Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Dogman Terhune had published in the August issue of Reader's Digest a brief essay entitled "Beware of the Dog" which consisted mainly of advice on how to avoid being bitten. A dog which comes up with high head and loud barks, observed Mr. Terhune, does not intend to bite. If the animal approaches with head down and low growls, it probably means to bite but will frequently be too puzzled to do so if the person stands with feet together and hands on chest. That dogs are inclined to attack people who are afraid of them Author Terhune...
...bitten by a dog, remember this-not once in many thousand times is the dog rabid. Rabies exists, but it is very rare. Of the almost uncountable bites inflicted during a term of years on attendants in the New York City dog pounds, not one caused a case of rabies...
Denouncing this attitude as "subversive," Editor Fishbein declared that dog bites are not matters for self-treatment but for physicians and public health officials. As against Mr. Terhune's belief in the rarity of hydrophobia, he gave these data...
...least that can be done," said Dr. Fishbein, "is to cauterize the wound and place the biter under observation in the city pound or a dog hospital. If he develops the disease, begin the Pasteur treatment at once if it has not already been started. ... In 99 out of every 100 cases treated, Pasteur treatment protects against a disease that is always fatal once it develops...
...nearly drowned him in the same manner. Straightway he took the case to court, demanded Idaho's death. A storm of controversy blew up & down the land. Dimes and quarters were sent for Idaho's defense. Hired with the money, Harry Sessions, Rochester attorney, pleaded the dog's youthful playfulness. As crowds cheered and Idaho snored peacefully in packed Town Hall, the judge handed down his verdict: Defendant must be tied up for 27 months. While Idaho's footprint was sought by admirers far & wide, Father & Mother Breeze grumbled: "Pretty...