Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-05-18
rHAcuu 10 A eo.scAr's BITE.
zydrophsOla Case Of RAre Interest %
cura In TEXAS.

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"A colored boy in my employ, about
Is years old, was bitten by a puppy
not more than six months old on the
upper part Of the heel, only n tooth
entering the flesh and making an in
ciGve wound, not much, if any, larger
than would be made by an ordinary
I'm The wound bled but little, and
no attention was paid 10 il, as il gave
little or no pain. and in n few days II
healed. On the succeeding day after
be was bitten the puppy showed symp-
toms OF hydrophobia and was killed.
And let me here state that about three
weeks before the boy was bitten a
poiecat was driven from the bed
where the mother had her young. On
the f~orty-second day, the boy, who
was at work with me in my garden,
complained of feeling cold, and
thought he had a chill. lsent him TO
the house. and that night gave him a
purgative. followed the next day with
quinine. supposing il was a malarial
attack.
HE was up and going aboutduring
the day. but late in the evening COM
planned of feeling badly. That night
i administered another purgative and
followed il the next day with quinine,
and he appeared to be doing well. and
50 continued until the following even
ing, when be again complained Of
chilly sensations, and was put TO bed.
Before retiring for the night went TO
his DON and found him sleeping
quietly, and did not disturb him. Tie
next morning. which was the fourth
from the day he was taken, | went into
his room and soon discovered some
thing very serious was the meter
with him. felt his pulse, which was
beating very rapidly with difficult re-
spiration, without fever and no I'M
usual heat ! asked how he felt, and
he replied: 1 feel mighty badly, but
have no pain
Believing him TO be in q dangerous
condition. ] sent Immediately for a
physician, but before he arr we'd con-
WILSON'S came on. Tie physician, on
arrival, examined him, and after do
ing so said he had never seen or treat
ed a cas- Of hydrophobia, but that this
had all the symptoms of il, He then
gave hypderomic injection Of "a
bolic acid, but without any apprecia-
BILE effect. THIS was followed by
chloral used in the same way, which
had the effect Of lessening the severity
of the commissions, but did not stop
them. AS the day advanced they be
came more frequent, the choral
seeming TO lose its influence over
the nervous system. Respiration grew
more difficult, and the lungs and
throat filed with mucus or froth, and
aad to be frequently wiped from the
gep.h
C-puring the entire day and up TO
ais death, which occurred at s o'clock
.. m, his mind was unusually bright,
axcept when in convulslons. He
not bear a current of air TO pass over
him, and seemed to be peculiarly sem
sitive 10 both touch and cold. On the
approach Of commissions he woulda S
10 be held firmly to his bed. He called
for water sometimes in the early part
of the day he died, but the great diff.
Guilty of swallowing gave himan aver.
SION 10 il. This was and is the only
case Of a human being that has come
under my observation, and | am con.
WINGED that il was a clear and devel-
oped case of hydrophobia, and that ii
was impaired to the puppy by the bite
Of a polecat Tex.) Cor
Atlanta Constitution.