The daily gazette., 1879-10-11
Fears of HydrOphObid.

! A MAN BITTEN By A DOG SEVERAL
WEEKS AGO SHOWS SYMPTOMS OF
THE RABIES.
Readers of the GAZETTE will remem-
Der the case of George Powell, the we'll
known fish dealer of Third street mar
ket house, who, on the afternoon of the
I'd of August, was bitten by small
dog. The dog, which was owned by MFR.
Powell, came up to his fish rand in
very excited condition, having been
chased by some boys, and MIR. Powell
took it in his arms for the purpose of
soothing it. Whiis thus engaged man
came up and began teasing the dog,
when It snapped at him viciously, but
accidentally struck lis teeth into the lit
tie finger of Mr.. Powells left hand. He
at once threw The dog from him, which
caused its teeth to tear a ragged wound
In the end OF the finger.
| Mr.. Pow II at once had the wound at
tended to, and secured the dog, so as to
! ascertain whether or not it was affected
with hydropbobia. During the evening
the animal drank water, and gave no
evidence whatever Of the rabies, so Mr..
Powell, the next morning, in order 10
make assurance doubIy sure, had the
dog killed.
Feeling sure there was DO danger,
Mr.. Powell pursued bis usual avscation,
and endeavored to dismiss the subject
from his mind, though numer-
Gus injudicious persons constant
ly besieged him with inquiries
and suggestions in relation to the Aifair,
keeping him in an almost continual state
| ofn l.
no further concern. Everything went
J on as usual, however, until several days
, ago, when he began to feel soreness
and stiffness in bis arms, but attributine
this to cold and rheumatism he wrapped
himself well up with red flannel and
! never thought of connecting this circum-
stance with the bite of the dog.
, Yesterday, the crisis came. During the
| morning and part of afternoon Mr.. Powell
was at his fish stand, attending to his
business, selling and cleaning fish, with
5 the water running from the bydrant
= right beside him almost constantly
But still the dread symp' ON:
: made DO appearance. About five O'Clock
, in the afternoon he went to his home OF
G Lobdell Street, below Heald, South Viii
n mngton, and feeling thirsty, started tt
d take drink of water. To his conster
d nation he found himself unable to drink
Q and the sight of the water made hin
tremble from head to foot. He endeav
ored to take drink of tea, but found j
G also impossible to do that. The convic
r tion then forced itself upon his mint
a that he was experiencing the genuine
d symptoms of hydrophobia.
1t No further symptoms than an inabilt,
d to d;ink fluids were displayed for awhile
out Mr.. Powell deemed it best to hav,
c medical assistance, and DR.. John Cam
eron was sent for. The doctor arrive,
and remained for several hours, applyin
= the remedies generally used by the pre-
'. fession for this dread disease. A neigl
~ ~ Dor, George M. Lucas, was also calle
ar ar in and remained all night with Mr.. Pow
as ell. The Latter was not very violent, ,bl
= he had several spasms before morning
it the sight Of water, or the application @
it it to any part Of his person being suffi
J. cient to throw him into slight convul
II sic ms.
The attacks were not severe, and dur
q ing tie intervals between them bis min
If was perfectly rational in all respects.
If Once Mr.. Powell called for lemon
d thinking it would assuage his thirst
T. which was becoming intolerable on &C
, count of his inability to drink water
!. The lemon was furnished him, and Il
" . essayed to swallow some Of the juice
"a but without success. The lemon, afte
r. it was taken away from him, was mucl
v, torn aud ragged, as though he had knaw
rs edit with his teeth, after the manner @
N dog.
n J his morning Mr.. Powell, deemisg
70 best that he should be away from bom
if the disease developed into its wors
" form, decided to go to Philadelphia, an
'i anfcr one of the hospitals, so as to b
surrounded with all proper precautions
u and at the same time provided with tn
10 best medical attendance. He according
Is ~ made the necessary preparations, an
/ accompanied by his son land DR.. Came
te ron, left for Philadelphia on the 81
ot train. Previous to his departure he CAV
his wife Instructions in regard to his bus
iness affairs, and participated IN religi
Gus exercises, conducted by Rev. Georg
p. Kramer, pastor of the Household q
se Faith Church. He was perfectly rationa
and appeared to fully realize that h
was in precarous condition and migh
- never return to his home.
IN In Philadelphia, Mr.. Powell will en-
ter one OF the hospitals, and secure tn
N best possible treatment. His friends an
family, while fearing the worst, hop
ra that he may be mistaken in regard I
the nature of his complaint and eventu
l.. ally be cured.