The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-13
THE CAT HAD HYDRoPHoBIA.
Eenry B. Lancraft OF New Haven
Under treatment for Der Bite.
From the Nep York World

FROM the NeU YORK World.
Henry 5. Lancraft, of Lancraft Bros,
oyster cultivators and shippers, Nos. 2 to 10
Ferry street. New Haven, Conn, was pre-
sented three years ago with pretty calico
colored kitten which he named Dolly.
Dolly was an accomplished pet and good
mouser too.
On Tuesday, Nov, II, when Lancraft.
who lives In the New Haven Annex" went
home to dinner he took the cat in his arms
and began to rub her fur against his chin,
as he had done many times before With
out the slightest warning Dolly twisted
herself around in her masters hands and
seized his upper lip between her
The FISHERMAN thought Dolly, for some
reason, WINS out of sorts and put her down.
He didu't say anything about the bite and
didn't have 1t treated.
The next morning, as Laucraft was pass
| ing out of his yard, he nearly stumbled
over something that ran between his legs.
BE looked down, and there stood Dolly.
eyes dilated, fur ruffied and tail erect and
meaacing, as if she were about to spring at
HIM. Then she wheeled, and, running
across the street to William Lancraft's
house, attacked g large black cat that
belonged there. Dolly deliberately pulled
back the black cats head and then chewed
one OF its victims ears into mince meat.
She took five largo mouthfuls out of the
black cat before she let CO.
Lancraft then threw a bushel basket over
Dolly aud then called his housekeeper. She
got rubber blanket and taking up the cat
in this dropped Dolly into the sink room.
Here she was kept a prisoner. She Tapped
a little milk, but refused other food.
Then Lancraft began to fear hydrophobia.
His lip didn't trouble him any, bnt he went
fn mr. oh a.
The doctor laughed at his fears and told
him to consult the Drs. Teply, veterinary
surgeons, and get them to ascertain what
allied the Get.
So the doctors looked at Dolly in her
prison. They opened the sink room door
and peeped in. They were afraid she might
make a spring at them Dolly was running
round and round in circle when the veter-
inarians peeped at her. Pretty soon she
| topped over on her side and died.
The doctors wished to take Dolly's body
| away and inoculate some of their own cats
with fluid from her BRAIN Lancraft
wouldn't let them have his dead cat, so they
got William Lancrafr's black cat. killed it,
and set about experimenting with virus
taken from the brain.
Meanwhile Lancraft was so much worried
over the bite on his lip that he couldn't sleep.
He made up his mind to come to this city
and take the Pasteur treatment He ar
rived on the Saturday following the bite.
He is still undergoing treatment for the
prevention Of hydrophobia at the hands of
Or. Paul Gibier, at the institute on West
Eleventh street.
On the train following the patient to this
city came messenger bringing Dolly's dead
body. Or. Gibler dissected the cat and
found bits or hay, straw, wood and other
foreign substances in the stomach, which
showed conclusively he says, that the cat
died of hydro phobia. Animals afflicted
with hpdrophobia swallow everything they
can seize in their jaws. DR.. Gibier has in
oculated several rabbits, rats and other an
imals with the brain matter of the New
Haven cat. IL will be about ten DAYS vet
before the rabies, If it appears at all, will
show itself in the animals inoculated.