El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-17

before Christ described how a mad
dog acts. In Virgil Horace and
Ovid We find notes relating 10 this
Infection, he said
CELSIUS, in the first century to men
ton rabies in human beings and calls
II hydrophobia- Diosorid, Galen, P1lry
the younger, Columelle and c. Aursl-
Janus also mentioned it.
The rabid virus is introduced under
the skin, Of a bite It may remain
upon the surface, or just underneath
the skin for some time and penetrate
rapidly OF slowly. II affects the brain
and nerves The closer the bite Of a
mad dog is TO the brain the more
quickly it kills.
Among animals which may have the
rabies are: dog, cat OK donkey,
mule, hinny, sheep, goat, wolf, fox
prairie dog. hyena, badger, monkey,
stag deer antelope, skunk, rabbit
guinea pig, rat mouse. Hens, pigeons
and other fowls may also catch the
rabies.
In the large majority OF cases It is
observed in the dog. A compulsory
tax on dogs and laws. as FL Paso has
now providing that dogs on the street
must be muzzled, have done q great
deal in many states, and in foreign
countries, according to DIT. Warrener,
to prevent epidemics Of rabies
Two Kinds Of Rabies.
Dogs have two kinds OF rabies
mute and furious In the mute there
are paralytic symptoms, often the
paralyZed lower jaw is seen Symp-
toms appear rapidly and death re-
suits in two or three days
In the furious form OF rabies a
meloncholic period, a period Of irrlta-
ton and a paralytic or terminal
period are noticed It IS distin-
guished by spasmodic attacks, rest
lessness and other marked forms OF
irritation Death follows in three or
four days.
The death rate Of human hydro
phobia is 100 percent. according TO
leading authorities. However, II
person who was bitten by an animal
with the rabies takes the Pasteur
treatment fourteen days after ne was
bitten his life may be saved. II
treatment is taken at once and con-
tinued q days a case Of rabies seldom
develops
After the dog. rabies is most com
monty seen in the OK The OK how
ever, is usually inoculated by the bite
OF the dog. A mad OK stampedes ana
violent buttinE ensues. other rabid
animals act more or less Ike the dog
and OK.
Rabid birds are nervous. throw
themselves upon man sometimes ana
perhaps tear his clothing attempts
10 swallow pieces OF rags, run In an
e
cries and attack other birds.
Skunks are bad about communi-
eating rabies. without any large
number Of them being killed and
without any treatment, Il is passed
along from skunk, and very often in
a place where there are any number
OF skunks one or more Of them have
the rabies in some form or stage
Brought to City.
Boys out hunting around Mount
Franklin with their dogs often find
skunks. Dogs are sometimes bitten
by slkunks while out hunting ana
bring the disease TO the city dogs
The theory that rabies kill more
animals in sumner than in winter IS
generally admitted, but Is weakened
By statistics. Figures have been COM
piled in some localities, according 70
authorities, which show that more
cases Of rabies were IN evidence IN
October, November and December
than there were IN July. August and
and that there were more
rabies in January, February and
March than there were in July. Au-