, 1863-08-01
cue Of HvdrophobiaI

We find the following remarkable case
of the cure of hydrophobia in the New
York papers:
Oscar BuIch, a shipwright was bitten
q. ~ 1oJn INST. upon the right hand -
The wound as slight, and he gave it no
attention. On the Sunday night follcw-
ing, symptoms of hydrophobia set in, and
it became necessary to bind him. He was
unable to swallow, was convulsed at the
sight and sound of water, and tried to bite.
-Four physicians called did not afford him
any aid. He complained of pains in the
back of his head and along the spine, ra-
dating around his body. On the 18th, DR..
Raur, the Health Officer of Brooklyn, took
entire charge of the case, and actuated by
the theory that the poison had expended
its violence upon the spinal chord, as It al
ways does, having caused inflammation of
that organ, directed his attention upon it.
Without administering a grain Of medicine,
he ordered a thorough (weD cupping to the
posterior part Of the head and along the
spine, following it up with ice applications
to the same extent. The patient, of course,
had to lie on his stomach, and was well Sc
cured by mechanical constraint during his
treatment, which was continued unabated,
without interruption, for three successive
days and nights. The patient was pro-
tected against any return Of paroxysm-
His pulse and breathing became quiet, the
pains gradually left him, aud isolated mus
cular twitchings became likewise extinct.
Since Saturday last no outward symptoms
have disturbed the steady progress of re
covery, and on Wednesday last the patient
was discharged from medical treatment,
apparently in the best state Of health
The case has excited good deal of atten-
ton. The suddenness Of the attack, forty
eight hours after the bite marks it as an
unusual instance, but the symptoms were
those of all cases Of hydr0phobia.
CoPpERHEAD PORTRAIT OF president
L1NcoLN.-A correspondent of the Chi
cago Times, writing from Washington on
9th of May says:
No one who sees Mr.. Lincoln now can
fail to be struck with his altered appear
ance as compared with his looks of two
years ago. lie looks ten years older, and
the expression of his face is haggard and
careworn in the extreme. His eye is rest
less. and is constantly wandering; at most
times with a vacant expression; at others
in a manner indicative of positive terror
He has exactly the demeanor of man
whose rest is broken by remorse, and tc
whose pillow tranquil sleep is stranger
God knows he has done enough to cause
him a lifetime Of remorse. But he has
been made the victim of men who, know
ing the weakness and irresolutIOn Of his
character, placed him where he is in order
that they might guide and direct his ac'
tions. and make him the instrument tC
work their will. He is, and has been fol
months, nothing more than the servant o.
Ben Wade, Chandler, Sumner and Horace
Greeley. He realizes the fact now anC
strives TO emancipate himself from theii
malign influence. but in vain. They com
pelled him to issue his emancipation proc
! iamation; to dismiss Generals Mcclellan
Sumner. Porter and Franklin from the ar
my; to appoint the butcher of Fredericks
burg to supplant Mcclellan; to place the
gallant army of the Potomac under the
lead of the boasting Hooker. They have
compelled him to keep Hooker in command
of that army when the whole country
knows that by doing so its efficiency is en-
tirely destroyed. And they instigated thu
infamous proceedings against Mr.. Nallan
digham, and compelled the President t.
approve them and sustain Burnside