Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rare is the dog-owner who has not seen one of his animals grow dull, lose appetite, begin to cough, vomit, twitch, discharge from nose and eyes, or show some other of distemper's dismal symptoms. He has watched despairingly, knowing his dog would probably die or be permanently marked by this worst danger to dogs. Until three years ago, distemper seemed an inevitable part of almost every dog's life. Uncertain of its cause, veterinarians were helpless to cure or prevent...
...keep a healthy dog from ever having distemper it is now necessary only to inject in it (preferably at the age of three months) two doses of Laidlaw-Dunkin vaccine, followed fortnight later by a dose of living virus. Preferred by some dog-owners because it involves only one trip to the veterinarian is a simultaneous inoculation with serum and virus. Theoretically sound, the practical worth of the simultaneous method has not yet been established. To cure sick dogs, an injection of serum during the early stages of the disease has proven effective...
Compared to the ugly word "default" such terms as "invite" and "defer" are highly attractive. The Chamber, groggy after 14 hours debate, voted 380-to-57 to "invite" and to "defer," then yawned and stumbled off to beds. Dog-tired M. Herriot was already asleep, snored all morning while President Lebrun searched for his successor...
...estate near Fairhaven, N. J., Manufacturer William Gerhard Mennen (toilet goods) was awakened at dawn by the barking of his four-month-old Scotch terrier, Scotty. He got up "to raise the devil with the dog," found his house in flames. Rousing his wife, he discovered the stairway to the servants' quarters blocked, telephoned the fire department, dashed into the kitchen to unleash the dog, rushed outdoors in his night clothes. Firemen soon arrived, rescued the unconscious servants, could not save the house. Manufacturer Mennen looked around the lawn, found Scotty lying dead of smoke suffocation...
Foaming at the mouth in dogs is not an invariable or even frequent symptom of rabies. It may be caused by a nervous disturbance, local inflammation, convulsions or running fits. But the rabies virus is transmitted by saliva and abundant salivation accompanies rabies, especially in the "dumb" phase when the lower jaw becomes paralyzed. Rabies is a much rarer disease than commonly supposed. Immunity to it is high in dogs and humans. The Pasteur treatment within five days of being bitten is highly effective protection. Detection of rabies in its early stages is difficult. The rabid dog is infectious...