed by people who me
daey animal mad Familiar nearly every
mans best friend the dog, familiar experience
hear people attribute ament with which the poor brute may
eb afflicted either poison rabies The moment dog gets sick
symptoms of suffering nearly always frightened
appears with the shout Mad dog, Cave canem
which every high school child knows beware the dog has
the slogan ages superstition and ignorance Regardless Of
familiarity with the animal every sick the
that will mad and
bite person bitten will surely have hydror!oOa
that there could be appropriate nina
ha for people to learn the OF developing rabies
TINE and again have dogs which most susceptible to the dis
been killed because of CONFUSION fit that has no
resemblance to the symptoms OF rabies There not the
slightest doubt the of the disease the
of and there doubt but that its dis
semnaton causing loss ockmen of the State but it
exceedingly doubtful of the infected than
in twenty the coyotes killed The panic which growing
the people infected districts largely the fact that so
few who physicians free from supetions that have
prevailed for This fear does abae the danger but coupled
with ignorance and undoubtedly does aggavae the peril
least many of the dreadful disease Ignorance and fear
frequently the killing animal that has neither
been bitten exposed danger and the entire disregard OF
the OF animal which the disease the danger
thus resulting the infection OF and hundreds
Of domestic annaand human beings In another column of this
will be found short article undspued authority which Will
amply the spent reading The perusal of the article
referred to- and intelligent study phrases of the disease and
prevention which every ayman should know specially urged
this time stop the spread the maady and safeguard animals
persons from Infection Physicians the ayman
should know that the of the has bearing the
prevalence of the disease 1t liable happen
The spread OF the disease in Nevada this time has
the assertion which based the highest authority The
ion of the maidstone with qualities prevailed
and undoubtedly prevails large
'munie the time Faith
bitten by mad dog undoubtedly has
long known DOCTORS but little known laymen that
small persons bitten by animals that infected
by rabies the deaseevn though precautions
prevent infection Australia has always
of the careful enforcement of intelligent
that country dog permitted large until has been in
strict such period time that there doubt
that free from infection danger of infection The
and sane way to prevent its spread is the careful
enforcement of law requiring all dogs that
allowed large be muzzled the killing OF
less dogs and the most careful examination and observation
confinement of all dogs showing the slightest symptoms sickness
should be required 1t has been said that years
country of the States imported
destroy coyotes which destroying sheep and other
mesc animals such that they
dusty Upon the determination OF the the State tho
jack rabbit become that the empoed
destroy the scoge The majority people have read heard
the time when the rabbit threatened depopulae Australia
rancher who field OF alfalfa knows the
latter and how rapidly might
well considering the total the
slider whether they wholly pest they may hav
value desroyes of the rabbit necessary extermi
nate the rid of the rabies hestancy
IS however, not wholly unreasonable
extinction might the rabbit
order to avoid the plague from which Australia many
years.
At present does not appear probable that Taft will be
but
the history of the