Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-07-13
From q late Scotch Paper.
CURE OF HYDROPHOBrA

AFVUs v SutS SIVsSN QUef.
CURE OF HYDRopH0BJA.
We have received from a gentlem,o
Berlin, the following important stat.m.s%!
OF the mode of cure practised in The 'Iii IS
rsine, for the bite of mad dog II
translated from the Berlin State Ga,..n
(No. 2O) Of the 18th Feb. 1899. and do,
certainly seem entitled 10 the fullest sos
sideratioH Of all medical practiion esu-
That the knowledge Of this remedy ny
be extensively known, and conseeu.n, MY
put to the test of further experienes
hope it will be copied into every iouro.i
throughout the country.
"When Mr.. Marochetti, an operate, :,
the Hospital of Moscow, was in III. i,I
raine in 1918, in one day Is persons ~. a.
piled to him for cure. having been bitten
by mad dog. Whilst be was thu, O n'a
pairing The remedies, deputation Of oId
men made its appearance TO request him
to allow peasant to treat them-a man
who for some years past, enjoyed great r..
putation for his cures of hydropbobia and
Of whose success Mr., Marochetti had Il.
ready heard much. He consented n
their request, under these conditions Is,
that he, Mr.. Maroche:ti, should be p,e'
sent at every thing done by the peasant.
Eddy, in order that be might be fully con.
vinced that the dog was really mad. Mr..
Marochetti should select one OF the "a.
tients, who should only be treated aeon.
ding TO the medical course usually held il
estimation. A girl Of six years old WA
chosen tor this purpose.
The peasant gave to bis Ia patient, .
strong detection Of the Summit and
FL. Genistalutea tinctoria,' (about a
pound and a half daily,) and examined
twice day under the tongues, where. a.
be stated, small knots containing the p,i.
son OF the madness, must form themselves.
As soon as these small knots actually an.
peared, and which Mr., Marocbet.i him.
self saw, they were opened and caueri.
zed with red hot needle; after which.
the patient gargled with the decoction Of
the 'Genis'a.' The result of this treat.
ment was, that all The fourteen (of whom
only two, the last bitten. did not shew
these knots were dismissed cured at the
end ofsix weeks, during which time they
drank this decoction. But the little girl.
who had been treated according to the Y.
sual methods, was seized with hydropho>
bic symptoms on the seventh day, and
was dead in eigbtbours after they first took
place The persons dismissed as cured,
were seen three years afterwards by Marc
chetti, and they were all sound and well.
"Five years after the circumstance liz
1918, Mr. Marochelli had a new oppor.
tunily in Podolia, OF confirming Ibis im.
portant discovery. The treatment Of 20
persons, who bad there been bitten by
mad-dog, was confined to him niue were
men, eleven women, and six children.
He gave them at once decoction OF The
'Genista, ani diligent examination Of
their tongues gave the following RESULT
five men, all The women, and three chill.
dreD, had the small knots already men.
toned, those bitten worst, on the Sd day,
others on the 9Th, 9TH and 9tb, and one wo-
man, who bad been bitten but very SUPER
hcIally in the leg emily, on the 2lst day.
The other seven also who showed no small
knots, drank the 'decoctum genisla' SIX
weeks, and all the patients were cured.
Gin consequence of those observations,
Mr.. MarGchetti believes that the hydro
pbobic poison, after remaining short
time In the wound, fixes itself for certain
time under the tongue, at the opening OF
the ducts of the "glaneul: submaxeller"
which are at each side of the tongue
string, and there forms those small knots
in which one may feel with probe Huc-
tuating fluid, which is that hydropboble
poison. The usual time of their appear
ance seems to be between the Sd and IT'D
day after the bite; and il they are not
opened within the first "a hours after their
formation. the poison is re.absorbed INTO
the body, and the patient is lost beyond
the power of cure. For this reason, ny.
Marochetti recommends that such patients
should be Immediately examined UNDER
the tongue, which should be continued 10,
SIX weeks, during which time they should
take daily - pounds OF The 'decoc gene's
[or four times day the powder one
drachm pro dosi.] If The knots 90 no.
appear in this time, no madness IS 70 De
apprebended; but as soon as they SNOW ~
themselves, they should be opened WIN
a lancet, and then cauterised, and The pa
tient should gargle assiduouly With tnS
'decoct.'
1--WE hasten to communicate to our reaa.
ers this important discovery, when VIC
borrow from the Petersburg MisceIlsne,
Gus Treatises in the Realm OF Meolss'
Science, for 1917 which certainly os
serves the full attention OF all meo'Ia,
practitioners; and which, if conhrmeee "
experience, may have ,be most benene'"
results"