The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-01-13

signing and uneasy, aud his whole
system in an abnormal condition
He slept but little on Tuesday
night, and on Wednesday morning
the pains in his arms and neck were
severe and distressing. He de.
scribed his condition as horrible
Wednesday night was spent with.
ont sleep and his condition on
Thursday morning was still more
distressing, and the disease evi
IDENTIFY was rapidly developing. The
Fpaias in the arm and neck had now
become excruciating. He slept
none on Thursday night and took
but little food from the time of the
attack. On Friday morning, as
was his custom, he arose early and
went TO the pail for a drink of
water, but at the first sight OF the
fluid his head involuntarlly flew
back. and he felt an inability to
swallow, with a sense of constric
tioh about the larynx and trachea.
He exclaimed to his family that he
was ''a ruined man" and in a most
miserable and distressing condition.
From this time until his death
laryngeal spasms and a spasmodic
contraction of the respiratory or
gans were clearly manifested. On
this day friday Doctors Campbell
and Herbert cal ed and found him
IN the following condition: His
pulse was rather in a normal condi-
ten; his respiration greatly dis
turbed, with a signing and uneasy
action painful to see. His eyes
presented a most peculiar express
sion, as il a mingled feeling of fear,
anger and distress was agitating his
brain. There WAS a tendency to
nausea and q thick tenacious saliva
seemed to hang in his throat, caus-
ing him to make repeated efforts to
pull it out with his fingers. The
mental symptoms were not alarm
ing, and he maintained his ration
ality, except during the spasms and
commissions almost up to the hour of
his death. The sense of constric
ton about the throat was so great
and the suffocation so distressing
that he did not take to his bed per-
manently until Saturday night. He
frequently arose from his seat and
would pace the floor in the most in
tense agony, with a sense of OPP
preston about the chest and great
difficulty of breathing that would
not permit him to remain still, lying
or sitting. He showed no signs of
doing violence to himself or others,
and consequently was not placed
under restraint. Neither did he ut
ter any sound like the swapping or
barking Of dog, as is sometimes
the case in this malady; but it is
said he made an occasional motion
with his arm and hand toward his
throat which resembled the &C
ton of dog when scratching its
body. On Saturday night all the
symptoms had increased in vio-
lence and his vital forces were rap
idly succumbing to the ravages of
his horrible malady. The night
was passed in sleeplessness and
pain, spasms occurring at intervals
of about thirty minutes. He grew
rapidly worse with the departing
night and Sunday morning early he
was in q general CONFUSION. He
had about six of these commissions
and died in the last at about 10
o'clock, A. NJ. Enthusiastically the
history of this case di agnosed by
drophobia. The bite of the rabid
animal; the time from the bite to
the attack; the cerebro-spIual symp
toms; the spasm of the larynx; the
nausea; evidently show that the
pneumo-gastric and spinal accesso-
ry nerves were involved, as a result
of the morbid condition of that
portion of the brain and spinal cord
whence these nerves are given off;
thus agreeing with the theory of
Hammonds and other distinguished
neurologists that the brain and spi-
nal cord undergo disorganization
and are specially selected as the
center of the morbid anatomy of
this frightful disease.
Throughout his terrible illness,
AR. Hannah bore himself msnfully,
at times displaying almost superhu.
man fortitude, and when he became
conscious of the inevitable fate
awaiting him he arranged his world
ly affairs with great calmness and
ieliberation. He then summoned
his beloved wife and children and
with much tenderness and solici
tude gave them his parting counsel
and advice. He admonished his
sons to lead upright and viItuous
lives, so that when death ap
preached they might be able to
face it calmly, however hideous
the shape it assumed.
He was buried Sunday afternoon
In the family graveyard,iA the pres
ence OF large concourse Of friends
and neighbors who pa d this last
tribute of respect to his memo
ry. In his death the county has
lost an upright and conscientious
magistrate, the community in which
he lived a useful and exemplary cit
izen and his family kind and af-
fectionate husband and father. The
distressing circumstances of his
death will awake a deep feeling of
comniseration in every breast and
cause strong current of sympathy
to flow in the direction OF his be-
reaved wife and children. We
deem it proper, before completing
this melancholy task. to warn the
people of the county against the
hundreds OF worthless ours now
prowling about in almost every
neighborhood, and to recommend
a vigorous policy of determination.
The terrible example furnished by
the death of Mr.. Hannah conveys
an impressive lesson which no
words of ours can intensity. 1t
should teach the people the folly
OF exposing themselves to dread
full mslady out of mistaken sympa
thy for 8 lot of worthless dogs
which are dangerous not only IN
this respect but also a serious hin
drance to an important and profita-
BILE industry. The shotgun is the