New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-26
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ORLEANS THURSDAY OCTOBER g. 1871

and horror; tho muscles OF the larynx, pha
rynx and trunk al became agitated by con
vulsions, which lasted for about minute
After the fit had subsided his features be
little appearance Of disease or sufferin9 3
| Nor was he either excited or talkative, q
has been seen in some cases Of the same
| disease: his intellect was unaffected. After
| waiting short time breathed gently n
his face, when the Same sobbinQ, chokina
| and convulsed condition came on as vben
he attempted to swallow fuid& then in.
| formed his friends it was . decided case OF
hydrophobis. He could now, and 1t any
time during the progress Of the disease,
open his mouth freelv and protrude hie
hydrophobia-dreado Of water-was not very
applicable in this case, ~ he seemed to have
no actual dread Of il, - he short time
after this asked for . drink of water: the
act of deglutition and remembrance Of the
pain and difficulty in attempting il caused
dread. as observed. Although be asked
for fluids, when they were presented he sud-
denly pushed them away, and said he could
not swallow. Pantephobia Il fear of all
names given BY ancient writers, seem more
accurate. During the course Of the fore
noon asked Drs. Cahill and Gracey to see
the case with me. One Of these gentlemen,
feeling the patient's pulse with cold & f1gers,
instantly threw him into the convuised
state before described. I noticed the appIi-
cation Of the patieht's own finger to his face
produced the same effect. The instant it
came in contact with the skin he started as
if he had resolved . sharp shock Of eleetri-
city; be s0bbed, threw his arms out, and the
usual eonvulsi0n Of the face and trunk fol-
lowed. Having fi.eeted one Of the attend.
ants to pour water frvm one vessel to an
other IN such . position as he could not see
the water, the sound alone produced the
same dreadful symptoms. - -
..
As the disease progressed he became more
exhausted, the prise weak and irregular.
He continued perfectly sensible to the Last.
When asked him, . quarter Of an hour be-
fore his death, it he felt any pain he an
swered instantly that his eyes and his hair
we're painfr'.. His eyes, for an hour before
sockets; the eyelids retfaeted in a perfect
circle, giving to his couutenanee look of
dread and horror which was painful to wit
ness. The muscles Of the scalp were also
affected with spasm, causing his hair to
stand almost straight out. There never ap-
peared any unusual amount of fluid about
his mouth, and nothing like ''slaver" till an
hour before his death, when he frequently
vomited about . tablespoonful of viscid,
clear mucus slightly mixed with froth. Oc.
casionally spot e blood was observed in
the matter vented. He complained that
the light of - candle panied him. Ileft
him at 1880 A. NJ, and was informed that
ten minutes afterward he vomited about .
pint Of dark colored blood, when death
quietly took place in few minutes without
any convulsiOn on the twentieth day after
the accident and twenty hours after decided
b hydroph0bic symptoms were presented.-
Medical Times and Gazette, August q, 1870,