Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-07-07
HYDROPIiOBIA.

The National lntelligencer remarks that
the following paragraph corrobora,cs tho
views Of physician of Louisiana as 10 his
method Of preventing hydrophobia. The
paragraph says:
"Nrw RENEov FOB HypRoPHon,A.-Dr. Heller, OF
the Royal Academy of Mcriiene, Paris, lately com.
municaIcd to his society that in Greece it is prac
ce 10 observe the tongues Of those persons who have
cen bitten by dogs, because at the end Of eight or
near The upper part, pusules, called iysses by the
Greek. These pustules contain the whole rabid
matter, and Immediately they are cut on, and the
wounds cauterzed hydrophobia will be prevented"
The facts stated in this paragraph tally
exactly with very full and interesting state.
nent MADE many years ago by Russian
gentleman Of great intelligence and high
standing: in respect to the mode of treating
persons bitten by rabid dogs, in the pastora!
district of Ukraine.
The gentleman 10 whom VIC refer was
MIR. Alexander Enstaphieve, for many ycars
Russian Consul at Boston. The substance
OF his statement. was that when among the
shepherds of the district mentioned any one
was bitten by mad dog it was the uniform
practice TO watch daily and carefully for the
appearance Of the pustules under the tongue,
which always appeared IN due time as the
first specific consequence Of the virus com.
munlcated by the bite. As soon as they
came to head they we're lanced, and the
mouth was thoroughly washed, or rinsed, to
prevent the virus from being again taken in:
to the system.
This washing, or rnsing, was done with .
decotion of the yello,o broom, which was al
so used for several days both as gargle and
a drink. This treatment, it was alleged,
was universally and confidently relied on as
perfectly eflectual, when carefully and faith.
fully observed. as perfect preventive of,he
disease eff hydrophobia, which never makes
its appearance, according 10 the statement,
until after the pustules, when neglected, have
broken and The virus has been again taken
Up by the absorben,s. after which only do tho
terrible spasms Of tile throat and the horror
Of water come upon the patient; and then he
is past cure.
To strengthen the confidence winch no
claimed Tor his accoun, Of this dread malady;
its characteristic developement, progress and
treatment, Mr.. Eus,apheve added that 10
was himself native of the Ukraine, where
his father lived and prac,sed medicine as
- e"''J o'SN p"yS'S'o"s oHo HS iHooc HsS
statement from his own personal knowledge
Of the facts embraced in it, and from the
practice of his father in such cases.
The statement was, as we well reco!ce,;
very generally circulated in tho newspapers
OF this country. many years ago. The las,
republication of il, so far as we now remem.
Der, was IN 1880 or 1881, or Whereabouts -.
and though We have no, seen i, since, yet
the impression we took of il was so strong
tina, We feel conLden, We have given its main
points accurately.
The statement referred to by the Nation.
al lntelligencer as having been made by \.
Orleans physician, was published in our pa.
per a, full length, on Friday the 10Th inst -
On recurring TO il We see that it refers to
lecture on this interesting subject, delivered
in Paris as long ago as 1920, by Mareoliti,
a physician of high standing. We now RI.
collect that Mr.. Eus,apheve. in hi, state:
ment, mentions the same ply sician, as hav.
ing obtained the materials Of his lecture in
Russia. and that he refers 70 tho same prae-
,ice mentioned BY himself.