The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-02-05
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4 CoLORED MAN BITTEN BY Doc LAST SUNNI
DIS FROM TIE EFFECT THEREOF.

/ 4 CoLoREp MAN BITTEN BY Dog LAST SUMMER
DIS FROM TIE EFFECT THEREOF.
! The attention Of the medical flculty OF
Hrooklyn has again been brought to that re-
markable and most terrible Of malAdics
hydrophobia by a fatal case which occurred
I in that city Il few days ago. The victim was
negro named William Elice, thirty.tiye
wears Of age, il man Of steady and regular
habits. Erlice was coachman, and lived
with his wife and family at No. 133 Gold
street. Last summer he was bitten by q
coach-dos, belonging to his employer, the
animal putting its teeth through the ileshy
part of the index finger of the left hand
! But little attention was paid to the wound
at the time. as it very soon heale0. lhe
| dog had exhibited some symptoms OF mad
ness. it seems, prior to biting Ellice, and the
fact coming to the knowledge OF policeman
he shot the brute, very much TO the regret
| of the coachman. The circumstance was tor
! gotten in time. Ellice enjoying excellent
| health. apparently, and continuing to per-
| form his labors. On Wednesday last, while
walking along Tillary street, the fell disease
which had been so long latent in the blood
manifested itselfin sudden and fearful man
ner. He was Frustrated by sharp spasm, and
fell heavily on the sidewalk. He was carried
10 a drugstore, and there received stimu-
lants. which had the effect of restoring him
10 consciousness. As soon as be was able TO
wulk he repaired TO his home without assist
ance. He had not been long in the house
when he experienced pain in the finger that
had been bitten, and the member began to
swell. The affection next extended TO the
arm and then TO the throat, until the whole
BODY was affected and violent cortortions and
agony, physical and mental, enSued. Eillce,
among other vagaries of the mind, conceived
the idea that some one was endeaVoriDg to
murder bis wife and children. At this stage
Mrs. Ellice summoned physician-Dr.
Vecder, of No. 332 Gold street. That gen.
tiemap. on entering the. sick-room, and be-
fore be had learned the incidents cited above,
pronounced the patient to be suffering from
bydrophobia. The Doctor prescribed opium
and chloral in liberal doses, but these bad
no effect. The spasms and contortions OF
the muscles continued, and finally became so
violent that the patient was unable to sWal.
low either food or drink. A consuta.
ton Of medical men was held, In which Drs.
Sesuin tsanitary superintendent Of the Board
OF Heallh), Shaw, and q. r. Smith, took part
with the physician in attendance. While
they were discussing the case one OF the
doctors spoke of the dog aud the nature OF
the bite, which the patient overheard, and
spripgng from bis bed set upon the offend
ing doctor and forcibly elected him from The
room before he could be prevented 10y the
astonished spectators. The patient con.
tipued TO suffer overwhelmingly until Sun
day morning, when the spasms ceased.
He did not sleep five minutes during his
sickness. From Sunday be sank rapidly, de.
spite the administration OF stimuiants, and
died yesterday morning at an early heur.-
Ne,o York Herald, 81.