The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-15
HUGO BARKs LIKE a DOG.
BE Eas to be Strapped to Keep Him
Quiet.
From the Neto York Herald.

BE Eas to be Strapped to Keep Him
Quiet.
From the Neto York RerdId
Harlem has a case Of hydrophohia, ac-
cording 20 the diagnosis Of DR.. Fitzgerald
of the steR OF the Harlem hospital. The
victim is Hugo Eitel. the l7-year-oId son of
Edward Eitel, q German who keeps a saloon
at the corner of Fifth avenue and One
Hundred and Tenth street.
There are circumstances surrounding the
case which make it a remarkable one in its
way. and which tend to show that all the
symptoms Of the dread malady mentioned
may appear in an individual whose nervous
organization has become disordered, with
out tracing the cause directly to the bite OF
an animal suffering from rabies.
For week past HugoEitel has been visit
ing P. j. Reinhardt aud family, who are his
cousins, at No. 500 Lockwood street, AS
toria. Tuesday afternoon the young man
came into the house and complained of feel
ing i'll. About O'clock In the evening,
after brief nap on a sofa, he awoke aud
began to act strangely, growing like
dog and swapping at everybody who came
near him.
A telegram was sent to his father at once
and he reached Astoria about 10 o'clock
that night. he found the son so violent
that it required all his own exertion and
those OF three other strong men to hold the
boy down on the bed.
TERRIBLE SCENE.
The boys struggles were awful. He
frothed at the mouth and uttered cries
which were heartrending. At O'Clock
yesterday morning Mr.. Eitel sent police
man to fetch the nearest ambulance to be
had in Astoria. he was informed, SO he
says that he would have to pay for such
convenience, but made no objection, saying
ne would pay anything, as his son was too
violent to be taken home in a carriage.
Before aid arrived the boy appeared to be
suffering from delirium, and had run
around the room where he was confined
jumping over the furniture and even climb
ing on the mantlepiece, where he howled
like dog in great pain. Yesterday morn
ing, after delay of nearly four hours, the
policeman whom Mr.. Eitel had sent for an
ambulance returned and said that the au-
thorities bad refused to furnish one.
1t was then nearly 10 o'clock, but Hugo
had quoted down from sheer weakness, and
Mr.. Eitel concluded to take his son home in
a carriage. Besides the sufferer and his
father there were two doctors in the hack
one of whom was DIR. Weiss, the Eitels'
family physician, and the other DR.. Hille-
brandt, Of Astoria. The physicians were
provided with sponges and supply of
should become violent again.
WHERE is THE Dogs
During his lucid moments Hugo told
about having been bitten by dog in the
left temple and in the calf of the left leg
some five or six weeks before. he said the
dog that had bitten him was a big New
foundland or bloodhound, but he could not
say whether he was bitten in New York or
Astoria. He SAID. further, that he had no
idea that the dog was mad, and attached no
Importance to the wounds, which were
slight.
After arriving at his home yesterday
Hugo was comparatively quiet, and even
drank a glass of water with great eager
ness. Shortly after noon, however, he be-
gen to have commissions again, and once
more commenced to bark like a dog and
snap at everything near hun. His father
then telephoned for an ambulance from the
Harlem hospital, and upon its arrival the
sufferer was strapped down hand and foot
and removed to that institution This was
only effected, however, after a frightful
struggle, as the youth seemed to be pos
sessed of the strength Of several strong
men.
The boyls agony at the time was some-
thing frighttul TO witness as paroxysm fol-
lowed paroxysm until his slight frame was
so shaken tnat it seemed as if each conyul-
sion must be the last.
Late last night Dr. Fitzgerald, VINO is at
tached to tie hospital staff, told me that he
had just left the lad and that he was much
calmer, though he might be attacked again
by commissions at any moment.
DIR. GIBIER CONSULTED.
MIR. Eitel, the boys father, told me that
his son had been subject to heart trouble
for some time past and that he was Of an
extremely nervous organization. He also
stated that while his son manifested every
symptom OF hydrophobia, that he had no
idea as to when or under what circumstances
he mad been bitten by dog.
asked Mr.. Eitel if he intended to call in
the services Of Or. Gibier, and he told me
that DR.. Weiss had already written to that
eminent expert on hydrophobia, stating in
the fullest manner young Eitels symptoms
and inqulring whether it would be better to
bring the sufferer to the Pasteur Institute
to-day or to continue to treat him at the
hospital until DR.. Glbier could get there to
see him and make his own diagnosis.
REVEALED IN A DREAM