New-York tribune., 1880-10-05
STRANGE C4SE ~ JEESEY CITY.

AN ALLEGED CASE or HYDROFHoBA RESULTING
FROM 4 BITE RECEIVED TWELVE YEARS AGO.
Henry l.. Martinette. grocer at No. l6l Sussex
at Jersey City, died yesterday morning at the
bouse of ex Postmaster Greene, in great agony. 1t
il said bv DR.. Abcrcrombie and Dr. Goulln his at
tending physicians. that the young mans death
was caused by hydrOphobia, he having shown all
the symptoms OF that disefs Sc. The case is very
extraordinary one The young man was bitten in
the r;yLt thumb between eleven and twelve years
aro by pet dog which was shot by police oihcer'
wrO said that it was rabid. me wound was
thoronphv cauterlzed by physician. and the boy
felt no pain His health was Unusually gOOd untiI
"wednesday He was mem ser OF the rourt1
Regiment. New-Jersey National t, Guafd, ul, ana
naradrd with that organization IN TINS CITY W ed
nnasIav and went TO PhadelDhlc WIN tne remains
of the late General TorberJ. When he returned
home at night he complained OF pam ~ us lsIf IN
arm and side Thursday night he became 50 III
that he went to bed. and Dr. AD"rcrVmoie, the
pbysician of the family, was summoned 10 a'trnd
him Young Martnette grew rapidly worse. anu
xyos taken with convusions Sunday morning lie
foalned at the mouth IN his spasns. ano pecaine
very violent. Miss Anna Greene the aaugiller Vi
NV postnaster GIeene, who vas engaged 10 be mar
r;ed In the Young man. visited him sunday, accom-
nanied Ly her parents. While they were at MS
bedside, young Martinette became conscious anu
ot,iet AS soon as they left the house the spas1ns
returned with increased violence AL 4;3O o CLOCK
yesterday morning the sick man arose and dressed
himself His parents VINO wHre IRE, ac to h;s he'd
movements attempted to lead hlm BACK 70 MS oeu,
bnt he broke from their grasp, and ran downstairs
and into the street A few omcnts later lie was
found living unconscious in the area OF the mouse OF
Mr. Greene He was picked up and carried INTO
the noriOr and placed on a sofa. lie was gasplng
IN snasmodic manner and foamng AT the
r,onth Dr AbercromDie was summoned but tne
nicG man showed such bitter antlpathy To lim
an hecame 40 violent. that DR.. Goulin was called
in He said Mr. Nartnette was suffering from
hv lronhobia and could live but few hours. Inc
nat ant reganed his scnsrs and asked MI. nreehe
moi o let ,he physicians and his parents sehd MN
70 n hosptal The patient lived untll u O'CLOCK
when his face and neck turned black ana ne dieu
in a CON- vulslon -, ~, c,1;, =,
II never heard Of case" said Dr Oouhn, IN
which hvdrophobia was developed twelve years
after the patient was bitten by raDid Dog Out
have heard of cases where the bite WAS seven years
old ( cannot account tor :hls case, bul am saliS-
fed that Mr. MaTtincttes death was caused nS
bydronhobia the disease being clearly defined. lie
comDiained of nuInbness IN lIs r!ght arm the
p,,,I where he was bitten by the dog. and III the
rgbf side Of his neck. In his paTOxy SINS he became
ftrious md uncontrollable. Dr. ADercromblc ana
! decded 10 administer chl0roform, but before we
s'.caeded he died IN a spasn. MaTtinctiss
So inafhv TO Dr. Abercrombie was caused by the
pattsris telling him he was Ill with hydroph9bia
'"i,r NJ w Varick SAID that DIS TO I'm ana
Atsycromble must have been mistaken ID thelr
11iarnosis of tho case. and the death OF hr Mar
,im-tts probably resulted as much from fright,
amsed by his tear OF hydropbobia, as from any
other cause. -. -; md, mind said Dr Ahsr