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THE PERIL OF THE a simple disorder its symptoms carte to
include very remarkable conditions, in
which Imitations of the actions of an-
intals, especiaely of dogs, game to hold
a very prominent place, it was be-
lieved and said that the eyes of patients
glowed in the dark, and besides bark-
ing and biting they even at times turn-
ed around before lyl g down, as dogs
sometimes do..,
"The belief in regard to the mode of
Its convnunication became grotesque,
and reputable authors, even up toia
very recent elate, have believed that
it could be communicated not only by
a bit but also by the application of
saliva to an unbroken skin, by eating
the flesh or drinking' the milk of a
rabid animal, More fantastic than this
is a story that a woman having hydro-
phobia gvea rabies to her pet dog by
her kisses, The popular beliefs are
probably about as erroneous today as
they ever were, One would suppose
that every angry dog was in a techni-
cal sense a mad dog, certainly almost
every biting dog, and in this the veter-
inarians as a class do not assist the com-
munity very much. Most of them seem
`very timid on this subject, and very
easily convinced that a biting dog is
mad, and they have done much to keep
up the fears of the community in re-
gard to, hydrophobia.
"Not very long ago there was uuite a
flood of rabies literature let loose from
the Bureau of Animal industry in Wash-
ington, which sent pamphlets to the
newspapers to be put before the com-
munity In their columns. That was
came absolutely enormOne; and from
1
MAD DOG SCARE
,Sane Dlscuesion by a Distinguished
Physician .and Surgeon.
Dr. Charles W. Dulles, late lecturer,
on History of Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania, . 1893-1908; consulting
surgeon to Rush Hospital; manager Of
University hospital, is the author of
the following paper, If only It could
be universally read an untold amount
of fear, distress, and physical suffering
from utnecessary.cu.res (5) would be
Prevented. Dr. Dulles in "Our Dumb
Animals," says:—
"1 cinnnol expect, In the time allotted
ante today, to do more than scant Jus-
ttce to the impressions that 1 have re-,
calved in a study of hydrophobia that
has now been practically uninterrupted
for more thap'tltirty years . But cer-
tain of these impressions i'can lay be-
fore you briefly.
"The first mention bf hydrophobia is
'believed to be that of Aristotle about
400 years before Christ, wino gave it
as a disease of dogs, and made the re-
markable statement that all things bit-
ten by rabid dags go mad except man,
using in both cases a word that signi-
fied an insane fury or furious insanity,
"Authentic allusions to this disorder
appear again only about the time of the
'Christian era. From that time on there
was a constantly increasing amount of
literature on the subject, until it he -
To the Voter
O YOU KNOW --
that the beer sold in
Ontario 'previous to
• prohibition ranged up to
over 7% alcoholic content by
weight measure, whilst the
"Beer of the Ballot"—the
beer for which you are
asked to vote October 20h
—has a strength of but
2.5r?
11] DO YOU KNOW—
that such well-known beers
manufactured in the United
States as Blue Ribbon, Bud-
weiser and Schiltz---always
spoken of as . "very light
non -intoxicating beers" --
ranged up to 4.19%—sixty
per cent. stronger than the
"Beer of the Ballot"—the
beer for which you are
asked to vote October 20th? -
tl•DO YOU KNOW—
that in Maine, where pro-
hibition has been in force
over sixty years, the courts
have held that beer of 3%
alcoholic strength, was non -
intoxicating ---and any beer
of under 3% strength was
permitted to be sold . as
freely as ginger ale?
DO YOU KNOW—
that in Sweden, Norway
and Denmark—as a result
of the findings of Govern-
ment commissions ap-
pointed to determine what
was an iptoxicati ig liquor—
beer of practically the same
strength as asked for in the
coming Referendum is re-
garded as non -intoxicating
and is sold everywhere, by
anybody, without license,
and without paying a
Government tax?
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Ontario Brewers' Association
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talion, 130 It Is remarkable that men
of eminence in the itiedleal profession,
who testify a great deal of kindly feel-
ing for one and confidence in lily meth-
od of suety, accept and repeat uncrlt-
ically the very errors that 1 think 1
have fully exposed,
"Equally erroneous are most esti-
mates of ratio of cases of hiyclruphobia
to the cases of biting by presumably
rabid dogs. This egrar contributes to
another that attributes to the "Pasteur
method" the salvation of tinny thous-
ands of persons' who without it would
have died of hydrophobia,
at a time when this bureau was tinder
the charge of one who has since left
with a stigma attached to his reputa-
tion, and has conveyed himself to for-
eign parts. Unfortunately, 'a goodema ny
newspapers haveepublished account's of
so-called hydrophobia, so worded or
so illustrated as to increase the alarm
in regard to it; and in some places
Boards of health have taken steps which
exposed at once their ignorance and
their fear in regard to it.
"One of the most striking illusions
about hydrophobia is that it is what is
known as a specific disease, and ow-
ing to a specific ' cause. blow these
illusions stick may be judged from
the fact that in 1884 1 published a
paper entitled "Disorders Mistaken for
Hydrophobia," in which I collected
over thirty illustrations of diseases in
which symptoms appeared without any
relation to infection by a dog, and since
that time other diseases have come to
my notice in which these synstoms ap-
peared. But t know of no refetenee
to it lit medical literature in this coun-
try.
"in rabies It was long held that the
saliva was the principal vehicle of con-
tagton, while later the blood and other
tissues of the body were Included in
the list. The mode of communication
has been thought to be ly+ bites, by
scratches., by licking, by careless hand-
ling of swords that had been usedto
kill mad dogs, and in one ease by a
peck of a cock, while within a few
months in this country, a woman was
believed to be in great danger from an
accidental wound with a bullet that
had been shot through a dog believed
to be rabid.
"In this connection it Is interesting
to note that In France, which is full of
Pasteur Institutes, there are supposed
to be annually thousands of cases with•
the infection of hydrophobia, while in
Great l3rltaha, where there is no Past-
eur Institute, the disease does not
occur. Another curious thing is that
in Constantinople, where dogs have
for centuries run wild in the streets,
there was so little hydrophobia 4hat it
was long dented that it existed at all;
but since a Pasteur Institute has been
astablished cases have been quite fre-
quent, according' .to the Pasteur peo-
ple, This has been the experience of
every country in which Pasteur Insti-
tutes have been established.
"The commonest preventive method
ldopted against hydrophobia, that of
cauterization at the seat of the injury,
is in my opinion, absolutely harmful,
and itself responsible for some out-
breaks of so-called hydrophobia.. The
Pasteur method 1' likewise think is.in-
lesions and responsible for many
deaths. For some time after the in-
troduction of this method the Zoophil-
'st, published in Great Britain, printed
the names, the address and some cir-
humstance of the death of a very large
number of persons who had been treat -
?d at the Institute at Paris, but I have
uol discovered that any medical col-
leagues are aware of this, or attach im-
portance to it as an evidence of the up -
reliability of the method• and the want
of candor of those who employed it. •
"In contrast to this 1 might cite my
ewn experience in the treatment of
iersons bitten by dogs supposed to
he shad which has furnished not a sin -
Ale case of the developed disease in
shirty years. , This consists in antisep-
tic treatment of the wound and in the
securing of confidence on the part of
those in dread of lhydrophobia. There
is nothing in this method that is not
well known to all who have thought-
fully, considered the subject; but is in
singular contrast to methods frequently
pursued,
"Hydrophobia is a disease so rarely
encountered that the nsual history, of
a case is that medical man who has
never seen one and who has but a
superficial acpuaiiitance with the sub -
int is unexpectedly called to a patient
presenting symptoms that are hardiy
less atarluiti•g to hint than they are to
the relatives and friends. Cinder these
circumstances he ordinarily flies to the
use of strong narcotics and:frequently
to physical, testeaint when the accesses
of convulhiiar occur. Although i have
probably seen more cases of so -canted
hydrophobia then any other medical
man, it is in vain that I beg my col-
leagues to adopt methods—not original
to ore; because they have been pet be-
fore they world many years ago -titan
consist in the, mildest and most nega-
tive treatment; quiet, gentleness, ab-
sence of appearance of excitement,
and no medicine except that of a very
simple character. By the 'use of these
method's i have seen the paroxysms of
hydrophobia subside. I have rested
my ear on the chest of a young man,
lust before held with difficulty by four
inert, who had been almost uninterrupt-
edly spitting over the foot of his bed,
but now remained, perfectly quiet while
i—pretending to listen to his heart-
beats—was controlling hint with my
eye. in contrast to this method I may
cite a case I saw In consultation where
the medical attendant had gathered
five other men wino wished to see the
"in the study of this disease, after
the general use of the microscope, a
good many different Lesions have been
described as present .exclusively in
rabies or hydrophobia. In 1872, 'Bat-
her described a small body that he
named the lyssophyton; in 1881, Pas-
teur described a germ which he believ-
ed to be peculiar; in 1890, Mollenlsauer
believed that he isolated and cultivated
a bacillus peculiar to hydrophobia, and
other investigators in various countries
have displayed similar enterprise.
Within five years, one peculiar lesion
found In the brain and spinal cord was
so fully credited that many persons bit-
ten by dogs' in which these lesions
were afterwards found were, by men
of high authority, condemned to the
fear of having hydrophobia.
"The host recent of these "specific
lesions" is taliat is known as the Negri
body, that is found in certain parts of
the brain. This is now the one un-
iversally accepted, the latest, but not
line last, if history repents itself. I
have made studies in regard to it that
compel me to seriously doubt this gen-
oral belief, and 1 sometimes charge my
veterinary friends not to swear away
the lives of their fellow human beings
who, they think they see these bodies
in a dog's brain, Unfortunately, 1 never
yet foond'tjte workers in this line fam-
iliar with a tithe of the evidence that
the Negri bodies have been found in
brains of animals dying of a variety of
diseases or injuries, of which I have
collected'it considerablenumber, and
of which even some of the high priests
of the Pasteur cult cite instances.
"Another illusion In regard to hydro-
phobia consists in the absoltstely erron-
eous statements made by Pasteur and
his followers In regard to the frequency
Of the occurrence of hydropirobla in
relation to the age of the person or
the location of the bite. These things
1 have studied from the details of. a
very large slumber of cases gathered by
me porsopaily with groat cart; and I
have in publications in 1894 especially
' Shown that utero is no such fixed re•
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patient with nae, and w lose til -will I
incurred by refusing to go to thee pat-
lent's f,L.:ha with such a crowd, ns he •
ing hhh to injure his prospects of re-
covery, Here the medt,.al attendant
told one that he had been giving fre-
quent byperdermics of strong alkaloids,
an doing these in such a manner as to
inflict its much pain as possible, in
order, he said, to •impress the patient
—this in a disease characterized by the
highest degree of acute sensibility,
where a breath•of air sometimes causes
a spasm.
In conclusion 1 may say that one
point is especially clear in regard to
such consideration as we. are giving the
subject today. Fora number of years
I made, at the request of the Medical
Society of the State of Pennsyl'vanta,
an annual report of hydrophobia, with
considerable sympathy on the part of
my colleagues. The general tone of
the medical men of the state seemed to
be that of conservation, and presented
a marked contrast to that of the neem.
Nature's
First Law
is order—regularity.
Obey it in your own
body.
Keep your liver active
and your bowels regal -
lar and natural. Good
health is possible in no
other way..
One pill a clay is the
regular rule. Two—
perhaps three — now
and then, if necessary.
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Colorless faces often show
the absence of Iron in the
blood.
Carter's Iron Pills
toll help this condition.
Thursday, octoer 16th4 1919,
hers at our professtoit in Other stales
until a ,Pasteur tnetltute was establish.
ed in Pittsburgh. it may have been a
mere coincidence, but It was a tact,
that during all Allot time we had much
fewer cases of so-called ltydrophobta
in Pennysylvania than occurred In some
near -by states: During this time,
wherever Pasteur Institutes were estab-
lished, the number of cases of supposed
infection—the number of cases clam-
ed to be saved from death by these in-
stitutes—increased enormously and in-
credibly, while the deaths from hydro-
phobia also increased, Happy here,
like England ,without a Pasteur lush•
tete, unalarmed and unexcited by the
doings and sayings of these estabiish-
ments, we escaped the fear, escaped
the danger that elsewhere claimed Its
many victims—it may have been a
mere coincidence, but to one with such
strong convictions as are mine, after an
earnest honest widely extended investi-
gation of this subject, it seems that the
, condition was partly due to the estab-
lishment of, rational as compared with
irrational views.
"The belief in witchcraft once had
the support of the highest authority in
church, in state, and in science, but
thought it can still be found in ignor-
ant communities, even in this enlight.
ened country, it has been largely ban -
.w
ished from civilized lands. We may,.
therefore; hope that' in due time the
illusions In regard to hydrophobia may
disappear and that they shall some day
cease to color the teachings of medical.
nen or to fill with horror the minds of
the people."
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FOR FLETCHER S
CASTOR IA
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ON' T let anyone.: tell you that the
issue on October 20th is "The Beer
or the Boy"—"is Alcohol a Poison
or not"—" Economy or Extravagance" --
any such an abstraction.
The plain situation i th co sections of .
the people of this Province are absolutely
dissatisfied with ` the Ontario Temperance
Act and want new legislation that will
permit the sale of light beer and wine
generally, and the sale of pure, spirit-
uous liquors only through Government
agencies. -
These three .sections of
thelpopulatioa'are—ninety
per cent. of organized la-
bor, by actual vote; a large
number of returned ,sol-
dier organizations, by,
actual vote; thousands of
the rank and file of
the electorate who have
joined the Citizen's Lib-
erty League.
The plain issue then is—
Are you going to vote for
the safe, sane, fair com-
promise that these men
and women want; or, are
you going to insist on the
retention of the unsatis-
factory Ontario Temper-
ance Act—insist on the
retention of legislation
that is breeding and will
continue to breed dissatis-
faction and discontent
among our workers, re-
turned men and a large
section of the citizens
generally?
Which are YOU for—COMPROMISE and
HARMONY, or INTOLERANCE and
Widles,pread Resentment?
Study the Ballot and analyze the situation conscielnm
tiously. This is one of the most vital concerns you have
just now ---a settlement of Ontario's vexed temperance
problem that will be in the best interests of all the
people.
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