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Show SCIENTIFIC TOPICS. OUnrtENT NOTEBOP DISCOVERY AND INVENTION. Ifnr-rot.4 Window MiaiU Moor nin sail alll.r f. of Hydrophobia Are Kara r.ltclilclly on Tornado trail ImprotliiK Iba I'lioootrafb. t'a.rs of HydruplioiiU Hare, It haa been asserted by many friend of animate, who rightly object to the annual torture and slaughter ot dogs, and even by some physicians, that thr la no such dlsca.e as hydrophobia, hy-drophobia, or rabies, as It la more correctly called. Those who have studied the subject carefully, however, are certain that there la a dlecaso ot dogs which la communicable by one uttering from It to other unlmals and to man. Hut thla disease Is very rare, and probably not ono person In a thou, sand bitten by dogs U In any danger ot It, and not one dog killed among 00 anpposrd mad doga la really mad. Tbe word hydrophobia Is a misnomer, for a mad dog lias no fear of water, nnd will run through a shallow pool without any hesitation; the fear Is that of drinking water or of (wallowing (wal-lowing anything, cither fluid or solid, as tha attempt Is almost certain to throw the sufferer, man or beast, Into spasms. Ibo only way of transmitting transmit-ting hydrophobia la by Inoculating; that Is, by tho Introduction of tbo virus Into the body through a wound of tho 6kln or tbe mucout membrane. Tbe most usual way for thla rare event I to occur It, of courte, through the bite ot a rabid dog, cat, or other animal. Out not every bite, even of n genuinely mad dog. la followed by hydrophobia. I it the animal' teeth, for Instance,, Duvo patted through a man's trouser i leg or boot, the saliva, which cont.ilns 'he vlru.1, may bo wiped away from tbe teeth Youth'a Companion, |