Star.
London, England, 1826-10-14 00:00:00

DREADFUL CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.

INQUEST ON THE BODY OB ANN BALDWIN.

An Inquest was held on Tuesday at the Cow and
Call, Gravel•lane, Salford, before JOHN Miriam, Esq.
and a respectable July, when the following evidence
was adduced :

Mr. Richard Woolley examined--I am a shopkeeper,
residing in Salford; the deceased chared for me; about
fourteen or fifteen weeks ago, about half past seven in
the morning, a dog of mine was barking at a strange
cat, which had got into the cellar ; I endeavoured to drive
the cat into the street with a brush I bad in my hand,
but instead of the cat going into the street, it ran into
an adjoining cellar, and got under an oven; it then
ran into the back cellar, where deceased was washing;
I again followed it, and the dog, accompanied by
another, also came into the back cellar, mad endea-
•oured to bite the cat ; the cat ran under the sink ;
I ordered my sons to take the dogs away; the de-
ceased said, 46 Poor thing, I'll save it from the dogs,
by taking bold of it, and put it into the street;"
deceased then laid hold of the cat, and she immediately
cried out, "It's biting my fingers ;" deceased then forced
its mouth open with her other hand ; it sent its fangs
into the back part of the fore anger of the right hand ;
deceased immediately commenced washing ; the wound
WAS not dressed at the time; deceased washed all
that day; the next morning deceased came to exami-
nant's house; the finger was much inflamed ; deceased
went to Mr. Goasby's, the druggist, who recommended
leeches to be applied ; leeches were applied three or
four times; the finger continued bad for a week ; she
frequently complained of pain in her arm, up to the
shoulder ; has worked one day a week up to last Thurs-
day with complainant; she frequently complained of
pain in the finger to examinant ; the cat appeared not to
be full grown, and was nearly a black one; believes it
was not the same cat that bit Mr. Vaughan, who died
of hydrophobia some time ago.
Dr. Fernley examined.—Friday, in the morning, I
was called in to visit the deceased, whom I found sitting
by the fire, and labouring under the usual symptoms of
hydrophobia ; I directed what I thought was necessary ;
1 visited her again about two the same day ; on my
second visit 1 was accompanied by my son, Dr. J.
Ba-dsley, and Mr. Barton, surgeons, all of whom coin-
cided with me as to the name of the complaint ; I again
visited the deceased about four the same afternoon,
accompanied by Dr. Hull, as well as the other medical
Gentlemen; we visited her three or four times a day,
up to the period of her demise; deceased could not lie
down at all, owing to the spasms affecting the throat.
The body was opened by me, assisted by Mr. Turner,
and in the presence of Dr. Hull, my son, Dr. James
Bardsley, Mr. Boutflower, Mr. Barton, and other me-
dical Gentlemen.
The body was strictly examined by the medical men present, but
as morbid appearances were found, except in the brain, which ap-
peared to be slightly int:Limed ; anti the stomach also displayed dis-
tinct traces of inflammation.

A Juryman inquired if any force bad been used to cause the
ratienes death, which was answered in the negative..
The Jury, without hesitation, brought in a verdict, " That the
deceased died of hydrophobia, in consequence of a bite from a cat."
The verdict in the case of Thomas Cooper, who died whilst eat-
ng
mast
goose, was •t I Ni.. 4 Ar stifre*CP tion."

The corpse 01 oIicHALL. fttLLy nen been brought
from Margate,by one of the steam packets, in a case, with" glass'
written upon it, and wa, yesterday deposited at the apartments of
the deceased. in Tavistock-row, previous to its interment in Si
Paul's, Covent-Gudem