The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-24
TERROR IN MASSACHUSETTS.
FRTGHT or PERSONS VINO moran
THEY nan HIDROPuOBIi.
Careful Inv estigniion Into Half Score Of
Cases Where the Imagination Produces the
Same Result ns the Disorder rtseiG

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Feb. q. Whatever
may b., the truth about hydrophohia. the fcnr Of
it has certainly cau-cd an excitement and hor-
ron in many towns in this vicinity that in soy
cra instances almost reached frenzy In some
Of the villages persons have been almost afraid
g. 70 abroad unless they were armed. AMI then
they constantly looked for the approach II dogs.
II .crms 10 have nude little difference how the
dog looked or noted That 1t WINS u dog. and that
there had been reported literally hundreds of
cases Of mad dogs in the State. and that several
persons had died from alleged hydrophohia.
was enough with people 50 greatly excited
testimony is not wholly unprcdludir"d ana ii
has hocn hard to learn lusi what foundation "N-
isis for this grcut fright; that is. whit evidence
there is that dogs havo been really rabid. and
whether or not those people who recently died
really had hylrophohin. The fright It's VI Is
phenomenal but there has been offered an op-
uortunity hy il for u moro careful study of ra-
lics IN dogs and hydrophoha ia humans than
! ever occurred III this country.
sprine. Hacr Tie a' dcsih oi prof klG'wut Of
/ Hartford. fully report Il 10 w SVN ~ h, lino'
| II was Exported That the dog that bit MIN IS
| had boon sr"n in Suill'ld. Enfield, S"m'rs,
| Windsor. aud 9th r towns ~ Cpnnrcucut; ma
| had bitten other dogs; ns " u a. p'fS ms. ln'.h
| the local newspapers hrgnn To tuhll~h accounts
of the deprclntions Of mad dogs IN towns ~
| aud near the Connecticut valley m Srrin.n'Ii'
| and so many ol these were reported ihW p,"-
| pie wrr' exceedingly n,iN"9S ana, r.nN 20
hrrst who was said e. have been hutcn hy u
mad log had come down with hydroihola.
lir. Ut sii1in NV -' l'' u, hhs -, i,,. a.
uiliar ~ the frequent detailed r,pors OF ny
IFop1osiA' .h-'-' S,ar,,N , III" w, " III ILL.,
wood 10Y name, living near Mount Tom, fomr
WE'VE nl,s ir3n SOUL ,v ~. ,,,,r n" e",lJ
| not 500 or swallow water without great ~ui'r-
! lllE. ~ "l'" ""'I "'''''"' g" "
S'BiS y ',ih1i4 time every ono almost had rcachcd
W. " 90 Nv, Il, M r.,.'rf.i y, mont o,,n
gr,,t"t, Nni T,,.iinnNi' s ~ ,thi.o,,oo ,I,eun,1
! ,WW NNu''l i,ntNii"t ., H.. - Il a., -, ~
iri WY v' sum iN' ,,,,.',o,. mint
nNur rrnn. ,,,, mn, r.nnrf.I tta
t.l't l.. it,,,' N.., ..,,l H. maud, ir.t'r 49,
ii'hly 81 w. u,"l,,n ,, ' N,yvr, In
,hg met nmrrsnneNe ".1nn M of ~
unf"r ~, 'w.h,n' 49,, NJ, h,,-,,,s ,ss.1,il,.
.In'IS VII, " Wv ar - ..,.r,lv thut OK
WI, 1, .n '~Nm1 nrnfi,nlh fnll'w' MANY Of
rhlinH,f 'h WYNN :" II 'ri III Il g.
me Ju1urs 81 Wr n''~ PIN ~ , r,a,,y a., nj -,
in eyrs hcreah h H. mn mnnsnnl SPECTACLE OF
mu.2lrd d,fS IN Winter hUt" u S"AnS, - i Nv,
i"itl.n, Mn,h 1 r, ,bar. n vadi,inn tb"sr
lecmen have nnrr'd rewards OF IL iyr lhlr 81
U "f e.I W. Ems dr',in an he trnasury
~ il.s see IN ~ eosy Smy H. ..et dollar
cut towns that are near sufiield for all sorts OF
nN',fN my w nn III M ,,n, t,vn MI hi,
inu ,"s rnn on ' IN sow NJ, ,ns,nnrrs n,n,,
! &c -
IN me town OF Nrstlid u WIS Hrri"uS , ",s,s ,
81 That som1 chickcnI my hnI rn,In SOM i,'
'oi r'lcuu ',l n, l','' uus ln'. -, 49,.
three GUYS. Ahlh,hlS Wpir rssth,tii.u t't my
nr'm g ' nd ~, InIan orennrd JacH.on
Viii" pirhnrto,ym. Amhcrs,. Haley. Granhy.
nl' n. ~ "', II, ,,,',S
n Missh NM ,orr ds.n' S,ihin,ton
Windsor somers. Maling'orr ana ms many
nipr" unWhs ~ an oriI,ni, ~ hvdrnpholi2
M feppG'r l" e ~ cI,'ni, mi, ~ ~ ~ r,,s
anu rh ~ ~ w ,',1s ' u ~ W.
from mlns.u an r uvSi W., MI M ,, time
nave beeh T purtu III NE ., ~ UNI H., q, W., y, ,
OF these r.pors II was ann9nn'rl ,nM "1nf ,,
had been bitten ~ s9m'whnt pr'rtl"m IN
curry number Of such gH-'T wrrc IlI,nver1li
mum 20 We ,i,I,sl ,'' w, H., KIN; Iii, rcit ~,
&C. somswhat sirrng'nrm tno Nn,i 7 na,
some ~ w Hist nl,ulrh hi>n u h ~;
l nnl 10y lr' tlhrl iWNrr "l NV ' ,,' t''n.
f ar to d" @a1 nyE sueh lS in really rNss "
young woman III ihulan ot'L u WE ~, u
dog sald To- nnVc T"n NM Was enc Mis tbu '
eNtrrmry nervous I'M, NM Wns LII ~ b,r
shr wouu hhNr i,l i ni a., ,,,
ea; a w"n tb@t ,he Joe had G6t Will
nna WI no' h'"u' Luz" NV ''"''~ "'''''''
u 4 man In W's, held was bitten thTo9en ni-
pahthiwnhs mn traW TN H. bnd e,,n r'
wlr,t lii'' uos 'e -, H., , az a. TN w. i
ing We h.'nuhla1 -, bu,h.nu "'H , III" ,ynk,
y and mai studied IN Hylnlt'uS. NJ Wy tN'N'
y nights very nervous. ~ lSl h' ~, an " mn!
IN We tnisn. ~" n.Nt in'rnlnS n '' n. ~,
Wnlh W,th9nt h'rl',h, anu MI, 'l'', Mn bs
l. into Inc hNdrulhuhlr, 'vn'nl"h. Will ~
% WIS Nl-t'd 10y one ~ INC 'N' ul'0' n ,,..N 1"'
= gcon- IN western MaSSa'huS'its pr., btr.h n
. Sprngil,d who told him thni u" ma nothing
: To- fear. IN" man recovered instantly, - =,
Il married woman living IN Sprlhsnnhi n'l
r the cold nos" ot llttl" SlltH ug nthlhsi n
o knurkles. Shr took a. hri instantly A rn.
u SYMPTOMS were rapidly developed. ana II WIZ
/, only 10y showing her mat N" lliie dpG Wis ~
n rlght thht she threw on hrr lrhTs anu lhsIH''
i recovered @.
I! A school girl. fifteen years OLD, WAS iucn Sh
II had been reading the newspaper accounts @
q mad dogs and the dos that hlt her hhh IN
IL symptoms that other does were repuled 70 nav
= had. But by assuring treatment the glri = roar
10 Wore thrown on, and she recovered
q But the most remarkahlr cas-, was thnt OF
10 young man IN Somers. Conn. lie Wis hlueh ~
Is a dog that had been frothing nj thc monil
Il through the streets of IN" town, ana hhh blltri
~ several animals. He expected g. dir, ana hi
o friends expected TINT he would. ~ was nnitne
r. nervous nor timd. hut supposed thni d"ath wa
in absolutely certain. he had the -oi-wat"
symptom. some of his friends visited III
n Br" X of Springfield. You tell nun. repll'
a the Doctor, that hay" d.Sroycrri ar ms.
~ iute remedy i'r hydrpphoha. " d" WIZ sitl'l
IF ~ follow my instru tons ana iake tnes. plIs =
he directed he cunnOt fail OF recovery. me pm
IL were administered. the minute instruction
nj faithfully followed, md the young man y per