Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-03
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A Little Girl Bittea - juno 18th Oiet
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A Little Girl Bittea - June 18th Died |
Lass Nlght.
An eight year-old daughter Of John W..
Booth, residing at No. 512 Poplar street, |
was bitten in the wrist by a dog on the 18th
of June last, and died last evening about |
0 o'clock in terrible agony, showing the
most unmistakable symptoms of hydro
phobia.
The circumstances of the case arc about
as follows: On Saturday, June 18th, Mr..
Booths little daughter was sent for milk
to John Weaver's, who is a tenant on the
farm of Christian Ferrick, his house being
nearly opposite Hershey's woods, a short
distance southwest Of the city. While
there the little girl approached too closely
to dog that was tied in the yard, and it
sprang at her and bit her rather badly in
the wrist. She was taken to her home and
her wounds were dressed by Doctor War
rem. Mr.. Weaver called at Booths the
same evening, and told the family that
they should be careful with the little girl
as the dog had been behaving strangely for
day or two previously. On the follow
ing: day Sunday Mr.. Booth went over to
Mr.. Weaver's to learn the particulars Of
the affair, and Mr.. Weaver told him that
there seemed to he nothing the matter
with the dog that it had eaten its food
and drank water during the day as usual !;
but that it had during the night broken
loose and run over to Hershey's where it
had died and was buried. DR.. Warren
having been told that the dog had eaten
and drank as usual, did not cauterize the
wound, which, though somewhat painful,
commenced to heal up satisfactorily, and
the child made no complaint except Of Oc-
casional slight pain in the wrist.
On Saturday the child was taken sick
and on Sunday morning it lay down in the
entry, and when discovered seemed to be
asleep and suffering from high fever.
DR.. Cox was called and applied the usual
remedies. On Monday the child again
came into the entry, was asked il she
wanted drink of water and said she did.
On being shown the water she uttered a
terrific shrek, and fell unconscious to the
floor. She soon recovered consciousness,
talked naturally, but had wild and rest.
less expression CT countenance, and sOon
had another fearful paroxysm. It was
found necessary to tie her hands to pre-
vent her from hurting herself or others
When free from the parOxysms
which only occurred at intervals O1
less than an hour she was en-
tirely rational and evinccd willingness
to take her medicine, but when it was
given her, she would bite at it, shuddel
fearfully, and bark like dog. At ont
time she sprang up and ran out to a shed
where there was standing a bucket o.
water, when she barked and was attacked
with violent parOxysm, ending in uncon
sciousness. As the day. wore on the par
Oxysms because more frequent and violent
and from six o'clock last evening unit
near nine, when she died, she suffered from
terrible and continuous paroxysm of th'
most agonizing character.
That hers was a clearly defined case ol
hydrOphObia there is no doubt. AS soOl
rs DR.. Cox ascertained the cause of tn
little girls sufferings, he called in consul
tation DR.. NJ. L. Herr. DR.. Foremel
also called to see the little sufferer, and VI
are informed that the profession gener
ally take deep interest in the case as j
is the first that has occurred in Lancaste
within twenty or thirty years past. Th'
only other case we have heard of is that o
a daughter of man named Passmore, VIII
} lived 30 years ago on the "common no
far from where East Chestnut and AM
r streets have since been opened. Abou
;; twenty years ago there was simila
case at Mountville, and a fe1
others are known to have take
place in the county. The cases are s.
rare, however, that very few physicians ar
, called upon in the course of lifetime
DR.. Cox describes the suffering of his littl
patient as agonizing beyond description.
John w. Booth, the father of deceased
f is hard laboring man, the father G
, fourteen children-eight of whom ir
Guiding the little girl now dead
he has lost, and six still SUI
vive, and have to be cared for from hi
; scanty wages as a day laborer. We al
: not authorized to say that he requires a.
y sistance in his present trouble, but v
: know the mere mention of his circun
, stances will he sufficient notice to the goo
people of Lancaster, to see that he secure
whatever help he may require.