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Show CAUSE OF HYDROPHOBIA. Tho Brooklyn lociely lor Iho proven pro-ven tiou of cruelly to animals h.u issued tho following remarkable circular cir-cular through its a lpariutendent: Hydrophobia, in the d- , I am Hatis.it d, is the rmult of the animal having been iiineulatetl by biting some pertu'ii 8ull'rin fiom the (lik-eaao (lik-eaao of intoxication. Slartling as theory may appear, thoro in not the least question but thai the facta will bear it out. Firnt, hydrophobia anil mania a ('fit aro itloiUir.il in lilisl physical conditions ruhjecbi dead ot either i) -o prr.-icnling ne-uly Iho sumc nutoppy. Second, the suliva of a man dying of delirium IrennMiH, and that of a dn ulTering from rabies, bear tho HAtne chemical analyxii. i'liinl, the entire ivatoni of tho palioul BnllTins from alco'nolie niadnt sn in bo iiuisinud thai rapid inoculation will follow any con-taot con-taot with tlio virus of tho blood. Fourth, tho bi to of a man in an alcoholic alco-holic lit has been known to result in hydrophobia. As t tliu aj plirnfii.n of IhcfO facts; 1 . Willi tho rani no race, byil ro-phobia ro-phobia is never Hpnnlaupnui: with man, tho diaeann is known to be. 2. There ia n;.t a cane on rerun! 'if a dog having died of hydrophobia that will not admit of proof if tho facts can bo ascertained that the dng had previously bitten an intoxicated intoxi-cated person, or bad been attacked by Kmo other animal miltering Irom a liko inoculation. Cko. Wiu. Joiikjum, Supt. |