The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-03
Hydrophobia-Jer SufferiDes

Under date of the 2oth of July, Dir. E. p
1aines writes as follows to The Mobile ala
Tribune, from Toniminy lille, Ala
Sometime in the mon'h OF February of this
year, as Mrs. Tucker was walking along the
road, large dog. which was quietly living
gown. sprang up and seized her. She caught
hold of him, and, in the desperation of tear.
held him until the owner came and took him
OF. The dog, however, bit her hand and man
gied II: de also bit has master when he took
him on Mrs. Tucker visited me the following
day TO have her hand dressed 1t was yerv
much cut and also infismed. As the ties timony
heretofore was 40 strong that we could NOT
nave hydfophobia in this climate, and as il
was The season OF the year that we would
scarcely expect it any way nd as the dog was
not TAR from his masters residence it seemed
hnadEisabie to nse the severe means that are
recommended in such cases. unless the nroof
was positive that the dog was mad.
After the dog returned home he acted an
strangely that the master concluded he vas
mad, and therefore shot MIN. This however
was but surmise; how sadly true the seonei
VIII show. Mrs. Tucker, after much suffering
IS from any other inflamed wound finally
got well, and remained so until Monday last
July 10Th, when she felt a little unweiI; on
tuesday had some pain ia the right hand and
arm, (the one that was Bit which travelled nm
as she said, nto her right side. She also felt
little feverish, and had some headache On
"wednesday, these disagreeable feelings con-
tnnlng she found suddenly that she coDI6
not swallow water. II produced d spasmodjc
feeling; in a word, the effort TO drink took
away her breath. l saw her on Wednes dav
evening. She was lying down on a bed
dressed and looking quite natural-skin fell
pleasant, head little too hot pulse soft and
weak, but not excited; asked her how she felt,
and she said she had a burning thirst for water
but could not take it,
had some brought to her then She began
to lock excited. 1 gave it 10 her auc the yery
sight OF II caused Il spasn of all the res pira-
ting muscles. You have had a dash of cold
water thrown suddenly in the face and breast;
you gasp 1T takes away your breath Insuch
manner did the very sight of the water affect
her. causing such a feeling of suffucation that
the patient cried away with it, YOU will kill
me" Imagine in this dry and heat ted weather
when there is no moisture even in the atrnos-
phere, that, consumed by a terrible thirst the
very sight OF water should Iroduce such an
effect. Can any thing be more horrible On
"wednesday night, urged by this desperate
thirst. she rushed to the bucket of water saw.
ing VIII have water but on reaching it,
the very sight brought on spasrn. and she
would have fallen, her daughter told ne, If
they had not caught her.
On Thursday the spasms began more fire.
quent-the secretion Of a fruthy tenaciou- mu-
Gus IN the throat which added to the distress,
causing constant hawking and splitting The
countenance seemed more wild and haggard :;
she was sensible, hOweyer and recognized her
ACC GuaintanceS. She never showed any desire
10 hurt any one She steadily grew weaker
and Ii O'Clock Thursday night closed the sad
scene.