The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-26
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Death From HydrOphO bia in Brook
iyu-The Animal which CAV" ~"
uurtstnI AIiYeand in Good He"ii"
Morbid Terror of the Sufferer
Itis Worst Pears CONFIRMED.

From the New YORK ll!'"ll''
Mr.. Jackson. OF No. rs Nineteenth
street, Brooklyn, died q; Hydrophohia on
Wednesday morning last. Mr.. Jackson
wa, robust, wc.lbullt man "t temper.
ate habits. He was very fond OF large
Newfoundland doc brlongiugto his en-
plovor. Mr.. Schuyler OF this city, aud
frequently played with the dog IN the
ward where he wa, kept. Some mn"
weeks ago Mr.. jackson borrowed the dog
anytook him to his home in Brooklyn.
To- exhibit him t. his family. The next
day the ANNA! appeared to be hom"sicH,
and did not eat the food that was gwen
him. When Mr.. Jackson came home,
however, the dog became extremely
playful. As he was jumping about and
barking. he suddenly leaped up to catch
II stick which Mr.. Jackson held up, and
one of his teeth struck against Mr..
Iackson's lip intlicting slight wound.
When Mr.. Jackson felt that he hau
been bitten he became alarmed, and he
washed out the wound carefully, but did
not cNutcrizo it. On the next day he
took the dog back to Mr.. SchuyIcrs and
told him about his wound. Mrs. took
the doc to dogfancier and asked him to
keep watch upon the animal. This was
done, and nothing peculiar was noticed.
The dog was afterwaad returned to Mr..
SCHUYLER, who had him taken out in the
country. At the last accounts the dog
Was in good health.
Mr.. jackson brooded over his having
been bitten, and At length decided to con.
suit a physician. The slight wound had
healed kindly, and the physician assured
Nr.Tackson that there could be no danger
of any bad result. Still, MIR. Jackson'>
mind became morbid upon the subject
and d, lived in constant dread that the
sylar,oms of hydrophobia might show
themselves. He was often prevented
from -Iceping by his terror OF the dis,
ease. and would get glass Of water and
drink it to see whether he was able
to swallow freely or not. His friends
talked with him upon the subject, and
when they attempted to reason with him
he would acknowledge that his fears were
grouudlcss. and laugh at his Nervousness.
Nevertheless, when alone again his NOR
bid thoughts returned with redoubled
viGor.
On Friday, the 18th of June, Mr..
jackson first felt the symptoms Of by
drophobia. The disease first manifested
itself in a, difficulty in swallowing
Liquids we're especially hard to swallow,
an d the attempt to drink water brought
on that peculiar reflex spasrn, which
has been attributed to irritation of the
acknowledgements and the ninth pair Of
nerves. This condition continued until
Monday when Mr. Jackson died in great
agony. There was no post norton cX-
animation. The case in many pariicu-
lars was1 like that Of Mccormick, who
died Il year ago of hydrOphobia, and in
whose brain were found such interesting
pathological changes. In the McCor-
mick case, too, the dog was still alive
and apparently healthy, after the man
who was bitten had died. The dog
had been suddenly made angry by
throwing a stone at HIN. In this case
the dog had shown symptoms Of home
sickness. and was excited by play when
Mr.. jackson received the wound. The
wound was slight in both cases, healed
readily, and did not reopen after the
ymptoms Of hydrophohia had set in.
/ II was considered remarkable that the
death Of these men should have been ut
SO near the same season Of the YEAR
Lust year Mr., Butler, the dog fancicr,
aud Mr.. Mccormick died ofhydrophobia
in ear V summer, and shis year, beside
the case of Mr.. jackson, two other deaths
from hydrophobia have been reported in
/ BROOKLYN.