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Show HAS THE RABIES AFTER 13 YEARS Woman Bitten by Dog When Little Girl, Gets Hydrophobia. ; " XEW ' YORK. Oc t. 24.-Apparently suffering from rabies she was bitten by a dog thirteen years ago Amanda Jones, aged 27, was taken from her home to a hospital yesterday, and today to-day she will probably be sent to Belle-vue Belle-vue for further observtaion of one of the most extraordinary cases in the experience ex-perience of the physicians. According to the family, the patient, when 14 years old, was bitten on both hands by a dog, but the wounds were cauterized and no ill effects appeared until last June, when she suddenly developed de-veloped all the usual symptoms of hydrophobia hy-drophobia and became so violent that the combined strength of four men would hardly suffice to keep her in restraint. re-straint. She recovered from this attack at-tack and was in good health until a week ago, when the spell recurred. Removed to a hospital she apparently recovered, but Sunday night the same symptoms reappeared. Foaming at the mouth and barking like a dog, the young woman rushed about the apart- 1 11 19, 1 Ct fillip ui stilus eaasva a.- tempting to injure anyone who approached ap-proached her. She was only controlled by the use of opiates. |