The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-12
Mao Docs. HYDaoPHoBfA--Mayhews work on
nsnnsrs Of does laboring under Hydrophobia:

MN INDEPENDENTLY -Mayhsws work on
aoss. contains the following description Of the
nsnnsrs Of dogs laboring under Hydrophobia:
!: 20 Sss:ss a. SSspos. 'a
hnman being. rabies = worse 70 the dog: makes
NJ approach more gradually. II lasss longer, and
n i more intense while 4 endnres The dog that
= going sd feels unwel Tor long TINE prior e
bot be does not know what ails him. He feels as
sAsisdsd With every thing; vexed withouta reason
aud greedy sgsinst bis better nature, very snap
pish Feeling thu: he long: to avoid en- sonoy-'
strange TO those who are most accustomed TO him
The seusaeion induces him to seek solitude. But
there b auosher which decides bis choice OF
resting place. The light inhcts upon him intense
AGONY The sun r to him an instrument Of tor
tsre. whlch he therefore studies to avoid-for his
brain acbes, and feels q II Il wsre trembling
jelly.
and corners where he 10 leass likely 70 be noticed
and into which No light b unable TO enter. In
solitude and darkness be passes his day. Hhis re-
treat be discovered and the masters voice bid him
come forth, the sectionate creatures countepance
breh,eus, his tall beats the ground. and hex
his hiding place anxious to obey the loved author
fy; but before he hes gone half the distance,
kind of sensation comes over him which produces
an instantaneous change tn bis whole appearances.
He seems TO say 10 himself: eWhy cannot YOU
troubls--psin meP' Aud ,hereupon he snddeoiy
turps tail. and back he goes Into his dark corner
Il LEI alone, there he viii remain; perhaps frothine
Q liste at the mouth, and drinking great deal OF
vassr, bat not issuing from his hiding place 20
seek alter food. He 10 more anxious for liquids
He b now aitogether changed. Stll he doss not
desire 70 bite mankind; he rather eudaavors to
avoid society; be takes long Journeys Of thirty or
forty miles In extent end heightened by all kinds
HIS sssifs ist journey unnoticsd. Il NO one NO
:: s.ass. ~ . sls.: a s:.:;ss.ls::, :as .Ilns
!. : man < iniia1 at. might 4 ssriks-snd ten
the person to get out Of the way" He may take
bis road sescs. Asld IN which there flock Of
sheep. Gould these creatures only make room for
and leave them behind uninjursd. But they begin
NJ
him. What made that noisef He pursuss 1t with
ell the energy Of madnesI He flies at one, then
considered, terrible He cannot pause to tear the
ers.taEs hS has eausht He snaps and thsn Iushss
m & :as nnSs
to be no more mol.sted. He may have bitten 90 er
80 In his mad Onslaught, and would have woi ried
nsss then he'd posssssion Of him He may be slan
while on these excursions but Ii he escapes he
tarns home and sseks the darkness and quiet OF his
former abode. "a sh
ais thirst increases, but with it comes the swell
llng of the throat he will plunge his head into wa
ler 90 rayanous Ia his desire; but not drop of the
liquid can he swslow. though ito surface l. covered
With bubbles In eouseque of the efforts hs makes
TO golp the smallest quant;ty The throat is enlarged
to that extent v hich win permit nothing to pass
He 10 the Victim Of the most horrible infamation of
the stomach, and the most intense inamaton of the
hss lost all selfrslia even feeling is gone. He
dies at and pulls TO pieces that is within his
reach. One animal in this cd1tion being coz fined
nssr fire, Jew at the burning msss pulled out the
live Goals and In his fury, scrunced them He emits
the most hideous cries The noise he makes is in
cesiant and peculiar. 1t begins q bark, which
sound being too torturing to be continued is quickly
changed to howl which IL denly cut short in the
middle; and the poor wretch at last falls, fairly
worn out BY terrible disco Sc -Mayhetv's Dogs.