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Show ; The Truth About Mad Dogs By Frederic J. Haskin The enntrovertrv a to whether or not )ogi actutllv go mad perhaps never will to ended, to puhhe health and marine hoapttal aarvlra haa - declared that t ill enter Into no eontro.ernv wtth ihrme who hoM that rabiet la onlv an fmagtnar diaeaae. hut that If ihore who ao hold at fair minded and noner n an average amount nf tmrtHgence. and will vint th" lahoratrn where arlemlnc work In iht , dlra- tton In helng doo U will auftice I" ' d ic pel ah their double spakint of ihe fheorv often advaned that ramer In meraiy an Imaginary crm-ditlon crm-ditlon rr. J.ihn B Mohler of the federal bureau of animal lndiiarv aavw that ther" re frequent caaen of Itnagiuary ranter. po that tneae tnvartablv dtrclone the fact that thee ara nnch. and that no phyatrian vr mlafkea nueh a raee for a real ope. t leant for any length of time. He telle the atopv af voung man who w ar em -ploved aa a elerk In a dry gnoda atore. - and wti bitten on a Ptaturdav morning hT a watch dog belonging to hln proprietor proprie-tor Jurt Thought Ha Hid It. The hue w-an alight, war tmmediatalv ca-Jterlaed tnd no further attention waa Sivan t. It until the following Weflnea-av Weflnea-av ptorning. w hen the voung man fainted at the ronn'er l'pon r-lvhng I raid that he had been reading about rabten rnd tha rvmptonia which would develop in man from the bite of a rabid dog. and Inattued that be vmn developing hvdrophobia He waa eent homa and the dog waa aent to the department .off agriculture agri-culture for oheervetlon. Two daa later the voung man war In a terrible ntate i and kept on tnatattng that the dog which hit him had hvdrophoW. He would rdl over and over In bed. nnarlirg growling and mapping al 'be hed clothe. He would catch the nlllcw or aheei vtrh hlf taeth and ahake fr like a terrier nhaklng a rat and In other wava phow imitative acruracv In hia ntmulatfon off the nynip- animal n v become cowardly or affae-tioTia'e affae-tioTia'e Thin In aucteeded hy an Irre-nirtible Irre-nirtible tenden'-v to roam. If prevented the dog will right or hue at the peatratn' or at anything which Interferea with Ita freedom Thl roing mav coniinniie for from one to three days, during wrhlrh the dog travel slnilcrrty in a nervoua and Irritable Irri-table i nditl.n. Hln tnntim l l. e ntethodr of defen4 are nlwan htghlv developed or exaggerate.!. l.U" he n-Moin w i If nil1' at-tackn at-tackn per nr anitnal without provocation. provo-cation. U hn h -retnrnr. if tit dentrovad in the meanwhile, he nhiwn from h(n ex-hauated. ex-hauated. dirt. nhceptnh oi deprerned ap peaian--e evldenc-n of wandering Having Hav-ing returned horn- he fre.tijenlU eeekn rr hided place nich aa are fwttnd under the hour or porch. Oirtng thtr period of rowing h- e.hblta a dtnneltlon tn eat or crew , indfg-attMe ohectr aa r. Mather, nfra feather, ntfeka. and een pte.er of coal, w-htrhn often awallowed. The ne. rellop f.f saliva In aome raeen appear to te emenntve. owing to the Inability to rwallow. and It omerimen become frot h from the "hamplng of the lawn However, foaming at tha mouth la not a copetant nmptnm of iabte. and In frequently misleading heaune It often appeara with other Jin eaeea. Peculiar Chaaiga of Voica. FVtga with rahtea are pot afraid f Mater, nlnce they frequentlj itu larg--rt tea tun iu their roaming. A rhnge in the voice of the animal ta peculiar to thin affection and in due to taKia of the throat. Inatead of the normal bark the affe. led animal maker a long, reno-nant. reno-nant. peculiar-It drawn out haik. inch haa been likened to the yelp of a covoia. After awhile the mnnr lew of ihe Jttw be-come be-come paralysed, ihe tongue hangn out and grown dark in i olor, and the para-tvnln para-tvnln continue lo apread until death cornea In from four to eight dava after learned that the dog didn't have rahier at all. the voting man began to real Ine ha had been making hlmeelf a victim or aute-auggertlon and a rapid recovery followed fol-lowed Thla waa a tvplcal -aee off lyrao-phobla. lyrao-phobla. or pneudo-rablea No can of I hia kind ever naa been known to terminate fatally. Xa Itna4lBAtioti Her. ' rtr Mohler had oecaalon to attaivf the cae of a woman) who had bean avriv hit ton on the right forearm and about the rare hy a etrav eoitle dog K.tghieen dar later aha eomnlnrned of pain aboir the healing wound, which rapidly grew more rerare intH ahe waa taken to ihe herptfal. Hr mind waa Tlear. an.l. no diftpoaltlon toward violence waa noticed although ahe waa entremelv nervotta and ponaeaaed of an eieeaalva feeling of fear and uneaaineaa. ghe did not believe that ahe had hvdro- . phobia. But aa the raee progreeeed. re- Aex aparma Involving Ihe rmiacle of the throat were noticed and her breathing became more dlftVutf, followed bx- tin-auccearfHl tin-auccearfHl attempta at vomiting. he attributed at-tributed tola to tedigaatton- and he net the alighieal ruaplclon the true nature of her rondlMon, thua dinprovlng tha Idea, according to "r. Mnnler. that the per-rwianeaa per-rwianeaa and fear uaiaaJIv eeew In the early etageg of rabiep in the human aub-5eet aub-5eet are due to natural dread of the din-eaae din-eaae and grtprehefjalon of tha cooaa- , erueneee. rather Jhatr to organ lr ehangca In tha central nervoM aveietn. Oradually tha condiltoei ef the patient became ag-. ag-. graated. grave delirium followed. ac-caeded ac-caeded bv auch violent movementa aa to reoiiir the adoption of forcthla meaaurer to keep r under eontrol. Diaaaaw of Two Types. , There are two general typea oT raMea. one of them known aa furioua" and the other -a a "dumb.' A dog which la bitten nrnatlv goe from three- weka to three montha before there la a marked change In the diapoaltinn of the animal. An aft factional (dn mar become moroee and' deprenaed. while a Miapping. treacheroun rmmh rahier la a lype In which the dog la leg.renned from the beginning and eekn quiet npntn or hldea In rome ae-rluded ae-rluded place rnnaMv the flrnt aymptom noticed ia the pnralynla of the lower Jaw. ar a remit of which the dog la run pec ted of having a bone In hia throat. In Othgr Animala. In cattle both forma of tha dlaeaee -occur. It Aral manireatr line If bv long of appetite great reetlerenena, anxletv and fear. Thla la followed by th atage of madnena marked hv k-tid bellowing with g peillar chenere tn the voice, violent butting with -e boma, and pawing fit ? round with the feel, (treat emaciation oiiown in a few dava. wtth AnaiJy a complete para I tain of the hind1 quarter, after which the animal II- In a coma-toa coma-toa condition except for Irrearuldr eota-vnlrree eota-vnlrree movementa. until death followw In from four to aix da ra after the appearance appear-ance ea the t aymptom. When rata are afflicted With rahle fhev iiruailv hide Iheniaeix-ea, mit when dlntut-bed become belllcnee In Ita mad near the cat frequently hltaa itaelf. II loaea Ita voice and ran mew but hoeree-ly. hoeree-ly. The length of the period of Incubation Incuba-tion of hydrophobia verlea wtth many eendl t lonr. 1 1 ta longer In man than In tha lower animala. and In a general way la proportioned tn the alse of ihe animal. The nearer tha bite to the main nerve center, the ahorter the period between Infection and the development devel-opment of the rileeaae. The larger the wound the quicker the appearance of the dlaeaae. The aymptnme uaually program from day to day after the Aral outbreak and( tha apanma which follow attempta to eat or drink are of an ago nlatng character, not exceeded In all the poealhtttttee of phyaical Buffering. Tact Oaaa by Draught, In the Anal atagea of the dlaeaae the miiaclea. racked to Ihe limit of human and ura nee, becerae limp. The fac, which had eapreaaed terror and extreme enfferitig. become amooth and exprea anon l. after which death enauea n"l-k-ly A pernnn afflicted "w rh hvdrophobia la characterized bv eatrente aenltUenna to draught of air The ntlmulated and the real hydrophobia may be dlatln-r dlatln-r tl bed by a almple teat If on etepa unobeervd behind a parent and fane him and conx-iilalone en an- It la rertajn that the patient haa rahteg. If not, 1 ia eciually probable that he haa no euch diaeane. Or. frequently heam of the bHv ef a hum r ted do being eent to Ihe Faaleur IfiMiitutea for ininlona to iletentiln whether or n rnhlea exlnt The mth"d by which thin la determined at the Inatitutee ia bv taking a bit of the aplnal cord of tHe eiirnerted dg and Inoculating In-oculating a rabbit with it. ?h-Ibit ?h-Ibit dvekrpa the aympmma of hydropho-Ibia hydropho-Ibia it la known that the dog had I tie dlaeaae. Oaa B Wipaa Out. gome people auppoee that hvdrophobia may be of epontaneoua origin, hut the entire htatory of the ?Hlern atudv of the dlaeaae dieprovee thla of""'-aaaerted of""'-aaaerted by all off the public neelth agencJea off the Tilted ptatea that rwhMer l7 perpetuated or the dog through the Infliction of hitea hy dieeaaed animala and never rtaea apontaneouaiy. The concilia ton la that If all t dogr could b prevented from hltliig o"""1: mala. rahYea In the ; cm ire of tlm wmild beoome a mere blatorlcgj cur medlrlna There are ' l"'t'ltS-Ia aa eaaee the prevention off which reete. aa la rablee, upon a alngle deflnlt 17UarJ-The 17UarJ-The federei health offlcera amy that If all I doga are mtvaaled they will g"" the wiping out of the dlaeaae and that otLrwIn they munt pat h-ntlv purawo the work of -patching a had Job. , alow-lv alow-lv aearchtng out better ''ltchea and .acrtAcitig more experimenlal n1ml their effort to protect lml'K.'on, Hi dreadful riiffetlng of hydrophobia. |