, 1877-03-21
HYDROPHOBIA.
Death Of Now York Merchant Who Was
IiIttcn by a CTR Dog,

Death Of = Now York sIerohnnt Who Was
Islttcn by n Cur Dog
. ". Ne'o iork HarhL .varrA H.
alr. Nathaniel II. Loornls, n. rrDtl,.cc-commjs.
son uerchant doing business on Barclay street
In this city, died about $500 O'Clock yesterday
morning Mt his residence, No. lG9 Madison
street, Brooklyn, from what his attending
physician sa1l wus Gcuulnu hydroplIobla. It
seems that one evening about six weeks ugt, as
slr' Loomls' servant was about closInG this front
basement shutters Of tho house ehe found a
small Dog lying IN tho wIutlow-silt. To what
particular breed tie belonged cannot now be III.
ccrtaincd, but all tho testimony ugrccs .n ttI4,
s9 t9at b. was not spltz. and that l'o ,!al not
peorea sleepy and tired, refusing to move I'll,
and tho glrl, afrntl to touch l,1m, called III.
Lo0tnis, WHO came with hts wife. Mrs. 1.uomis
found something nttractEve IN tho dogs a,,pras-
keep him: Mr.Loomis tl,creupon stretched out
hls right hand to lit tho tog into tho roam,
The beast snapped at him and inflicted pretty
deep @ oIte bgtween the thumb and tofrlinger of
the 4anil. Mr.. LoonllA nsslstetl tho bleeding,
and bathrd the wounded part In warm water,
and then startcli to walk to the i,ouso Of lii
!amily physician, Dr. Terry, nearly a milo away.
VI; IcrEt caussrzed ths wound Immediately is
well as h. could, and Il healed up. For thru
weeks, however, ME Loou,is felt exceedingly
nervous md frightened about 1t, although lis
friends, Whenever h" mentioned tho subject, Gu
casion for sisr'a. This dog was killed shortly
after he had 'u''lctrl tho h!tc by policeman
called fnf that purpose, 10 that thcru was no
Mgans ol convincing Ms. Loolnls tllat tho doS
M was noe sulsF1ng from hJdrops'ob!a-a proceed.
this caae strongly conIonn.
Nothiy moro was heard about the. rase by
% any Of y, Mr. Lo9nls' f!ieads until Tuesday laat,
that no was very pervous while at his otI1ss snd
referred to tho log-hite several times. lis
went homo at hts usual hour, and Displayed
synpt3.a. Ok testlessnssS during tlat night and
ta but GStGws0E Ssnr nsi eriK III Terry % Tas set fo
nr. Eimendorf was then called III, and fouuI
Mr., Loonls apparently laborlng under severe
! mcnta! aixtcty and with slght cold In h!s
said be feared hs hall thu hylrouhubls. Ths
doctor tried TO dtsabuss hiin oi Tic Iiea.
but ha persisted In It. asking why he
soa'd so!i not drink & any water. Dr. Klmendof
any uan II TIC tried. l1c ttercupoa tried
and after several times raislny thc tumblcr
partly to ILL., llps and putting 4 down again,
succeeded ln Getting aboat half moulhiu(
would bu to treat the case a. one nf hydrophr-
bia. and At tho satne tima try u convince III,
patient That it was no such thing, acted sccosI.
During the nights of Wednesday and Thurs
day Air. Loo'niA threw up large quantities. Ok
mncus, but had no conyulst6l,a. When Or.
Elhendorf called Thursday morning be thought
nc saw some improvement. Alr. Loomis, how
ever, could not swalow anything but q llltte
Water-as much a. small ptece OF ice iu lis
mourn would prudnce-antl 4 little bread soRIrd
IN milk. III f,uI, however, to all appearances,
some assstanee he would "hght this thing out,
and cone Oh sllys.''
DR.. Elmendorf left, but was called lsta In the
afternoon, Mr. Loo:nls having grown very much
worse LIZ was then constantly coughing up
M1lcus ana gaspinA for breath, h,--w while ha did
30 making noike very tnueh rcxpmb bling tho
bark VI dog. Hu could not bear suY ono
stantl!ng III front OF him. seeming To think that
It tnterfeFcd with hs Breathing, M0rphlne was
Injected under hts akin In large quantities to
allay the nervous excitement, mud it IL 70 this
TINT Dr, EIMcnIurf ascrtbcs tho abIencu IT con-
vulsi7e apaam!. During tho evening Dr. Elmer.
dorf called ln Drs. Thaycr and Tcrry-the latter
getting up from his own sick bu1l-{or c0nsulta-
tioEs and they all agreed that /: was caSs Vt
genuine hydrophobfa. Everything wis done 10
mlhQ1te Mr. Luonis' SutfaSiugs. pure chloEu-
form being freely administered.
All. LdoInis was nbonk Us years OF are, and
leaves wife and two children. Belnx Askej
about the Probability Of post-mottem exnm-
lnaalous ~. Elneudorf said ho did not think
one would bs held, as It could not decide tho
cause Of death 10 thls dlaease,
Ovsst, ,0n00o acres are employed In the culture
o. tue vino 70 France, aud 7,0OOO0O Of people dc.
slve the!F s4oslstcnce from tbs Industries thu.
y a!otaeu: AUG ann1a! haEvest OF the yrupeeruI'
wine than all other countries together. ThcHt
laet: sec1unt Tor tie xnxiety felt ores rava.c1
Of the phyllaxata In the vineyards Of tha eouu
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