The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-12-02

ceaSeu shouting, Dut lures VI iouI uHieS ~
was heard to say in an under tone, "Severe,
terrible !" in manner that showed he was
sensible, though the agony ia the
height Of the pnroxysm was too great Tor
even man in his senses TO hear. His voice
hogan 10 change, rs if sufoeating; he could
articulate nothing, but he frequently pressed
the hands of his friends as if intimating his
gratitude for their having fulfilled the ardu-
Gus task he assigned them. At twenty min
utes to four, squeezing the hand of one OF
his friends, and breathing his name, he ex-
pred.
RIO the publication of the foregoing case,
the Boston Gazette suhjoins the following:l
A writer in the London Courier of the
3Oth September, calls the attention of the
public to what he considers the most snita-
hle> plan of treatment when this disease has
actually taken place. ave observe" says
the writer, that in hydrophohia there is a
constant thirst, and great dryness Of the
skin-the pulse is quick and hard-the
whole system appears to have undergone Il
violent change, and nothing dlstresses the
patient so much as the pain and difficulty
in deglutition. Under these circumstances,
were the patient to he placed in warm or
vapor bath, and kept there till Perspiratlon
take place-were the most suitable da-
phoretics had recourse to, and the skin kept
in a state of perspiration for some time
we, in reasoning from analogy, might he
able to subdue the thirst and febrlle action,
and perhaps, by the exhalant arteries throw
off the disease from the fluids of the body"
In confederation of the views here stated,
the writer refers the reader to the following
remarkable ease as reported III the Dublin
Morning Post of the 25th:-
SIN my early days (said the narratorl
there lived in the neighborhood where |
was brought up, man who had the misfor-
tune to he bitten by dog that was consl-
cred to be in rabid state. Some time af-
forwards the man grew unwell and almost
Immediately manifested all the horrible
symptoms of hydrophohia, which increased
10 such an alarming degree, that his friends
had come TO the resolution of adopting the
dreadful alternative of putting an end to
his existence by suffocation, and for this
purpose four men spread a bed on the floor,
and forced the unfortunate man down upon
il, covering him with another bed, upon
which they stretched themselves to PIE
vent him getting breath, while his wife and
a few relations were in another apartment
awaiting the awful event. The struggles
and groans of the unfortunate victim we're
for some time adequate to make human ma
ture shud,ler, during which time his wife's
feelings may be imagined, but cannot be
described but after a little time the noise
in the fatal apartment ceased, when she
rushed in with frantic despair, and, with
almost supernatural strength, forced the
men from off her husbands body, declaring
that :" let the consequence he what it would,
she would let the Almighty tnke the MAN.
ner of her husbands death in his own hand"
When she removed the bed that lay upon
him, he lay almost lifeless; and so ardent
had been his struggle, that the sweat had
oozed from every pore in his skin, and in
such quantity, that it formed small dam
in the floor. After he was a short time ex-
posed to the air. he revived and sat up, tell
ing the by-standers that his madness had
entirely left him; and it was so in reality,
for he lived long and happy with mis- wife,
who had been so instrumental in saving his
life, and had by him large family after his
recovery. He died at last a natural DEATH"
From the Providence Daily Advertiser.
REMARKABLE ESCAPE. Loeb Ness, in
Inverness, Scotland, is about "a miles long,
and two broad. 1t is renal ka5le for the
great depth of its water. In one point it
has been ascertained to be l40 fathoms in
depth. 1t never freezes. and in cold wealth
er violent steam arises from it, as from a
furnace. Ice put into it instantly thaws, but
its water. when thought into a house, freez-
es sooner than any other. The water is
deemed so salubrious that people send thir-
fu 1l.,o ~, 10 al.
river Flyers descends towards this lake.
Over this stream stupendous bridge has
been erected, at great height above the
water. Previous to this, the only passage
over the torrent was an Alpine bridge, com
posed of sticks thrown over the rocks, and
covered with tuIf, at the distance Of two
hundred feet from the lowest part of the fall.
1t was then crossed Ivy the peasantry on
foot. On one occasion, farmer having
taken shelter from storm in hunting
lodge, where the glass had been freely cir
culated, resolved in the elevation of his spir-
its, to go home, though the snow continued
TO fall. He was on horseback, and arriving
at the rude bridge, which he had often cross
ell on foot, attempted to urge his horse over
1t. The animal, with an exercise Of greater
sagaciiy and reason than its reckless master
possessed, succeeded in carrying him over
in saiety, and conveyed him to his own door.
The next morning, when the fumes of the
liquor had dissipated, the farmer labored
under the impression that he had dreamed
of crossing this dreadful place. On repair
ing to the spot, however, to convince hilnsel!
whether it was dream, be perceived the
tracks of his horses feet in the snow, along
the bridge, and such was the terror excited
by the recollection Of the horrid danger he
had escaped, that he was Immediately taken
i'll, and soon after died.
The above story is related in Col. Thorn
TONS Sporting Tour, who himself once cross
ed this bridge with favorte pointer in his
arm, in which exploit the dog and his mas
ter narrowly escaped being dashed to atoms.
We Teriember to have heard a story. for
lyhich s.annnt unnch cc o ma. Mo.