The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-16
DIED OF HYDRoPHoBlA.
Mrs. Daniel Nevling Expires From
the Effects of a Dogs Bite.

Cne EuectS or Dogs Bite.
From the Philadelphia Enquirer dug. II.
Rebecca Nevling, As years old, wife of
Daniel Nevling, residing on Meyer street
between Ash and Norris, died of hydropho-
bia yesterday at noon.
Rebecca and Daniel Nevling had been
married for a number of years and no
children had blessed their union. Both Of
them had fondness for dogs. Their latest
pets in this line were a couple of finely
bred spaniels. They were constantly play
ing with the animals, and attended to
their wants the same as they would chill
dren.
On June 90 one of the dogs was noticed
v.ciously biting at the grass. Thinking
that the dog had bone in its throat, Mr..
and Mrs. Nevling went to its rescue. Mrs.
Nevling attempted to put her hand in its
mouth while her husband held its jaws
apart. In doing this Mr.. Nevling let the
jaws go together and tho result was that
the dogs teeCh made slight abrasion on
Mrs. Nevling's thu ub, scarcely as much "a
q pin scratch. Mrs. Nevling at once went
to John Nolr7s drag store, O is and Amer
can streets, and the druggist gave her tur-
pentine to battle it AMI Il txieed for a poul-
tice. The dog was al onoe shot by George
Kinsey, Mrs. Nevling'i brother ln-law.
DiD NIL HIM HE DNjT MAD.
The woman did not think tho dog was
mad at the time, and while she apparently
gave no atteltion to the scratch on her
hand until last Thursday, she would fire.
qusntly eyince nervousness and show a dis
position to cry. he bite healed in day
or so.
Last Thursday, IN company with a party
of ladies' Mrs. Nevling joined an excu sion
to Toches er Beach, Md. She was a very
pop liar woman, and all the way down and
at the beach sle was the life of the party.
HYDROPHOBA APPEARS THURSDAY.
On the return of the excursion she mani
Tested the first signs of the dread disease
On the ride on the boat from Colchester to
Perryyille the sight of the water annoyed
her terribly, and slight pain developed in
her thumb. When Phi adeIphia wa
reached the pain had extended to her hand
and arm. In the evening her whole BODY
was affected. At frs sne attributed the
pains to Rheumatism. At the slightest sight
of water she would be seized with con
vulslve emoti ms.
Her condition had become so serious that
Friday morning DR.. A. II. Hulshizer, Of
No. 1419 East Susquehanna avenue, was
summoned. After Obtaining history OF
the case he at once pronounced it one of
genuine hydrophobia. From that time
until yesterday morning the woman suf
fered considerably at times.
SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE.
She would be seized with desire for
crying, and would beg piteously to be per
mitted to cgy. The slightest sight of water
would throw her into the greatest agony.
She experienced the greatest difficulty in
swallowing, her throat becoming partially
paralyzed. She was unable to drink any
water since Thursday. A crisis was
reached on Monday afternoon at l O'clock,
when she was seized with fit of vomiting
that lasted until o'closk Yesterday morn
ing. When this had ceased, she was com
pletely exhausted.
She complained of a heavy load on her
stomach after this, and said if she could
only cry she knew that she world obtain
relief Dr. Hulshlzer called in Dr. John H.
W. Chestnut. of Frankford avenue and
Deal street. Neither physician could rem
der the woman any relief, and at IL o'clock
she became unconscious. At II o'clock
she passed peacefully away. Her body was
removed to the residence OF her sister, Mrs.
George Kinsey, on Ash street, below Meyer.
A PRONOUNCED CASE
DR.. Chestnut said last night that the case
was the most pronounced case of bydropho-
bia that had ever come to his notice. She
had all the symptoms of the disease from the
very first. He had known cases where the
disease had manifested itself at a later
period than this, tut they were very few.
They mostly develop within a short time.
The period, usually, in which the disease
develops itself, Is forty days. This was a
few days over that
1t is not known whether the dog bit any
one else in the neighborhood, or even if it
bit the other dog. In order to prevent any
trouble from the animal Mr.. kinsey will
kill it to-day.