Show mad blad dogs HOW YOU MAY KNOW FACTS WORTH remembering the british medical journal calls attention to the measures recommended by the council of hygiene of bordeaux for the better protection of the people against the dangers of hydrophobia the madness of do dos dogs doa a has nas has a period which is pre monitory and harmless if these periods serious were generally known the togs could bo be put out of the way before they become dangerous on this subject the council of hygiene has issued ismuel the following instructions 1 A short time sometimes two day madness has seized a dog it creates symptoms in tile animal which it is indispensable to recognize 1 there is a agitation and restlessness and the dog turns himself continually in his kennel kennal if he is at liberty he goes and comes and seems to be seeking something then he remains motionless as if waiting then starts bites the air as if he would catch a fly and dashes himself howling bowling and barking against the wall the voice of his master dissipates the hallucinations the dog obeys but slowly with hesitation as if with regret 2 he does not try to bite lie he is gentle even affectionate and he eats and drinks but gnaws his litter the ends of cushions the cov erling of the beds carpets etc 3 by the movement of his paws about the sides of ill lil his open mouth one might think helas he was wag trying to free his throat of a bone 5 his voice undergoes such a change that it is impossible not to fo be struck by it 6 the dog begins to fight with other dogs this isa is a decidedly characteristic act sign if the dog be generally peaceful the three symptoms last mentioned indicate an advanced period of disease and that the do dog g in may ty become dangerous at any moment if immediate measures are not taken it is best to chain him up at once or better still to kill him |