The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-27
CURED BY 80 CAT HIDES.
A Remarkable Rescue From Death
by Pneumonia.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Thirty-two cats died recently in order
that a Cleveland man, sick with pneumo-
MIA, might live. At least the wife and
friends of Robert II. Bonnallie of No is
Eaton avenue, Cleveland, insist that the
cats, through their warm skins fresh
from pulsating, living bodies, brought Mr..
Bonnallie back from deaths door to life
after all hope of his recovery had been
abandoned by the physicians in charge Of
the case.
James Bell, friend of the sick man, is
responsible for the cat experiment. Bell
was watcher in the sick room, and
when be heard the doctors agree that
death was matter of only a few hours,
he timidly suggested a remedy that he
had heard of years before, and one that
he had always regarded merely as an old
Woman's superstition. This was that if
the skin of cat be placed while warm
on the breast of person i'll with pneu-
monia, the Inflammation will be drawn
the remedy to DR.. Reeves who had
charge of the case, the only reply he re-
ceived was, We'll, it can certainly do no
harm"
Emboldened by this tacit approval
Bell went out and hustled for a cat There
was, strange TO say, no cat in the Bon
nallie household, so a kindly disposed
neighbor furnished a pet tabby for the
experiment. Bell killed the cat, took off
the skin and applied it warm and bloody
to the sick mans chest. Though the
man was to all appearances dead-he had
been unconscious for hours-the result
came quickly. Thirty seconds after the
application Of the warm cats skin, the
patients facial expression changed; from
a drawn, suffering appearance it relax
ed until a peaceful smile played around
"'What in the dickens have they done
that makes me feel so good?" he eX-
claimed. The patients condition BECAME
II ugfa HNa inn n.
the natural course of events the heat
passed from the cats skin and the witch
ing of the patients face gave evidence OF
returning pain.
BY that time another cat had been OBJ
tanned and its skin took the place of the
first one. The warmth remained in the
skins for about an hour and the catskin
applications were kept up until thirty
two cats had been sacrificed. The patient
was then declared out of danger, and
since then he has improved steadily and
rapidly until now he is cOnvalescent. The
skins were applied with the raw hide to
the body. 1t was noticed that the best
results came from those skins that were
removed from the watts before life was ex-
tinct.
An interesting feature of this cat kill
ing IS that nearly thirty Cleveland homes
We're desolated of their pets, for the city
is not, like New York and BROOKLYN over
run with homeless creatures that cry
out Tor extinction.
When the search for a cat was begun an
appeal was made to several Of the neigh
bors, but in nearly every case the cat was
family pet and the solicitors met win
no announcement during a hunt that Last
ed more than an hour. 1t was late AT night
ana request Of that kind at that hour
was received in various ways some
thought il huge joke, others an excuse
by burglars TO secure an entrance 10 the
house. some OF the persons thought the
request TO be an insane freak and turned
the visitor away from the door with scaut
ceremony. Where there was a child IN the
fanny was heard childish scream Of hor-
ror, as the youngster gathered her pet
KITTY IN her arms and ran away and hid
with the precious creature. Finally al lie