, 1879-08-11
HYDROPlIOBIA.
A. Remarkable Case In a Young
Boy.
The Saliva from Dog Cots into Cut
in His Hand.
Death Isnsues After Hours OF
AgoniztnE Pain.
To All Appearances the Dog Is Free from
Madno5s,

One OK the most remarkable cases Of acute
hydruphobiA was reported last eyen!l.r by Dr.
q. A. tlaiI, OF No. 912 Wabash aycnns. The
victim vas Benny ". Hawkins, 0ycnrs Of nee,
living with bis parents at No. 057 Wabash nye-
nue., and death cnaucd after terrible sulfcrinHs
Ut 1:4o last evening. The remarkable features
10 the case are two In number: First, tile man
ncr of inocuiation, and, secondly, the
raptdttJ with which the virus permeatrd
tho system md brought on the dreadful
dtscate, from which the only rosslble relief Is
death. Prior TO bis death tho 'lltt1o fellow
stated exactly how hn was poisoned, mud hts
statement Is corroboshtcd By the parents and
bis younger brother Sam.
List Tuesday noon tho brothers woro
playing with some other boys OF their
own ago nnd slxc 10 yard ip the
rear Of their home. Near to whcro they
werc amnstng themselves was kept large dor
OF the Newfoundland Species, but not Of puro
breed. The animal ls 1s!ta a younE one, anil
WAS full Of play whi!e The children. were
about The noonday sun was hot, md littio
Sammy, pttylng tic dog, Nib hat worked itself
Into heat In trying TO get looso to ptas with
the children, went up to it aud unfastnned tho
chain. Then p,ayfally ho said "scck lim," and
nut the dog onto bis older brother. Tho nns1,al
Understood, and, rubbing upon Benny, planted
bis for0 pnHs upon his shcndeft. So sudden
was the attack that Benny fell. The dog t!1en
paved and anortcd about him, but Benny F1s
badly frightened ami
FOUGHT NtM OFF WITH HIA hands
rs best he could. The dog had made no effort
;, 10 bite him, and did not leave 10 much as n
scratch upon tho boy: Recovering hlmself
rtnthna Hnftuv hfa hunY3a all irf Il
The saliva, or roth. whicl,,was about the animals
mouth, he washcd his hands first. Willie brush
lug tits clothes he said t. bis mother, NJ tion't
!tke Dsu .Tr any more, snd ho shant Play with us
hal set tho dog upon him, but she paid ITO
attention to- It. Tho dog belonged
TO d Dr. Knott. "A, veterinary
surgeon located !n stable In TINT vicinity, nr,l
concluded that thu boy was 1norc frightened
than hurt. The hoy soon returned to hts play,
md nothing was thought Of the occurrence until
Frtiny afternoon, when Benny complained Of
night OF pains Mt tho baso Of the brain. Satur-
day ht was still fndiaposcd, but not seriously,
and along In the afternoon lis mother asked
him to
GO FOR soMH NILE.
Al she handed him The pitcher Benny fstortcG
back With tsemor and said tile pitcher fright
cped him. Ills mother ordered bin. back to bed
and went for the milk herself. When she re-
turned be wanted to 70 oycr to tIs fatlter's
thop, small furniturc.repairtng shop. at No.
Twenty-secoud street little playmate held his
arms out to stop him, anu aBenny at once turned
for home In tcrrible fright, screaming loudly.
Saturday night ho waa 20 III that HIS
parents took him to the Office OF DR.. Hall,
but not finding him 10, consulted DR.. Taleott,
Tic boy was gFcntly excited at this time, Or.
Tatcott says. and clung to bis parents In the
most aQohfzng way. somc powders wcro pre-
&AnN
came SO much worao lhat IT was fonnd tmposs!.
hle to Eiyo him more than one powder, and tint
was given only after severe struggle. Par
oxysms BEGAN and rccllrrcd every ave to .seyen
was uncertain, tho pupils dllatel, The n,usclcs
10, continuous ttetnor, anl tho "boy ap1
parently suffered greatly and mado hitiooua
noscs. BY, this time. tho truth nad
The story Of The dogs attack, but 10 Bites could
bo found. 1t HAs finally noticed that three OIL
his InEors Ind been cut, and tho wounds must
have been quite trcsh al Tuesday noon. Beuny
then told that be Ind
INFLICTED TIN CUTS
Wills whiting ont Il lttto boat ut bis fathers
workshop. The knife slipped several times, llt
the Wounds inflicted wore 50 trisial that he did
not ercn blndago them. They werc quito frrati
Tuesday noon, for he remembered that tho soap
smarted them as hc wRs washing his hanaa.
This, then, appeare'l tho solution Of his illness,
and II was At onrc concluded that hytirophobta
! had set In.
Yesterday morning Dr.. Hall called Tho boy
was in bis fathers arms, splitting, mud OCCASION
ally pulling Us II ho was III deep wafer and In
! tlangar oi drowning. no waa very excited, a,!,i
cLunE to tho shoulders Ut both his father Ind the
doctor, All question: vera answered quite
nationally. More medicine was prescribed, but
1t WIS found impossible to administer 1t, lie
seetnc1 to cFnsc for water, hut the moment 1t
was brought within hs siRllt Il
| CONFUSION EHauEp,
| At II o'clock in the forenuop DR.. Hail found
hin lying tlAt on hts back, with tho eyes wide
open aud sleepicss. Every symptom ut acute
hydrGphoota wss apparent. Shortly attsr tl.ta
| At :30 In the afternoon lie Was very bad. Ser
crnl attempts were u,ade TO give him water cut
cach fa,'cd. The epasn!s had then reacl,ed The
abdomen, md at tle sight Of water tho 1uws
would cnsnc, caua!nE him to throw up every
thing un hts stomach, The temperature Of .ln
bodyi WAS lGi11. At 4 ocImk The con
vu's1on;sa ;a bcSa.ao 'sa,, IT, ;s,,,, violent, an
Tie extrtm!tlcs, nid'th symptoms 'incrrascd
until dtuth cusued: Dr. Hail watcttd lhc case
very claseiy, und during Tie day called In foi
eousut.asion Drs; +. =. Bailey, 7: =. itornc, W.
that 1t WAS a remarkable ease Of arutc hyJro
phtbia.
hat bceoule
Il U& TILE uOu,
Tho owne1, DR.. Knott, was 10th to bcliovo tina
his dog. caused the trouble. 1t wAa lotkcl
up 10 his Usru, he Bail ard was appnrcnti'
tu good health. Lie c,lsed several times to SCI
Benny, but In no iustnncs would ttu lttl
fellow allow Inn, TO enter tho rouru. lie hear,
his footsteps Ald recognized llsa voice lronlptl,
at each visit, an.l ,,.alu thc ,aost hcar-renllni
outcres. lie said Ur. Kuott Owned this dol
that posonsu li!n', and, ~ hts ts,yi.h why, Ii
threatened to blow out ti,d loctor's brains. IN,
III stub him with his papafs bir knife. For
long t,u.c In would not allow blu little brothc
t. sutcr The room, i, hIatn!ng hin
bitterly for sctttHg tic dug upo
him, but the pateuts demonstrated with hin
and told hin, that sa,any dtd i only In p'ay
fun. i viii fon:iya him" 'lnc Younger b!oii.r
xas u'sn brought IT, TO-, to hls eS1sae, an! H.! beau
told him not to cry, no lu know ho tiIdu't inea
to luJure hlnl. After tha ncuny waa fully cor
keu,ta llat lie was going 10 tIe from tbs clruct
ol Tue polson, and renlat1ed conscious, asnt, \
tines tslkatiyo, up to within an hour Ut hi
death.
The pbysci4ns interested IN tic casu will, d
doubt, conlplta ~ tllptr first opportunity mot
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