The Ouachita Telegraph - Jean Loubatie Dies of Hydrophobia after Cat Bite Date: Oct. 2000 Submitted by: Lora Peppers ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** The Ouachita Telegraph Friday, December 3, 1880 Page 2, Column 4 The Bite of a Cat. Jean Loubatie, aged nine years, died last night of hydrophobia after three days and nights of the most heartrending suffering. What is strange about this case, and what will make it a memorable one, is the fact that the poison was not from a dog’s bite, but was inoculated by the molars of a cat. When the young boy was bitten he was playing on the sidewalk before his parents’ residence, when suddenly a cat sprang at him and bit him in the calf of the leg. He informed his parents at once of the fact, who had the cat killed and applied remedies to the bite. All this transpired some forty or fifty days ago, and nothing more was thought of the case till some three days since, when young Jean was taken suddenly ill, and Dr. Van Gohren called in, who pronounced the boy’s disease as hydrophobia. - N.O. City Item. # # #