Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1889-05-07
TRACED TO A poLgcAr's BITE.
A Hyirophobia Case Of Rare Interest DC
ours in Texas.

A Hytirophobia Case Of Rare Interest Oc-
ours in Texas.
IA colored boy in my employ, about
Is years old, was bitten by puppy
not more than six months old on the
upper part Of the heel, only one tooth
entering the flesh and making an in.
cisive wound, not much, if any, larger
than would be made by an ordinary
pin. The wound bled but little, and
no attention was paid to it, as it gave
little or no pain, and in few days it
healed. On the succeeding day after
he 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
polecat was driven from the bed
where the mother had her young. On
the forty-second day, the boy, who
was at work with me in my garden,
complained of feeling cold, and
Thought he had a chill. 1sent him to
the house, and that night gave him a
purgative, followed the next day with
auinine, supposing it was malaria
attack.
HE was up and going about during
the day, but late in the evening com
planned of feeling badly. That night
| administered another purgative and
followed it the next day with quinine,
and he appeared to be doing well, and
so continued until the following even.
ing, when he again complained Of
chilly sensations, and was put TO pea:
Before retiring for the night l went te
his room and found him sleeping
quietly, and did not disturb him: The
! 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 matter
with him. / felt his pulse, which wa
: beating very rapidly with difficult re
SEPARATION, without fever and no nm
. usual heat. asked how he felt, ant
0 he replied: I feel mighty badly, blu
t have no pain.
Believing him to be in dangerou
!, condition, sent Immediately for
!. physician, but before he arrived con
, vuIsions CINE on. The physician, o.
arrival, examined him, and after dc
Q ing so said he had never seen or treat
II ed case of hydrophobia, but that thi
a had all the symptoms Of it. He the
X gave O hypderomic injection OF cal
- bolic acid, but without any apprecif
y bic effect. This was followed b
q choral used in the same way, whic
d had the effect OF lessening the severit
o of the commissions, but did not sto
II them. AS the day advanced they b.
r. came more frequent, the chlor'
ID seeming 10 lose its influence ovt
the nervous system. Respiration gre
n more difficult, and the lungs ar
VI throat filled with mucus or froth, or
Is had to. DO frequently wiped from Il
II, mouth.
re 'During the entire day and up
e. his death, which occurred at 8 o'clot
mr. D. M, his mind was unusually brigi
=. except when in commissions. He cou
% not bear current Of air 10 pass ov
* him. and seemed to be peculiarly sc
&c sitiVe to both touch and cold. On L
lst approach of commissions he would a
of to be held firmly TO his bed. He call
for water sometimes in the early pc
he of the day he died, but the great dill
Guilty Of swallowing gave him an av'
sion to H. This was and is the on
.o case Of human being that has COZ
" under my observation, and l am &C
ey' WINGED that it was clear and dev
ith oped case of hydrophobia, and that
was impaired to the puppy by the b
of po1ecat. "-Malagarda CTex) q
go. Atlanta Constitution.
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