Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-09
HYDROPHOBIA.
Another Victfn to the Most Terrible OF
Diseases.

Another Yictf,a to the Most Terrible OF
Diseases.
Chicago Tribune.]
The most frightful of diseases, hydropho'
bia, for which all the efforts of science have
hitherto failed to provide cure, claimed
another victim yesterday. In this case there
is absolutely no room for doubt as to the
nature of the disease, and it is remarkable
for the rapidity of its course after the first
development of the SYMPTOMS, only twenty
hours elapsing between the first manifesto
ton and the death of the sufferer. 1t has
often occurred that other complaints have
been wrongly diagnosed as dydrophobia,
and in almost all cases the sufferings of the
victims have been not only intense, but pro-
longed over several days. The rapidity
with which this case proceeded to- its fatal
termination is the more remarkable, as the
person affected was q young man who had
previously enjoyed robust health and whose
habits were of the best.
It appears that some six or eight months
ago 1.-THE exact date being unknown) Patrick
Dunno, young man residing with his faith
er, William Danne, at No. 13G West Adams
street, was bitten in the calf of tho leg by q
dog belonging to neighbor. Dunno is said
to have always had fancy for dogs. and,
although this was the third or fourth time
he had been bitten, he paid little or no atten-
ton to it. The first time that he met with
such an accident was some six years ago,
and, although this was apparently more
serious wound, no evil consequences fol-
lowed. On the last occasion the wound was
SO slight, amounting to little more than q
grazing of the skin, that MIR. Dune did not
even take the precaution to have it caute-
rized. He mentioned the circumstances to
his family at the time, but they too never
anticipated that trouble, disease aud death
would result from what seemed
HARMLESS SCRATCH.
But within the past few days MIR. Dame.
who had in the meantime attended regularly
to his work and continued in apparently
good health, began to complain of an mex
plicable tlghtness of the chest. Yesterday
morning at o'clock he called at the resi-
dence of his cousin, DR.. w. p. Dunno. the
CITY physician, and asked him to do some
thing to relieve the pain. His account of
his sensations was that his chest was being
violently compressed, and he was suffering a
great deal. DIR. Dunno prescribed some
mild remedy, not, at the time, suspecting
the true cause of the trouble. He had not,
however, long to wait before being assured
of the horrible truth. The young man re-
turned to his residence and shortly there
after asked for drink of water. This was
brought, but its appearance was the signal
for violent convulsiye paroxysm, and from
that hour until The death of the patient,
which occurred at 1910 p. NJ,
the sufferer underwent o. the
most excrUciating fortunes, the
paroxysms recurring at intervals OF not to
exceed five minutes. He foamed at the
mouth and gave vent throughout to those
peculiarly distressing sounds caused by the
effort to clear the throat from the frothy
mucus which is characteristic of hydropho-
ria, and which 30 nearly resemble the bark
ing or rather yelping of dog as to be mis-
taken for such. The commissions increased
so much in violence, and the intervals be-
tween became so short, that assistance was
summoned, and when manual power proved
insufficient to control the poor fellow, his
friends were compelled to procure handouts
with which he was fastened down. Chloro-
form was administered freely and had a GER
tain quieting effect, but Its power was
evanescent and constant administrations
were required. Even these failed to give
the desired relief, the patient passing rapid
" from bad to worse until he sank from ex-
haustion.
THE sUDDENNEss OF THE ATTACK,
and its almost immediate fatal termination,
gave no opportunity for the trial Of the mau-
fold remedies which are recommended in
such cases. The case is one which from all
it's circumstances cannot fail to be of inter-
est to the medical profession. Mr.. Dunno
was youth of great promise, and at the
time of his death was aged twenty years and
seven months. His father is a carpenter,
and among his immediate relatives are DR..
w. p. Dunno, Father Dunno, of st. Pat
rick's church, and other we'll known gentle
men in Irish-American circles. The funer-
al will be from st. Patrick's church, the
time to be fixed hereafter.