Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-05
4 WOMAN'S DEATH FROM HYDRO
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Acase of hydrophobia, ending fatally yes
terday, is remarkable for tNe presencs of
nundber of features and the absence of
others which, the attendant physicians say,
have seldom if ever before come under their
notice. Q1 be4ovaO
Mrs. Mary r. Lindermier, the victim, was
a widow who, since her husbands death,
some years ago, carried on the business of
the. beer saloon, No. -6l4s North Fourth
street, being assisted by her son, young
mai. She had one remarkable hobby that
all the neighbors talked abodt--a fondness
for raising poodles, of which she had had
five in the house for some time, She had
also habit of picking MP homeless or in
jured little dogs va wherever she
found them, taking them % home and
caring for them until h7Gtheyl
were restored to health and plumpness,
when she would seek some neighbor desir-
Gus of adopting a house dog. Between six
and eight weeks ago-she conld not remem
Der the date, and all efforts to ascertain it
exactly have been unsuccessful was at
tracted one evening to the sidewalk by the
yelping of two poodles that she had lot out to
play, She saw q strange little dog trying,
as she thought, to hurt, one of the poodles,
and npon her STOPPING to pick up and
carry away her pets the wicked little
stranger snapped ather and left the marks of
his teeth on, the back of her right hand, just
above the forefnger. The, wound bled
slightly, but she regarded it as a mere
scratch, requiring no attention more than
the application of a lotion, that she got at
the drugstore just opposite her house. She
supposed that the dog belonged to neigh
Dor and never thought that it might have
been mad. Whether the dog was. mad or
not, the doctors and friends have been I'M
able to ASCERTAIN, and all efforts to identify
the animal have been unsuccessful. :'"'" .
| Sh5 algG' THE FATAL SCRATCH iil9a 10! 80
Attending to her duties as usual, She
seemed perfectly we'll until Tuesday 2; of Last
week, when, after ironing, lot of clothes
she complained of unusual WEAKNESS, anG
particularly of sharp, shooting pain in the
right arm. Next day she felt as well as ever
but on Thursday the feeling of, tiresomenes'
returned, accompanied by pains in both armi
and something like intercostal neuralgia. DR.
James Collins, of 536 Marshall street, came a
her call, and she told him she thought sh'
had rheumatism He prescribed some
thing that eased her, and, not suspecting by
drophobia, he supposed that she was al
right again. Being called on Saturday b.
observed peculiar conditions. Crossing tn
street to Mr.. Lawson's, the druggist, D.
Collins remarked that itseemed like a cas-
of hydrophobia. The druggist recalled tbl
dog bite and, if DIR. Collins had doubted be
fore, he was now convinced. He Learned
that on the previous evening sh
had come to Mr.. Lawson for drink of lem
onade and he observed that she swallowed
it with seeming aversion and difficulty
/ When the doctor returned to the house ans
brought water in sight of the woman sh
showed alarming symptomsAa great dreat
of something and extreme restlessness an,
irritabitity. These continuing, she wa
taken, by the doctors advice, to the German
Hospital, but there she showed such sus
picion of everybody's motives and became s.
uncomfortable in her spasmodlc actions that
three hours Jafterward ,she had to be 'brough
home again. DR.. Collins now called upon d.
1 Charles w. Miles for assistance, and tn
two, after talking over the matter with d.
F. III. Gross, DIR. e. Santee and DIR. Charlie
Turnbull, decided upon a course of treat
ment to which they ascribe the subsequen
abfence in this, case of that violent ccnvulsiv
action which in other victims of hydrophc
bia' has. necessitated holding by severa
strong men or tying fast to a bed.
4 oil - FIGHTING THE DISEASE, ti-j ~ an
4 The principal remedy used was sulphat
of the South American Indian war-arro
poison, called curar or woorsra. Anon
othter palliative agents employed wer
camper and opium. '.a- s-I. --.si'..-
Tue doctors desired to paralyze to ce1
tain extent the muscles that produce spasn
The sulphate, called curare or woorar;
was administered hypodermically in filtere
solution, each injection containing sma
traction of grain of the poison. On Sal
urday night when she was quiet and perfect
4 ~ conscious, reference being made to tn
dog, she said she did not believe that he wa
mad. Then as she complained of thirs
water was brought and placed in her hand
whereupon she exclaimed, shudderingly: "Of
can't drink" Dropping the glass she con
tinued spasmodically: Oh, my heart woul
stop. It would kill mes She took It'll
ice in her mouth, however, which relieve
her, but .nextlday she could not look even q
the frozen water. Her last drink was o.
Sunday morning, when with great exertio,
she swallowed some milk punch The onl
time when she would touch food, after Fri
day, was on Monday afternoon. Her con
4
ate considerable meat, potatoes and cabbage
After that she steadily grew worse, her men
tai distress and her evident suffering fror
4 thirst being hard to picture.
She wauld not believe that she had hydro
phobia, or that the dog was mad. ''The do
bite" she saidto DR.. Collins, s'was nothing
and if You understood the case, I'd get well.
She was suspicious of everybody, especial
towards the last, when her breathing becam
very rapid and heavy, and the temperature Q
her body extremely high, while frothy, Wis
cid fluid came from her mouth in such quar
titles as to necessitate constant changing o
clothing, towels and other articles. In one G
the spasms on Sunday her terror was increase
by imagining that q hair was growing on th
! tip of her tongue. She cried to those abou
her to pluck it out. Although suffering in
tense agony with the symptoms described
DR.. Collins says that the spasms were cor
trolled to great extent by the medical treat
ment. Although conscious until about tire
hours before her death, which came from 81
haustion at half past five o'clock yesterds
morning, she would listen to no reasoning
and was extremely whimsical. AS late a
Monday evening she desired to know whethe
Il one, doctor was not sufficient. Compare
with other deaths from bydrophobia ,hel
was an easy one. ,si, ...,t .,aase s-s .7,as
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