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Episode 224: Seriously Ill (ad-free)
🕑 Added 2023-03-27 04:01:02 +0000 UTCOne frightening corner of folklore can be found in the history of one of our closest four-legged companions.
Written and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with research by Cassandra de Alba and music by Chad Lawson.
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Further Reading
- “Prehistoric Puppy May Be Earliest Evidence of Pet-Human Bonding,” National Geographic, Feb. 2018, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ancient-pet-puppy-oberkassel-stone-age-dog
- “Are They Real Mascots?” The Chicago Tribune. June 20, 1886. https://www.newspapers.com/image/349712400/
- Atsma, Aaron J. “Lyssa.” Theoi Project. Accessed June 6, 2022. https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Lyssa.html
- Auble, Cassandra. “The Cultural Significance of Precious Stones in Early Modern England.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, 2011. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=historydiss
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- Banyard, A.C., et. al. “Introduction: History of rabies control by vaccination.” Revue scientifique et technique Office international des épizooties 37(2), August 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330757546_Introduction_History_of_rabies_control_by_vaccination_-EN-_Introduction_History_of_rabies_control_by_vaccination_-FR-_Introduction_Histoire_de_la_lutte_contre_la_rage_au_moyen_de_la_vaccination_-ES-_I
- Barrett, Alan D.T., and Lawrence R. Stanberry. Vaccines for Biodefense and Emerging and Neglected Diseases (Academic Press, 2009). https://books.google.com/books?id=6Nu058ZNa1MC
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- Crawley, Melissa. Beware of Dog: How Media Portrays the Aggressive Canine (McFarland Incorporated, 2021). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Beware_of_Dog/gZcuEAAAQBAJ
- “Destroying the dogs.” The New York Times. July 6, 1877. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/07/06/80651741.html?pageNumber=8
- Dickey, Bronwen. Pit bull: The battle over an American icon (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016). https://archive.org/details/pitbullbattleove0000dick/
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- DiMarco, Vincent. The Bearer of Crazed and Venomous Fangs: Popular Myths and Learned Delusions Regarding the Bite of the Mad Dog (iUniverse, 2014). https://books.google.com/books?id=Au51AwAAQBAJ
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- Dulles, Charles W. “The Treatment of Hydrophobia, Historically and Practically Considered.” The Journal of the American Medical Association. August 16, 1884. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/422949
- Fleming, George. Rabies and hydrophobia: Their history, nature, causes, symptoms, and prevention (Chapman and Hall, 1872). https://archive.org/details/rabieshydrophobi00flem/
- Forbes, Thomas R. “The Madstone.” In American Folk Medicine: A Symposium (UCLA Conference on American Folk Medicine, 1973). https://archive.org/details/americanfolkmedi0000ucla/
- Geiling, Natasha. “The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.” Smithsonian Magazine. October 7, 2014. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/
- Hansen, Bert. “America's First Medical Breakthrough: How Popular Excitement about a French Rabies Cure in 1885 Raised New Expectations for Medical Progress.” The American Historical Review 103(2), April 1998. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2649773
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- “The Irrepressible Spitz.” The New York Times. April 19, 1878. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/04/19/80681005.html?pageNumber=5
- Jackson, Alan C., and William H. Wunner. Rabies: Scientific Basis of the Disease and Its Management (Academic Press, 2010). https://books.google.com/books?id=C-U1LFK5zagC
- Johnston, Gemma. “The Spectacular Spitz Breeds.” American Kennel Club. June 14, 2021. https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/dog-breeds/spitz-dog-breeds/
- “Joseph Gillespie to William H. Herndon.” Northern Illinois University Digital Library. January 31, 1866. https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-lincoln%3A35790
- Kane, Gillian. “Sergeant Stubby.” Slate. May 7, 2014. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/05/dogs-of-war-sergeant-stubby-the-u-s-armys-original-and-still-most-highly-decorated-canine-soldier.html
- King, Arthur A. (ed). Historical Perspective of Rabies in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin (World Organisation for Animal Health, 2004). https://foxrabiesblueprint.org/IMG/pdf/pdf_106_king_et_al_2004.pdf
- “Local News.” Terre Haute Saturday Evening Mail. March 26, 1892. https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=SEM18920326.1.5&srpos=16&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-madstone------
- “Lyssa.” GreekMythology.com. Accessed June 6, 2022. https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Primordial/Lyssa/lyssa.html
- Markel, Howard. “Louis Pasteur’s risky move to save a boy from almost certain death.” PBS NewsHour. July 7, 2016. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/louis-pasteurs-risky-move-to-save-a-boy-from-almost-certain-death
- Marshall, Michael. “Humans may have domesticated dogs by accident by sharing excess meat.” New Scientist. January 7, 2021. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2264329-humans-may-have-domesticated-dogs-by-accident-by-sharing-excess-meat/#ixzz7VTgaZVj3
- McGivney, Annette. “Survive a snakebite.” Backpacker. February 27, 2008. https://www.backpacker.com/survival/snake-bite-first-aid/
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- Ruth, Kent. “First-Hand Accounts Abound Healing Powers of Madstone Have Long History.” The Oklahoman. June 3, 1984. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1984/06/03/first-hand-accounts-abound-healing-powers-of-madstone-have-long-history/62801384007/
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- “Stubby.” American Museum of National History. Accessed June 6, 2022. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_439710
- “Stubby of A.E.F. Enters Valhalla.” The New York Times. April 4, 1926. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1926/04/04/104205074.html?pageNumber=194
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- “A Venomous Beast.” The New York Times, November 17, 1876.
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