The New York herald., 1874-07-18
THE MCCORMICK HYDROPAOBIA CASE.

The verdict OF the Medical Jury.
The medical jury in the Mccormick hydropho-
bia case met last evening at eight O'Clock at DR..
Frank Hamllton's house, NO. AZ West Thirty second
street, to consider their verdict. Their delibera
tons were secret and it was one O'Clock this morn.
ing before they came out with their verdict. The
following were the jurors present:-Professor
Frank II. Hamilton, foreman; Meredith Clymer,
ii. NJ. jacob, I. M. b. Gross Allan McLane Hamil-
ton, Warren SchOOn0ver, T.. ID. Leavltt, =. w.
Cremin. Charles p. Russell and W. W. Strew.
Coroner Kesslers able charge was Aaid before the
jury ct their request, and served as basis Tor the
long discussion which ensued. The following is
the gIst Of the verdict
The jury lound that william Mccormick came to
his death from hydrOphoba.
They had been unable to establish conclusively
by what dog the disease was conveyed TO him.
They regard hydrophobia as disease communal
cable only by incubation with specific virus and
not capable of transmission from non-rabid
animal. The vote being taken upon this point was
not unanimous, Drs. Cross, Leavitt and Frank II.
Hamilton voting In the negative on the ground
that the question was not dehnitivey determined.
In the course oil the excellent and intelligent
charge made &c them desire had been expressed
by the Coroner that they should make some prac-
tcal suggestion, and they would, therefore, say,
In order to appeasc unfounded suspicious tnat
only a small proportion OF those bitten by rabid
ANIMALS become hydrophobic.
As means OF prevention they recommend that
person bitten by dog or any other animal shall at
once, II the wound is received in part wnerc 1t ia
proper to practice excsion, have the wounded
part thoroughly excised, and tnat the wounds be
allowed 20 bleed lor lew moments IN basin OF
warm water, and finally that the wounds he eau
terized with nitrate of silver nitric acid caustic
poassa, hot iron or q burning coal.
| In case q surgeon cannot he found to practice
! excison the patient should apply q cord ABOVE
the wound ana then suck IL, provided that he has
no eXcoriations In his mouth, and at the first
opportunity he shall apply some one OF the
| caustlcs mentioned above At any period prior To
she development OF the disease 1t win be proper 10
excise the ctcatrix ana to cauteriZe.
| The vote taken upon the resout on with regard
20 the treatment OF all INJURIES rOL bites of dogs
and other animals was not UNANIMOUS. Drs ely
| mer, Scnoonover, Strew and Crem,n, voting in the
negative. They suggest that all dogs within the
metropolitan district shall be subjected 10 an
annual tax sufficient in amount TO secure
prompt abatement OF their numper, and that dogs
without owners shall be seized and carried to the
pound, to be there kept one week, when, II they
! are not claimed, they shall be destroyed.
To the direct question put by the Coroner
whether the post mortem Investigations In this
! case are OF any scientlhc value IA determining the
pathogeny OF the disease, they answer IN the mega
i've, the following jurors dissentlpg:-Drs. Frank
| hamilton, Cross, Crcmn and Lesyilt.
A vote ol thanks TO the Coroner was then passed