The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-12-03
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Eyarophabke-Anoah Terrible Case I'm
- ES9ss5 Central Koatuciky. e.
- Our city on Thursday was the scene of
one i6f those heart.rending occurrences,
o death by hydrophobis. The victim of
the fearful nnalady was yonng man by
the name Of John Alexander, son OF Mr..
]. w. Alexander, who formerly kept a
confectionery on Limestone street. be-
tween Main and Short. The particulars
OF the sad case are most distressing.
The young man had been bitten by q
rabM dog as long ago ras the night OF the
Goth OF Last August. While walking
along Third street dog ran out OF al
alley, land, without even q premonitory
bark, silently but fercely seized him by
she Slosf .os the leg, biting clear through
the boot. Mr.. Alexander succeeded in
kicking him of, but he came at him
again, and bit his hand, the teeth meet
ing through it. He did not know at the
time .k.. :t:ss .:ss 5ao5 WAS iIasd. He sought
professional, advice, but was assured
by the physician that he was in no dam
ger. ~ aa,..q.
The scratches aud wounds healed
the matter until last Tuesday night,
when, after being initiated member of
the. .Aahland Lodge of Good Temnlars,
he experienced, on taking drink of
water, most singular and unpleasant
feeling In his throat, but he soon got
over it. He was troubled with nothing
more unpleasant until Wednesday after
noon at about O'Clock, when, on agsin
attempting to take glass of water, he
found that he could not drink. He then
Immediately suspected the cause of his
sickness. and determined to fully test it.
He tried to force water into his mouth
with spoon, but' his arm gave spas
modic jerk, sending the spoon flying
through the air, aud he fell back un-
nerved and wild and sick, both from the
effects of the malady and the horrible
certainty of his rapidly approaching
fate. y '
He wes confined to h;s bed all Wednes-
day night. On Thursday morning he
got rapidly worse, and continued to suffer
most terribly till the time of his death.
The agony he endured no words can de-
scribe; and the physician. attending him
said his were the most fearful suffsrings
and snarled, and barked, like O dog.
He scratched and clawed at the bed
clothing until it was almost torn to
shreds. Spasms and convulsions sue
ceeded each other, racking his tortured
body and causing him to foam at the
mouth like wild and rabid animal; and
in his frenzy the veins would swell like
they would burst, and he would bark and
cough as though his lungs would be
forced up, and blood would gush in
gtreams from his mouth and nostrils.
The; bed on which he was held down by
strong men was saturated through and
through with the crimson stream.
Strange to say, he was conscious nearly
the entire time, and, devoted and self
sacrificing, he firmly insisted that none
of his agonized and weeping relatives
should be allowed to come near him, as
he was afraid he might iniure them.
His father, who had been absent, arrived
little; while before his death, but on
being told that he had come, he ex-
claimed: .'Don't let him see me-"
At about O'Clock his suffering be-
came even tuore intensified, and he
screamed and shrieked "Water water!
force it down mel Oh, Death! hurry,
hurry" His attendant physicians, who
had done all in their power to alleviate
his sufferings, again administered chic
roform most copiously, and its soothing
and pain-deadening effects came with
thrice blessed power, breaking the force
OF the last fearful moments of suffering,
and the unfortunate victim of that most
horrible of all maladies, hvdrophobia,
escaped from his tortures at q quarter
past o'clock Thursday afternoon
Mr.. Alexander was only nineteen years
old, had lately joined the Baptist Church,
and was known as most excellent aud
industrious young man. He frequently
pointed his finger heavenward just be-
fore he died, and declared his desire to
be at rest. His invalid mother and all
his q ricken family have the lively sym
pathies of the whole community.
Lexington Observer.
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