Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1911 — Test of Eli Gerber's Cow Does Not Show Hydrophobia. [ARTICLE]

Test of Eli Gerber's Cow Does Not Show Hydrophobia.

Dr. Gwin, city health officer, sentthe brain of Eli Gerber’s cow to the state health officer, as, owipg to the queer antics of the beast, it was desired to know just what was the matter with it. Some anxiety was caused by the fact that it was supposed the bovine was suffering from hydrophobia. This matter was set at rest last night, however, by the report received by Dr. Gwin. The report showed that there was no negri bodies present, positively allaying any fear that the cow was suffering from hydrophobia. The infection wad tetanus, commonly called lock-jaw. This probably has been the malady which causec the deaths of cows and calves over the county that were supposed to have hydrophobia. A calf on the Firman Thompson ranch at Parr was supposed to be mad and was killed yesterday. It did not act like the Gerber cow and pother ones that have been reported. It frothed at the mouth, broke fences, and gave every indication of being mad.