The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-06
HYDR0PH HOBIAS VICTIM.
DEATH RESULTING FROM THE BITE
ora BLOODHOUND,
A Dangerous Pet In a BROOKLYN Beer Saloon
Coffee and soda Water Provoking spnsms
Final Convuision that Ended In Death.


Coffee aud soda Water Provoking spapm-
Final Convuision that Ended In Death.
Mr.. Martin Schuster lay dead yesterday
afternoon In his residence on Broadway. near
Elst New York, having died on Tuesday morn.
Ing from an attack Of what Is supposed to have
been hydrophobia. Mr.. Schuster was proDrie-
tor Of saloon and garden adjoining Broadway
Park. lie bought a large bloodhound about ten
weeks ago. Schuster locked the animal In tho
barrOom nights, and the dog often made frantic
efforts to escape In one OF its hts tho blood
hound tore the woodwork of the rear door with
its teeth and damaged the furniture. Its howl
lag awoke Mr.. Schus;er, who, on discovering the
damage done, proceeded TO punish the animal
severely. lie caught the dog by the neck with
bis left hand and struck 1t about the neck and
made a sudden jump and embedded It's teeth In
the flesh OF SGhustor's right arm.
On the following day the dog was shot, but
Schuster took no procaution to prevent an evil
result from the wound he had received.
On SATURDAY. last schuster S,;. was eus,,y en-, en-,
the Centennial. On sunday afternoon hs began
to complain OF dull palms in tho back, that
gradually moved upward To the head, where
they became acute.
THE ATTACK.
Mrs. Schuster poured out glass Of soda water
and handed II to him. lie took II IN both hands
affected by a violent convulsion. He pushed the
glass away from him snd exclaimed, " II looks
Ss Wi he cam a%e Su During the
he tumbled resilessly In bed aud could not
sleep.
usual, and bis wife poured him out some coffee,
he attempted to raise the cup containing II to
his lips, but as he did 40 his hand tremoied, and
n deathly paior overs pread mis- features. His
wife ran to his assistance. and as she did so an-
other convuision seized him. His muscles con.
tracted his arms moved backward and forward
with spasmodic force. and his inspirations were
easpins efforts, IN the agony OF which his teeth
snapped. and he gave utterances to sounds ike
When asked what brought on the attack, he
ss%bisd sem @ water. Presently % he became stii again,
and after he had partsken Of few morsels OF
food be started od down town to see his family
physician, DIR. Loewenstein. He returned, sup
plied with some medicine, and during the earlier
part Of Monday was comparatively quiet. ln
| tue afternoon, however. he was seized Win
| another paroIysm, more violent than those that
| preceded IL, in which the same symptoms were
HORRIBLE sPAsNs.
| His physician was then seut for. aud notwith-
standing all that was done for him. the attacks
became very frequent, each surprising the one
before II In horrible severity and Intense an
auish.
During the evening. Sergt. Dorrikey OF the
| Ninth Sub-pi ecinct, who mad formerly wit
messed cases OF nydrophobia, visited schuster
| When he arriyed Schuster was barking like dog
and slight foam exuded from nis mouth; ,i Ne
Dorrikoy that he feared his illness had pro-
oeeded from the bite Of che dog. Dorrikey
| advised his friends to get assistance at once.
About O'Clock Monday evening schustel
| again became quiet. cut sool after that hour hs
| was seized with another clnvueive nt. lie wa.
then taken to bed. Or. Lowenstein was senl
| for, and DR.. RAppold was called In. They found
| the muscles Of the larynx 80 contracted thai the
patient w.s unable TO swallow, and they admin
A iarss Quantity of The drug ia said to have beet
| introduced To the system tn this way before Y
| produced a sedative effect, and IL was not until
Mr.. schuster was exhausted by convulsions thn
after II did so, about 2.31 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, Nr. Schuster died.
| DR.. Rappold who was seen later, said that tn,
! disease had many Of the synptonis OF HYDRO
phobii, but evidently did not want TO tall
abOutii.
Or. Henry Loewenstein, an tx-police surgeon
made the following 81 tenent To a sun reporte
respecting the case "Schuester called on M
In this IN e last SUNDAY morning aud told M
his ailments lie complained of an oppression
amined him closely, md f0uud that his who'll
system was in a nervous, excited state lie Wa
trembling violently, and ! CONCLUDED 70 i IL
was suffering from aicOhu ul,n. ! prescribed al
emetic, ana told nim 10 - home ut once an'
take IT, lie then showed me the mark OF the do
bite on ms arin. winch hai healed up ana SAT-
pooh pOOhed tnat ma told him 10 take tn
medicine had given him. At o'clock l wa
sent for, aud found him In a more excited state
somewhat exhausted, Wild look Ia his eve
aud his whole body shaking. He was also con
tinuaily seeing men tiiug 10 break into III
house T. ROB him. | prescribed morphine. a
midnight he was no better. In the morning h
was very Wild.
Dr. Rlppol was called in for consuitatior
aud we decided on an epidemic Injection U
| morphia. He drank soon after a 81 ass of re-
wine, and toward evening partool Of a bowl Z
chicken broth aud two Ur three glisSes Of bui
terInilk As he did not sleep, hydrate OF chlors
morphia given him. He lell asleep at
o'clock aud died shorty after 7. NJ.