Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-08
The Terrible SpiIz.

No. l6 MarseilIes plac,, havo becu uursing
heir scn Hugh aged nearly eltveo, who has
bean suffering from symptoms that grow daily
mere like lyiropboti'. Not moro lbau eigh-
teen DOR less than fifteen months ago the boy
WAS bitten By Spz dog that was acting very
strangely, but was killed toe scon to atcftain
whether he was really rabid. The parents and
! the boy were easily pels laded that the dog was
not mad, snd although tho wound wps q deep
!acaratlon Of tho right thigh that was weeks in
healing and then left largo wetcd scar, they
soon CEASED to even think about it, He played
around tho streets as usual. not going to school,
but always ready to 1un errands for clsb. Two
weeks ago on Sunday, while see. Saving. he fell
lfom tho plank 90 his shoulder and boad, aud
lay Tor lew minutes unconscious. When he
recovered his senses be complained of intense
ran 10 his shoulder, aud was unable to mova
his arm. He bore his pain pluckiy, and
when, he got homo laid down without
describing bis condition to his parents. They,
suppoang that ro,hiug much was the mattel
paid little attention to him until q faintiny fl
warnad them that he needed physician. DR..
Jones, of No. 200 South Ffthteen, was sun.
uoned, and found the boys collar bono WAS
fractured aud his shoulder dislcc,ted. There
were 10 other symptoms perceived BY him, aud
no w2ct away, expecting that the boy
would be able to visit his Office for further treat
ment. Hugh was seemingly 10 good spirits
the next day. The pain 10 bis shoulder was
'r'1!og and no seemed otherwise we'll, exoaptng
that in washlog him bis mother noticed that
the boy started with q thrill that shook him all
over as soon as the cloth oame near the scar of
the dog bite. She noticed also that the scar
seemed swollen and slightly iuflamed.
About the middle of the afternoon of the next
day tho boy fell in spssm, and it was noticed
hat lis oonVulsive movements seemed to take
The shape Of tf,rts to bs,k like dog. Doctor
jones Was called is promptly, and, learning the
taots OF lhe ooS bite, fOuad that exoloraions
GEAR tho wo1nd resulted 10 great nervous dis
tress to the patient. Soon another convulsiau
lotctveued, sod Dr. Jones was able to note the
peculiar symptoms Some Of them pointed
% bydrtphobis, but great many of the chsr-
s1erlstic features of that disease were absent.
The boy showed DO great dread of water uLl,ss
"hnn 1t Was applied to hi, old wound. tie
could swallow without difficulty, and. so i,r
'rcm the aversion tO food that Is generally
proDuent sy mptoa, re ate wish appetite whnt
lscr was Civ. hinI. The rest neot prescrb I!
sag two hnrr doses II tromdp Of pofash, hf-
'!ta'o If crl9r.l, aud 'iuctu:e f vaer,an. N,
i7r t0tsns II creased iu ircque c. Oh Tu rs y
I'D ~ rdp~' d,S tnn doses were Increased aud
il"roiornI Was admlLl. t:rrG 10 mni.st= tc
S9ss,n.. O'cc, AID onoc on'Y, al Ir cnGn #
q rrfl' uuder the skio Was ,rlcd o. ;ae
S:c>nd GHy uf this treatmenG th. hapgie.t ~,
olhS Y, 70 eXGe1ie0c.j. Although SOU. OF lie
- sH:, oai b"sn aco0mpa pa1ten ty uIdcu nd
-, ElnG 2ad sD&prl"T, aod iheo Intervals Wi h
: El1.n, thSy ae!e gtt uldeT cnItrOl aoi ijr
tai&c Ioys here 9a~ o. recurrerc,. Dr. Jonas
:2"n;oos tns belief hat tee ooy Was satfg.i
H'm hyrscuhots, srd thought tin 10 . :air
-aT % f.t.E,:,
\ ac';; $50 ~ S.ajss t:ia II giro puo,c cen.
SUs!U:s 1r-II G&u;4, IL. 0uy bec.na dsii,i.
u, a@.! ii, c1ayusiuus ~ i:equs2t and S,o.
is':!. !hG 1cGa i've rtClCiues 1efo decreased
la aljo42: a2t Gr qlascj. E7cc2 dag ,te ply
s'ct!n (X?ec.ac - Ii III lis p4,ieat IL tbs cIu-
cli1u th!1 n.lsS lho last sLsgcs Of the disease.
hCtn TIC i;o;hlug ct Ito mouth vas rot p!e.
SEPT, iio a32 Tolerated los against bis SPINE, &ud
although 80 ciu!d not dr'uk wa,:r H. swallowed
Dik Ritdou: difficulty. Even lis deliriam
passed a%sy, a1d between susams be sat up in
b. d :iik!oG caeefiijly With his uitand,uts, As
tne spaEm' approached be grew dull and
, 5ceMct &c s. 10 s'c2r, 0u!y 20 wake no eith
star 10 oac OF ;ha terrible saiza.cs. Oa Satur
da5 les: he had three Of ;hen 10 sn tcu-, uot-
WltkstaotlGk Lac cilor6fItn which shorieosd
their duration TO Itom i've 10 twsaty minutes,
lie h:d 10 recollection ct tha delusiors before
| remarked aud ssen.d uacor S, ,iou, that he
parked or snapped. Y s,etdsy be became more
vioieot, aad 70 far ffoc his strength diulnish
log, two men found sll they could do to keep
him safe ia bis spAGms. Ii was cnIy yesterday
that aoy marked foaming a. ths mouth super.
v5na1, although that sywpton is not yet very
NAKED.
DR.. Jones says that tho boy bss enough vi.
tallty TO l:s: tao or thles days yet. Speaking
Of tde slow progress of the diseas, ho said
;hat is a characteristic of the virus com.
muoicsted BY Sp!z dogs. 1t is generally very
long in ttc lucuba:ing stages, ard ufter The
dis aae il developed il is OF q much railder
! type and longer in duration, although no less
cartsinly fatal Asked if be did not think it pos
able that the boy might have become terrified
by stories OF rabid people and have simulated
the disease, ne replied that the boy does not yet
kno" what be is suffering from. Between the
spasEs he has never mentit ned the disease nor
manlf.s.ed any dread OF it a singular feature
of the esry ,tsges of his seiz ire was his sudden
recovery CT the use of his injured srm and
shoulder. he had been asleep tor hours under
tina I1uence OF chlorsl, when hs awoke sudden.
ly and stretched out his arm. "See I can uee
my arm. mother. Gcd hos JUS! told me that III
gst well" he exclaimed, joyfuily From that
tine as tas had no pain and no difficulty in
u.ing ths ember, as is amply attes.ed by iho,e
who are charged with holding it when be ia in
the s2asms. Altogether DR.. Jones regards il
as singular in many respects, but none the less a
genuine case of rabies. He now thinks that tbe
se;z ire began when the boy fell off tha see-ssw
IN fAct that the fall was ocessioned by the first
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