, 1874-07-06
THE IlYDROPHOnIA EXCITEMENT
In NEW YORK,

THE M1UfOHliOlIA EAClIEMENT
In NEW YORK.
Tho Cnso of Ent,viatic-Fnfnl Ikesrlts
or alorbid Terror.
From the Nxtp FORK Tribune, JHiyo.
Tho case OF Roderick L. Isntwntle, tho print
or who fAnclcd that 10 had lydrophobia. anil rho
dicln Delleyus Hospital yesterday, was one oter-
inE many peculiar aud typically interesting pointa
which vera revealed after q careful md thorough
examination, The post norton examination
WAS made only eight houts after death III order
to get 80 early a ylew Of tho brain and iss ap-
pentlagos that few changes could occur in their
appearance that lad not boom induced by tho
disease. Tile history Of tho caao Beoned very
clear, but thoro weB no circumstance that point-
Cd to hydrophobia, except tho fact that Entwtstlo
lad been bItton b., o dog, Tho fear Of fatal
result and a horrible death no worked upon o
mind already wcakonod by inten,perance that
many things peculiar to hylrophobia were OK
porlonocd. Tho moHt prominent was the dread
Of water. At tln,es lla declared that no could
not swallow the wator which Le Was urged to
drink, md when forced to try lie would shrioie
and become 30 violent that tho attendants could
| not scarcely manage him. Yat when 10 became
ca1n and actually tried to swallow the water, tho
muscles of the tliroat did not contract, and. ax-
copt that the giottiB o7or.sonritive, he could
drink ag Wull as ever lle could. In bis cnaa thera
Was truly tho foar OF water. This Ia not prox-
ent In hydrophobia, but there is tho actual ina
billy to swallow, Tho hydrophohio patient
wialies to drink, but the moment he attempts to
do 80 spaHm OF the muscles Of the throat
! makes 1t an impossibity, and sometimes this
spasm is 80 yfolens that the nd that the pa.font
attempts to swallow ia thrown out OF the mouth
with great force. Thoro was none OF that reg
uarity OF spasm that ia 80 constant In hydro
phohia. Iu fact, had It not been for tho patients
having boon bitten by the dog, and death follow
ing, Entwisttos oaHe must have been act down
as one Of detlrium ttomens.
Dra. Frank II. Hamilton, 1eaao Z. Taylor,
James H. Wood. William T. tusk, a. ". Knox,
and DR.. chaptn, Ill phyaioans and snrgaons OF
Bellevue, wers present during, tho outirs inter-
wore not tho frantic and painful oontortions 80
plainly visible In the Mccormick and Butler
cases. He would leap Off the cot and dash
| round The room, requiring two or three orderliea
aman with pistol in the room, threatoling to
| shoot him, and mike use Of other wild express
| Biona and crazy notions, more euggestiyo OF
! doirium tremens than hydrophobia. These
sctions wore fieroa enough, howevas, to reuder
II impossible for Tho physicians to troat him ~
thay wished, and he was accordingly put in
straight jacket, aud strapped to tho posts OF his
cot In the cell. At O'Clock chlorofofm was
| freely administered, aud his iueane freaks
] oeased. During bis qaieter mornot'ta ho was
| quite rational, and aaswered questions READILY
! aud iutelgonuy. Again, even III tho midst Of q
rational mood, hs would bscons very abusive Of
| the physicians, swore In the vilost terna At DR..
| Chnpiu, and at one time yelled ont: " You
pions, sanotfmonious rhi'istines, you've got mo
| iiere 10 kill NO." There WAS also very little
| frohing at ths mouth not moro thnn might
| lnve 6eon produced by his violent actions In 8
| normal state. Tie ereot OF the chlotoform
| passed or about 4 o'clock whom morphine WAS
administered by hyFodel1'io injections, and he
became quiet, sinking tiualIy Into 3 restless
sleep. At & o'clock be had become so quiet that
tho physicians concluded to relieve him Of the
straight jHcket. The mau, who had in health
presented = somewhat muscular appearance
being feet and about II inotcs high, with we'll
Developed srans aud chast had now fallen awny
to mere skeleton, the muscles being shrunken,
the angles Of the cheatbones boiug plainly per-
| oeptib1e, and his face exhibiting an emacintlon
similar to that produced by starvation. He had
| hardly strength enough 10 rise from the bod. 1t
| was apparent to DR.. Chaplin that he MAS failng
! forced aieep. Heno longer evincea my desire to
dash about tho as before, but lay on Atscot,
| aud with every ovldonco Of physical exhaustion.
At X a. m. ho sunk Into sleep which lasted
until $3.50 n. H., whon he died, At tho last mo-
ment there was noticeable no convulaiou creator
| that Which accompanies death In ordinary cases.
| Tho limbs and muscfeB suddenly stiGanad, the
jaw fell. and the HAL, having cultured 20 hours
| OF pain, wAs dead.
i1e house surgeons, for souo unexplained
reason, proceeded to perform tho autopsy them
solvos, mud waro i'll tho act Of Sowing tho parta
| togotller when Coroner Wo1tmau aud his deputy.
Dr. William Shine, arrived. DR.. Hammond Was
prosent With the hospital etar during tho
autopsy, which was performed by Dr.. A. W:
[ kuox, Dr.. ]. ". s. Arnold supervising aud
directing. In tho larynx were found eyidelfcos
Of recent lntlan'natory action and quantity Of
t tenacious frothy mucus. Evidences Of old
diseases OF tho yiacera wero found but nothing
abnormal that could bo connected with the
| fcAturea Of the caso.
Dr.. Arnold "!ao secured the frothy matter il. in
dog, which he obtained on tie streets, with It,
making small inciBion ia the sido OF the uni
msl md putting therein between 20 and so
grains OF the nluous. The animal was then
Secured In DR.. Arao!d's private laboratory, over
tho Morgue, where he says le will keep It until
it dies OF old age or bydr0phobia.
DR.. William A. Hammond, who had made tho
careful Investigations in the Mccormick case
whlcll have yielded such gratifying rosulta as to
ings Of tho mysterious disease, took chRrge Of
EntwistleB ain and ttB apppndagoB. He made
thorough and cRroful examination Of the parts
involved in the dlacase and arrived at positive
conclueiona which provo that tho diBeaEe could
not havo been .hytrophobia. DR.. Hammond
snid u.hesitatiNEly that the causo Of Entwistle's
dcatl had been hard drinking. AH in all caseB
Of delirium tscnaens some dclusiou is present, 80
lydropholia before him, induced perhaps by
the bite Of tho dog two weeks previously Aa
in other cases the patient afflicted with delirium
tremons Bees auakos aud all othor sorts OF plum
toms and goea through all SORTS OF crazy coil-
vulsions, 30 in this cuao It took the form Of hy-
6rophobia, accounts OF which DISGUISE had donbt-
less beon read by the patient. Tie fear OF
water bad been vory, prominent, where in true
fydrophobia tho patient does not fear it but eau
not drink it. Eitwistle did and could drink
wAon lIo reaily tried to do 30.
The roault Of tho investigation which DR.. Ham
nond has ,naila Of tie Mccormick case already
nov the scientist CAT, ssy with certainty that n
man hus or hns not disN Of hytlrophobaa. Fur
tlier investigation will undoubtedly point out
some rational line OF treatment, aud the mys: