Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-03
THE SUMNER CURSE.


tEarI oF HoDksieR EsrwisftE. Ar BELLE
WITS neutrality-suspicious. EXAM.
" 80 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DTsAuRKE H.
From the New York Herald. /.
Roderick Entwiatie, the printer, who suffered
from sy Inpioms Of bydrophobia on Monday and
Tuesday, died yesterday morning an the greatest
sufl.rine at Bellevue Hospital at III oclort.
Dr. Knox, Of Bellevue. was requested to do
the practical work Of aths exam nAt,o'. The
brain wac found TO be eangeeted aud Tar from .
natural condition. Evidences of alcohol were
four6; aud it was the opinion that the poison
had isft The MARKS Of its existence ia The sub-
jec, 4 he larynx was the next portion Of the
body examined. Ii was found that there was a
heavy deposit Of viscous fund As this ia one Of
the most remarkable proofs Of the presence Of
b. hydrophobia, without being q positive one, the
animation at this point was very inisate and
cnefui. This viscous fluid, having the consist
ency of gelatine in solution, poi ON OF il was
tlken away and preserved being handed over
to Dr. Arnold. who put part of il in a bottle.
Here il was thought was as yet The only symp-
tom OF the previous presence of hydropnobia in
ibe body. ....
The heart, the longs. the liver, and the spleen
were then carefully examined, and subsequently,
tho kdneys. Before this, however, a small glase
thtr nomeier had been inserted into the interior
or the stomach TO ascertain the Temperature Of
the body at the time of the experimental post
mortern. Upon Withdrawing it the Somewhat
REMARKABLE FACT
was aInounced that The thermometer showed
the body to be at The point of 1902 Fair eDneit,
that is to cay blood neat. The doctors were sur
prised at his sho wing.
There appeared to be the most varying opin.
ions concerning the case among the doctors.
None of them even on being questioned SEEM
ed at sll disposed to give any opinion upon
the cause of death. They were almost unaui-
nous on one point, however, that death was
not the result of hydrophobia. DR.. Hammond
did not believe 1t was a real case of hydropho-
bia. He believed ,he man had been bitten by
1t might however, have nervous prostration
consequent upon the fears of the dsad man
that he might have hydrophobia. None of
the medical gentlemen I ne P present, while they dld
bia in the case would venture so far as to state
what was the cause of death.
DR.. Hamilton, in leaving the room appeared
to believe in hydrophobia In The case and sta
ted something to this purpose to person who
was standing by. lie was the only one among
the physicians who even vetured as far as
this
WHAT DIR. ARNOLD SAYS.
When DIR. Arnold returned he stated that
he had made microscopic examination of the
portions of the body which he had in his pos
SESSION and he could find nothing in them to
justify the idea that the patient died of hydro
phobia- lie had examined tho blood carefully
under The microscope and found il to be in
normal condition. He also examined the larynx
and found it to be in a much decomposed state
Indeed laryngitis or inflammation of the larynx
was all that he could find affecting the patient.
lie did not believe this to be a case of hydlo-
phoba.D Drs. Chaplin andknox were also of the
same opinion.
STILL FURTHER TESTS.
DIR. Arnold has now possession of two small
dogs with which he proproses to make what
he says Is the only test of whether the dead
man printer had hydrophoba. He will inject
some OF the mucus from the larynx of the dead
into the veins of the two dogs aud will await
patiently the time when they may show some
signs of madness. This is an experiment which
Will take weeks and perhaps months, and
which will be final test of the theory of hy-
drophobia In this case. One of these dogs was
injected last night, and another will be treated
In the same manner this morning,
Coroner Woltinan granted certIcifcate of
death saying that Rodrick Il. Entwistle died
July ], and that the cause OF death was tex
haustion from nervous excitement following
the bite of dog supposed 10 be rabid. ;.