The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-01
HORRIBLE DEATH
oF A NEwAAR rouNDKaEPER
From HydFOphObla-Ths Phy'luIApS Apply
Rsmsdisa bat without AvaIl-Ths Ap.
pAlling ThrOsS of the Victim, who
Dies After Terrible Suffering.

NEwARE, N, j., March Sl,-The condi-
ton OF George w. Neal, the dog pound
ksepsr,who Is suffering from hydrophobIa,
was unchanged to-day, except that per
hapS he was slightly weaker. This alter
noon he was propped up in chair by a
window, and his wife and mother were be-
side him. Ate o'clock this afternoon DR.,
Biegs, Of the Carnegie Laboratory, Of
Bellevue Hospital, New York, and Drs,
Herold, Brodin and Wallace, Of this city,
visited Neal, Several tests, such as open
ing the window and presenting glass OF
water were then tried, Aad all caused the
greatest terror on the part Of the patient,
who begged plteously for them to desist.
AT the request Of the physicians, NealspRt
In q saucer, and II Is proposed 10 use the
saliva 10 inoCulate animals and note the
effects. Neal has taken no nouTishment
since he was attacked until to-day, when
he ate an apple chopped fine, and seemed
to relish II, but any allusion Of drink has
the effect Of throwing him into spasms,
The physicians held long consultation,
and agreed that Neal was suffering from.
hydrophobia, They decided on the fol-
lowing treatment; Injections Of Curara,
cocaine and morphine TO be made deeply
along the CerViCal vertebIp. A vapor bath
was also given by stesming the room mp
To one hundred degrees, DR.. Herold
stated that this was the only treatment by
which there would be any hope Of saving
Meals life.
After the first injection under the new
treatment, Neal showed no perceptible
signs Of change, and was quite rational
at times. He ConVersed with his wife,
mother and children, when rational, but
when his mind wandered he talked OF
nothing but dogs, and gazsd sIeadiastly
into the corners oil the room 10 discover
whether some Of the animals were hidden
there, Du. 0german and Brodin made a
Wait 10 the house about six o'clock and
then found several OF Meals relatives
gathered around the patient, who was ly-
Ing on the floor. AS soon as the physi-
clans entered Neal said II want to be
placed on the bed" The doctors hastened
10 comply with his request, but on raising
AlA h0 llAA w w SAttlCNs A49 COulu 4ub
walk, It was at this moment that
change took place. Meals face and hands
liyid hue, and the latter hung
powerless at his aide. His bloodshot and
dilated eyes stood out from their sockets,
a horrible sight. In trsmulous
tones he repeated, time after time:
my God take those dogs away. Take
them away" Those who we're In the
room shrank back withterTor, with theex-
ception Of Mrs, Neal, who Clung to her
husband, who sank back exhausted on
the bed. The beat Of the pulse could not
be detected at the wrist, and there was a
cold sweat on the face. Neal lay Gasping
and glaring, but was unable TO utter a
word, The phySicians saw that all hope
was gone, and after impartinH this infor-
nation, took their departure. A few min
utes alter, at $3.50 O'Clock, Neal suddenly
Sprang from the bed and fell 10 the floor.
His father.in.law raised his head, but ina
few minutes Neal was dead,