The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-15
DIES Of RABIES
AFTER TREATMENT
PAsTEUR INSTITUTE UNABLE TO
SAVE MAN BITTEN ny DOG
IN JUNE.
DOCTORS ARE AMAZED
TALKS or SECOND INFECTION.
nov BITTEN BY SAME AMI
NAL ~ RECOVERING
AT INSTITUTION.
DOCTORS ARE AMAZED
NEW YORK, Jan. l4.--carl L.

Arnessan. OF 1<2 Manhattan avenue.
died of hydrophobia In the j. Hood
Wright hospital yesterday afternoon.
He was bitten on the index finger
Of the right hand by q dog on June
&c last and almost Immediately there
after received the Pasteur treatment
at the Willard Parker hospital. On
{ Wednesday last, more than six months
after the completion OF tho treatment.
he began to feel III, hat thought mere
iy that unusual exposure had brought
on cold. HIS condition grew rapidly
worse, and on Thursday he was un-
able to swallow water AT 1l:l5
o cleck Thursday night an ambulance
took him to the J. Hood Wright hos
rital. where the case was Immediately
diagnosed by the admitting physician
as rabies. From then on until hts
death at 2:os O'Clock yesterday after
noon Arnessan was attended constant
~ by = STAN OF physicians within and
outside the regular hospital star.
The case attracted the attention OF
physicians because they say that less
than l per cent. OF those VINO receive
the Pssteur treatment have the dis
ease and because OF the Tong space of
time that elasped between the inrec-
ton and the DEVELOPMENT OF the dis
ease.
10Y In Good Health.
Carlo Dolce. young boy who was
bitten by the same dog at the same
time as Arnessan, also yooK the treat
ment at the Willard Parker hospital
and is apparently in good health.
Arnessan recently had been a jani-
tor at l&2 Manhattan avenue, Before
tHht-he had been out of work for
some time and worried a great deal.
The physicians say also that his sys-
tenn was run down from lack Of
proper nourishment DIR, Paul Rar-
tholow. OF the Willard Parker Labora-
tory. who ihoculated Arnessan and
who was with him constantly after
the disease developed. said last night
that an investigation was being made
to determine whether he had not
were certain evidences that such was
the case. but an absolute statement
cannot be made.
On the day that he was bitten
Arnessan was In tho areaway of the
apartment house where be WAS work
ing. The dog, which already had
bitten tho Dolce boy. bit him on the
finger. The dog was killed and six
guinea pigs and rabbits were inocu-
lated with serum taken from the dog.
All died OF rabies. The treatment
of Arnessan and the boy began imme-
diately. The physicians noticed MOTH
ing unusual about Arnessan except
that he was not in very good ply
steal condition.
On Monday last Arnessan told the
physicians he felt au itching in the
| injured hand bit ne did not feel Ill
until Wednesday. After his arrival at
the hospital and while the diagnosis
7 OF his case was being made Arnessan
heard one of the nurses mention
bathing him. and the idea OF water
sent him into commissions. DIR. Albert
j. Wilson. OF 273 West Seventy third
street, visiting physician to the hos
pital. assumed charge Of the case and
DIR. Bartholow was sent for. DIR.
| Bartholow did not leave the pate mt
until the man was dead. A number
! of physicians Joined in the consulta-
! tons ut the hospital Friday and yes
| terday. among them Or. Henry Hen
son, DR.. Ernest Fahnestock and sew
| eral physicians from the board OF
/ health.
| An effort will be made to get the
| consent of the mans family to AL
/ autopsy. II the consent is obtained
| tho autopsy probably will he per-
! formed to-day at the laboratory OF
the Willard Parker Hospital.
t Mrs. Arnessan says she caught the
dog after 1t bit Dolce TO prevent II
from biting other children, including
her four-year-old daughter. Margaret
She said that her husband had COM
| planned OF tickling sensation
throughout his body since late in the
| fall.