, 1877-02-25

reason the medical fraternity will doubtless fec
greatly interested in the undoubted case her
recorded.
On the'14th of December last George Barnar.
dor, laborcr employed in the Chicago q hocl
Island car-shops, at Fifty-frft street, was
BITTEN NJ LARGR DOG.
Barpardor and some other men were walking
along the track to their work when they drs1
saw the animal, and it is said that one Of thu
men kicked It. The dog was running steadil'
along, and would probably have passed on bu
Tor this interruption, and it took its revenge b.
fying at Barnardor, fastening his teeth IN Iii
right band. So tenacious was its grippe that i
had to be completely choked before it would lei
60, and the mans hand was terribly torn
Medical assistance was procured and tut
wounds cauterized with nitro-muriatic acid, and II
something less than two weeks they were healed
The ,aan returned to his work soon after, and
until last Monday morning, felt no evil effect:
from the bite. At that time the usual sympF
toms dcr elopcd, and Thursday night he died
while being carried to the County Hospital.
Deceased was married man, IS years OF age,
and leaves family Of six children, all under Is
years Of age. He was native of Switzerland,
and steady workman, although said to have
drank heavily.
DE. L. R. WILLIAMS,
residing on the corner Of State and Forty
seventh streets. who cauterized the wounds and
attended the injured man, yesterday furnished
m account of the matter in detail. he said tflut
the man came to him shortly after O'Clock on
the morning OF Dec. II, and asked to have bis
hand dressed. It Was the worst case hc hal
ever secu, there beng no less than i've wounds,
Two in the anterior part OF the thumb, twu in
the posterior, and one passing clear through IL tue
hand between the first and second fingers. The
wounds were cauterized with nitro-muriatic acid,
which was freely applied, the cautery being
maie as thorough as possible Luseeu poulticcs
were applied anu aweck later the patient reported
that his hand was healing rapidly, and few
days thereafter ls returned to his employment.
On Monday last he felt pain In his hand, which
he supposed prof. eeded from rheumatism- This
was accompanied by swelling Of the hand and
burning, tingliDg sensation in the fingers, 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 be-
coming rigid and sore to the touch.
Barnardor continued at work on Monday and
Tuesday, although during the latter his COM
panious noticed that he was nervous and c1cita-
BILE, occasionally jumping 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 q very restless night, and Weines-
day it was decided to call in the doctor. Up to
= O'Clock Wednesday morning Barnardor had
experienced no difficulty iii s" "allowing beef tea,
broth, md other stiu1ulants, but on Wednesday
morning his vile offered him some coffee and
he
FouED IT IMPOSSIBLE 70 SWALLOW IT.
He vomited considerably during the day and
tue other symptoms increased in intensity. At
9 p. Il. DR.. Williams was sent tor, and the fol-
lowing is his account OF the course of the case
from that time:
found the patient in profuse perspiration
and constantly splitting @'sputa," which was
caused By the absence Of saliva, as he had been
uaable to take an; liquid whatever during the
dry. He was rational at that time, but
his eyes were fixed, and the pupils di-
lated. The pulse was 1a>. Barnardor
described his symptoms as detailed above, and
complained that the soles Of his feet we're hard,
but nothing abnormal could be detected. be
Geved It to be q case Of hYdroplobia, and pre-
s r7bed accordingly. In order to quiet the
stomach l gave prescription consisting Of
carbolic acid, ! gram; tine gesesninum, H dr.;
r lter to make up two-ounee dose. This was
gwen teaspoonful at r time when the vomiting
returned, and had the desired effect also
gave Two compound cathartlc pl1ls, as tue
No good. To allay the nervousness and in
cipicnt conyulsions, I prescribed four drachms
OF bromide Of potassium, drachnas OF hydrate
ofchloral In two ounces Of water, tcaspuouful
five doses, but complained then that it produced
q burning sensation in his stomach, and it was
discontinued. Each time he took it be- was
Thrown into cony1llsions, which grew worse
through the night.
At ! O'Clock Thursday morning called again
and found him much excited. He said hcpasscd
through
THE WORST MIGHT OF MS LIFE,
and. and would Father die thFse times s than thai.
fwi, mi Mt
and had dreamt Of drinking water which had
turned to ire and was full OF mad dogs. lie
wns fully aware OF his position, and asked me
u l could do anything for him. II could not,
he said, - 1he might as well die then as wait
til night; there were more ways than one OF
diving" found out then that he had made
several attempts to jump out OF the window,
aad his wife said that he had constantly gotten
up md thrown himself around on the floor. He
re!ected water entirely and was unable to swal-
low small piece Of bread soaked in coffee.
The woman complained that he was
dangerous, and ac.ordingly !! sent to-. tor
injection Of half a grain Of morphine, but it had
no effect
About noon returned again, and found him
sitting at the window, almost naked, and large
hal broken pipe without amy bowl stuck in
his mouth He said that he s'had had capital
smoke and felt better" They had been COM
p:iied to handcutf him, aud three men were
injection, this time Of thrce-fourths ol grain OF
morphine and a dose of the potassium and
snlural were administered aud he slept for
short tinc. During his sleep he seemed to e1-
per enee considerable difficulty in getting his
breath, and his ewes remained wide open. DR..
F. n. Wilder arrived, and we consulted IS to the
casc, but there was no mistake about 1t being
hydrophobia. DR.. Wilder had with him bottle
ol n .fate OF anyl, and We attempted to gire him
tbs by inhalation. but we're obliged to desist,
he
SNAPPED At OUR FINGERS.
Another injection of half grain WIS given
All repeated In fifteen minutes, but
failed to quiet him. During the day his
SYM .,toms became more aggravated, and
he .e:.an to froth at the mouth. He wonld spit
out the saliya at his attendants, and cursed and
swarc fcarfuliy.
Finally it was decided to remove him to the
County Hospital, and tue policeman engaged to
g.. carriage ] was compelled tu leave, aud
wrote note to Drs. kaufman aud Meyers, Mt
tie Hospital, informing them Of the treatment.
understand that the promise as to the car
r-ace WAS not kept, and that he was driven
through the rain In an open wagon, which ccr~
tainly Tas not the right way to trcat him. Dur
ing Thursday his pulse vas bounding ITO. /
had no hope Of the case when / saw
tlat It was really hydrophob.s, aud my expert
el.e leads me 10 beliere that the cautcry Is use
less II it could be applied instantly after the
bite is inflicted 1t might be OF service, but the