The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-08
HYDROPHOBIA.
pAArH IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL FROM THE BITE
OF 4 PET TERRIER INFLICTED FIVE MONTHS

DAArH IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL FROM THE BITE
OF PET TERRIER INFLICTED FIVE MONTHS
AGO.
As the warm season approaches mothers become
more ANXIOUS for their little children playing In the
streets and even stout sometimes shudder at tho
thought OF that terrible disease-hydrophobia This
disease visits regularly every summer. and Win
such mathematical precision that the number OF us
victims be almost exactly predicted beforehand.
The Of tins malady, however generally occur IN
the months Of July and August II IS rare that case
Is recorded carly In the year as the present month
The case OF Henry Kelly, Of No. 81 Wieit street,
who died Of hydrophoba yesterday morning at Belle
Hospital will therefore be locked upon with in
tercst not only by physicians but by the public In
general Five months ago Mr. Kelly, who is young
unmarried lrishman recently arrived In this coun-
try and twenty .nne years Of age. bitten by .
little terrier dog OF which he very fond The dog
not supposed to be mad. and the wound
healed rapidly he thought nothing OF IL He had
ps'iee sha, ay hs S,o,sed
lind that he had difhculty swallowing He did
not think much of Il at rst, but after several attempts
to drink water he felt suocang feeling his chest
aud then peculiar about the throat He
seized with spasnls which became violent night
approached Colncidcnt with this difficulty OF swallow
Ing he noticed that his breathing worry much Ar
iccted. This continued until the next day, when he
one OF the dispcnsarIes IN Essex street The
doctors told him that he had hydrophobia, and gave
HIM some medicine. They said that would be dan
gerous Tor him TO stay at his house, and advised
him TO go to the hospital On the way the hospital
Thursday afternoon he told the residing his
house that he had the hydrophobia He said this In
Joking manner, as though be did not believe himself
Al Bellevue Hospital he went in TO the desk and
ported himself then said he he would stay
moments, returned and was conducted to ward No "a
whore he went TO bed. From the time he was first
seized with the paroxy,ms he could take no food or
drink, and II noticed that his eyes wide open
aud presented giaring appearance, with the pupils
widely dlated. He became very nervous and was
unable to rest night day, and The very thought Of
Iood drink threw him into violent paroxysms.
This was hs condition up TO the time Of his admission
into Bellevue hospital on Thursday afternoon Find
nutrtve administered TO hun, and NJ the
same time hyperdermc injections OF woorara, con-
tanning one sixth Of grain OF woorara each, were
given him every two hours up 10 midnight, when he
appeared more quiet and comfortable.
DR.. Goldthwate, the attending physician, then left
him. leaving word with the night Waterman TO call him
al -four and six O'Clock, that he might give him
two O'Clock he found the patient walking up and down
the floor and IN very cross mood When the doctor
attempted TO relieve him he became very abusive and
nsoient refusing the woorara and his nourishment.
he warned the doctor TO leave him at once
This no did, intending to get more help
and have the patient securely locked up.
While he was gone Kelly jumped up
from the bed, and selling knife which lay ;ble
In the ward, rushed through rooms, down stairs,
intending TO escape The iron gates were locked, and
shc new keeper, who had been appointed that night,
closed with the maniac and, alter u desperate
struggle which lasted about FIVE minutes succeeded in
holding him until the night watchman came. The
neck. The patient then brought back. covered
with mud, bleeding ana frothing at the mouth He
Nutrition was then given him, and a hypodermic in.
lection containing twelve minms Of Magende's solu-
ton OF morphine was administered This seemed to
quiet him for ABOUT an hour, when the spasms affect
Ing the muscles Of degulIton and Of the larynx be-
came moro violent aud ended in his death about seven
O'Clock yesterday morning.
Coroner Woman held post norton examination
OF the body few hours alter Kely's dccease All the
internal organs-the stomach, liver kidneys lungs
nnd brains-were very much congestcd. His larynx
was somewhat congested and contained a considerable
amount OF frothy mucus. The brain and spinal cord
were delivered 10 Professor Arnold OF the
Of Bellevue Hospital, Tor microscopic examination.
The deceased had been bitten very slightly between
the thumb and forenger, and the Of the middle
finger Of the right hand
Tho parents the deceased are both upward of sew
enty years old and in poor circumstances The
father a workman on the Boulevard. Henry Kelly,
the deceased, was ongshoreman, obtaining odd jobs
and then.
The woorara given tho deceased is powerful poi
son prepared by the aborgines OF British Gu from
the bark OF some tree used for poisoning the points OF
their weapons. IL acts exclusively on the nervous
Bystem through the blood. In order TO find
Into the circulation It must be used endcrmicaiy
hypodcrmicaliy as when gwen by the mouth 1t does
not generally prove poisonous Its III the present
ease was designed TO countcract the poison Of the virus
from the dogs bite.
Of time that elapsed between tho infction or the
wound and its effects. DIR. Flint eminent medical
su'noii.y IA ucse csases says-ine usual periou VI
incubation is from thirty 10 lorty days, though differ
INT cases vary considerably in this respect some
shines seven, sometimes eight weeks, and rare lato
IS one year The symptoms may appear IN eight or
ten days" Alter the symptoms develop the patient
generally dies within i've days. being known
Tor this disease In the Of Mr. Kelly the symp-
Ions terminated in death within sixty hours from the
attack The virus be received not from tho bite OF
mad dog alone, as Is generally supposed, but may
also be communicated by cat, iox or wolf
VICTIMS.
Thursday afternoon little children who were re-
N fan N Pr sfnp mad IN
play with q dog on the street. He sprang at Maria
Gallagher, six years old daughter OF 0Iccr Gallagher
OF the Eighteenth precinct, biting her In the
and twice IN the face The dog then on through
Rutherford place. frothng at the mouth James RAM
nine years DID, also bit by the enragea animal
which was chased ny several citizens but finally
capped.
MAD DOG KILLED
Oncer Known, OF the Seventeenth precinct, ycster-
day morning succeeded in killing mad dog at No 401
Fiith street, which may possibly have been the one
that bit James Rarney and Maria Gallagher.