New-York tribune., 1886-05-14
DYING FROM HYDROPHOBIA.
A BROOKLYN BUILDER BITTEN BY A DOG.
PRONOUNCED GENUINE CAsE-No HOPE OF RE-
COyERY,

,poxouxcrp GENUINE cAsE-No HOPE OF RE-
cOvERY.
Jacob Hertlne, a builder is dangerously i'll with
hydrophobia at his home. No. l49 Macdougal-st,,
BROOKLYN He was bitten IN the Sa daS a"no vas @s
not thought 10 be rabid. but still he was Killed.
The wound was cauterizcd and 1t healed properly
Early this week Mr.. Hertline. who had been
troubled by strikes among the in his employ
and had been nervous. became seriously III. ne
eoon had the customary sigus of hydrophooia; lie ne
kretzschmar, of No. 405 Clnton-ave.: was sum
moncd He found the patient in cnticai STATE
from acute hydIophobia. and the remedies enploTeo
could only relieve him, without hope of cure he
symptoms were mainly convulsions and raVlngs.
In his lucid moments Mr. Hertlrne would cry out
for poison TO end his suiierlngs before he injured
any person near HIM. ,r -
porter:
live short time. He is the most vo-
lent patient with hydropnOnis .i, ,ol have I'VE
suierngs are painful TO witness Everything possible
IL being to relieve them. bat death cannot be far
be- restrained at tunes from of violence. Tonight
he easier having been under the &c
swaIlowing. in the thsoat aud convusons oil the
push it away from him lie has fear of trying to swallow
anything. but tries to overcome IT, lie makes that
sembles /. in sound The construction of the muscles OF
the throat causes 1t. He will probably grow worse Dut
see any hope of his recovery for the case Is one OF
genuine nvdrophoba beyond doubt think IT pity pity
been determined whether he rahd. The bitten man
had fear OF nydrophooia DO not know whether inc
dog bit any one else,
Mr. Hertline is forty.seven years old and has
wife and five children. He lives in little house
which he built for himself. The dog which bit bim
back stoop. Mrs. Hcrtllne was afraid Of him and
wanted her husband to drive him away. He vent
out to do so, but the dog would not move. Mr..
the back, saying Come, Jack" The dog then
snapped at him and caught MS right hand betTeen.
his teeth. biting nearly through the thick Of
fingers. The dog would have pulled bis hand of
had not Mr.. Hertline caught hold OF The dog col
ran away. lie belonged to a neighbor named Dug
land and had never acted strangely. At Mt Hert-
lines request the animal Tas keG m os sne neX onnd ua
and after cauterzatiOn it healed without dlfnculty
Mr. Hertline had no fear Of hydrophoba and gave
the matter no further thought. On Tuesday night
lie did not feel well and the following morning he
asked his wife to give him sedlitz powder he
was about to swallow 1t when spasm seized his
first sign of hydrophoba. 1t was soon followed by
the boarse sound in the throat which is called
him. but later in the day Dr. Kretzschmar
was called in consultation. The scar where the dog
had bitten the patient has deep purple color
which 1t has assumed within the last few days.
This is regarded one of the chief signs of hydro
phobia.
down ms rooms in great uneaslness, although the
influence OF the morphine and brandy administered
TO him restrained he more marked symptoms, His
family and some friends, including the Kew. jacob
Weber of the New Brooklyn Reformed Church,
were with him. The patient appeared to be atilct-
ed with thirst and called for wafer. As his wife
barking III his throat began and he acted As if
afraid of the harmless fluid. But he persisted and
swallowed little. although he nearly had
conyulsIon in the effort. The worst sym ptoms
have not appeared as yet. and the patient may be
expected to grow gradually worse until death
l., l..f lIA mo ~
medium height compactly built and inclined to
spareness. His Will power shown in his efforts to
control his spasmS. tie is fully conscious OF his
perilous condition and begs TO be put out OF his
misery,