Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
AN OLD BITE.
a Han Bitten by "a Dog Kteven Years Aae
Dies of Hydrophobia.
New York World

AN OLD BITE.
a Nan Bitten by "a Dog Kieven Years Ago
Dies of HYdropIobfa.
New York World.
Before daylight yesterday morning the
wife of Henry A. Greene, ex-postmaster of
JERSEY City, went down stairs to the base
ment of her residence, No. l45 Grand street,
and found a young man lying in the area,
apparently suffering great pain. She called
her husband, and recognizing the man as
Henry L. Msrtinette, their daughter Annie's
accepted sutton, they carried him into the
house and laid him on q sofa. DR.. Aber-
crombie and DR.. Youlin, who are homHopath-
ic physicians, were called in, but Martinette
died about 8 o'clock-of hydrophobia, both
physicians say. Martinette vas well known
in the city. He was a member of Company
F, Fourth regiment, National guard, and was
also connected with Hook and Ladder COM
pany No. l. He was 26 and was employed
by his father, grocer. Eleven years ago a
small pet dog belonging to young Martin
cite was attacked and bitten by rabid dog.
A policeman endeaYored to kill both, but the
pet dog escaped with a wound. Young
Martinette found it, bleeding and covered
with mud and dirt, and took it IN his arms.
It bit his thumb. He ran home and
told his parents what had
happened to him, and he had the wound
cauterized. The next day the dog developed
symptoms of madness, ald he was killed.
The incident was long ago forgotten. On
Wednesday of last week Martinette turned
out with the Fourth regiment, which escor-
ted the remains of Gen. Torbert to Phila-
delphia. On his return home he complain
ed of pains Ia his right arm and on the right
side of his neck. Next morning he was
worse, but supposed he had caught cold. On
Thursday evening he took to his bed and
DIR. Abercrombie was summoned to attend
him. The patient was seized with a success
sion of spasms, during which he is
said to have foamed at the mouth
and snapped his teeth together.
Information of his illness was sent to Miss
Greene and her parents, who visited him and
found him deiiriou5 and extremely violent.
At the sound of Miss Greene's voice, how
ever, he became rational and talked with her.
It is related that he Immediately became
violent again when the visitors left
the room and that the spasms were renewed.
He took an aversion to DR.. Abercrombie,
and seemed to be laboring under the delusion
that the physician and his own parents
had formed q conspiracy to send him to
hospital. On Sunday morning DR.. Abercrom-
bic pronounced 1t case of hydrophobia and SO
informed Martinette's parents. Sunday af-
ternoon DR.. Youlin was called II, and agreed
with DR.. Abercombie. Yesterday morning
at 4 o'clock Martinette got out of bed,
dressed himself and started down stairs. He
had reached the hall door when his parents
intercepted him and tried to detain him. He
violently broke away from them and ran
down the street. His father went back
to dress, and by the time he reached the
street again the fugitive had disappeared.
It was soon after that Mrs. Greene found
him lying in the area and removed him into
the house. When DR.. Abercombie was
called in Martinette was gasping spas
medically. Martinette recognized the doc
him approach. DIR. Youlin was then sent
for, end said in Martinette's hearing that the
case was hydryphobia. Mr.. Greene said
that Mart;nette had talked to him very "a
tionally. Martinette repeatedly begged the
Greenes not to allow him to be Gent to the
hospital, and their assurance that they would
not seemed to soothe him. MIR. and Mrs.
Martinette arrived, and the patient drove
DR.. Abercombie out of the room. At 8
O'Clock he went into violent spssms. His
face and neck grew black and he died in con-
WILSON'S. =
DR.. Youlin said yesterday afternoon that
he had never before heard of case of
hylrophobis developed eleven years after the
bite, but he had heard of case in which the
disease made its appearance after seven
years. This case was Enthusiastically hydro
phobia, however. DR.. Varick, surgeon gen.
eral of New Jersey. and his son, DIR. w. w.
Varick, are positive in their belief that Drs.
Abercrombie and Yeulin are mistaken in
their diagnosis of the case.
DR.. Abercrombie told reporter last even
ing that when Msrtinette first came to him
and exhibited an aversion to water, he asked:
"Were you were ever bitten by dog9" and
that Martiaette answered in the affirmative
and showed o scar on his thumb.