Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-09-10
TRACED TO A PoLscAr's BITE
| uydrophobia Case of Rare Interest Go
 curs in Texas

. uydrophobia Case of Rare Interest Go
 eurs in Texas
 "A colored boy in my employ, about i5 years old, was bitten by a 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 1t, as il gave little or no pain, and in a few days X 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 tine boy was bitten a poiecat was driven from the bed where tho mother had her young. On the forty-second day. the boy, who was at work with me Tn my garden, complained of feeling colG, and thought he had a chill. Isent him to the house, and that night gave him a purgative followed the next day with quinine, suppOsing II was maiarfal attack.
 He was up and going about during the day, but late in the evening com
 Dlained of feeling badly. That night
 ] administered another purCative and followed it the next day with quiniue, 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 bed
 Before reti'in.r f1r ,he night went to ais room au4 IouHd him sleeping quietly, and dli not disturb hIm. The next morflug which wns the fourth from the day tl" yr..s taken, went into his room and sa.n discovered some thing very serious was the matter
 with him ] ',-iy ais pu,sc, which was
 beating very rIE..iiy with difficult re
 spiratiOa. without fever and no un- usual liu=-t :.si;ed E0. he felt and
 he replied I feel mighty badly, but have no Iuiu-
 Believing him to bc iu a dangerous condition, l sent immediately for a physician, but before he arrived con vulsions came on. The physician, on arrival, examjned him, and after do ing so said he Lad never seen or treat
 ed a case of livs,rophobja, but that this had ali the symptoms Of iL He theR gave a nypderomic injection of car
 bOlic acid. but without any apprecia ble effect This WAS followed by
 chloral used ia the same way, which had phe effect Of iCssenipg the severity | of the cunv akiions. but did not stop 1 them As the day advanced they be-
 came more frequent the chlorsl l seeming 10 lose its influence over the nervous system. Respiration grew more difficult, and the lungs and ] throat filled with mucus or froth, and had to be frequently wiped from the | mouth
 During the entire day and up to 1 his death, which occurred at 6 o'clock
 P. m., his mind was unusually bright, except when in couyulslons. He could not bear a current of air to pass over 1 him. and seemed to be peculiarly sen | sitive to both touch and cold On the approach of conyulsions he would ask 1 to be held firmly to his bed He called ] for water sometimes in the early part of the day he died, but the great diff. culty Of swallowing gave himan aver sion to it. This was and Is the only
 case of human being that has come
 under my observation, and am con. | viuced that it was a clear cad deyel ! oped ease of hydrophobia, and that it
 was iEnpaFted b the puppy by the bits ! of a polecat t'-Malagarda CTsx-D Cor.
 atlanta IoustAtuIilss-
 ug saved Himself Gracefully.
 In family residing in South End
 s bright little one who is the life ! of the house. Whenever any one ir
 the household doesa thing which does not please him he retaliates by saying ''I don't love you" He had said this ! once OF twice to his fond grandma ! ther, and his father rebuked him for | 1t by saying: If you ever speak te | your grandma again in that way, shall be obliged to punish you" A ] few nights later the family were al
 supper and the watehful grandmother removed from the boys plate some ' thing which she did not think he should eat He regarded her sullenly ! for moment and then blurted out I don't love you, grandma His ia i tilef glanced at him from across ths
 able as much as to say; I'll settle { with you after supper, young man, | and the little fellow immediately saw 1 the necessity of squaring himself with
 his psternal parent. SO he quickly added. ''as much as I love Jesus. | fgTI.-.- A L.-