Distressing Case ok Hydrophoei.a.—
The facts of a most afflicting case of hydro
phobia have been communicated to us, fiav
iug occurred in Camden, N. .1. The sufferer
is Mrs. Burroughs, the wife of Edward Bur
roughs, and daughter of Francis Cooper, the
tobacconist, of Market street. hhe was
bitten n the hand by a dog in August last,
while endeavoring to protect one of her chil
dren, and had suffered the wound to heal up
without applying any of the preventatives
of hydrophobia, n n deeming the wound at
the time of sufficient importance. Since
then, however, from certain symptoms at
tending it, she has felt some degree of anx
iety, and about ten days ago the hand com
menced to swell, and soon after festered.—
On Friday night, the first symptoms of this
appalling malady became apparent, and
since then she has suffered as many ns fifty
spasms. The sight of water has invariably
produced convulsions, anti even looking at
the glass in the windows of her room has
produced the same results. Dr. Jackson,
of this city, and Drs. Fisler and Cooper, of
Camden, have been in attendance.
Chloroform has been frequently adminis
tered to her with beneficial results, and yes
terday the patient expressed herself easier,
having only experienced two spasms up to
four o’clock in the afternoon. She is per
fectly sensible after the spasm has subsided,
and when she feels another coming on, asks
that the chloroform shall be administered,
declaring that it greatly mitigates her suffer
ings. The sufferer is a lady of much re
spectability, and her illness has occasioned
great anxiety to her family and a large circle
of friends and acquaintances. She is about I
twenty-five years of age, and the mother of
three children.— Phila. Ledger, Tuesday.
