Two Patients For Pasteur Hospital

TWO PATIENTS FOR PASTEUR HOSPITAL

PET PUP BITES DETROIT MAN AND HIS SON

Came to the Institute for Treatment Yesterday-Fear Consequences of the Bites

Believing that they had been bitten by a mad mastiff pup, Daniel L. Bale, a grocer doing business at Gratiot and Crane avenues, Detroit, and his 11year-old son, Alton, came to the Pasteur Institute Tuesday afternoon to take the usual treatment for rabies. Between the time the pup was bitten and the time it went mad, the father and son received scratches and though there is no direct evidence that either will suffer it was thought best that they should take no chances.

Two months ago Mr. Bale secured the pup from a friend, it being then two months old. About two weeks ago a great commotion was heard in the yard and when Mr. Bale got down from upstairs he discovered the pup fighting with another dog. He had considerable trouble in driving the strange animal away and had to use a piece of board. The family thought nothing of the affair at that time.

On July 2 the dog bit Alton Bale on the right arm, inflicting a slight wound. Six days after, in a playful manner it buried its teeth in Mr, Bale's right hand, injuring the fingers slightly. Last Saturday night it showed the first evidences of being mad. The hind legs dragged perceptIbly and seemed seized with paralysis. Sunday morning it was frothing at the mouth and showed other unmistakable symptoms of rabies so that a doctor was consulted. The Bales were advised to come to Ann Arbor at once and Monday made arrangements with Mayor Maybury for entrance to the institute, The dog was shot by a neighbor and is being examined at the Parke Davis laboratory.

Dr. Cooley dismissed the boy as he had been bitten nine days before the dog showed any signs of rabies. But the man was retained for treatment.