Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-07-02

bite Of a Mad Dog used an The Ukrd,ne.-
When Mr. MarochettI, an operator IN
the Hospital at Moscow. was in the
Ukraine in 1918; in one day IS persons
applied to him for cure, having been
bitten by mad dog. whilst be was pre-
pairing the remedies, a deputstion Of Sc
veral old men made its appearance to
request him TO allow a peasant 10 treat
them, man who had foF some years
past eojoyed a great reputation for
prevention of Hydrophobia. and OF
whose success Mr.. Marochetti had al
ready heard much.
tie consented tn their request under
these conditions: First, shat he, Mr.. Ma
rochetti, should be present at every
Thing done by the peasant, secondly, in
order that he migbt We fully convinced
that the dog was fully mad, be. Mr. Ma
rochettl should select one Of the pa
tieHts. who should only be treated ac.
cordiug 10 the medical course USUALLY
held in estimation a girl six years old
was chosen for this purpose.
The peasant gave to his fourteen pa
tents strong decoction of the sun init
Iet Fl "Genlstae lutae Tinctor,ae Ia
bout pound and hall dsiiy,) and ex
amined twice day under the tongues,
where, as he stated. snail knots con
tanning the poison OF the badness must
form themselves. AS soon as these
small knots actually appeared, which
Mr.. Narochetti himself saw, they were
opened, and cauterlzed with red hot
needIe, after which the patient gargled
with the decoction of the "Ganistaeo
The result of this treatment was, that
all Of them (of whom only two, the last
bitten, did not show these knots) were
dismissed, cured at the end Of SIX weeks,
during which time they drank this de
coction But the little girl, who had
been treated according TO the usual mo
thods, was seized with hyd,ophobia &C
icidents on the seventh day, and was
dead in eight hours after the first took
place The persons dismissed were
seen three years afterwards by Mr. Ma
rochetti, and they were all sound and
we'll.
Five years after this circumstance,
10 1879 Mr Marochetti had a pew
opportunity in Padola Of confirming
this important discovery. fhe treat.
ment OF twenty six persons, who had
been bitten by a mad dog, was condded
20 hin; nine were men eleven women,
and six children. He gave them at once
decoctioa OF the Genistae, =" and d.
ligeni examination Of their tongue.
gave the following result: five men. all
the women, and the three children, had
the small knots already mentioned;
those mostly bitten or the third dav.
others on the fifth, seventh, and ninth,
and one woman. who had been bitten
but very specifically in the leg only
an the twenty first day. The other
seven also, who showed no small knots,
drank the "Decoction Geuistse" six
weeks, and all the patients recovered
In consequence Of these observations,
Mr. Msrechetti believes, that the BY dro.
phobia poison after remaining a short
time IN the wound, fixes itself for
certain time under the tongue, at the
opening of the ducts of the "glandul.
submixillar" which are at each side Of
the tongue string, and there forms those
small kuots, in which may be felt with
a probe a fuctu sting fluid which is the
hy drophobic poison. The usual time of
their appearance seems to be within the
third and ninth day after the bite, and
If they are not opened within the first
twenty four hours after their formation,
the poison is re absorbed into the body,
and the PATIENTS lost beyond the pow
err of cure.
For this reason, Mr. Marochetti re
commeads that such patients should be
examined under the tongue Immediate
lv, which should be continued for six
weeks, during which time they should
take daily one pound and half of the
'Decoct Genst" Tor four times a dav
the powder, one dram tor dose) If
the knots do not appear in this time, no
madness is to be apprehended, but as
soon as they appear they should DE o
pened with a lancet, and then cauteriz
ed: and the patient should gargle assid
iously with the above mentioned decoe.
ton.
We hasten to communicate 10 our rea.
ders this important discovery, (which
we borrow from the Petersburg Miscel
ianeeus Treaties in "Ths Realm Of Me.
deal Science for is2b"l which certain
ly deserves the full attention of all me