The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-03
DYING OF HYDR0PHOBIA.
ANOTHER CiSE THAT ~ GREETING
Alarm ~ CONNECTTCTI.
Physicians watching the Progress OF the
Dissnsc-Some Ncsuits-Mhat hns Fol.
lowed Inquiry into the Diseases OF Dogs.

an inmate of the TERM ulmshousc. died
while in terrible commissions on Wednesday
night and the PHYSICIANS who had boon attond
ing him for twcntv-four hours snid that his
wns another death from hydrophobn This
makes the tenth that has occurred in the Con
ncctcut valley in this state within year. Like
each of the others. Baldwiu's sickness and
death presented individual features ~ we'll us
the general charscterstfs OF hydrophohin.
The man himself wis not Of u nervous DISPOSE
ton. His habits uf life. the physicians think.
might have mWlr him susceptible to disease. but
those same habits were likely have bluntcd his
mental faculties 80 that he would not have been
a victim 10 nervous mania. which is believed by
some to be all there is to- hydrophobia. Baldwin
was an inmate Of the town housc-there be-
cause his habits Of ntompcrancc were 80 well
fixed that i; was deemed the best place for him.
| lie was forty years old. quiet and phcgmatic
even in his cups. No 'one knows Just when
| he was bitten. Some Of his friends say
| six weeks ago. others four weeks. while some
assert that it was only two weeks before his
! death. Tho point would bc an important one.
because the best authorities say that hydro
! phobia never sets in except within nine days
| after the bite. AT the same time an eXamna-
! ton of the various cnscs Of hydrophobacd death.
| shows that all that has been written and urged
| about the disease goes for nothing. because the
! symptoms features and cae"S OF death have.
! while havingngcnera similarity. differed great
| " IN detail. H. WIS bitten 10y Il mongrel. part
which no Nnc suspc.ied 81 rabies. Ne dog had
been IN the store Of Deacon North. but there
had bitten two clerks. Mr.. North. to get rid Of
| It. gave II To Baldwin. who took 1t to The town
! ihrni aud tried 10 make pet of IT, out after IL
! hal bitten his sister. her husband. Mr.. Woc0tt.
/ and himself he gave 1t ~ and it was killed. So
/ lar ~ known the dog was mover bitten. and cor.
Hnly meyer developed any Of the symptoms ~
/ rabies. Mr. Baldwin WAS bitten ia the fingers.
/ tncre being two small terth puuctures. Mr..
/ Wolcoit and his wife received much more severe
/ biirs.
Baldwin does not appear to have minded the
lite. He washed It and put on plaster. Last
feared he WAS going to have n cold. His friends
thought II sweat would break up the cold. and
tried the uSMnl methods for inducing pcrsp!ra-
/ ton. On Tuesday morning y sudden start
cau-ol by SOM. slight noi-e threw him into
commissions OF the most awful kind. Then the
summoned from Hartford New Britain. and
Berlin There wer" eight PHYSICIANS in attend
a9r1 az diiicren, tines amonG Them hr. Storrs
vrrgnat Of Hartford and Or. Way ~ Suilicld
during their sun'rngs from, hylrophohia.
lie WINS satisfied That Baldwin had hydrophu-
/ tia. There was not 80 noticeable the icar-oi-
water symptom ~ in oth"rcascs. hut there were
constant ~ 'ccssionS OF commissions. in which
/ the PATIENTS muscular system was knott"d and
/ twisted into ali conceivable shnprs ana eN-
/ hihifed the strength ~ steel The anguish WAS
/ Intense. Occasionally he WIS relieved for n
short time. hut the gltr~t noise. or anything
that gay" IN" G'itl"si shock to amy 81 IL" 'nsns.
r hal no rNo'.. Hyrerd"mir Injections at NOR
phinr. IN large quantities and con-iuutlj made.
/ mai ~ more eii,N than water. laluwin re-
I ruined his consciou-n' ~ during ths greater
part Of the paruNyS SINS His mind WIS clear.
4 tut undergoing tnni pecnlinr mental M guish
B which i 80 marked u feature Of hydrOphuba.
/ But he could not control single muscle and
7 their spnsms wore AT times 50 greni that II WAS
4 nl that four and ~" n"r could do 10 hold him.
This state continued On Tuesday and Mednes-
day.
knowing TINT donth was certain tho ihysi-
T Gums. view of the alarming spread OF the
disease made careful stu Of every symp-
I learned uuthin. that they dill not already
know They noted one remarkable feature in
I TINS cu~r, however. In all the caseS. So far.
T had consumed more and more Of vitality. until
in"rs was not strength enough LEFT g revive.
BALDWIN. however. dIrd suddenly. IN the most
| i"rrihl" svu-m thni lie had. on "Wednesday
night. H. WIS six loss thun two dny-. \ post
moriem examination WIS held on THURSDAY.
but H. revealed nothing tut the slightly eOn-
srsted state OF the brain that was noted IN Prof.
: AlVcrRnat'- case.
This terrible death has added To the intense
nervous dread that had existed for some time
in this State and MASSACHUSETTS,. an account Of
which appeared in THE sun OF the Oath ult.
7 TINS cnse confirms the physicians in the belief
that the pathology OF rabies and hydrophohia IS
ro-s ihilty of solving. Ii hus with others, how
ever. demons frntrd some things. AMI the most
important : that the chances If hydrophohia
when ono has boon bitten 10y a rahid dog. are
ono To- eight IN the bitten persons favor: or. To
put II IN AN other way. II rahd dog htr- eight
other tact that j. n-r"ed upon H. that lnucula-
ton OF the poisonous mucous does not take
place immediately. and. therefore, II prerdu-
ii"ns arr instantly taken after ON" has been
bitten in".naton my ." Ircv,n''d. pr.
thc poison De- sucked out, or the wound thor
uuEtly caut Rod in time. til" Uo~' IA cannot got
INTO III" "lr, uihi"n ~ IN" blood. II u does get
more" % j. believed ihrr' IA absolutely nn cure.
II there WAS any possibility nf learning why the
poison produces the terrible results It docs.
ny'rrH mrdl might give "A counter agent or
Ft.lN tlN. II l. LNTlFl r. unfortunate fuat
npnn of tn" dog that have caused hydrophobiac
ranc, prDvcd beyond dispute, ali that TIC ply.
si'an~ can DO now when called To- att nj pa
i"niS VIA "a - symptoms as ,i'roi AiN"rEnni;
Dr Way Mr.. Bu island. md Mr.. baldwin had
able t1rture-. aud die. Nothing appears To- give
any Relief AMI -pm" physicians think that II
w2uii M hunHno H. administer 'hior"iorm.
witch VIII Undue" un'onsciousncss and death.
Or. Siorrs sHys that the spread Of rabies in
N" dog ana hydrophobia IN mum IN Connecticut
- alarming There were only seventeen cases
~ death from hydrophobia IN Connecticut for
me twenty live years preN9nsl 10 $50. and since
then there have been ten. Prof. Brewer # the
Yale scientific School las also made Il study Of
the subject. and suggests that the Increase u
rabies is due - importation 81 dogs from Eu-
rope. lie is inclined Ia think that il does not
In England aud continental countries the in
crease of the dlsens" j. causing CONSERVATION.
The horrible death causes the great l"nr OF the
disrnsr. not only noticeable now in Connecticut
and Massachusrits. but always where death
occurs and is reported.
disra-r that dogs dssem mate. much more 90 be
dreaded hrcause more insidious. and causin ing
2tW per cent. moro eases of death than hydro
puolia. \ worm Is generated in dogs which he
cnlls the hlndder worm The eggs OF this worm
are deposited upon the grass by the dogs. and
thus get into IN" stomach OF sheep. There
they hatch and MI IN" flesh, ANA in this state
puss into the stomach and flesh Of men. The
result J., sonnet ling like. only more 'atnl than.
the trichinaot Il pgs II the worm goes To TIE,
brain II produces incurnhlr INSANITY. and If It
r"mnins IN the lower organs distress and
death. Prof. Brewer says that there are over
800 cases ul drnth from this cause in England
every year. and that one-ilth oi the mortality
IN Iceland results from tbs bladder worm
passing from dog 10 munan ruttun In the
lni'od SiutnS. mortality from tllI, cause j. not
SO frequent but Prof Brewer has several Au-
thcnticatcd cases OF IT, This danger he regards
as worthy of more attention than that attendant
on "a" spread ot rabies. II Is very destructive
Ia sheep and causes many II the diseases that
prevail among them. There are also two other
worms Whose c..gs are shed by dogs which
produce discnse among sheep. but 10 not pass
! 10 man IN mutton.
These facts. and the spread Of hylrophobia.
have brrn cummunlratrd To tho Connecticut
Legislature. and ia" ten cases Of death from
hydrOphunia That have taken place since they
/ met. Jan. /. have made strong impression
TINT some Kind Of a law will be passed tending.
to thin out the doas IL the community.