Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Story
February 10, 1853
Jeffersonian Republican
Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Milford, Monroe County, Pike County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Mr. A. Erman observes in his 'Travels in Siberia' that hydrophobia or madness is unknown among Siberian dogs, unlike in Europe, attributing it to their moderate diet versus excess in towns. He notes similar reports from Kamchatka and suggests the reasoning applies to humans.
Clipping
OCR Quality
98%
Excellent
Full Text
Hydrophobia among Dogs.
Mr. A. Erman, in his 'Travels of Siberia,' remarks on this subject, that madness is unknown among dogs. 'Madness (says he) among the dogs would be, in this country, a most formidable scourge, and would infallibly cause the destruction of whole races of men; but every one here assured me that the disease is wholly unknown to them. Steller had stated the same thing respecting the dogs of Kamchatka; so that hydrophobia would seem to be one of the European results of living in towns. One essential and unfailing distinction between the dogs of Siberia and those of Europe, lies in the very moderate food of the former; whence it might be inferred that it is excess, and not want, which generates the morbid habit.' Would not the same reasoning apply to men as well as dogs?
Mr. A. Erman, in his 'Travels of Siberia,' remarks on this subject, that madness is unknown among dogs. 'Madness (says he) among the dogs would be, in this country, a most formidable scourge, and would infallibly cause the destruction of whole races of men; but every one here assured me that the disease is wholly unknown to them. Steller had stated the same thing respecting the dogs of Kamchatka; so that hydrophobia would seem to be one of the European results of living in towns. One essential and unfailing distinction between the dogs of Siberia and those of Europe, lies in the very moderate food of the former; whence it might be inferred that it is excess, and not want, which generates the morbid habit.' Would not the same reasoning apply to men as well as dogs?
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Animal Story
Medical Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Nature
Misfortune
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Hydrophobia
Dogs
Siberia
Madness
Excess Food
Kamchatka
What entities or persons were involved?
Mr. A. Erman
Steller
Where did it happen?
Siberia, Kamchatka, Europe
Story Details
Key Persons
Mr. A. Erman
Steller
Location
Siberia, Kamchatka, Europe
Story Details
Erman reports that madness in dogs is unknown in Siberia due to moderate food, contrasting with European town dogs, suggesting excess causes the disease; questions if it applies to humans.