Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-02-24

Il vours anu eqooi 10 any mait Ale. j he
whole espense thereof does not exceed
IS, which is only SID. per gallon fos
ale which would not disgrace . Noble.
mans table. The refuse left from the
prsss is An excellent food for pigs.
Ilischanic's Magazine.
SPECIFIC FOR THE uyDRoPRoBiA.
"From Don victcves I learned q
cure for the Hydrophobia, which, in
three cases, be had seen administered
in the last paruxyssn Of that dreadful
complaint. He told NE that he had
known several die who had not taken
il. but of those to whom il was admin
istered, not one. He 10 SO honest a
man. and has the general character for
such strict veraeity. that I entertain no
doubt Of his having witnessed what he
related. One Of the patients was tied
up 4" a post with strong cords, and
priest was administering the last Offices
of religion. At the approach Of par
oxy sm. the unfortunate sufferer, With
Infatuated looks, desired the priest To
get out OF his way. for that he felt
desire 10 bite every body he could
catch hold Of An old woman Who was
present. said she would undertake his
cure; and although there were none,
who believed it possible that she could
effect IL. yet the hope that she might
do so, and the certainty Of the PATIENTS
death il nothing were attempted, bore
down all opposition, and her services
were accepted. She poured a powder
into half glass Of water, and mixed
IL well, and in the intervals between
the paroxysms she forced the mixture
down his throat. The effects we're
exactly such rs she predicted: namely,
that he would almost instantly lose all
power over his bodily and mental IA
culties, and that a death like stupour
would prevail, without any symptoms
at animation, for either twenty four or
forty eight hours according to the
strength =. his constitution (; that Mt
the end Of this period, the effects Of the
mixture would arouse the patient. and
its violent operation. as emetic and ca.
thartic, would last ten or fifteen mi
nutes, after which he would be able to
get upon his leg>. and would feel no.
thing but the debility which had been
produced by the combined effect Of the
disease and the medicine. She men
toned also that the fluid TO be discharg-
ed from the stomach would be rs black
as charcoal, and offensive to the smell.
"All this literally took place at the
end Of about twenty six hours; and the
patient was liberated from one of the
most horrible and affecting deaths to
which mortality is subject. She had
her own way Of accounting for the ef.
fects Of this disease. She termed il a
local complaint attacking the mouth.
which BY degrees il irriiates and in
I flames; this ripens the virus, which is
conveyed to the brain by the means of
the nerves. and 10 received also into
the stomach with the saliva. The poi
son thus matured i'm the mouth aud at
the roof Of the tongue, converts the
whole Of the fluids of the stomach into
poisonous bile, which, il il be not
quickly removed, communicates with
the blood and shortly DESTROYS life
OF this reasoning, shall say nothing.
IL is sufficient that the result is attain
able, be the nodus operandi, as the
doc tors call il, what it may. And I
think it my duty simply to mako the
narration, that should il chance to at
tract the notice Of some truly scientific
physician. who would wish 10 investi-
gate the remedy phiIosophicaIly, and
without prejudice, society might then
hope to receive what il has long DIES.
paired of, namely, safe antidote for
the hydrophobia.
Although knowledge Of this extra
ordinary receipt would be so beneficial
IN country like Sonora, where no,
only dogs. but wolves. foxes, lions, III
gers, cats and other animals are so FIRE.
quentiy attacked by il, yet there was
but one OF the numerous spectators who
manifested, at the time, any curiosity
20 possess it. This person vas Don
victories Aguilar, a man who I esteem
not less Cor the qualities Of his heart,
than for the attentions l received from
him IN a long illness, under his hospi-
table roof During that period he
communicated 10 me this medicine, the
extraordinary effects Of which, lie had
himself, upon two occasions, proved
By actual experiment. know not,
however. whether the complaint 10 Eu.
rope be precisely the same as that In
Sonora; but IL il be. then the cure can.
not be considered so entirely hopeless
as II has hitherto been. IshOuld like
90 see the experiment tried, under the
direction Of some experienced medical
mans for although IL might not sue.
coed here, u is AZ least worth the trial.
"The herb used is. believe. belle
bore. IL 10 called IN spanish savadil
liza. aud ! think It's botanical name is
veratrum sasadhIiS. There 10 also