Show prevalence OF hydrophobia hydrophobia Is rapidly increasing in the state of 0 georgia and presumably also throughout the united states according to figures cited by dr henry II 11 slack in the journal record of medicine atlanta atlant ga dr slack bases his conclusions on the records ot of the georgia pasteur institute established ten years ago lie ile writes when you consider tile fact that for tour four years from to 1304 1904 we only treated patients and that 44 of them came from west of the mississippi river 32 from alabama 24 irom from south carolina less than treated in georgia in 1008 and in treated in geogia in 1908 and in 1909 after these other states had established pasteur labora laboratories the increase in rabies Is appalling the average for tile the first four years of this decade was whilo while for the last two years it Is or an increase of oer per cent in less than ten years this certainly is enough to make us pause and think what wo must do to prevent the rapid spread of this most awful of all diseases we are all more or less familiar with death when he comes in ghastly form the earthquake shock and ocean storm but in hydrophobia he is even more terrible now all this anxiety suffering suiT cring and death can be prevented by a very simple method Al muzzle uzzle all dogs and establish estable sh esix adix months quarantine this Is not a theory but a fact that has been demonstrated 1 in england Denni denmark ark sweden and norway in the two latter countries there has not been a case of rabies in over fifty years england En glands r experience with the muzzling law demonstrates its efficacy most clearly ly in 1889 there were mere 3 12 dogs and 30 0 human beings that diet died with rabies the muzzling law was passed a and nd rigidly enforced so that in three years only 9 38 8 logs dogs and 6 people died with rabies the do dog loveys lovers at this time appealed to the au authorities thorl to remove the cruel muzzle and they consented with the result that during the next live five years dogs a and n 5 31 i people lied died of the most agonizing ing N d disease as ease known to medicine despite p ite this awful lesson the same hu came again in 1899 with another petition signed by 0 them thein begging to be believed leli ieli eved of the annoying muzzle but the authorities had learned a lesson and renial remained ned obdurate with the result that in 1905 no case oc c fix ed England in and there has been none since in man or boast beast what has been accomplished in ill england sweden denmark and norway can call be done in the united states literary digest |