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0 . Do you attribute the fact that you were never infected 
to sucking the wound? 
A. I don’t know; I was taught to do that when I went in 
the business and I’ve been doing it ever since. We all do. 
Mr. Wm. T. Heffern : 
O. How long have you been catching dogs? 
A. Between two and three years. 
Q. Were you ever bitten by a mad dog? 
A. Many times. (His hands had many scars, mute evidence 
of dog teeth.) 
Q. How do you know the dogs were mad? 
A. Because when I go after a mad dog it is because he has 
bitten some one, at times many people. I catch the dog and bring 
it to the doctors and they say it was mad. 
Q. Do you fear hydrophobia? 
A. No, I never think of it. Say, Doc, is there such a thing 
as hydrophobia in human beings? Be honest. We never see it, 
and we catch mad dogs all during the year. 
A. (By the writer).' Yes, there most certainly is. 
Q. (By the writer) What do you do when a mad dog bites 
you? 
A. I just suck the bite, that’s all. 
Q. Do all the boys suck their wounds when bitten? 
A. Yes, all of us do. 
Q. Did any of the boys ever g'et hydrophobia? 
A. Naw, none of us ever gets it. 
Q. Why do you suck your wounds? 
A. To suck out the poison. 
Ralph Husson, City dog catcher two years, offers a prescrip¬ 
tion for mad dog bites : 
R. Just suck the wound and forget it. 
M. S. Keep your mind free from thought. 
Gus Henslein, dog catcher 17 years, says: “ There is no such 
thing as hydrophobia in human beings. I got a bite once from 
a mad dog and forgot to suck it. It turned green, then I sucked 
it and it got well. If I get a bite on the face, I go to the hospital 
