Evening star., 1922-06-18
All Dogs in District Must
Wear Muzzles 4 fter July 9
Danger of Euer-Fatal Rabies to Be Removed Wher
Order Becomes Efective-Health Department
Issues Warning, Giving Protective Hints

seek dark places and stay there until
| death. If, however. they do wander,
| as sometimes happens, they are likely
/ to be very vicious. biting and scratch
| ing persons and dogs. or other cats.
| Death usually comes on the third or
fourth day.
! If dog or other animal suspected
| of having rabies has bitten no person
/ and no other animal. there is from
sanitary and medical standpoint no
! reason why the suspected animal
/ should not be Immediately killed. If,
| however, 1t be not killed. then 1t
should be closely confined. and COM
petent veterinary surgeon given
! charge of the case.
| should Notify Department.
If the dog or other animal sus-
pected of having rabies has bitten or
! is supposed to have bitten person.
| or has bitten or is supposed to have
bitten some other animal which can
| not be Immediately killed. then
| the dog or animal infected with the
rabies. or supposed to be so infected,
should not be killed If 1t is possible
to safely confine the animal; he should
! be confined, and notice promptly sent
, to the health department, telephone
Main 5000. in order that the dog may
! be removed to the pound and confined
| for observation in one of the quaran-
| tine pens provided at the pound for
! that purpose. One reason for not
killing such an animal is that the
diagnosis of the animals condition
, can be made with more nearly abso-
! lutte certainty II the animal be kept
under the observation of trained
i veterinary surgeon for a reasonable
period before death.
| observation alone may definitely
! show that the dog has not rabies:
! and if this be the case the animal
| can be returned to it's owner, IL he
| so desires. If. however, during or
| after observation the dog dies or is
killed, then the results of the veterin-
| airy surgeons observations can be sup
plemented by the results of post
| mortem examination made under the
most favorable circumstances, and
| the combined results will place the
| diagnosis practically beyond question.
Another reason for not killing the dog
| Immediately is that in the excitement
of the occasion ths dog may be mutt
| lated or there may be unavoidable
delay in the removal of the body. and
the mutilation or the post st-mortem
changes incident to the delay may
interfere with the subsequent exami-
nation. The results, will. therefore,
| lose some of their value or even be
! altogether valuelesS.
! IF in any case it is impossible pend
| confine a dog or other animal sus-
| pected of having rabies, an effort
/! should be made to kill it with as little
| injury to the brain as possible. Inn
| mediately after it's death. notice should
| be sent to the health department.
| telephone Main 5000. in order that the
| body may be removed at once to the
| labratory of the bureau of animal in
dustry, Department of Agriculture, for
examination.
Prevention of Hydrophobia.
I'm so far as possible, avoid sick
dogs. If it is impossible to avoid
| such animals. remember always the
| danger of being bitten. No dog
should be allowed to run at large
unmuzzled. not only for the protec-
ton of human beings, but also for
| the protection of dumb animals OF
| the dog kind. The effective muzzling
of dogs has been found to prevent
the spread of rabies in countries
where 1t has been thoroughly prac-
ticed.
"Cauterization of the wound. even
though done Immediately. cannot be
depended upon to prevent rabies
surgical treatment and for the de-
termination of the particular surgi-
cal treatment to be adopted in any
given case a competent physician
should be consulted. If bitten by q
rabid dog. the only hope of avoiding
the development of rabies lies in the
| Pasteur treatment, adopted at the
earliest possible moment and ener-
getically followed up under the In
structions of competent physician
If the dog is only suspected of be-
ing rabid. preventive treatment
4 should be taken