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BITTEN BY i RABID POLECAT»lt;»About four o'clock last Mon-s day morning W. H. Wheeler, foreman of the Scharbauer ranch, had the misfortune while sleep-? ing out of doors, to be bitten i through the cheek by a polecat ! of the large species.Mr. Wheeler grabbed the cat t by the neck and choked him jloff, receiving, in addition to - the bite several scratches, about the neck and face, in doing so. With the assistance of Mr. .Jim 1 Adams, Mr. Wheeler killed the e animal and cut off its head in 0 order that it might le sent to the Pasteur Institute.Mr. Millard Eidson, at headquarters, was at once aroused„ and hurriedly motored to town r ,with Mr. Wheeler for medicaltreatment. Dr. M. L. TurneyU dressed the wound anlt;l soon Mr. Wheeler was relieved of all suffering. and as the animal lelong-ed to the larger species of skunks, which are supposed to be rather harmles, Mr. Wheeler felt little uneasiness over thebite and returned to his duties at the ranch. But that there benrno doubt or chance, Dr. Turney prepared and shipped the head to the Pasteur Institute, at Austin, for investigation.8 Thursday afternoon Dr. Tur-r ney received a telegram, which f stated that positive evidence , of rabies had been found in the d cat’s head.d Mr. Wheeler was at once notilt tied of the result of the investi-r gation and in a few hours was \ speeding toward the Capital City »t for treatment.
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Fort Stockton Pioneer
Fort Stockton, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 21, 1916
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