32 The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser. 



promise the best results. The boasted curative agents haVa 

 all broken down when tried on well-marked cases in the 

 lower animals, in which diseases of the imagination are not 

 to be looked for. 



Prevention. When bitten, at once check the flow ol 

 blood from the part, in the limb by a handkerchief or 

 cord with a piece of wood through it twisted tightly 

 around the member a little higher than the wound, — ^in 

 other parts by sucking, or by cuttiag open the wound to 

 its depth and squeezing or wringing as if milking to keep 

 up a free flow of blood, soaking it meanwhile in warm 

 water if available. Drinking liquids to excess will also 

 retard absorption. But as soon as caustics can be had 

 apply them thoroughly to all parts of the wound, making 

 sure that its deepest recesses are reached. The compres- 

 sion by handkerchief or fingers should not be relaxed 

 until this operation is completed. A hot skewer, nail or 

 poker, serves admirably, and if at a white heat is less 

 painful. But oil of vitriol, spirit of salt, nitric acid, caus- 

 tic potassa or soda, butter of antimony, chloride of zinc, 

 nitrate of silver, blue stone, copperas, indeed any eaustio 

 at hand should be at once employed. The wound should 

 be thoroughly cauterized, though some time has elapsed 

 since the bite, as absorption does not always take place at 

 once. 



All dogs should be registered, taxed, and furnished with 

 a collar bearing their own and their owner's names and 

 that of their residence. During the existence of rabies in 

 a country all dogs found at large unmuzzled should be de- 

 stroyed. Suspected dogs should be shut up under super- 

 vision for three months unless rabies is developed earher. 

 Dogs that have bitten human beings should be similarly 

 shut up fo.r a week to test the existence of the disease oi 

 otherwise. 



MAXIGNAMT ANTHRAX. 



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