Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — A Remedy for Dog Bite. [ARTICLE]

A Remedy for Dog Bite.

When a person is bitten by a dog tho first thing to do is to suck the blood out of the wound and with it the virus if the dog has rabies. But care must be taken that there be no cuts on the lips or in the mouth. Where the dog’s teeth have had to go through clothing before reaching the flesh the chances are better, for the poisonous saliva would likely bo taken off in penetrating the cloth. After the blood has beon sucked out a physician should be consulted, and cauterization retorted to. If no physician bo near, the wound should be cauterized anyway, well and deep, with a hot iron if less severe means cannot be obtained. Under the old methods of curing hydrophobia, when the virus once got into the system, there could really bo no cure. The case was fatal. Pasteur’s attenuated virus plan, from the results set forth, seems to be a great benefit.