Show Affirms Mad Stone Is a Fake I I Writer Discusses That and Other Su perstltlons In Connection with Hydrophobia Rabies when affecting human beings j I Is called hydrophobia As this disease I has caused a considerable consternation consterna-tion in several sections of the country coun-try recently a few comments In this connection may not be amiss First let us see about some of the superstitions associated with this disease di-sease When a person has been bitten bit-ten by u mad dog tho killing of tho dog does not prevent hydrophobia in the person bitten This is a joke and strange as it may seem has been taken seriously by many people who should know better Hotter lock up the dog for a few days and seo if the disease develops Jn caso tho disease does not develop tho person bitten need have no further anxiety If the disease develops In the dog tho person per-son will then have plenty of time togo to-go to the Pasteur institute and take treatment which will positively prevent pre-vent tho disease from developing Again tho common belief that a mad dog will run with his tall between his legs and froth at the mouth is a mistake The mad dog carries his tall In qulto a natural position and while tin mouth may bo open from paralysis of tho lower Jaw yet ho can not truly be said to froth at tho mouth Thomad stono Is a fake puro and simple It Is nothing but a piece of porous stone like soap stono which when dried and then placed on a moist surface will absorb water or blood or anything of a fluid nature After a person Is bitten by a mud dog tho germs of the disease mo very soon absorbed Into tho system I Tile absurdity ot going a week later to some remote part of the country and applying the mad stone with n view of its absorbing the poison Is too evident to be worthy of further comment About 20 per cent of the persons bitten by dogs actually rabid will develop de-velop the disease If they have not received treatment About 80 percent per-cent of tho dogs bitten will develop the disease All warm blooded animals ani-mals are liable to this disease or may tako It by Inoculation Tho bite of a rabid wolf or coyoto Is said to bo very dangerous Without going Into a discussion of tho subject at this tlmo here aro n fow things woll worth remembering Itabld dogs aro not afraid of water hydrophobia Paralysis of the lower jaw and the hind legs gradually develops de-velops Beware of tho dog that appears ap-pears to have n bono In its throat It may be rabies Tho eyes In this disease aro very sensitive to light henco the dog usually crawls under tho porch or somo other dark place Skunks are subject to the disease nUll when so affected do not hesitate to enter houses and bite people If bitten by a suspicious acting dog cauterize the wound at once but do not kill the dog If tho dog develops rabies within five days tho person bitten should start Mr treatment Dont get nervous and go Into hysterics hys-terics oven though you are suro you have been bitten by a mad clog You will have plenty of tlmo to take treatment treat-ment before the disease develops if you start at once Rabies is only transmitted by tho bite of a rabid animal ani-mal Chicago Inter Ocean 0 H |