Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-10-18

CEDRoN. e mentioned some weeks
ago, upon good authority, that this nut,
which grows abundantly in New Gren>
ada, had been proved to be an intallible
antidote against the bite of all poisonous
reptiles. and was supposed to be an eff
fectual remedy for the bite of all animals
under the Influence OF canine madness.
Also. that Il gentleman just from Bogota
had brought several OF the nuts with
him. We further stated that the Ced.
ron, Notwithstanding lis remarkable quail
tiles. was entirely harmless under all
circumstances. Our paragra PHI was COPS
led very extensively, and we have no
DOUBT was printed in some hundreds of
different newspapers. There are with> |
in tive hundred miles of us large nun
Der oil persons, (some in this city,) who |
have been bitten by rabid animals, and
who have some of them submitted to be |
cut and Scared by the doctors,-a most
painful process. and one which, we take
1t, the doctors know to be Just as useless |!
as 1t is painful. Yet neither physician
OF patient. or envy body else, has applied
TO US to know more about Cedrou, ex. |
cept one aPoihecary, and one other gen.
tleman laboring under disease not al.
luded to as likely to be cured by Cedrou.
We mention this as sample of the
wonderful apathy which exists among
the faculty and the public respecting
such matters. A worthless quack, who
Tor the sake oftillipg his pockets, keeps
his forged certificates Of marvels and i'm
probables before the public eve every
day, will get thousands to buy his pills;
but substantial well authenticated
statement from a source without the pos.
sibllity OF selt-interested motives, passes
for nothing. Hydropbobia is specific
disease, unlike all other diseases. Treat
ment OF it accordingto its symptoms on
general principles of science, has proved
entirely insufficient and useless. Blood
letting and physic have no useful influ,
ence. A specific remedy is necessary.
The Legislature ofthls State, some TWEEN
ty years ago. purchased of an old Ger
man doctor specific for by droph obia.
They did it upon careful OK amination OF
facts.
While Krouse kept his remedy Sc
cret, people came to him from all quar-
tiers; and so they would to us now, il we
would make Cedron nostrum, and with
out telling its name and its history, an-
nounce its properties. We could make
fortune by it. and the more readily as
Cedfon cures the tooth. ache; a matter
we forgot to mention at first, but which
we can attest now, from experiments
known to us. But who cares for Krouse
or Cedron ? There is none ofthe value
OF mystery about either. So, if per,
chance any one is bitten by a rattlesnake,
he must die; and ifby mad dog, the
doctors will cut him and burn him, and
bleed and physic him, and let him die,
too well knowing that all they do is
good for nothing, except to their own
pockets. But it is all done scientifical.
~, and no countenaDce is given to those
things which doctors hold iD such alb.
horrence-specifics Nov, having told
the story over again, and administered to
the public such a schooling as we think
the public deserves, for not taking more
heed to what we say. we leave the pub
lie and each individual to die Of tooth
ache, or the bite Of venomous reptiles or
mad dogs, just as they and the. doctors
can agree. They may live specifically,
or die scientifically, just as seems best in
their own eyes.-N. Y. Jour. Com.
Accidental Poisoning from Corrosive