St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-13
CASE LIKE RABIES
EX-PATROLMAN PETER FEELEY Is
IN a CRITICAL CONDITION FROM
AnBITE
RECEIVED TWo MONTHS AGO.
% HIM HAS CAUSED SOME sE-
RIOUS TROUBLE.
sYMPToMs]l>oF HYDRoPHoBIA
Are Being Given Careful Attention
7' by the Several Local Physi-
,.., - clans In the Case.

~~~~ .SANCth NaASAAk
by the Several Local Physi-
,u M clans In the Case.
/ Peter Feeley, an ex-polieeman, living
! at I'll Norris street was removed from
his home to the city hospital last even
ing SUFFERING from what is feared to
! be well-developed symptoms Of hydro
phobia. Feeley was bitten by black
! spaniel some time during the first
| week in January, but UP to last Tues
| day experienced no discomfort from
the bite. Tuesday evening he began
| to have severe pains in his left hand,
| which soon extended to his shoulder
and neck, and finally to the region of
! his heart The pain was so sharp at
! times as to almost stop his breathing
Feeley's- hand and arm began to swell
| and it was only with the greatest diff
| Guilty that he could swallow. The sight
of water drove him into spasms, al
most causing strangulation. If but a
| drop of the liquid, spilled upon the
bed clothes, caught the eye of the
sick man his agony was something
terrible to behold. At intervals Feeley
|
gain his senses and be seized with an
other spasm. Toward morning Feeley
rested easier, and his wife began to
| be treasured. She had been Of the
opinion that her husbands condition
was in some way due to a sun stroke
which he received last summer, and
| that the worst was over. Wednesday
morning, however, Feeley was again
| f1A6 xxy;tI To -
eat nor drink, and the swelling in his
arm increased. He had been nervous
ever since being bitten by the dog
two months ago. and he now began to
fear he was stricken with the dreaded
| hydrophobia. He begged his wife to
summon a doctor.
| DR.. Brimhall was hurriedly called.
After an examination it was thought
F'eeley was simply suffering from an
! attack of nervous prostration. Medi-
cine was administered, and for a time
| the pain ceased. Shortly after DR..
| Brimhall left the house, according to
| the statement made by Mrs. Feeley last
| evening, the sick man grew rapidly
worse. Spasms Of strangulation follow
| ed in rapid succession. In the inter-
walls Feeley would either be out Of his
mind or nervously jerking and jump
ing his body from one part of the bed
to the other. In his conscious moments
! he seemed almost paralyZed with fear
at his impending fate. Wednesday
night Feeley expressed desire to have
| DR.. Whitcomb called. When DR.. Whit
comb arrived he appreciated the mans
! condition, though not certain that he
was suffering from rabies. Feeley pass
| ed restless night and appeared no bet
| ter yesterday morning when DR.. Whit
| comb again called. Last evening DR..
! Whitcomb visited his patient, accom-
panied by DR.. Sweeney, whom he had
called in consultation. Feeley was still
undergoing horrible agony from strang
ling fits No water was allowed in his
! sight. Mrs. Feeley, who had been in
! constant attendance upon her husband,
| was asked to leave the room, and the
man was apprised of his probable con-
| dition. He was advised to go to the
| city hospital for treatment at once.
| FeeIey at first objected, but finally,
realizing his dangerous condition, con-
scented to be removed to the institution.
| A carriage was called, and at 1880 last
| evening the sick man was taken to the
| hospital
According to the story told by Mrs.
| -Feeley, last evening, the dog which bit
her husband has also bitten
number of other people, including her
| self, her little -Tthree-year-old son,
employ of the American District Tele-
graph company and number of clerks
at the Great Northern Railroad office.
The doy came into Feeley's posses
| sion while he was driving a delivery
wagon for the AID. T. company.
messenger boy brought the animal to
/ the office, MOI 106 East Fifth street, in
basket. The dog was to be sent to
certain address in this city. While
at the office the animal gnawed the top
off of the basket and started yelping
about the room. He was an odd look
ing creature, seeming to resemble
monkey in the face more than a dog.
Finally he quieted down and the mes
senger boy on duty began to pet him.
This reused the dog and he again went
capering about the room swapping and
biting at any one in reach. Six boys
are said to have been bitten by the
creature. Mr.. Feeley came into the
| office about II o'clock, and according
to Mrs. Feeley, Manager Yates told
him If he wanted the dog to take him
home
Feeley took the. pup home when he
went to dinner and left him there that
afternoon. When he came home at
night his wife told him the dog had
been acting queerly and had snapped
at their two children ''''''-'''L
Feeley told his wife it was a nice
Jug anu WOulQI'C DlIe. See mere" he
said. and playfully began cutting the
brute. In a second the dog fastened
his teeth in Fee1ey's hand. 5
Notwithstanding this Mr.. Feeley
wanted to keep the dog, and in spite of
| his wife's solicitations, refused to put
| him out Of the house A few moments
! later the dog bit the little boy, Johnnie.
and running into another room, jumped
upon a bed. Mrs. Feeley attempted
to dislodge the creature and was her.
self bitten in the right wrist Her
! hand and arm panied her considerably
last night and were badly swollen, but
has since caused her no trouble nor
| has the baby suffered from the bite he
received. The dog was put out of the
| house the next morning, and followed
a passerby down to the Great Northern
railroad Office, where after several
yong men had been bitten, policeman
was called and the animal was killed
| DR.. Sweeney stated last night that it
was not absolutely certain that Feeley
was suffering from hydrophobia, but
that almost every indication. including
difficulty in swallowing, weakness of
grasp, sleeplessness, headache and raw
ings pointed to rabies y -" 7"t