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THURSDAY, MARCH 0. 1922.
EPIDEMIC OF
RABIES IN GEORGIA
READ THE FACTS.' WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
About fifteen thousand persons
have been furnished Pasteur treat
ment since the Pasteur * Department
was established In 1908. Twenty-one
hundred and forty-seven received
treatment duripg the year, 1921. A
glance at the following table will show
how rapidly hydrophobia In animals
Is Increasing In Georgia.
Pasteur Animal
Treatments Heads
for Humans Examined
1909 t 665 324
1910 439 * 218
1911 485 234
1912 673 270
1913 925 317
1914 909 319
1915 921 356
1916 1296 493
1917 1583 655
1918 1425 472
1919 1399 486
1920 1461 667
1921 2147 767
This means that last year 2,147 men,
women and children bitten or exposed
to mad dogs had to go through the
trying and expensive ordeal of visit
ing a physician once or twice each
day for twenty-one days and have a
syringe full of milky fluid injected in
to their bodies. But this is not all.
Only those who have been through
with it can appreciate the horror,
anxiety and mental distress attending
the experience of waiting for tho out
come of the treatment. Not only do
the victims themselves, but parents,
relatives and friends suffer from the
mental strain.
l’ortunately the Pasteur treatment
is so effective and successful that
very few human deaths occur now
adays. But one death from rabies
strikes terror to the entire commun
ity in which it occurs and excites fear
in the hearty of all who hear about it.
Just a word to you, Mr. Farmer.
Hundreds of fine cattle, hogs, horses,
and mules die of rabies each year,
and the loss last year surpassed all
previous records. Neighbors' dogs are
allowed to run without restriction all
over your community. You may ex
pect to lose some of your live stock
sooner or later.
Just a word to you, Mr. Dog Lover.
Hydrophobia infection in dogs is more
prevalent now than ever before. The
distribution is widespread, but rela
tively greater wherever the dog pop
ulation is high. Hot weather has
nothing to do with its increase—de-r
days have no influence on It. Records
at the State Board of Healfh Labora
tory show that the disease was more
prevalent in April and May and in Oc
tober and November than in the sum
mer months.
Your dog is in constant danger of
exposure. If he is bitten by a mad
dog, you are not only almost certain
to lose him, but you may also be in
directly responsible for the safety of
your neighbors anfl their children and
property.
This is intended as a timely warn
ing and not to cause undue alarm. Hy
drophobia in dogs is like many other
animal and human infectious diseases,
in the respect that once it gains head
way it spreads very rapidly. It is the
prediction of the State Board of
Health that, unless immediate and
effective measures are undertaken,
the infection is going to become more
and more severe, month by month,
until we will be forced to kill or con
fine every dog in the State in order
to protect our children, ourselves and
our livestock.
Mr. Citizen, for the sake of your
children, your fine pots and your prop
erty, respond to this appeal by writing
to your State Board of Health. You
will receive a prompt reply and will be
told what to do. A bulletin on HOW
TO HANDLE MAD DOGS will be sent
you on condition that you read it and
spread the information among your
neighbors.
SMALLPOX PREVENTION
We have certuin seasons in which
particular diseases seem to thrive bet
ter than at others. We are now. Feb
ruary. entering the smallpox season.
For the next few months, this dis
figuring and often serious disease will
flourish among those who have not
taken the precaution of being vaccin
ated. There is no danger when proper
precaution is used, not the least, and
It Is as nearly perfect protection as
anything known to science. The writ
er has been vaccinated fifteen or
twenty times; had the vaccination to
take twice; the other times no dis
comfort at all. I have been exposed
to smalipox; have handled smallpox
many times without the least fear.
Vaccination does protect and all
should take advantage of this wonder
ful discovery. The State Board of
Health has a contract with the manu
facturer for its supply, and can send
It at six cents a poUit. You may be
exposed within the next few weeks,
and will need this protection. Have
your physician vaccinate you; it is
the safe course. Beware of so-called
chicken pox. Oftep the severest cases
of smallpox will develop from one so
mild that the patient does not go to
bed.
Diphtheria deaths are due to failure
to administer antitoxin; to insufficient
Antitoxin, or delayed Antitoxin treat
ment. The Antitoxin is harmless.
They came from four-corners of the earth
9 I*. ML ' _
An Oil Magnate from China, a Prince from India, a Count from Belgium, an Ear! from
England, and real red-blooded Americans from rijjht here in Winder —from e\ery
\ country and every state—9o,ooo representative people enthusiastically cheered the
yy "33* greatest sporting event the world has ever known!
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A WONDERFUL SHOWING
MOST ENCOURAGING
There has been considerable spec
ulation as to the incidence of the vene
real diseases since the State Board of
Health has been doing its work along
the line of cure and education.
The Surgeon-General’s report was
awaited by those doing this kind of
work with a great deal of interest.
He says on page 14: "The rate for
veneral diseases for white troops in
the United States showed a very ma
terial decrease over that of the pre
ceding year. This was especially grat
ifying in view of the fact that corres
ponding rates showed very pronoun
ced increase after the Civil and Span
ish-American wars.’’ A search has
been made of the records for twenty
in e; the highest rates was in 1902,
with a rate of 161,000. The yea t 1918
gave a rate of 149.60; the past year
only 66.85, the lowest of any year.
If this ratio of decrease can be main
tained some of these days we will
reduce the veneral diseases to so
small a problem that it will be nib
This can only be done by the clos
est of coordination and co-operation.
.The education of the people must
continue; the cases must be treated
detained in quarantiqe, and our mar
riage contract properly protected.
The State Board of Health makes
free examinations of pus and blood
and stands ready to aid the physic
ians in every way possible. The ex
pensive remedy, Arsphenamlne, Is fur
nished free to those not able to pay
for it, and la supplied to those able
to pay at government contract price.
Seven clinics are maintained where
cases are cared for, and over a hun
dred counties are organized for work.
Pamphlets and instruction sheets are
furnished on request; write Dr. Joe
P. Bowdoin, 131 Capital Square, At
lanta, and ask any question you like
or about which you need information.
The State Automobile Association
should cooperate with the State
Board of Health to provide comfort
stations along the highway. These
are an imperative need.
Chiclcen-pox is contagious ami at
tacks children. It runs a mild course
of about a week. Thq virus is found
in the mouth and nose, but not in the
eruption, which resembles smallpox.
German measles is very contagious.
It is caused by a virus found in the
secretions of the mouth and nose and
is carried in the breath in talking and
coughing. It runs a mild course.
The Hookworm attaches itself to the
small intestine and thrives on the
blood of the host, causing anemia, poor
health and stunts the growth of chil
dren. It yields readily to proper treat
ment.
Typhoid is greatly reduced through
improvement in water and milk sup
plies; better municipal sanitation, and
typhoid vaccination. Auto travel Is now
the great source of typhoid danger.
Tuberculosis of the lungs is defi
nitely diagnosed by finding the bacilli
in the sputum. Tuberculosis of the
kidney is by inoculating a
guinea pig with the paricnfs urine.
To prevent, rather than cure disease,
is the ideal of advanced medical
thought. To gain the public confid
ence and appreciation is what every
true physician craves and demands.
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