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Dog saliva has been said by many cultures to have curative powers in people. [46] [47] "Langue de chien, langue de médecin" is a French saying meaning "A dog's tongue is a doctor's tongue", and a Latin quote that "Lingua canis dum lingit vulnus curat" or "A dog's saliva can heal your wound" appears in a thirteenth-century manuscript. [48]
But since your lips, eyes and nose don't have nearly as much protection, you should be careful with where your dog's saliva ends up. Learn more about why you shouldn't let your dog lick your face:
If plaque is not removed, it hardens over time due to minerals in the dog’s saliva, forming tartar. Left untreated, tartar buildup can cause bad breath, gum disease, and even tooth loss.
Tick paralysis* is a disease in dogs caused by a neurotoxin found in the saliva of female ticks. Dermacentor species predominate as a cause in North America, while Ixodes mainly causes the disease in Australia. There is a gradual onset of signs, which include incoordination progressing to paralysis, changed voice, and difficulty eating. [56]
The origin of the link between dogs and Mesopotamian healing goddesses is uncertain, but it has been proposed that it was either the result of observing that saliva of dogs has healing properties, or an extension of a belief that disease can be transferred magically to an animal if it licks the patient. [45]
A 'naturopathic doctor' recently blogged about giving a 4-year-old boy rabid dog saliva as a treatment for bad behavior — and scientists aren't happy.
Dogs' vision is dichromatic; their visual world consists of yellows, blues, and grays. [39] They have difficulty differentiating between red and green, [40] and much like other mammals, the dog's eye is composed of two types of cone cells compared to the human's three. The divergence of the eye axis of dogs ranges from 12 to 25°, depending on ...
An Ohio woman woke up from a 10-day coma to find her arms and legs partially amputated due to an infection from her dogs's saliva.