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Rabies affects the brain and the nervous system. After symptoms of rabies set in there is no cure, and .the victim dies in agony. However, if a person that is bitten by a rabid dog is given anti-rabies treatment within a week after injury, this treatment will prevent rabies from developng. When a person is bitten on the face or oa An area close to tbe brain, antirabies treatment must be started immediately because the infection passes along the nerve'fibers to the brain. .,? V"Y >
Precautions must be taken in every case when a person is bitten by any dog whether mad or not. The dog must be kept locked up and kept under observation for 10 days. If the dog does not die or develop symptoms within 10 days, he did not have* rabies and anti-rabies. treatment is unnecessary.
A dog suspected of having rabies should not be killed until seen by a veterinarian or the health officer in order to determine whether or net the dbg 1mm the disease. If it becomes necessary to kill a mad dog, the deaddog should be turned over to a veterinary or to the health denart-*nt
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