The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-01-19
RADICAL QUARANTINE NEEDED TO
STAMP OUT RABIES SAYS DANES

The of prevention rather than the was EN-
Rabies In Coyotes that he delivered last Friday at
the second days sessions of the fhrd annual convention
the National Woogowers association City There
about thousand present and owing the
tested Dr. DANES said that he did not wish pose
ISL put ne thought that II was hgh time that remedial measures
were adopted to eradicate foe which to and
also animals of the field.
great address that many per-
in the audience questioned the doctor several points
garng detection of rabies and the that should be
create terrible havoc There could be doubt the doctor
that the disease spreading and the time to check today
not tomorrow With ringing sincerity he asked that steps be
Immediately taken that further suffering might be ovated
Disease Has Existed For Centuries.
Dr. DANES said that rabies had existed for centuries Aristotle
Christ The disease appeared in the United states about three
centuries and had increased since While not de
extremely dangerous The doctor said that rabies could
controlled If the authorities would only take precautions
The disease he explained principally conveyed to human be
ngs by the saliva dogs cats and entering wounds made
by bites The which conveyed the disease had not been
properly demonstrated but accepted fact that germ
responsible The particularly invaded the y
tenn As rule the doctor said took considerable time for the
disease to In might be sixty to ninety days be-
fore becoming apparent There were cases where known
that rabies developed after the had been attacked
Wants Strict Quarantine Law Enacted.
Dr. DANES said that disease once getting into the community
not eradcated until the animal conveying eliminated
lie urged strict quarantine There real why there
enacted The doctor said that in Australia there
Des England Also was practically free Of the disease Both
had good quarantine laws.
DR. DANES said that cases of rabies were on the increase
New England States Rabies getting in the Western
States The epidemic prevailing the West probably started
California according to the doctor II then Travelled probab
the San Joaquin Valley and spread TO Oregon Washington
Utah. Nevada and possibly Montana He declared that elimination
the only salvation There necessity destroy coyotes
and wildcats and TO exercise close supervision domestic
cats and dogs
In Nevada said there had been
sheep through rabies There had been few in Utah The
epidemic he sad started In California in 1909 and reached Ore
in 1919 II then spread and travelled Nevada Utah and
other states The doctor did not believe that there of
rabies in Utah The first positive this state
recorded at the NeyadaUtah border last March The cpl
uemc reached the center Of Utah in July.
The doctor said that practically recorded In the
central part of the state due 10 dogs In 10 questions
Dr. DANES said that cauteaton of wounds should be the first
aid method employed by attacked He would however
not rely this permanent The Pasteur treatment
commended the doctor stating that had reduced the
tally from cent of attacked less than cent
There had been hundred and fifty reported Nevada and
deaths In Utah there had been twenty but had
proved fatal so far.