Arizona republican., 1893-06-23
FEARFUL DEATH. Amado Arieta's Little
 Girl Expires In the Awful AgonieS of
 Hydrophobia. Almost at the Last Moment She Bites Her Mother. An Interesting Story of a Cure Of the Dread Disease at Its
 Most Malignant Stage.

The little child of Amado Arieta, an account of whose attack by hydropho- bia was published in yesterdays RE- PUBLICAN, died late in the afternoon at Tempe.
 Yesterday morning the terrible symptoms of the malady became more pronounced. To the paroxysms in- duced by the sight of water or dogs were added snsrling, barking, biting and copious irothing at the mouth, leaving no doubt of the character of the attack. The medicines which had been administered since noon tue day before had been clearly without effect, and it was determined to take the little girl to Tempe to Mexican woman there who is said to have successfully treated hydrophobia.
 The greatest care was necessary in handling her as she tried necessarily to bite all who appros ;hed her though her attempts were chiefly directed against her mother.
 A message was received from TIE REPUBLICAN branch office at Tempe last night saying that she was dead ; that on Der arrival she had begun to suffer the last terrible agOnies of the disease. Thrown off her guard by ma ternal solicitude just before death came the mother approached too near and the little sufferer with movement swift as that of & wild animal, sprang at her and bit her severely on the cheek.
 A physician who was called last night to cauterize the wound assured the mother that she need not be alarmed, ss the poison was not trans missible by one person to another.
 Speaking of rabies yesterday after noon Mir. Ralph Lee, connected with the office of the probate judge and who has travelled extensively, related an in cident which is not only interesting. but may be quite useful.
 In 1877 while he WAS living on the island ol Malta, boy was bitten by a rabd dog, which was immediately killed by the narrator and others. That the dog wa. mad there was no doubt and in the course of few weeks the boy began to develop symptoms of hydrophobia which soon became SO violent that 1t was necessary to coufine him. He was accordingly put into cellar or room m winch there WAS large pile of garlic which forms an important part of the store of pro- visions of every Maltese family. In his frenzy, the boy threw himself upon the garlic and began eating vorsciously. Within ten minutes the violence of the attack began to abate and within half an hour, he became GO docile that he could be removed. The attack did not recur as was expected and the boy fully recovered. The case was thoroughly investigated by local physicians in the cure entirely to the peculiar narcotic influence of the vegetable which had not only the effect of relieving the agony of the sufferer, but also that of driving out the poison even at a time when it was most active. Garlic came to be used not only in Malta but else. where throughout English depen. dencies, It's curative properties having been made known through the custom which prevails in the English service of frequently removing physicians and surgeons from one point to another. There is known to be no other case of it's application in an extreme stage of the malady, but in hundreds of susp pect. ed cases it has been used with sstls- factory results. Onions are supposed to possess similar curative prop critics. Some years after this incident, Mir. Lee, then living in India, was bit. ten on the thumb by dog supposed to be rabid. No garlic was at hand and he ate freely of onions. In due course of time, he felt a sense of uneasiness Tn his thumb and which spread through out bis system, creating feeling of un- rest. He ate freely of onions and ex- perienced almost immediately reliet. Every year since then at the time of year in which he was bitten, he has suf- fered a recurrence of the sensation al. ready described, bus has always sue. ceeded in dissipating it by an immod- crate meal upon onions. He, there- fore, believes that either of ithese veget- | n hlps ia a eppcifip for hyI r,,boh;a