Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-07 | Page 5 | Uncle Sam, M. D

uo Uncle Sam,. M. D. j e ; I Hydrophobia Is usually the result of a bite of a mad dog. or other rabid animal This disease develops some time after the wound has been received, and on. I developed. It is almost certainly fatal It can usually be prevented bv means of proper treatment Immediately after the person is bitten. Bites of cats, skunks, wolves, foxes, badgers, etc., are also likely to cause the disease, and the same precautions should bo taken as I In the case of a dog bite TREATMENT. Make the wound Meed ax freely as possible pos-sible b pressure, anel then cauterize it freely with strong nitric a.id applied with a slick. If this is not available take a penknife, piece of iron, or some similar substance, hi-.tt It red-hot and apply it to the wound surface. Cover the wound with a clean bandage or compress, but under no circumstances tv1ih adhesive plaster of collodion, as to do so would seal the poison within Ihe wound. The victim should be rushed te a don-tor don-tor with all possible speed If biting animal ani-mal has already hen killed, see that Its head Is at once sent to the state board of health for microscopical examination.