Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-07-14

o"o*e' -l.ast summer. q black man i'm
FREDERICK county was bit on the finger
,n the corn house, about dark, by a
snake, supposed to be a Copper head,
from the circumstance that one wa.
Killed the next day under the house.
Immediately his arm swelled to twice
ITS ordinary size. I applied first the
breast o' a chicken cut open, next u
large vial Of whiskey, 10 the wound.
We also bathcd the arm and hand frc
quently during the night, and the next
day until 10 O'clock with salt water.
without any visible abatement Of the
swelling. At that time a Physician
arrived, and Immediately sent Tor the
root OF the Yellow Poplar Tree, (more
properly called the American Tulip
Iree,) he had a strong decoction made
Ut the bark. washed the swelled par,
with IL frequently, gave the patient
hall pint every half hour aud applied
the bruised bark, which was boiled as
poultiee. The relief vas almost
miscellaneous, the swelling soon subsi.
ded and the pain, which was very ex.
cruc'ating, IN a short time ceased alto
gether. The Doctor assured me, that
had i not been for the administration
of this simple remedy. the man would
not have lived many hours, and I am
convinced from what I saw, that had
It been applied in the Grst instance,
the suffering would have been ,erv
light. ! wish this remedy to be GEN
orally known, it may save the lives Of
hunureds. JAS. JOHNSON.
Pikesri0e, (.lAh } June. 1880.
Specific for The Uhooping Cough.--ln
Rusts Mag. {. die gessamint. helix,
No. Q, 1929 it is stated that DR..
Meyer, of Mindcn, has, in few DAYS,
been enabled TO remove all the symp.
toms OF psrtusis by the external appii.
cation Of morphia. lie directs 4 small
blister TO be applied over the precordia !;
the detached cuticle being removed.
the exposed surface is to be sprinkled
over with half a grain Of morphia TO be
rubbed UP with starch. The morphia
to be repeated every evening. The
only internal remedy he EMPLOYED was
an emetic. If necessary. the blister
may be rc-applied every third day. In
i've cases. the disease was so far di.
minished in eight days. that no further
treatment was considered necessary.
London Medical and .Surgica! Jour.
a substance has been found at the
depth Ot foot and half in the earth
at Van Dieman's Land. Ii has not
yet been described, but il is called
indigenous bread. Ii is covered with
thick skin, has rounded form Ike
a potatoe or yam, and is sometime. rs
large as mans head. When cut,
It appears as if composed Of solid
spobgy mass, containing considerable
quantity Ut alImentary matter. No
root or fibre has been found adherinc
to u. SO that sometimes i; has been
thought to be sort Of terrestrial poly
pus, possessing principle OF animal
lie. The only indication Of its pre-
sebce which the natives have. is the &C
eurrencc of an exceedingly small leaf,
which rises from the earth, and is con.
nectcd with it by very thin and deli
cate fibres. which break whenever
the turbercIc is raised. H..
The following paragraph appears 10 the
last number OF Niles Weekly Register.
baltimore. A bill Is now before the
City Council, and expected TO pass
with great unanimiiy, 10 make certain
advances which will wholly relieve the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Com.
pany from any difficulty that may have
been caused by the failure of their ap
plication to the Government Of the l..
States. for assistance. The means To
strike the Potomac will be ample; and
when the ROAD shall have proceeded
thitber. as before observed, Il riU force
iiseJ onwdrd. cir WILL GO os."
EDeefs Of Canals and lMning.-The
borough u Pottsyille, which. five or
six years ago, Contained but FIVE or six
houses has now resident population
Of 1908 males, and s47 fcmaies-2424.
In addition to these, there are 1850