, 1869-07-10
HYDRoPAoBtA.
The Disease Considered by the Chica.
go Medical socisty.
V1ows OF Seyural Phyaiclaus.

4 rtSu1s1 meeting OF the Chicago Med,cal &c.
eaety Wa& held last night tn the County Court
room, Dr. BoEue In tho cnsir.
DTA William T. B2r1tow, Il. Hooper. Cha,4es
Bend!ete, aud Il. " Hurd H1e eleered iueuber.
Of tho society.
The regular qucstion for the evening, which vaa
whether bJdrophobls VIZ 4mcnahle 10 Treatment,
WIZ taken up. pr. Paou said the question was .
very interesting one lnsde and outaide the prules-
sion- The disease had been much ohserFed, but
It was still Obscure. Tet every effort wss nade 10
treat It conscfeutiousIy- MOL very lately, Mr..
aoodwlIe died here Of h1drnphohIA Tue re-
nhsa LIE
and the treatment adopted - tnhumzn- He took
Ercat pains to examine into the case, and found
be1h MA uaed, and NJ temperature Of 1853 r.
bath. ~ Gooas al.e, vho NJ. 7efy
which bit him. Dr. Goodwlie said The dog looked
badly II tho time The patient RAs nan1cied,
but ~ = not fo'einy put IN the S:'e Whsa ne
wss hearty dead Hs did not bs1k t1ke a dog, and
Was ranona1 All the t!tne except at the moment VI
ense. lfit coufd Ee early discovered Ia dog. II
would soon come to m end. The disease wa1 easily
discoEefeL nydrurhobta vas very rare. Out Of
thtrt!-s!x nll.lons not more than fwen,y. .nse dc
Yet there were frequent reports IN the newspapers
Ct deaths- No doubt there wetr few cases here.
The doctor hid seen hut one. It was often re-
ported that c&ses bud betn Cured, but would 1t
Lot be better to klH the diseased dogs: He him
eel bad secn them The nfas sJmptou was the
Melancholy appearance Of the dog. Tncn It heard
Eounca which old hot exist, and Buapped It
things When the dlease hsd developed 1t h.dthis
peculiar Ieok. AZ It lucleatei Seemed ~ II the
jumped in thc &c w.Ie1 I'D ID tied @ 70 dfsne Sat could
ncs. 4 mnn when dtsea4ed Was melancholy, but
nsseE s!s; nc never sa,d anythins al'ous being
bitten before the symptoms came. In nnn the
tkIn wns very sensible-tn dog il xss not. Tney
did no1 posire IRE, *hle . draft might drive
man ssns posh Sere faoset to ha!luGn,5to9s
paIalyEed. Il must oe admitted
,sess6ey could SEP tne absorption Of ths POISON.
II the tlFs1e which WAS bitten could be destroyed
early. np doubt The patient could t,e hased- Few,
ten b. diseased dog might not bc Affected at all
To destroy ne us,ne With not t1oa vas the most
e se aere Tfs h i ps
ago discussed peculiar yesicle Under TIC
Tongue which occurred IN nyusophobis- lie said Il
ehas e1s s sa So n su 0 S0a e
hsa hssn sussa :; ds.tsoy!ns inoss ss.:ess teiofs
had been auccessiul II the RJmptoms nad once
begun, nonc lid .of good. TIeJ had used bleed.
ins. mercury, arse4c, irpn, al;ef' osomsne, sal:
and 0theI South American remedies bnt
also Without sacces4. sequard snggss:et cut.
ilHR ~ lhe neIres from the wound - pfcseat
atd becu used but It only delayed death. Opium
md chloruforul had beeh ctDnosed. The disease
raa obtcure: but the Immediate tnipIoJta. n: OF
e1fsTs! 1 Sds remedies ~ ToIld fass - say iiys.
ufophohia ss Special djsenec. u. FM mere
Dcdlned form uf tetanuE, modified, pernapa ~
sreca asss,e " Is nong W eh,cs eoaa "a
l,r con nuncaied ~ Vaccination. II tad been
tFcd With the faitsa Of dog, and unsuccesstully:
t,y No almost lmpcnceptlbIc wound by par Of
sttssors faEltg Cd htA toe, tho ssmEf9sEn comm.
Only on the seventh day. Tho man REFUSED wa.
called hydrophotia. Observation ought to bc
!iadt, so s"c II thcr could get case OF h5dropho
IT, ,at aEd sec what The .ttsvase Wy. ite
occurcd ID Inflammation Of III: cercbeflum. lie
kr en 5sfspt, pe s'snc Ss ~ a esnu Y1'ent n W.
wh, not In any otltcs form Of Inflammation Of the
ccretcllum: He btlive1 Tint . BITE hy aul.cascd
ut u f ,crs s' - u sptcal Uco eonnlaua n rhe
tfratrcnt ~ about the satnc in nfher cerrhrai
t,os.lca lIe ,. naa a'Assc'sd ore dog Tn:eh
aPaeusanees aep 'nsa e 81 4oposa as aeaotiss 'tn1
d H. iookA The ioa had bl:ica
!s'y shg : NJ. ] .re1tsa WIZ sIon,!4e q Eo.a.-
rtrcets, which dcnorazed the police, the Children
wno saw .hsm de I'D tas 1sss thspssyea ~,
thoGAnnl people. Tho health OF the city Mnf IN
cnrburcca were frequently produced BY 1l-s Which
had been feeding Oh aucn drAd bodies,
UE }faufdFth said that sstts idea Of the vestslt
was exploded. II one was thero, II htd no COL.
ntctton W!th the t.teesse.
III. LoEestra said the dlsease had roctlytd tts
name from ia prominent trait- but tIerr was The
fakne irritation and reflex acial a. I'd tetanuf,
Tho popular Idea wAs thar Il Naa pFo<lncet by Ia.
octtaslon with tie saATt OF woif dog or FOX. Tho
10 ietansa 20 remedy Ind bccn
found, hut a prorhylaeue treatment might
Prove fuceea6InL II would Ge we'll to cxcae at
0nCe rbgEe fhefe Tns bitA II nothing HaA done
for month, pfpmtLelt surgeons stll recon-
sncndes} exclsion. Efcn u seoondat| sJnrtof1s
had yet In, aid tie wound i,ched and discharged,
excition might be useful It vas Important to
observe the doR. Ur. Paou had described the
RJmptorpB very we'll When dog ~ns fah!d he
had HuslcM howl He himself 1ad never seen :
case OF lJdEophobLa. but believed therr was saca
q d!sease-
After few general remarks the meeting nd