The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-18
SYAPT0MS0F HYDROPHOBIA
DE. NEWBLL'S LITTLE son ILEEIY
TO BBCOMH 4 TIo1TM.


Ono OF Two Rabbits, TaocuIated with
1 the Virus from the Dog that Bat the
| Chile, Dfes-The BSy's Wound In
named and Pains Down hts Spine.
There has been widespread interest in
all circles in this city about the peril
in which DR.. Nsweii's little boy stands,
from dog bite. The boy was bitten some
time ago, and DR.. Newell rushed the ladat
once to DIR. Mott for incubation, after the
Pasteur method. The case attracted some
attention because it was the first instance
Of the application of that method in this
country. 1t was afterwards said that DR..
Newell had found that the inoculations
were wearing on the nervous yssem of the
hey, and that they were to be discon-
tinued. It was denied by DR.. Newell, and
interest was lost in the case till yesterday.
it was reported that the little fellow was
afflicted with a fever, aad it was feared
that he was in the FIRST stages Of
the dread disease his father has done
so much to keep away. A TArrLER
reporter was sent to DR.. Newers house,
No. POI Palisade avenue, yes terday after
400 to learn how much truth there was in
tnAS 44St otOAJs LILO 10bIAc0 u&b LIZ N SW~5
ell had gone with the little fellow to the
seaside, and that the boy eemed not to
be suffering at all.
1t was also reported that fter the boy
had been bitten two rabbits had been in
oculated with the virus of the dog
which was kiIled-aud that the
rabbit had shown such marked sy mptoms of
hydrophobia that it was expected to die
yesterday. The reporter of the TATrLER
was shown the cellar while at the house.
The rabbits were both alive, and as clipper
AZ rabbits usually are. They showed to
the eye of the newspaper man no evidence
Of rabies.
Later in the evening the TArTLER re-
porter found DR.. Newell at the house.
He had returned from Coney Island, and
the boy was in bed.
'sThe bov," DR.. Newell said, chad met
recently with a series of accidents, A
week before he was bitten, and while
standing on the front stoop lad across
the street struck hia in the forehead with
stone. Then came the bite while the
hey was playing on the street. A neigh
boris dog planted his fangs in the child's
shoulder. The wound was an ugly one.
The dog was killed and post mortem OK
animation made by Prof. Mott, of New
York, led to the conclusion that the animal
had been mad.
'sTwo rabbits were inoculated with virus
from the dead body, and these are they
that are now in cages in my cellar. Oneof
the rabbits died this evening. The other
shows all the symptoms of the disease, and
will die tomorrow, probably. Alarmed by
these convincing proofs that my son had
been attacked by dangerous brute, put
the boy in the care of DIR. Mott, and he
has submitted to four inoculations. I found
that the NEGOTIATIONS operated to painful
degree upon the boys nervous system, and
decided to discontinue. The boy recently
suffered a dull pain in the region of the
injury, and q general languor marked his
movements. To-day the boy complained
of q pain running from the point of the
bite down tie spine. and his languor has
been more marked than ever. fear that
it is one of the first symptoms of rabies
have had considerable experience in the
treatment of hydrephobia, and 1 am en-
ploying it in an effort to ward the dread
disease away from my child. am taking
him around good deal with a view to
diverting his attention, and in pursuance
Of that scheme, took him to Ceney Island
to-day"