Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-05-17
FROM THE IMPERIAL MAGAZINE, LONDON, Is
CURE OF HYDROpHoBIA.

of a mad dog. Ii is translated from the Berlin
0,ate Gazette No. 2O) of the I4th of February
lo2!, and certainly seems entitled to the falles,
$ consideration OF all medical practitioners:
when MIR. Marochctti, an operator i'm the hospi-
tal at Moscow, was in the Ukraine in 1873 in one
aay hiteen persons applied to him for cure, having
been bitten by a mad dog. Whilst he was prepar-
ing the remedies deputation of several old men
made It's appearance TO request him to allow pea
SAINT 10 treat them--a man who for soue years past
enjoyed great reputation or his cures ofhyjrepho-
Ola, aiid OF whose success MIR. Mafochetti had al
ready heard much. He consented to their re1rost
under these conditions: first, that he, Mr. Marc
chetti, Should be present at every thing done nv
the peasant; secondly, in order that he might he
fully convinced that the dog was really mad he.
Mr. Marochetu, should select one OF the patients.
who should only be treated according 70 the medi
/ cal course usually held in estimation. girl of
SIX years old was chosen for this purpose
Inc peasant gave to his fourteen patients strong
detection OF the ''Summit and FL Genista Lutte
l1nctorle," about pound and half daily, and ex.
amlned twice day under the tongues, where as
he stated, small knots containing the poison of the
madness must form themselves As soon as these
small knots actually appeared and which Mr. Mar
ochetii himself saw, they were opened and cauter-
lied with red hot needles after which the patient
gargled with detection of the "Genistan The
result OF this treatment that all the fourteen of
whom only two, the last bitten, did not show these
weeks, during which time they drank this decuc
tlon But the little girl, who had been treated ac
cordlng TO the usual methods, was seized with NV
! drophooic symptoms on the seventh day. and was
dead In eight hours after they first took place.
he persons dismissed as cured were seen three
| years afterwards by Mr. Mauche,ti and ,boy ,,ara
all sound and well.
Five years after this circumstance lin 1881 Mr.
Nlarochetti had new opportunity in Podoiio of
confirming this important discovery The treat
ment OF twenty-sX persons who had there been bit
ten by mad dog was confided to him nine were
men, eleven women, and six children He gave
them at once decoction of the "Genista - and a
dillgent examination of their tongues gave the fol-
loving result: five men, all the women, and three
children had the small knots already mentioned;
those bitten worst on the third day, others on the
NTH, seventh, and ninth, and one woman, who had
been bitten but very specifically in the leg only on
the twenty-iTst day. The other seven also, who
showed no small knots, drank the s.Decocium Ge-
nlsa" SIN weeks, and all the patients Were cured
| In consequence Of these observations, Mr. Marc
chet believes that the hydrophobic poison after re-
naming short time III the wound, fixes itself for
certain time under the tongue at the OPENINGS Of
the ducts OF the glandul. submaxeer, which are at
each side OF the tongue string and there forms those
small kno's In which one may feel with probe :,
Iuciuatng fluid, which is that hydrophoblc poison
nc usual time OF their appearance 10 be be-
tween The third and ninth day after the bite and if
they are not opened within the first twenty four
hours after their formation the poison is reabsorbed
Into the body, and the patient is lost beyond the
power oil cure. For this reason Mr. Marocheiti re-
! commends that such patients should be Immediate
~ examined under the tongue, which should be for
SIX weeks, during which time they should take dali
~ one and half pound of the ''Decoct Genista ),
\ (of iour times day the powder, one drachm per
doSe') IL the knots do not appear in this time no
madness is to be apprehended; but as soon ne thew
themselves ha ,.;.l,
Get and then cauterized and the patient should gar
gle asSduously with the aforementioned decoc
ton.
We hasten to communicate to our readers this
important discovery (Which we borrow from the
Peiersburgh Miscellaneous Treatise in the Realm
oil Medical Science for 1921 ) which certainly de-
serves the full attention of medical practitioners
ana which, 1t confirmed by experience NAV have
the most beneficial resuls.-Ips,cich Journal.
NoTE.-GENIsTA. Broom. (French Legenet
German, Der Ginster.) DADEPHIA oecGndy;a
IInn9us Leguminose. LouDoN describes rnany
varieties. He says of it: ''The species are shrubs
or understands, some OF them evergreen. and many
win numerous flexible rush-like green twigs like
the brOoms. They are of easy culture. and free
ilowefers. H. linctoria is common in most parts
OF Europe, In unlmproved pastures on dry gravely
soil. when cows feed on it, their milk and the
butter or cheese made from it, are said to be very
bitter. bright yellow color may be prepared from
nv iho"Sio, dii iOI NOOl lilat IS 10 be dyed
win woad the dyerS prefer il To all others A
: drachm and half of the powdered seeds operates
as mild purgative. decotticn of the plant is
sometimes diuretic, and therefore has proved ser
} viceaoie In dropscal eases A salt prepared from
the ashes is recommended in the same DISORDER
Eaton and Wright, in their "North American
! botany" describe 1t: ''GENIsTA Leg. nut. asc.
ape (eXotic) ti''ctored, (dyers broom wood wax
en-, leaves ianceolate, glabrous, branches ,erete
5 strate, erect, unarmed, lepumes ulabrous,
, Not being a practical botanst, and having no o.
'her references at hand, some one skilled in medi-
cal Ooiony may be induced to give better aescrip-
lion OF the plant, that cannot fail to interest us for
lis admirable virtues ascribed to il by DIR. Marc
: chettl and others. 1t will be also interesting to
have explained what is meant by ''H,e summit -
where the account says, ''the peasant gave to his
fourteen patients strong decccion of 'the summit,
and III. genista lute tincoria' about pound and a
half daily, Sec' Nj.
CURE FOR FoUNDER.-Dr. Thornton OF Viz
frnIp hrDA l.