From the June 9, 1892 New York Times:

“Lynn, Mass.–John Anderson, a Swede, died this morning a terrible death. Three weeks ago he was bitten on the lip by a dog. The wound was not cauterized. Anderson was taken ill on Monday, and at once had a decided antipathy to water. Tuesday night he began frothing at the mouth and was unable to take food. About midnight he began barking and snarling like a dog and raved in delirium.

In his struggles he bit at his friends and tore the bedclothing to ribbons with his teeth. In his agony he gnawed the footboard and posts of the bed, his teeth sinking deep into the hard wood. He died in the greatest agony.

Consulting physicians pronounced death due to the effect of fright on his mind and its subsequent action on the heart.”