The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-06-08
We find tho followin. among the con-
tributed articles in the last number Of the
National Iniclligencer:--

CURE OF HYDROPHOBrA.
From Rse Imperial Magazine, London, 1922
There Inns been received, from n gentle
man ut Berlin, tho following important
statement of the mode Of cure practiscd in
the Ukraine for the bite Of mad dog. Il
is translated from the Berlin State Gazette
No. 2o) Of the 18th of February, 1922,
and certainly seems entitled 10 the fullest
consideration Of nll medical practitioners:
When Mr.. Marochcl,i. m operator in the
hospital at Moscow, WINS in the Ukraine in
1913. in one day fifteen persons applied to
him for cure, having been bitten by mad
dog. Whilst he was preparing tho rcmc-
dies dcpu'ation Of several old men made
It's appearance TO request him TO allow n
peasna, to treat them--a man who for
some years pas, cnjoycd great reputation
for his cures Of hydrophobia, and Of whose
success slr. Marochciti had already heard
much. lie consented to their request un-
der these conditions: first, that be, Mr..
Marochcti, should be present Mt every
thing done By the peasant; secondly, in or
der that ho might be fully convinced TIM,
tho dog was really mad, he, Mr.. Marochet.
Il, should select one Of the patients, who
should only be treated according 10 tho
medical course usually held in estimation.
girl o.. six years old was chosen for this
purpose.
The peasant gavo TO his fourteen pm
tients strong decoction Of the ''Summit
and II. Gcnistn Lntn Tinc,oria," about n
pound and half daily, and examined twice
d y under the tongues. where, ms hc sta
ted, small knots consuming the poison Of
the madness mus, form themselves. A
soon MS these small knots actually appear.
ed, aud which MIR. Mnrochc,,i himself saw,
they were opened and cautcrzed with a
red hot needle; after which tho patient
gargled with n decoc,ion Of the "Genista."
The result, Of this treatment was TINT all
the fourteen (of whom only two, tho las,
bitten, did not show these knots) were dis.
missed cured at tho end of six weeks, do.
ring which time they drank this dccoction.
But tho little girl, who had been treated
according To the usual methods, was seized
with b, drophobic symptoms on tho seventh
dav, and was dead in cigh, hours after they
cured were seen three wears afterwards by
MIR. Maroche,,i, aud they were Nil sound
and well.
Five ycnrs after this crcumst cnce lin
1879 Mr.. Mnrorhct,i bud ncw opporiu-
nitv in Podolio Of confirming this important
discovery. The treatment Of twenty-six
persons who had there been bitten by n
mad dog WINS coniidcd To him; nine were
men, eleven women, and Fix children. lie
gave them IL onee n decoction Of the s.Gc-
nsta," and 6iligcni examination Of their
tongues gave the following result five men,
nil the women, aud three children had the
small knots already mentioned; those bitten
w"ys, on the third day, others on the fifth,
seventh, mud ninth, and one woman, who
had been bitten but very specifically in
the leg only, on tho :wcn -iirs, day. The
other seven also, who showed no smnll
knots, drank the ..Dccoctum Genistan six
weeks. and all tho patients were cured.
In consequence of these observations,
MIR. Marechett believes that the hydrnpho.
bic poison. after remaining u short time in
the wound, fixes i,scl! tor certain time
under tho tongue ut the openings Of the
duets Of the .landnl. subma keller, which
ARC at each side of the onguc-string, and
there forms those small knots in which one
NAV feel with probe n fiuctunting flnid.
which is that l,,drophobic poison. The
usual time Of their appearance seems to be
between the third aud ninth day after the
bite, and il they arc not opened within the
first twenty-lours after their formation the
poison is rcabsorbcd into the BODY, and the
patient is lost beyond the power Of cure.
For this reason Mr.. Marocl,ct.i recon-
mcnds ihat such patients should he in,mc-
dis,clv examined under the tongue, which
should be for six weeks, during which time
they should take daily one and half pound
of the ''Decoct. Genista," Cor four times a
day the powder, one drachrn per dosc) If
tho knots do not appear in this time no
madness is to be apprchcnded; but ns soon
MS they show themselves they should be
opened with lancet and .hcn canterized,
and the patient should gargic assiduously
with tho aforementioned decoc,ion.
We hasten TO communicate to our read
ers this important discovery (which We
borrow from the Pe,crsburgh Miscellaneous
Trentise in the Realm Of Medical Science
for 1927 which certainly deserves the
full attention Of medical practitioners, and
which, Il confirmed by experience, may
have the most bcnclicin! results.
Journal.
NOTE. o..
GENisTA, Broom. French, Leecnet:
German, Der Ginster DrADErHIA decan.
dria, linncus Leguminore. LouDox de-
xcEibcs manY varietiea. Ha aaya Of il !: