Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-07-21
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EFFEt7UIL CURE ron NYDKDfsEOEI5.
Oi the long catalogue OF those disiempers
with which il has pleased the SUPREME
BEING 10 chasten or aiilict humanity, the
most violent. the most awful and depio sable
l. Hydroph0bla. The irshiini ma.adv, which
beTeaves of reason, disiorts the frame, ana
hdmiiiates the species, by change from i'm.
man, To brutal nature whose paroxysms. in
creasing with their succession, in their torture
render the miserable sufferer teo terrifying
tor sight-almost too hideous for sympathy !;
TINS nialady, which, hitherto, no skill could
control. no force restrain, no medicine relieve,
Al length yields TO simple of the vegetable
world---a quick, hut effectual autidote. the
complete and general discovery of which Pro
violence, in its wisdom, has reserved for the
present time.
The following communication, Oh this inn
portant subject, is made by d Paris corr espon-
dent:
Russian peasant of Simbirsk, eli the Vclga,
possessed celebrity in the cure OF this worst
oil all human distempcrs. fros, the state of
Russian society, and the hardness of coRnuu-
lcation, IN that empire, owing 10 the tewuess
OF the means, this celebrity IVES, for length
OF wears, exclusively confined TO the province
IN which he lived He was not the Giscoyerer
ct the root that cured, but was the sole depe
STORY the secret. The renown OF his extra
Ordinary cures, bursting, at length, beyond
the ctrcle OF his government, their number
increased with his practice. and hiS celebrity
along with them. Travelling 10 Il distant vii.
iage, on the borders of Saratovski, he tarried
To refresh at an intervening hamlet, where
case OF Hydrophobia. in its last awful stages,
overwhelmed the peasantry with grief. On-
prepared for the event, shocked at the terrific
spectacle before him-the cOnvuiSive agonies
OF the afflicted being-he he STATED; it was only
for moment; the conflict in his breast was
between humanity and interest-lie directed
search TO be made for the AHsma he described If
II was known-it was sought for by all the inhs
Dltants, each taking a different direction a,i6
was immediately procured. Here the secret
was diVnigeh-a preparation was made and
the antidote administered On being entreat
ed 10 tarry at The hamlet till morning, The
peasant replied, that his presence was no Ion
ger necessary-that the man was cured. Salts
ned OF the efficacy of tho remedy he resumed
journey.
And the distemperei man ,res cured He
subsequently, felt temporary exhaustion but
was at once freed from the torture of the maia-
oy. The circumstance tins related quickly
transpi,eh. Communications on the sublect
reached TO Moscow The physical world made
inquiry and research Throughout Russia. all
Germany, the reputed wonderful properties of
the 1hsma Piantago in the cure of Hydropho
pa .n"hceu ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS expert
ments they increased its fame /; and i'm those
empires is now established perfect confidence
in lis unfailing efficacy.
From the London Literary Gazette ofsatur-
day week, we take the subjoned article OH tile
same subject:
z" We must call the attention of the puh,ic
and of the Faculty TO the Aismq Pfaatapo. OF
which a drawing is annexed, and which is ut
present the subject of a general investigation
upon the Continent, as "a specific for the cure
OF the HydrOphobid. Whether il possesses
the qualities attributed TO it in Russia and
GermaIy, orn0i we have discharged our duty
in producing not only written description Of
1t, and the assertions respecting its healing
powers, bSt also Picture OF the Plant itself,
tor which we are much indebted to a Cores
pondent, extracts from whose letter we sub.
Join.