Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-09-14
ANNAPOLIS. Nd TUESDAY EVENING" SEPTEMBER H. 1886.
FIGHTING OFF HYDR0PHoBIA.


against Ahat UreAdkeA UA1onee.
/ heard General Beale give an inter-
estng account OF his once fighting or an
attack OF hydrophobia.
It is the first case have ever heard OF
a mans being able by mere will power
to throw OF this formidable and terrible
disease. The General apparently be-
lieves that hydrophobla is but creation
to certain extent of the imagina ion.
When he was a young man he was
Surveyor General In Southern California.
Daring his residence there, through the
purchase of land, he laid the foundation
for his present fortune. His favorite
sport at that time was the hunting of
wtsFes.
hun ers would 90 out armed with
la4n and follow trained dogs. The
d. would run down the wolves. I'M
MI lately following the attack one wolf
WI aid always leave the dogs and come
to attack the hunter.
The General said one day when wolf
came towards the lance. with which he
could easily keep of a"d destroy any
wolf making an ordinary attack, broke.
AS his lance broke he started to kick the
wolf under the jaw. His TO ot missed its
aim. and instead was caught in the
VOLTS mouth.
The wolf bit clear through his mocca-
sin and wounded him severely. So grim
was the grip of the wolf that no did not
even release his hold when killed. The
muscles supporting his jaws had to be
cut before his teeth could be relaxed
from his terrible grip.
When the General returned to camp,
as he was alone during this experience,
he was met by cheerful companion,
who told him that the bite OF an enraged
wolf was certain to produce hydropho-
bia. The wolf was undoubtedly In a
condition to communicate the rabies, as
he had been worried to great extent by
the dogs before he attacked the General.
General Beale says that he did not
have any opportunity Of cantcrizing the
wounds, and had attached no particular
Importance to the bite until he had re-
turned to camp.
There was harlly day passed but
what his companion referred to cases of
hydroahobia resulting from wolf bites.
The result OF this continued tai upon
the su ject was to produce great de-
preston In General Beale's mind.
Within short time he began TO feel
symptom OF n approaching attnck OF
-hydrophobia. He had the most extra.
ordinary aversion to water. 1t was with
difficulty that he could swallow. A
swelling me In his throat which threat
ened 10 close whenever he sought TO
drink. 1t was only by an extraordinary
effost of t will that he could force HIM
self to swallow
One day the General said to himself
that unless he cOmbated this growing
feeling he felt certain he would have an
attack of hydrophobia. So one morning
ac walked deliberately to a spring and
rust his head into the water He said
as he approached his head to the wa e.
h felt the most intense desire TO Jump
and scream an run away from It. But
ne held himself right there and moved
his Lead up and down In the water until
ne onqne-ed this impulse and aversion.
He followed up this practice until he
felt the swelling in his throat going
d ,wn and hi aversion to water lessen
ing. H. I'll that he WIS getting control
and this encouraged him. In short
time all symptoms of the sease had
6.5appearcd.
The Genera was firmly co. VII ced that
/. he had for one moment relaxed his
will power during that trying time he
would have passed directly into fit OF
the wildess kind of hydrophobia
He has never suffered fromlthc bite of
tho wolf since that time, although IL Oc-
Cured over twenty-five years ago
IN. Y. World.