The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-22
a,ELE CURE Of THE CASE.
,,,arce Of the Register.

..snOudeuce OF the heSlsNei'
N''' CLovERLICK, Msrcn l3.
-. ,.aal quiet neighOorhood about
,,,s N .nis county, lPOcahontas),
,.s,,,v had sensation about what
10, 90 70 os we'll developed case of
~ ,,,obis. One remarkable feature Of
mat 1ipe yeaIs have elapsed
,,s ps,ient wss bitten BY the dog.
- Tim. Marietta Galford, is s
Igmsn Of about twenty years OF
.,a laughter of plain old farmer
me NIL country, some two miles
- ,f Denuore. Nine years ago,
r,,rs passing :ae house Of neighOor on
-. rav 20 school, she was bitten oy =
"a rg.gw Jog Of cne cur breed, and an
,f,s notorious throughout the CON-
.-,ts vic!Ousness. [. was not
,...a4",, the time Of being rsbid,
,. time afterwards was killed
.r log. The bite WAS on the
~, ,oCu. .Eo inches below the
I'D --0rI the appearance or the
...e ,.u remains, piece OF desn
.......ya OF 4 silver dollar was torn
r., wound VAS 4 painful one, ana
-. M, o,ls elapsed before 1t heaIed.
s,, -g .nt,csuOns OF hydropaooia Al
-, me bitten girl were manifested
.-,, near .lree weeks ago, when rec
- ,f me dog bite was recalled by
...,...,.,,r symptoms exhibited oy the
-, vorDan in sudden attack OF what
~. 7pv,c,au At irst pronounced IetG"'I'
" LacS-.SR
rHs aoRRID HALADY.
The .c.s IS have seen able 70 gather
am .l.gt ms remarkable csSe, were oo-
N, rom members OF .he family and
.-.r 1- j. p. MOomsn, AZ II teiIgent
..-...nsu aad $ physician Of .ong prac-
r.-,a geeks ago the young woman
,,..g ,aa c1urcl On SUndavl and re-
.--., a.ms a .ae a:ternoon, apparent
--,.t .-a,cl. Il sEort time alter
.,- -..-q quma sne was suddenly taken |
...8 Ea,. me iamllv called - is The |
,-y..r.n ~, sent for, and on MS ar !
found Ia. sue exhibited al The /
...-,.r,ns Of Istgrv, OF LOCK JNw. /
r-,-e we're .ls c.lncned JAWS aud rlgIdI-
,-.fr-e muscles ri .ae neck aud other 4
.z.,-.c svnptOms when ed 10 treat
rBsDl Tor 4 case Of that kind, and for 8
tsy ~ 20 seemed 20 Weld 20 this treat
-narL The hylropnobIsC symptoms de-
vsgrad g-atua..v. A. irst there COM
usrced 4 growing or peculiar snarling
.gac. ms vas followed 0y occasional
ggicE 5srks. given suddenly and with
T.. the lAturainess Cta dog.
These Manifestations we're coGdned TO
.Ls ,ar,ods when cle patient was IN
,ps:rs. which we're irregular IN their oc-
.sr-elce. sometimes having spssm
every hour Or Two during the day, and
then sgaln N lntarYA, Of six or ten
hours would L.ervane between spasms.
Bu. lsy 9- lav .ns lydrOpnobisc mani
.es,s,.ars 7c-easet until At tue end OF
sg1l Or Ten DAYS II appeared fully de.
vsi0psd caso 1l hytrOpuOOIa N 81 Of lts
lor-,1 .o'ns The patient continued 10
1.rk. .ae .rulu would foam from her
mouth. and sna would spit It OIt IN
lakas. -el ,.IrsvDr Tis 20 bite at every
.alUg gl.cg 'aus within reach, and If
shs sUgc -te1, as she sometimes dld, IN
getting he pIiioE " Az part Of the bed
clothes n Der mNu'l. sne would shake 1t
between as- lee.n Win a.l the vigor and
r.r'IgsHrss ID! ~ snraged dog At
l'st 1uy .ae .Aste Of water pro-
dlCed 'ns spasns, but it was only
sGor: Tine lal Tue ,lglt of it produced
.le same ehse: and as .le ma.ady in
creased he lOIse OF pouring water from
pI!cler HtO glass N Al adjoining
,o1m would bring N he convu SIoGs Al
.ay stage u .Ae case her suferlngs are
described As beng most distressing, and ,
i.'Hg .ae lew uCt intervals she enjoy /
ei. Der constant E.sh as expressed, was TO
lie and nave aer misery ended Lucid |
moments. however, were rare and lar |
i3Nt. Even the intervals between the |
,1Vns-vtp.her long or shor:-were |
passed either an unconscious state, or |
.se ps!ieH. I At ailaroused up would man
tas: 2snlls pecullarl,ies. For instance,
Easl psrtaking Of food, which was done
Sta Al irregular appetite. she would |
s-!p !OEl tle vlCtua.s IN the precise
naaaer log would 90. y: one time
ler eve rested on the picture Of a dog
Aoglg against ne wall. She begged
pieoas.y lnu. .A.e pasture was given her,
A4d hen with a touching tenderness
would Sss and embrace Il, refusing 20
.s: Any 5as take 1t from her. Just pre-
.etHg lie spssmOdic attacks she would .
1ps!a 0t he leg on which the bite
IS aalc:ed, ana invariably rubbed the .
ear VITA ler hand.
i SLCM8ERISG POISON.
Ayas not until the case had reached
u" development that the physician
-Ssn .7estment tor hydrophobia.
.-e'e are certain forms of telanic and
-f'ercAl diseases so nearly cDuntsr.eit-
-S ayl-ophOb.s Tat mistake may 90
-Ale and ;Ga utmost caution IS exercised /
.7 .ae ,1.e..iSent physician 10 prevent
"2'1gnilcg one With the other. And .
-s-'la E-iier, warn practitioners 20 IS
.s''&a n cres Of what appear 70 bs hys-
ca or 's;aHtIS, whether or not Ice
y"'eal has ever suffered from
.ae Die Of 4 rsbid animal, lest hydro
pnoNs should levelops itself when not
anticipated. The patient IN this ease is
woman OF vigorous health and has
ever been subject 70 irregularities pecu-
A' q females, and consequently does not
S'SenI the appearance of aystericai
-Sec- The nydruphObia symptoms be.
.A1e 50 Violent and so far exceeding any,
.-.4s oi a merely tetanic nature that
yop-.A' opinion settled down 70 the con-
s. ...,On .aSt = vas hydrsphobis resulting
'vlu dog bite Of nine years standing. !
mere are reported cases OF the virus
,us aid dormant in the syytem TOR
I've years and then being developed. /
IA 'Is 'espec! tue poison OF the brute
., s Tom that of the reptile or
- hydFophobis may result from the /
80 dog, Cat, fox or wolf, and il is
hI,- some medical writer's that the 4
nc u horse or bird can produce it. /
'ir-s Is Injected ov the teeth of the +,