New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-08-29
Horrible Death from Hydrophor,a.

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Horrible Death frona HydrophofHa.
We published recently an account Of case of
this horrible disease in Roxbury Mass. Ihe fol-
lowing statement will be read with interest. It is
from the pen of DR.. Windship, the father of the,
young American Samson DR.. George d. Wind y
ship
The disease termed hydrophobia is Of so rare
and SO appalling nature that I have
deemed it proper to comply with yonr request and
that of many Others to submit to the press brief
account Of the case which has so recently occurred
in Roxbury.
Mr.. Thomas Dascomb well known to our citi-
zens as the proprietor of the hat and bonnet bleach
cry in Webster block, was bitten June sth by q
favorite pointer On the day following he sent
for me, not, as he expressed himself, that he had
any idea that the dog was rabid, but because the
region of the wound ths wrist) was painful The
dog, he said, was cross, the effect of recent
severe whipping, and had that very day bitten
young man who had previously inflicted punish
ment. The friends of Mr.. Daseomb were very
anxious to have the dog killed immediately. To
this demonstrated, unless he and his friends were
fully satisfied that the dog was not mad. he and
they might be in fearful apprehension for long
period.
My advice to him was to put the dog into secure
place where he could have food and water passed
to him without danger, and keep and watch him
sufficient length of time to be satisfied as to his
freedom from hydrophohia This course was
adopted, but the place of confinement. dark eel-
lar-was improper, both in regard to the health Of
the animal and for means of convenient observa-
ton. Within ten days the dog died, and as Mr.
Dascomb said to me subsequently, he had no doubt
from poison secretly administered or else from the
effects of the severe beating and subsequent cellar
confinement.
The wounds upon his wrist healed gradually
under the treatment indicated, and to me he ex-
pressed himself in no fear of hydrophcbia.
| On the 1lth instant, at a. NJ, about eight
| weeks subsequent to the day on which he was
| bitten, was summoned to visit Mr.. Dascomh
found him upon the bed in hafreclining position,
/ his eyes protuberant and glaring, eeuntenanee
anxious, voice husky and tremulous pulse one
hundred and thirty, tongue dry, bus not much
! furred. first glance convinced me that my pa
| TENTS doom was sealed To my inquiry respect
| ing his case he quickly pointed to the scar upon
| his left wrist, and said with emphasis This, doc
| tor, will end me- ! endeavored to modify bis
prediction by encouraging words and manner,
| and proceeded to nterrogate him as to his symp-
| toms. He stated that the previous night he felt
some pain and Stiffness in the wrist, and darting
pains from the wound, extending up the arm to the
chest. " have now, also, said he, " a dizzy pain
in the head, and, DOCTOR i haze been perfectly
unable to swallow since O'Clock this morning.
| Wishing to discover how far the existing symp-
toms as describedby him might be ascrIhed to what
| is termed nervous excitement, the result of long
| apprehension said to him . Ny dear sir, can
hardly believe that you have really lost the ability
to swallow. Supposing you should slt up IN ped
| and take little of this tea. Come now said |,
% sit up and try with will, and have no doubt
| but you will succeed"
He did as ! desired, seemed to summon all his
resolution and in quite an audible voice exclaimed
| Now doctor, give me the tea.a Hereceived the
cup, passed it rapidly to his lips, made vigorous
attempt TO swallow failed the liquid was elected,
/ and he sank back exhausted.
/ was now fully confirmed in my primary opnion,
and this Immediately impaired to his family.
| 1t seems unnecessary, and would be still more
painful to the reader, to describe infinitely the dis
tressng characteristics of this awful malady Let
it suffice, then to state that progress of the dis
ease marked by the alienation Of drowsness,,
! spasms, starting, shuddefing at the sound men,
ton of liquids, irothy mucous expeetoration spas
modic groanng, not unlike the halfsuppressed
| bark of dog, traversing the bed upon the hands
and knees, accompanied with paving motion of
the hands at the bedclothing, and hiding the face
/ in them. The expression of his countenance was
such as / have never witnessed before, nor can
| language portray.
i On Sunday morning at half.past eleven violent
] conyulsion occurred, which, at II M.-thirty-siS
hours from the primary attack-term;nated in d
happy release by death.
/ The treatment consisted mainly in administering
| anodynes by enema and simultaneously, and with
decided, although temporary relief. The smell, or
sight even, of ether or ehloroform would instantly
| induce spasm. G. NJ. WINDsHIP, MD.
CHASE AND CAPTURE OF AN INDIAN CHIEr.--A
i correspondent of the San Francisco Alta Caifor-
mia, in an account of an expedition to Honey Lake
i Valley, by Col. Lander, of the wagon road expe.
dition, narrates the particulars of the chase and
capture, after gallant resistance, of an Indian
chief who had ventured away from his companions.
He says:
| AT a given signal two of our most skillful riders
started in full chase after the Indian, and in open
view of the enemy upon the hill. The fugitive no
sooner saw our men in pursuit than he threw his
soldier cloak ofand with the speed ofan antelope,
made for the hills; but he was too late. The race
was hard one; his comrades on the hill saw his
peril but dared not come to his relief. We counted
thirty mounted Indians emerge from the CANON
! but they were afraid to advance beyond its mouth
Just at this time the fugitive turned and fired upon
the foremost of his pursuers, who saw his object,
and threw himself dexterously over on the opposite
side of his horse, las the Spanards) the bail pass
sing harmlessly over the horse. The rider then
raised and fired, bringing the Indian to his knees
with ball from his revolver. As he rode up, the
horses neck; the rider again drew his pistol and
fired The ball entered the neck of the Indian, who
held his grip, and with his dying gasp gave the
war whoop, which was answered by his comrades
from the hill, who dared not come to his relief. A
rope then tied around his leg and he was
dragged into camp. The dead savage was reeog.
nized by the rangers as Big Jim, noted war
rOr of the Snake Creek band one of the murder
ers of Mr.. Adams, and the leader.of the parties
who had made their nenrsions into the valley,
NOVEL SCENE = Lady Godira IN Nese York.
About IL O'Clock yesterday the inhabitants of Six
teenth street were thrown into state of excite
ment and enlvened by the appearance of a young
woman esupposed to be from the gfeenest OF isles)
into her wise head (probabfy under the influence
OF the 'crater1 to diFest herself of her clothing
and have plunge into the Hudson. While laxn
, rating in the liquid stream, some msehievou.
urchins pounced upon her clothing and bore then
I off in triumph. Nothing dannted, she emerged
from her bath and boldly faced the SCOTS and jibe
of this heartess world How far she had tragerset
i Sixteenth street the writer doth not know, bn
= when seen BY him she was near the Eighth ave
}, nue., with little more than fig leaf to screen her
that is to say, she had but apron to cover her
that some good Samaritan had supplied ier witl
on the road. Ultimately smiling policeman tool
o her amid the smiles uf the the iaueh
ter Of the women and the screams of the children
Of Neither the sympathy OF the men the modesta
Of of the women, however, appear to have been eN
cited to the pitch Of bes0Wiag on her an old gar