Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-06-17


We copy the iollO~ ing statement from the notes
Il an eminent Physician u Louisiana. publi.hea Ia
the New Orleans Tr"pie Hs positions seen, IN
Dc sustained BY home eminsn, Physician. Of tho
I'D world; bet 81 Ms yet attracted but little auen.
lion among the Medical Faculty.
Copy from ns Hotes-HydtopAobfa
The virus at tabid animals Is slower in rirenla-
ting ihr0lgh the system than any 0lher pDi.or anil
out Of twenty perSm, bitten. perhaps moro Than
une will receive the infrciion, which - commune
Gated by the Shiny matter tho teeth, which must
be Inserted in The Wuund in ohirf Ia eonrihuIcslB
the disease, Externally il d,cs harm. The re.-
s0n Of - large prorutiion Of bitten animal. esca.
ping il, ih-t rnbId animals bite at ev ~ bush a.
Their subsaHce coming in their wsyhy whIeh means
the teeth Invested of the poisonous matter and
wound made in such ense is no worse than
one made by sound animal; my. when the p,i-on
Is received the wound appears To heal readily
and kindly. A wound received through thick clos
thing ~ not - dangerous inhie ted On the ma
Red skin. Tor the most obvious reason. the c,.hina
dvesiing the teeth of is poison. The p,i..n i, Sc.
creed from the salivary glands this "a ling ON the
teeth Is inserted by them in The wound. made In thu
oct Of biIiEg.
do not believe That one solitary cure has eve,
been made 4 subject where the disease wa, com.
PeIely developed. Possibly IL might he arrested IL
the instant mploms appea rcd the largest adrnissa
BILE dose OF Corrosive submaie were administered,
say two grains, in spooufnl OF spirits. giving nett
day dose OF salts. repeating each Of these doses
three umesn siI days. each every other day En-.
eision cannot with ~ ETY. be periorred except nv a
surgeon and TO have any good effect n must bo
promptly dine, aud then we wound. lareraIe and
cripple twenty prr.uns To- ore; aud after all IL
is mere preventive which may DO effected nv
any person IN much easier and safer way. as You
w,li presently see. 80
AnV nars,n Fpceiyinc tha virr. ,..;u
sooner or l,er. and ALWAYS beiore any sym; tn, cf
madness oecu-, by he puslulss rising ON the under
part Of the under part of the tongue generally in sir
% Rine days, but Eomeiimes later. The pnsIuIe.
contain the hydrophobc plsOni they are TO be Omen.
cd with sharp pointed instrument. and the matter
spit OUT they are too tough TO break of themselves,
and II not opened aud discharged, the matter w III DO
reabsOrbed, md Il il Ihis reabsorption which causes
the dreadful disease. This. then, is the grand thing
you have to do examine the tongue Of the bitten peT
SON TIVE or three tunes day, and as soon as any
Pus'ules are discovered, open them, and make tho
person spit out The matter. Uast ing the mouth at
forwards with salt and waer This Is. 1 consider,
rs oil That IL necessary TO be done. but the COM
plant is 30 dreadful one, aud 90 impress mots
fhlly your mind the safely and necessity Of this
PrecauIIOn. shnll goun 10 state all that impor-
tani from lecture ofPrOcuor Manchitt. Of Moscow
before the Medico Physical society of that CITY, in
1890, and also particulars Of a treated by mr.
SELF I was aPPri'ed Of this preventive method Of
cure forty odd years ago, and mentioned il q nu.
merous doctors and Others long before I saw any
mention Of DOctr Marochitu's lecture. 1 feel glad
however. Of The sanction u his great name
The Doctor sells out by stating, according Go the
generally received opinion among medical mon Iha,
the SalIvary glands tho seat Of the disease. He
then proceeds to stale
lst-ThaI if several persons are bitten by the
same rabid dog. the first biIIeA has mere violent
symptoms than the second &c.
a -
reside in the same rabbi 0uimal. IL gathers there
only aI the end Of certain time, the bite in the
meantime, not being venomous.
3d-Thai The hydrOphObc virus does not like
tho residential mI0sma, lose its intensity by benS
communicated from one bOdy 10 another. but acts ia
proportion alwAystO the quantity Of matter eommuni-
called.
4rA-That the matter does moi continue in Ik.,
wounds, but il carried in full force to CeraIn part
Of the body. which is 10 be hereafter described.
5h-That there Is but one way To prevent Tho
appearance Of phobia and that is To sVacuats
the hydrOphic virus. when il appears.
6Ih-That hy,lrOphobc virus is conveyed after q
bite inflicted by rabid animal. tn the subliRguaI
glands where il is temporarily detained, forming
IumoIs Of unequal size. &C nianing nlId humOr, that
| Is The hydrophObie poison.
7Ih-ThaI Tho lime cannot be exactly asceIiained
| when the IumOrs will show themselves, and IL the
matter is not evacuated from them in tvs onIy four
hours h disappears by resbsorpion. leaving NJ trace
OF PTe-SIKiencei the sym pIoms vi hydrophObIa then
appear and death, in oil iIs appalling Orms, il the
! consequence.
Sih-Thai when person has been bitten by
rabid ANNA, the lower part Of the Isngue should
be examined once twice in n day, for siK OF
eight eek; If the end Of that time there is no
appearance Of these swellings the individual need
have no fear Of hydrophobiU; out il during these
examinations iumOrs appear. they should he
ly ihorouhly opened " Ih shaIp lancet. and from
the incsOns thus made, some drops Of Sanious lymph
little gresnIsh 10 hue will flow. which the pat
must spit out when this is we'll over, the mouth
should be washed with q decoct on OF Geaesfa La.
hOlinctOria, Dias BrOom) which indeed should BE-
drank throughout the whole period that The patient
/ is undeF examination,