Banks County GaArchives News.....Two Deaths From Hydrophobia. June 28, 1892
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The Weekly Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. June 28, 1892
Homer, Ga., June 19. -- A death from hydrophobia is reported to have occurred 
in this county.  The victim was a young lady just reaching womanhood, the 
eldest daughter of Mrs. York, four miles from town.

She had been sick since Sunday and a physician was called in, who examined the 
case and suspicioned the presence of the deadly poison in the system.  At his 
second visit his suspicions proved correct and the patient's life was soon 
ended by the horrible disease.

The characterisitic symptoms of rabies developed in a day or two after the 
attack -- dread of water, difficulty in swallowing, convulsions, etc.  The 
sight of the water dipper would produce convulsions.  The girl had played with 
a small dog some time previous and it is reported to have licked her hand, the 
poison being absorbed probably from a small sore on the finger.

This is the second death from hydrophobia in this county, the first case being 
that of a son of Mr. J. O. Thompson, who was bitten by a small fice dog on the 
face and died in about a month afterwards. 

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