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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1919-10-16, Page 2rAGE 2 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? 4 Ontario Brewers' Association 1 rsE CLINTON NEW ERA" orning Never Come DOES this illustration pic- ture your experience? • What is more distressing than being unable to sleep? Sleeplessness is one of the first and most certain symp- toms of exhausted nerves. This is the warning that you need tate 'assistance of Dr. Chase's Nerve Wood to restore vigor to the nerve cells and thereby avoid the develop- ment of serious nervous trouble. By improving the quality of the. blood and building up the nervous system this food cure brings new energy and strength to the whole body. 50 cents a box, a for $2.75, all dealers, or Ddmanson, Bates & Co., Ltd., Toronto. leolowlrwarroromaa 11•041.1111W411,1#1.04. 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• SINCE 11870 EEL 30 VI. wiICOUGHS 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. CARTERS lTTt.P: tVIt.ER LS et/grate Signeruvo 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." t hzlaren Cry FOR FLETCHER S CASTOR IA int�Lra a. -Ae to orAi ;' ,Zt Its 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? 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