The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-03-08

! "a ~ =. 1850
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T o. a. - II December -
C. HI, 4 1shorer emploved n
| do Chicaeo b RocE 1sisnd car.shnn~ q
| Ffffy-frsf streef - hifsen ~ : 1aree
lo&. <faor and euube ether mn
Were walking alonr IL trnck 70 their
work WIN 60 ~ - TIA anBmel and
| it = aid 3kSs 3 RI aS ma kicted Il
The dor ~ e a :. 1f.sdilv sjoncI and
would pr6k ah{v - sSIrsre3 on I'M mn
this interr5b4fo z2S8 HOOK IL revenre
by f1yinR af Barnatvlor fastening his teeth
| "A kiss 7leht 6and. "a tenacious was ia
grippe that II had "a h 7completelv cbokel
before It vuuld III "a snd tha man =
| hand n firibIv torS 3F16ical sssaut-
lAnce W. ffteured. m, fhe sWornds cSn-
Fterfzed Nth nitro-murintic scld. md IN
something less than two weeks thew were
EhealeQ The man returned q his work
soon after, and. until last Monday morn
ing, felt no eYi1 effects from The ,hife. Al
that time the usual svnptpms d6{elobed.
and Thursday night fe died willie being
carried tothe County 8oeuftal. 3)eceased
was j married man, forg-fve ydsfs Of
age, and leaves family Of six children,
all under eighteen years Of age. He was
| Q native of Switzerland, and d steady
workman, although said to have drank
heavily.
DIR. L. r. Williams. reading ON the
corner of State and F0rtt-seventh streets.
who cauterized the wounds and attended
the injured man, yesterday Furnished
- account of the matter ID detail. He
seid that the man came to him shortly
after six O'Clock on the morning Of Dec
| IA, and asked to have his hand dressed.
It was the worst case he had evef seen;
there being no less than five wounds, two
in the anterior part of the thumb, two in
tthe pOsteriOr, and one passing, clear
through the hand between the lint and
second fingers. The wounds were fautee-
lzed with nitro-mmfatic acfd, which was
freely applied, the cautery being made as
thorough as possible. Linseed poultices
were applSd, and week later the patient
reported that his hand was healing rapid
~, and few days thereafter he returned
to his employment. On. Monday last he
lfelt pain in his hand, which he supposed
proceeded from rheumatism. This was
accompanied by swelling Of the hand and
burning, tingling sensation inthe fin
gers, and especially in the neigh borhood
OF the old wounds, which caused him to
scratch the parts affected. This sensation,
according to his own account, gradually
passed up his arm, the glands swelling and
the muscles of the neck becoming rigid
and sore tothe touch.
Barnardor continued at work on Mon
day and Tuesday, although during the
latter his companions noticed that he was
nervous and excitable, occasionally jump
ing up and down. He left work early
| Tuesday and returned to his home, where
his wife treated him as for cold, giving
him ironwood tea" which he drank.
He passed very restless night, and
Wednesday it was decided to call in the
doctor. Up to eight o'clock Wednesday
morning Barnardor had experienced no
difficulty in swallowing beef tea, broth
and other stimulants, but on Wednesday
morning his wife offered him some coffee
and he found it impossible to swallow it.
He vomited considerably during the
day and the other symptoms increased
in intensity. At nine p. m. DR.. Will
Jams was sent for, and the following is
ms account OF the course OF the case
from that time:
found the patient in profuse per
SEPARATION and constantly splitting sputa, !"
which was caused by the absence OF
saliva, as he had been unable to take any
liquid Whatever during the day. He was
rational at that time, but his eyes were
nxed, and the pupils dilated. The pulse
was l5O. Barnardor described his symp-
toms as detailed above, and complained
that the soles OF his feet were hard, but
notning ABNORMAL could be detected. i
believed II to be case OF hydrophobia,
ana prescribed accordingly. In order TO
quiet the stomach, l gave a prescription
consisting of-carbolic acid, one gram
tine. gelsemium, one-half dr.; opii
camph., two dr.; glycerine, two dr.; and
llme-water to make up tWo-ounce dose.
This was given teaspoonful at time
when the vomiting returned, and had the
desired effect. also gave two compound
cathartic pills, as the towels were not
acting, but these did no good. To allay
the nervousness and incipient convul-
sions, prescribed four drachms of bro
mide OF potassium, four drachris OF n.y.
drate OF cniorai IN TWO ounces OF water
a teaspoonfui to be given every hour. OF
this he took four or five doses, but com
planned then that 1t produced burning
sensation IN his stomach, and 1t was dis
continued. Each time he took it he was
thrown into CONCLUSIONS, which grew
worse through the night. a.6
Al SIX O'Clock Thursday morning |
called again and found him much excited.
ne said ne passed through the worst night
OF his lie, and would rather die three
times than endure another such. He had
only slept TWO or three minutes at time.
ana nao dreamt OF drinking water which
had turned to ire and was full of mad
dogs. He was fully aware Of his posi-
ton, and asked me il l could do anything
Tor him. II could not. he said, :" he
might as well die then as wait until night;
there were more ways than one OF dying"
l found out then that he had made several
attempts to Jump out OF the window, and
MS wife SAID he had constantly gotten uD