“Well, she thought, that big old dawg with the hatred in his eyes had killed her after all.”
Source: Their Eyes Were Watching God
“The vampire was the third theological concoction made for the culture to drink from the mixologists of religion and the main ingredient of rabies. The vampire throughout the world arose concurrently with the werewolf and its origin again stemmed from the tortures of being “zombies” tied down in the wilderness.”
Source: Revenants, Retroviruses, and Religion: How Viruses and Disease Created Cultural Mythology and Shaped Religious Perspectives
“The most lavish prophylaxis against hydrophobia in the hunting hound was carried out, fittingly, by the kings of France. In the hunting accounts of the French palace, historians have found annual outlays for all the king’s hounds to undergo a special ceremony. They were transported to the Church of St. Menier les Moret, in order “to have a mass sung in the presence of the said hounds, and to offer candles in their sight, for fear of the mal de rage”—that is, the disease of rabies. One wonders whether the hounds howled along.”
Source: Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
“Rabies’ residence in people is also, by these standards, accidental, though its inability to spread through humans largely boils down to issues of anatomy and behavior: although the virus does express itself in human saliva, humans lack a propensity to bite and the sharpened teeth with which to do it effectively.”
“Shea eyed him warily. “You aren’t getting ready to bite me again, are you? I’ve got to tell you, there isn’t a place on my body that isn’t sore.” She flashed him a wan smile. “Just out of curiosity, your rabies shots are up to date, aren’t they?”
Source: Dark Desire
“The earliest documented appearance of rabies on our planet has been in Mesopotamia around 2000 B.C. ... The symptoms of rabies were diagnosed throughout history, following its inception, as being a form of undead or cursed type of creature, revenants if you will.”
Source: Revenants, Retroviruses, and Religion: How Viruses and Disease Created Cultural Mythology and Shaped Religious Perspectives
“Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days.
"Just like Jesus," Mom says.
I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!”
Source: Simon Sort of Says
“For men bitten by mad dogs, The Master of Game suggests a number of remedies, though a few of these are dismissed in the same breath as they are proposed. For example, some bitten men go to the sea and allow nine waves to pass over them, but “that is but of little help.” Other men pull all the feathers from around a live rooster’s anus and, hanging the poor bird by the neck and wings, set the anus on the bite wound, on the theory that said anus would suck forth the poison. If the rooster swells up and dies, then the hound is mad, but the man will be healed; that is, the book avers, “many men say” this is the case, but “thereof I make no affirmation.”
Source: Rabid by Wasik, Bill, Murphy, Monica. (Viking Adult,2012) [Hardcover]
“Rabies, frightening though its ravages may be to see up close, has about it the comfort of certainty. However much the furious dog was once loved, it cannot be saved. [...]
One could hardly grieve for the dog, because the dog was already gone. To euthanize it [...] was merely to acknowledge its departure.”
“Kabhi Kuch To Kisi Ke Waaste Dil Se Dua Kar Lo, Yahi Insaaniyat Ka Farz Hai, Tum Bhi Ada Kar Lo, Koi Bhi Shakhs Duniya Mein Tumhein Chhota Nazar Na Aaye, Tum Apne Sochne Ka Daayra Itna Bada Kar Lo, Hamari Apni Fitrat Hai Wafa Karna, Wafa Kar Lo, Tumhari Apni Marzi Hai Wafa Karo, Ya Jafa Kar Lo, Ye Duniya Khubsoorat Hai Yaqeen Aa Jaayega Tumko, Kisi Se Dil Lagaane Ki Kabhi Koi Khata Kar Lo.”