American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-06-13

| ately, which he did, and saw DIR. Brandreth, at
the lnllrmary, and the whole of the bitten part
OF the flesh was cut out. The deceased CON
tinued from that time IN the enjoyment Of his
! usual good health until Saturday evening last
when, on returning from his work he felt a
sort OF gnawing pain IN the hand which had
been bitten. This continued at intervals till
Sunday evening, when he was seized with a
most curious and indescribable sensation, per-
vading the whole Of the face. These latter
symptoms occurred during his presence at a
chapel which he was in the habit Of attending.
On Monday evening, Mr.. Marshall, surgeon of
Greet George street, was sent for not having
been informed OF the bite Of the dog, never
supposed for moment that the patient was
suffering from the effects o.. that distressing
nalady which eventually terminated his exist
encc He administered such professional as
sstance in the way of medicine, SC, as the
case seemed to require; but, after another day
had elapsed, no Improvement was visible, and
it was not until Tuesday morning that he dis
covered the first symptoms Of hydrophobia.-
| The patient at that time complained of being
excessively thirsty, and yet unable to drink
Mr. Marsha urged him to attempt to drink in
his presence, and on presenting him with Il
little tea in a saucer, he shrank back with Il
!
take it. From these circumstances MIR. Mar
shall Immediately came to the conclusion that
the case was one of hydrophoba, and consul
tation of the profession was Immediately held,
at which Sir Arnold Knight, NJ. d., DR.. Nc
| Culloch, and DR.. Macintyre were present: DR..
Vose likewise visited TIE patient. Various re-
NEEDLES were suggested and tried, such as the
dreadful nature OF the malady so urgently de-
manded, but it need scarcely be observed that,
under the circumstances, all human Efforts
were totally unavailing. The disease made
frghtful progress, and all the worst symptoms
manifested themselves in rapid Succession, al
though it was not anticipated, from the great
muscular power Of the patient, that death
would so speedily have terminated his suffer-
ings.
On "Wednesday morning the disease appear
ed to have reached its climax, and the convul-
sions of the unfortunate man were SO violent
and he made such strong and repeated efforts
to tear every thing TO pieces that came within
his reach, that it was necessary to hold him
down in bed, and six men, three of them police
officers, were barely adequate to the task
During the forenoon he elected large quantities
ofsaliva from his mouth. The fearful convul-
sons, which the dying man exhibited during
the latter stages of the disease, were such as to
create the most honiiying sensations in those
who were present. He appeared conscious al
most up to the time Of his disease, and observ-
ed, in reply to the question put to him by Sir
Arnold Knight, that he was not in pain; he said
he knew the nature Of his disease, and wished
to get up. Sir Arnold wished to know if lie
could remain composed, and he replied in the
affirmative. For the space of about minute
he then lay still, but at the expiration of that
short period, the same furious symptoms again
burst forth with renewed violence. In this de-
plorable state he remained until three o'clock
in the afternoon, when death terminated his
sufferngs. The deceased has left wife and
FIVE young children to mourn his untmey fate.
Sir Arnold Knight, who had witnessed four or
five cases of the same malady, declared he had
never met with a case of 80 malignant
character; in fact, the whole of the medical
gentlemen who were present, were OF opin-
ion that it was one of the most appalling cases
of hydrophobia they had ever known,