New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-11
BARKING LIKE A MAD DOG
A MAN WITH SYMPTOMS OF HYDRopHoBIA
UNCONSCIOUS IN THE srREET-EFFgcr or

A NAN WITH SYMPTOMS OF HYDROPHOBIA
FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE srREET-EFFEcr or
wAryR-FRIGHTENfNG THE POLICEMEN.
An unconscious man was found yesterday morning
in an area in Aren-st Broome by Officer smock,
OF the Eldridge Street Police Station Il was thought
to be only an ordinary Of prostraton from alcohol
and the officer after vany trying to rouse the man got
help and took him to the police station The uninter
estinR drunken did not get much attention when
taken In, but he developed such remarkable symp-
toms, that the usually phlegmatic policemen who
were sitting around waiting to go out duty partially
lost their reason and began leapng around wild with
| excitement
Sergeant Cass. who was behind the desk when the
man carried into the reception room has kindly
heart and thinking that perhaps the man. who was
well dressed, young and of respectable appearance
might have tainted and that the ofse judgment of
drunkenness was too harsh. called Doormsn Smith and
told him that he should sprinkle water in the
conscious mans face. Doorman Smith did so and I'M
mediately afterward was sorry for ii, and believes
that he had escape from death. The few
drops OF icewater which he dropped the mans taco
wrought a remarkable change Ii had hardly touched
him when he opened bis eyes, glared wildly at tho
benevolent doorman and made sudden spring for his
throat. The athletic legs OF the doorman enabled him
to jump out OF the way Several policemen
standing near and they did not have their clubs
they also got out OF the way OF the apparent wild
When he got on his feet he clutched uriousy at the
air then fell upon his hands aud knees and began to
bark ana growl like dog.
"Hydrophobia ~ shouted DoorInan Smith and tho
stout-hearted officers got ont OF the If chased
by a thief The man kept on barking and growing
and moving around ON all fours He snapped gciously
at chairs and benz hes, and saliva looking like soap
suds ran from the OF his mouth and dropped
the floor. He backed into corner OF the room and
glared vciousy at the men who were watching nim.
The saliva made a small pool in front OF him and he
licked up with his tongue. lie tried his teeth the
leg of bench him, but did much OF il. At
growled in perfect imitation of dog, and barked
agely at a curtain which was waving in the wind. Ho
made several attempts to chew up his sleeve, bus
did not seem to relish il.
An ambulance was sent for and one came in a few
moments from Gouverneur Hospital. DIR. Aspell, tho
senior house surgeon, came with II. Sergeant Cass.
when the doctor came picked up courage and ordered
several policemen to the adrnan The doctor
led the way, followed by Doorman Smith. and when
enough the dOorman made a sudden grab for the
crouching figure swapping and snarng in tue cornef
and caught him around the neck. The man was small
and OF slight figure but he fought desperately. and
ceeded in tearing some OF the hes' from the doormans
hands. The doormans tace paed at the idea OF being
bitten by with the hydrophobia but he stuck tn
his work, and with the aid OF four usty officers the
mans hands tied behind him ana his legs
strapped. lie not subdued, and kept on growing.
Several attempts made by the doctor to give him
water, but the sight OF it wond bring on spasm.
He quetcd down Tor lew moments, and Dr. Aspel, TO
the fur ner stood at his side he lay tho
floor and poured water from one cup to another with
out letting the see IT, The sound OF the falling
water brought IA paroxysm. This repeated
several times with the same result.
Though his eyes were open and he stared at ono
thing and another he did not seem TO understand any
thing that SAID TO him. and he could not give any
thing oi hs history IN fact he could not or would not
speak. there scar on his iorenead that seemed
to have been made long ago. hasty examination OF
his body did not show any mark OF dogs bite, bue
Dr. Aspel believed from the symptoms that II was .
genuine case OF nydrophoba. In order to quiet tho
spasne If possible hypodermic injection of morphine
wa. gwen. and the man. who seemed TO he exhausted
from b struggles, was placed IN the ambulance AGA
taken the hospital. much TO the rele OF those at fhe
police station, and particularly the doorman. who
looked with small alarm at the wonads ON hls
hands The hypnotic gwen by pr, Aspcn % oe9an ~, ms
there the patient in semi-comatose state aud was
placed IN a cot and securely fastened. A watch wSs
put the patient For more than i've hours he dd
stir, but breahcd heavily all the time Then he
awoke with sudden start and tried to get up in the
bed
When spoken to he answered, and seemed TO CON-
prehend what said. Ii was DIR. AspcTs object TO
have the patient Kept perfectly still nnt the effect OF
the opiate passed away in the hope that the intensity
of the spasms might be broken and would not return
with .erity Finding that he was easy. the water
experiment was tried again, but there was no sign OF
spasms the patient being able TO swallow water
without any bad effect. When questioned be said that
his Rudolph Herbg, and that he lived at
No. l39 Allenst. He said that he never had any kind
of it, and did not drink any kind o sti'nulant lie
was bitten by dog he said, about six years ago IN tho
right leg. The right leg was examined and an IN
healed found on 1t, and 1t was Thought thab
his nina nj ut be affected tnat ii that was wheoe
he was bitten it done Jreceutly. As lac seemed 10
be weak he not questioned further. Hydrophon4
may come out at any time under "a year IRON dog
bite
At IIerJg's home his mother and two sisters were
seen by frIBUNE reporter. One OF the sisters Ia
suffering from mild form OF insanity. ierOig hH
mother said struck the head with bar OF iron
in a printing house where he worked about six years
ago HIS skull was fractured. and portion oi II was
removed by an operation ar the Newly ork Hospital,
where herbig remained fourteen months. lie wac en-
rely we'll save defect in the sight OF one eye which
prevented him reading copy and setting type, and no
has since been opening oysters When at the New
York Hospital he showed SYM toms OF hydtoDnooa
similar to those manifested yesterday and his case
excited much attention among his physicians lie WA
kept AT the hospital long time to watch Tor develop
ments His mother said that he never drank anything
lie lett home at 5 o'clock on Saturday light saying thH
he was going to the theatre. and did not come homo
again He has been sick OF late. Tie could not eat,
aud seemed to have something like spasms IN hn
throat but never was known to bark like dog.
Dr. Aspell can not say positively that herbg has
genuine case OF rabies there IL positive proof o
r cent dog bite but he is perfectly satisfied that tho
symr toms resembled those OF hydrophobla iierbis
W az put 10 sleep az gain about o'clock last evening"
with opiates and had not walked up again at a late
hour.
ROSS ALMOST MEETS HIS MlTCE.