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


DR.. L. r. Williams. residing on the
corner of State and Forty-sevefth streets,
Who cauterized the wounds and attended
the injured man. yesterday furni1hed
~ account of the matteI "a detail, He
said that the man came TO him shortly
after six o'clock on the morning of Dec.
"A, and asked to nave hfs hxnd dressed.
It was the worst case he had ever seen;
there being no less than five wounds, two
in the anterior part of the thumb, two in
the posterior, and one passing clear
through the hand between the fif1k and
second fingers. The wOundsWere cau11gs
t lied with nitro-mnfatic- -acfd, which was
freely applied, the cautery being made as
thorough as possible. Linseed poultices
were aPplBd, and week later the patient
reported that his hand was healing rapid
1y, and q few DAYS thereafter he returned
to his eInpl0yment.s On, Monday last he
felt a pain in his hand, which he supposed
proceeded from rheumatism This was
accompanied by swelling Of the hand and
burning, tingiing sensation in the fin
gers, and especially in the neighborhood
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 to-the 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 a cold, giving
him " ironwood tea,n which he drank.
He passed a 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
his account of the course of the case
from that time: ssT rae
found the patient in profuse per.
SEPARATION and constantly splitting q sputa, I"
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
| fixed, and the pupils dilated. The pulse
was $780, Barnardor described his symp-
toms rs detailed above, and complained
| that the soles of his feet were hard, but
nothing abnormal could be detected.
believed it to be case of hydrophobia,
and prescribed accordingly. In order to
| quiet the stomach, gave prescription
consisting of-carbolic acid, one gram !;
| tine. gelsemium, one-half dr.; opii
camph., two dr.: glycerine, two dr.. and
lime water to make up two-ounce dose.
| This was given teaspoonful at time
when the vomiting returned, and had the
| desired effect. I also gave two compound
cathartic pills., as the bowels were not
acting, but these did no good. To allay
the nervousness and incipient convul-
sions, I prescribed four drachms of bro
mide of potassium, four drachris of n.y.
drate of choral in two ounces of water
a teaspoonful to be given every hour. OF
this he took four or five doses, but COM
planned then that it produced q burning
sensation in his stomach, and 1t was dis
continued. Each time he took 1t he was
thrown into commissions, which grew
worse through the night.
At SIX O'Clock Thursday morning l
called again and found him much excited.
lie SAID he 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,
and had dreamt OF drinking water which
nad turned TO nre ana was fuH OF mad
dogs. he was fully aware OF his posi-
ton, ana asked me II could do anything
for him. II could not, he said, he
might as well Ole then as wait until night;
there were more ways than one OF dying"
found out then that he had made several
attempts to jump out OF the window, and
MS. Wlfe SAID ne had constantly gotten up
ana thrown himself around on the hoor.
he rejected water entirely ana was I'M
able to swallow small piece OF bread
soaked In coffee. The woman complained
that ne was dangerous, and accordingly l
sent Tor some men to watch him. gave
hypoaermlc injection OF half grain OF
morphine, but it had no effect.
Aboutnocn returned again, and found
him sitting at the window. almost naked,
and large crowd outside the house. He
was crazy, and had broken pipe without
any bowl stuck in his mouth. He said
that he "had had capital smoke and
felt better" They had been compelled
to handcuff him, and three men were con-
stantly in attendance. Another hypoder.
mic injection, this time of three fourths
of grain of morphine and dose Of the
potassium and choral were administered
and he slept for short time. During his
sleep he seemed to experience considera-
BILE difficulty in getting his breath, and his
eyes remained wide open. DR.. F. NJ.
Wilder arrived, and we consulted as to
the case. Int there was NO mistake ahout