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Domestic News
May 24, 1791
The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
George-Town report on May 14 details French surgeon M. Petit's experiments for detecting rabies in dogs: testing saliva-contaminated meat on another dog and using balm tea or milk on suspects, which prove fatal only if rabid.
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GEORGE-TOWN, May 14.
Canine Madness.
When persons have been bit by a dog supposed to be mad, the dog is generally killed before any one has ascertained his condition; in consequence of which, the person bit continues in a cruel uncertainty. M. Petit, an eminent surgeon in France, has published the following experiment for determining it, whether the suspicion is groundless or not.
He rubs the teeth, gums and throat of the dead dog, with a piece of meat that has been dressed; taking care that there be no blood to stain it; and then offers it to a living dog: if the living animal refuses it, with crying and howling, it may be concluded that the dog was certainly mad; but if the meat was well received and eaten, there is nothing to fear.
Experiment to be made in a living Dog
Pour down the throat of a living dog, apprehended to be mad, a cup of balm tea, which will immediately kill him if he is mad.
N. B. Milk will have the same effect, though not so speedily.
Canine Madness.
When persons have been bit by a dog supposed to be mad, the dog is generally killed before any one has ascertained his condition; in consequence of which, the person bit continues in a cruel uncertainty. M. Petit, an eminent surgeon in France, has published the following experiment for determining it, whether the suspicion is groundless or not.
He rubs the teeth, gums and throat of the dead dog, with a piece of meat that has been dressed; taking care that there be no blood to stain it; and then offers it to a living dog: if the living animal refuses it, with crying and howling, it may be concluded that the dog was certainly mad; but if the meat was well received and eaten, there is nothing to fear.
Experiment to be made in a living Dog
Pour down the throat of a living dog, apprehended to be mad, a cup of balm tea, which will immediately kill him if he is mad.
N. B. Milk will have the same effect, though not so speedily.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disease Or Epidemic
What keywords are associated?
Canine Madness
Rabies Test
Mad Dog Experiment
Balm Tea
Milk Test
What entities or persons were involved?
M. Petit
Where did it happen?
George Town
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
George Town
Event Date
May 14.
Key Persons
M. Petit
Event Details
Description of experiments by M. Petit to determine if a dog is mad: rub dead dog's teeth, gums, and throat with clean dressed meat and offer to a living dog; refusal with crying and howling indicates madness. For a living suspected mad dog, pour balm tea down throat, which kills if mad; milk has same effect more slowly.