The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-07
HYDROPHOBBIIlA!'S VICTIM.
DEATH ENDS THE SUFFERING OF
HON. /. H. SHRIVELY LAST
EVENING.
he Disd in Great Agony and Made Several
Attempts to Pounce on His
Attendants.

| SnlVeIy OF ILLINOIS, township Dreat0eQ Dis
last in the city hospital, his end being &C
companied by the agonies or thousand
average deaths. Hydrophobia. well de-
veloped. was the cause of his untimely
end. Those who saw his last hours will
never forget the many agonies he suffered
and are now firm believers i'll the universal
annihilstion of the canine species. DR..
Furley was his medical attendant and he
did all in his power to save
his life by applying all the
| known remedies in such cases
but there being really no remedy for a
man in his stage of the disease he never
had any hope of his recovery. He did not,
OF course hint to Mr. Shively that he had
the hydrophobia, for that in all cases in
tensifies the suffering and precipitates the
agonies He told his friends. however,
that there was hardly any hope for him
and in this he was joined by other physi-
clans whom he called into consultation
| with him.
The history of the case is as follows:
On the 10th day of August the shepherd
dog owned by Mr.. Shively attacked and
bit number Of hogs and one horse on Mr..
Shiveley's farm. 1t was thought then
that the dog was mad, but upon being
called it drank water and seemed to be
all right The question of killing him
was discussed but Mr.. Shively opposed it
and concluded to tie him in order to await
further Developments.
In attempting to tie him the dog at
! tackled Mr.. Shively and bit him on the
side inst above the hip. It was then shot
and killed. DR.. Furley was sent for, being
at the reunion he could not be found. Mr.
Shively told friends in the city what had
happened to him and these friends ad-
vised him to 20 to the Pasteur institute at
| New York. He seemed to think that there
was no necessity for it. but Senator Bent
| ley and other friends pointed out the dan
gers so strongly to him that he actually
left the senator's office and proceeded to
the Missouri Pacific office to buy his
ticket. On his way there some old granny
put it iuto his head that a mad stone was
the proper thing and instead of going to
New York he went to Great Bend where
mad stone fake holds forth.
Various applications Of the mad
stone were made with what
its patrons and believers considered good
results. He came home and felt that he
Was all right. In due time afterwards
fifteen of the hogs bitten by the dog died
and so did one horse, all manifesting the
symptoms of hydraphobia.
On Monday afternoon Mr.. Shively was
taken suddenly i'll with what seemed to
be rheumatism in the shoulder and DR..
Furley was summoned. Up till this time
the doctor had heard nothing about Mr..
Shively being bitten by dog, but upon
examination lie found symptoms of hydra
phobia in his difficult or spasmodic
respirations and then he found out the
facts. Upon further examination he
found that it was, indeed, a well developed
case of hydraphobia, Mr.. Shively was suf-
fering from and so informed an EAGLE re-
porter upon his return to town. Before
returning, however, be suggested to the
family the necessity of bringing him into
town where he could have constant medi-
Cal attendance. They adopted the sugges-
ton and Tuesday he was placed in private
room in the Wichita hospital. He
could swallow up till noon yesterday,
when commissions set in. In the after
noon. while DR.. Furley was present. he
asked to be allowed to sit ND in his chair,
and he was allowed the privilege AT this
time the doctor was some ten feet from
him and he made vicious spring at the
doctor, but before he could catch hold of
him the attendants grasped his hands and
returned him to his position. This action
was repeated several times but the vigil
lance of the attendants always prevented
harm. During the balance of the after
noon he suffered untold agonies until
about O'Clock. when his face turned black
and he died of suffocation.
Mr.. Shively was about 50 years old,
widowcr. honored and respected by his
neishbors and friends and was. at the time
of his death, the Republican candidate for
representative of the Sixty ninth district.
The vacancy caused by his lamentable
death will proba bly, lie filled by the Repub-
iican central committee. No arrangements
have yet been made for the funeral.
The following is condensation of an in
terview held with Doctor Furley relative
to the disease. ETC., which will doubtless
interest and enlighten people on the
nature, effect snd treatment of this worse
than all diseases.
Aside from the scratches or bite of a
rabid animal the disease may be produced
by the flesh or blood of animals dead from
rabies, an especial peril to those employed
in the disposal of the bodies. The smallest
excoriation or abrasion is sufficient for the
infection of the system and thus for the
introduction of the fatal disease
Rabies in man is not known to have ever
occurred except after penetration of the
rabie poison beneath the epidermis. Its
period of incubation has been so variable
as not to be definitely determined, seventy
two days is set down as average, though
it has been known to occur in one day
from the bite OF wolf
Sometimes the symptoms of this ailment
appear first in the original seat of the in
lection. the scar of the bite in which there
may I've pain, swelling and restlsssness and
an unknown anxiety on the part
of the patient, but often the malady
appears suddenly in the form
of we'll marked disturbance in swal-
lowing, or the initial symptoms may be n
CONFUSION of the respiratory apparatus fol-
lowing an attempt at swallowing.
Death is usually inevitable and follows
from apoplexy, asphyxia, exhaustion or
the patient dies suddenly.
\ universal muzzliGg law would do
much TO stamp out this disease. Universal
protective incubation of dogs after the
Pasieur method would achieve the remain
iug immunity Of the canine race and with
it save many human lives.
h.n bitten a first step when possible
should be to place ligature around the
limb al owe the bite. Doubtless many lives
have been saved hy sucking the injured
spot with the lips Immediately after the
wound has been Inflicted. Thi, procedure
has an iufuitesimsl quantity of danger Oh
account of a ,,oSSibla ahr.Sion b,yt If tina