318 THE DOG IN DISEASE. 



Dumb rabies seems to be more prevalent in hounds 

 kept in packs than in other varieties of the dog. 



Treatment. The disease can not be conveyed by the 

 digestive tract, so that there is no danger in sucking a 

 wound to extract the poison, provided the lips, etc., are 

 free from cuts or abrasions i. e., so long as they are pro- 

 tected by the natural covering of epithelium. 



Sucking the wound, a handkerchief twisted tightly be- 

 yond the wound to prevent the return of blood as much 

 as possible into the general circulation, and especially vig- 

 orous and prompt use of the actual cautery, in the form of 

 a red-hot iron or the solid stick of nitrate of silver, consti- 

 tute the best treatment. It is a good thing to carry the 

 latter always in the vest-pocket, in view of emergencies of 

 different kinds. In the case of man, the subject should be 

 at once subjected to the Pasteur treatment, which has un- 

 doubtedly produced marvelous results. 



The dog should, if possible, be treated in the same 

 way ; but if the disease has actually developed itself and 

 the diagnosis is certain, a painless death for the animal 

 is the clear indication. 



The rabid dog should be not only confined in a suitable 

 place, but secured by very strong and reliable fastenings. 

 But as all animals bitten do not become rabid, it is not 

 necessary to kill a dog bitten by a rabid animal at once, 

 for he may wholly escape ; and instances are given of 

 dogs repeatedly bitten that never took the disease in fact, 

 in this, as in other maladies, some animals enjoy a natural 

 immunity ; but in any case secure isolation is imperative. 



Convulsions, Epilepsy, Fits, Apoplexy. All the normal 

 movements of the body are the result of harmonious or 



