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Show Rabies Not Limited to Any Season. According to Dr. O. McDaniel, "Dog Days" do not influence the occurrence of rabies. The important point, however, how-ever, is that anyone bitten by a dog suspected of being rabid, regardless of the season of the year, should receive re-ceive proper attention. The suspected dog should be kept under observation for at least two weeks. If it remains well, rabies is excluded. If it becomes sick or dies, the head should be examined by the Pasteur Department of the State Board of Health, and the Individuals bitten should report at the department depart-ment for treatment. Rabies Is usually fatal to dogs In from three to five days after the first symptoms are observed. Individuals bitten by rabid dogs, unless under treatment, become sick In from five to nine weeks. The popular belief that individuals may develop symptoms symp-toms several months or years later Is as false as the belief that Dog Days causo mad dno-a |