The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-12
The Daily Leader.
sS-Omcial paper OF the City, County, Tel
ritory and United States.
A True Case Of Hydrophobla.


The Hartford Times of July 5, gives
the following: About six weeks ago a
little girl named Annie Graham, four
years old, and living at No. 4 Hamilton
street, west of Zion Hill, was bitten by
dog in the cheek under the right eye.
The wound healed kindly without
special treatment, and nothing more
was thought of it until last Monday.
On that day Annie came running into
the house in a perfect paroxysm of
fright at having seen a dog in the
yard. After that she grew moody, fever
ish, and restless. Soon her appetite
failed, and she refused all drink but a
little cruel of Indian-meal. Her symp-
tons-elsewhere Observation-Disclosures
to grow worse. On Tuesday morning
at 9 O'Clock DR.. O'Flaherty saw her for
the first time. He found the little one
sitting on her mothers knee. Her face
had an eager and very agonized look,
the eyes were painfully staring, with
dilated pupils, the breath was drawn
quick and deep with spasmodic action and
the whole expression was one of pain
full nervous excitement and irritability.
The previous history, as above related.
was given to the doctor. He asked the
little one: "Annie, will you have some
water?" eyes" she replied eagerly.
A bowl of water was procured and
brought near her. She Immediately
and suddenly fell into paroxysm,-the
head being drawn back far into the
neck, the mouth and teeth half open,
but with a look as if ready to be
clinched, while simultaneously the arms
and legs were thrown about by violent
clonic convulsions. At tho same time
a sibilant, Kissing sound came forcibiy
and continuously from the throat. A
| little later the doctor caused Annie's
hands to he held by her mother while
he brought Il teaspoonful Of water into
her mouth. The paroxysm was repeated
as the water came near her, but II little
of it was swallowed with difficulty.
Then the doctor suddenly blew upon
the cbild's face. The paroXysm again
COHNulSeu ueT. Hell lie WENT W lnc
next room, and at distance of about
fifteen to twenty feet from the little
patient, and in her sight, caused the
water to run from the faucet. This
seemed to have no effect upon her.
But when. on his suggestion, the mother
unawares blew upon her neck, the child
fell again into commissions. Mrs.
Graham related that, the day previous,
the sudden opening of the door, which
admitted a gust of air and bright
light, had thrown Annie into violent
convulsion, so that they feared she
might not recover at the time. A little
milk was administered with more sue
cess, the paloxysm not occurring, or
only in slight degree. The symptoms
continuing with no abatement, but
rather becoming more painful, until
about O'Clock in the afternoon, when,
few minutes after DR.. O'Flaherty
had seen her, the child died. At Z
o'clock-two hours after death-the
rigor mortis was extremely well marked,
the body being very stiff and set.
The treatment, as far as any treat
ment was attempted, consisted of hy-
drate of choral, with the effect of
calming the little patient somewhat,
and-she died suddenly when neither
doctor or mother seemed to expect that
catastrophe.