The evening world., 1913-07-24
BOY SLOWLY Dy|NC
IN RARE ATTACK Of
TRUE HYDRQ?K0B|A
Disease Develops in John Nc
lnemey Long After Injury
by a Dog.
LIFE CANNOT BE SAVED.
Physicians Say Agony May
Continue for Days But
y Death Is Inevitable.
LIFE CANNOT BE SAVED.

Threading about in violent convulaons
Oospt when mastered by doses Of BOW.
0tul eedatives. John NcInerney. .
4 sturdy boy OF fourteen. 10 in the City
q Hospital. Jersey City. awaiting the slow.
4 esstring death that ends hydrophobta
Dor many years the surgeons In the big
1DDtitutions In or near New York have
ut seen such . clear case Of true
bses such - that Of this stricken
Dv. In spite Of all that science can
they are forced to-day to admit that
B caoe y hopeless. The boy may lin
y Q week or even . fortnight. but
osh alone can end his suffering.
ne case has many remarkable fea-
~. Young Nc1nsrnsy was walking
~ ~ homo, No. ~ York street, Jer-
city, one afternoon early In June
hen Q mongra dog. unknown to any
ne nsighborhood. ran toward him.
NE boy paid little attention to the
hnimAl, which was apparently about to
Dpssd past him.
Doc chANoES ITS COURSE AND
q TWICE ATTACKS BOY.
n Suddenly II swerved in its course
had ieaped for the lad. burying its
xfangs IN his right hand. The boy man.
sred to shake the dog OF. but again
~ was attacked, this time being Bit
N on the les. The dog then dashed
oown the street and out Of sight,
spreading panic for several blocks. al.
Enough Investigation has not resulted
y the discovery Of any others who
ssre bitten.
Young McInerney ran to his home
where his mother. Mrs. Agnes McIner-
hey. applied home remedies and gradu-
[.Ally the wound In the hand was healed
EThe boy did not at the time mention
that his leg had also been bitten
t<After a day or so the wounds began
t<to bother him and DR.. Patrick Ham.
Ill OF vsrick street was called. He
A cautsrized the wounds and they
fcbsed rapidly. the boy thereafter sur
fsring no pain.
Last Sunday John complained Of Q
numbinx sensation In his right arm.
Ne and the rest OF the family had
almost forgotten the dog bite and. al
bought II due 10 the attack OF the
fected.
N On Monday the pain In the boys arm
Increased. and he seemed listlsss and
fout Of sorts generally. He found II
}fdimeuit to swallow. but stu no worry
WAS occasioned by his condition, and
/ & was NOT until tho following day that
r-a doctor was called.
"a DR.. Hamill was not available and DR..
8 Ddward Salmon was summoned. He
1Amediateiy ordered the boy's removal
= he hospital.
John had taken to his bed and by the
Time An ambulance from the hospital
arrived he was In the throes Of violent
eonvulaons. He seemed to crave for
wates. but whenever It was placed to
his lips the only result was an agra
. v1taon OF the torture he suffered.
\ DRUGS ADMINISTERED TO RE-
n LlEvE THE PAIN.
1 Unaily he began to utter sounds re-
ssmbling the bark Of dog. When the
Ambulance arrived II was found neces-
sary to administer chloral to quiet the
pekisnt and make possible his removal
10 the hospital
tact with many supposed cases of ra-
oeN1 that turn out to be nothing more
than hysteria. but In young McInerney's
cAae It was apparent thet q clear case
of hydrophobia had developed.
Heroic measures were adopted, but
0ithout avail. At times the commissions
IRE 20 severe that It requires four or
I've nurses and doctors to restrain the
Y gonized youth. The spasms Increased
u violence and frequency all day yester-
by and last night. ana to-day all that
puA be done for the patient was the
|1dministe ring OF drugs to ease his pain.
His mother. who has four other chill.
esn. has called at the hospital. but be.
auss Of her boys condition has not
asn permitted to see him.
Young NcInerney was q pupil In st.
Rrigid's Parochial School, Jersey City.
Die 10 Of quiet. retiring ways. but very
y popular among his fellows.