t)iFFICULTY OF DEALING WITH PANICS. 'V'^7 



cause the clog that gave the bite might be suffer- 

 ing from an insanity as delusive to the brain as 

 hydrophobia, but not so deadly in its infectious 

 powers, nor bearing Avith it any danger to man, 

 woman, or beast. 



It has been, and more particularly it Is at 

 present, the insanity of man to destroy all dogs 

 suffering from that vulgar and mischievously 

 named disease ^^ rabies." Men seem, and veteri- 

 nary surgeons particularly, to be infected Avitli 

 a very old proverb, that of ^' give a dog a 

 bad name, and hang him," for, of late, at 

 least whenever a certain veterinary surgeon 

 has been called in by a master of hounds whose 

 entry is suffering from the usual epidemic of dis- 

 temper, the physical or mild remedy advised and 

 resorted to is an administration from the barrels 

 of deadly guns. 



A mischievous and ignorant advice, which puts 

 an end to the lives of the most faithful followers 

 of man, and so completely prevents that close 

 investigation into the source of disease, and source 

 of contagion, if there is any, which ought to 

 tread on the heels of an infliction such as liydro- 

 phol^ia, so frightful a malady, so easily dis- 



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