Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-11-17
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MAI DoG , oNt....What is this substance 7 is a
question which has heen often asked since the case OF
nyoiophobia was quoted the Palladium Of Oct ~.
toi the nioIhaon OF the people this vicinity aud
more particularly for the bcne of onr b rtreu az Tan
pShahHocA and Rchmond, we beg leave offer them
some account ofthis celebrated substance.
Mead had asserted that The venom of the viper was
acid fontaRa proved Tins opinion incorrect and Mead
himself afterwards publicly retracied il. No,w .lstauc
ing, many believed IN the acicy ofthe venom, aud ON
TINS superstition, dikHcS imme offer
as ahtidoes 10 its banefui effects. Nearly hiy Years
since, was published al Milan, treatise on The
~ o. an aieAlpnarnck against the venom the viper
by the Able de r-emeyer in which lie ma naiDed The
op'nloa a, horfShorn caicned Ia h,askmess is rem.
edy for this animals bite. Various singular md absurd
notions are advancediu ,his pam phle and the aucr is
persuaded. that calcined harseorn Is ous even
when the Vpers bite had produced symptoms of dissolu
ton lie found this substance wbich be cailf ,foye
equally powerful against The bite mad GOa aid ne
neVen, That Dy MS USE, he had cnred a man who had
peth "ouhoed ny Tiger. fJhtana DESTROYS of
testing the truth OF the able assertions He was hi,
time IN London. and the Venetian ambassador procured
MN the Treatise" aRd SfoHs prepared by The au,hS
nnse,. u.net stones were made by F"nana accord
lhG /" the objections given 10y The able aud The following
experiments wee instituted:
Six pigeons were" iayeRO1eG or bitten Inv The ,iner
Tie stone, prepared by she able was immediately
PNed to the wounds and II auhsred They died in a
snort Tune, from minutes houIs. SIN her pigeons
were bitten, and the stone applied 10 fonr these
All died IN less thar 30, and ii minutes OF the
Two, To winch no stone applied one died in Iwsny
minutes, and one in hour. The experiment was re
peated on Sly more ali died, in To- aud in 2? nj.
mites In IL OF above cases The stone adhered and
was foTcihy detached after death in one case of the
sx last where The pigeos was latest 10 die the fell
Of.
The experiments we're prosecuted on G5inea pig, and
on rabbits. rive pigs TO which the stone was applied
oled, one III 20 minutes, aud tie Others Ia and 4
houIs Comparative experiments were made and from,
tue wh'ie appeared, that the stone only ~
fsSs, bat totally ieicGcVl against the venom or the
viper. These cases TelaIe lie bite Of this animal
DIt II mast be rsCoilecied that the sangninc
THESE stones believed them eQHaliy efcacious against
me oheot mad dGg-and perfectly coincide in his
opinion.
There has been probably ever will sc in the
iAu OF man,a disposition TO creduiity am supe stitiop
III whatever relates to the Of disorders Our
never Keeps pace with our belief these eases and we
aye ready tn measure the effects remedies in urooor
hoh 10 The cloud ofmystery which enve0pgs Them TIE
greater the marvel the more ceriain The cnre Mrny
even among the most enlightened cannot eRtTey dicst
themselves Of this feeling and the slaves of an OYu
oh Nhicb derives No iruth from experiment and which
'NT sen love pToDpts us 10 condemn IT'S this principle
"bicn 9TOi6s our surprise when long exploded
nosiTHm again palmed the world as specific against
me be Of venoHous animals We do not expect to see
~ one day, change IN the moral constitution Of man
eut We 90 nope, that sensible effect MAY lie produced
OF it, far relates medicine giving III, ubir
AL The Information en- the subject which ibev can DE-.
SIZE Let there lie nothing couceaed--et the veil Of
mystery II there Is cue. bC raised let the dayk holes
where cushing andqpackeTy hide themselves ks eyrnr
'd-ahnve all lea useless remedies sut as iyed DIR
stones he exposed IL IL Ctnie, in society 10 peT.
mt ignorance 10 he inIpOsed tvs ov inc 10 the
public more tban 80 The faculty that faa cases Of by
dr"p.a snd more frequently remedies for its elror "a
often meet Our eve We w0ud by rn means isrout
TIE iiIal Of new femedIes-bni value the life and
peace 81 ouf fellow beings, would oppose the intro
dHccn ofaolcs long proved To be useless and whose
app sion drpTves The unfortunate sufferer of those
precious moments which vii admit the Of means as
cNsCtual and certain, limited faculties al present
afford. We would recommend The kpr "a the hest ,,0d
dog store, The immediate eXcision he bitten and
the ptessTEaon Of the life Of the dog TIL il be deerinin
Cd whether be was actually mad The best means Of
g. antins consoiation and comfort to the Afflicted.
ROXEURY.