The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-01-05
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Prom the Washi1Qtou Republic !

Hyd roph obla.
From the W Washington Republic
We tnd the following among the miscellaneous
selections OF the Charleston (S.C) Mercury. II
II 10 an authentic statement, and M Buissoa il a
person worthy of credeace, the information which
II discloses II OF grave importance, not only TO the
medical faculty, but TO the whole human family.
That the Academy OF Sciences should have ire at
ed il With disregard so long il, perhaps, atrlbua-
bic to It's having been anonymously communicated
M. Buisson has written 10 the PARIS Academy
OF Sciences, TO claim as his a small treatise hy-
dIophobla, addressed to the Academy SO far back
as 1885, and signed with a single initial The case
referred TO in that treaty was his own. The par.i-
culafs and the mode of cure adopted were as olowss
He had been called 10 visit woman who, tor three
days, was said 10 be suteriag under this disease
She had the usual symptoms, constitution Of the
throat, inability TO swallow, abundant secretion Of
saliva, and foanning at the mouth. Her neighhors
said she had been bitten by mad dog, about forty
days before. AT her own urgent entre eates she was
bled, and died a lew hours after, as was expected
M. Buisson, who had his hands covered with
blood, incau;iously cieansed them with towel
which had been used 10 wipe the mouth OF the pa
tent He then had an liberation upon one of his
fingers yet thought il sufficient 10 wipe of the sal-
Va that adhered with hltle water. The ninth day
after, being in his cabroet he was suddenly seized
with pain IN his throat, and still greater in
his eyes The saliva was continually pouring INTO
hs nlouth the impressi Of a current OF ayr, and
the sight OF brilhaat bodies, gave hun A paniI
sensation; mis- body appeared 10 him So light thit
he felt as though he conld leap TO Q prOigiods
and bite, not men, but animals and inan,mie
bodies. Finally, he drank with difficulty, aud
the sight OF water was still more dis,re ssiag to hn
than the pan IN the throat THESE sympto us
retuntd every hive minutes, and 1t appeared tn
him es though the pain commenced IL the al
ieCttd tngeT, and extended thence TO the shoulder.
Ffom The whole oi the symptoms, lie judged
himself afflicted with h, drephohia, aud resolved 10
terminate his life by stirling himself in vapor bath.
Having entered one Tor this purpose, he caused the
heat TO be lased to one hundred and seventy de-
~ L. a.
equally surprised end delighted 10 hnd himself free
Of all complaint lie left the bathing room we'll,
oilcd hssriy, and drank more than usual Ssace
that TIME, he say he has treated ia the same man-
ner Liofe than eighty persons bitten, m four Of
whom the symptom I'd declared themss ives aud
in has he failed except in case Or one chlI,
seven years old, why died In tue bath. The mode
OF utatmt NJ lie recommends ., that the person bit
should take ceItain member of yspor baths, (com-
mouly called Rusii.u) end shou,. induce every
night violent perspirauon, by wrapping himself
IN taEnes, and covering himself with feather
bed; the persrration L. favored hy drinking freely
of a warm decoeton OF sarsapar,lla. lie declares,
SO convinced ls he Of the efficacy q his mode %
treatment, that he will suffer himself ~ be inncg-
lated with the dissafc. As u proof the uuhy of
cppious and continual perspraton, he relates the
following antcdvte IA relative Of the musican
Gfeiry was bitten by mad dog, 81 the same time
with many oher per=ons, who all died of hydro.
phoba For his part, feeling the first synpipms
81 the 4 ssate he took 10 Ganciag night aud day,
ss!irr that he wished 10 die caily. lie recovered
beng remedy for Tie bite of a tlraniHia. ead
druws attention 10 ths fact that tac aaimNs in
which his madness is most frequenty found 10 d.
yclop itself spoutanecusiv, are dogs, wolves. and
fcAte, which never pefslre.'
low, The Inaugural address Of stephen lIsmp-
stead was delivered to tae LeFisla'use NJ Iowa
City on toe ith December. Il i q short, simple,
Hnd beautifully democratic document, hAsst Ca
The ida thBi the world ia governed too much.
We cory two paragraphs --" With 40 b5aks
A. ia In ntNEF "a ~ N,e,-
'ailurss coGirac IONS gnd II tbsUns; wth bat lrw
corporations, except those Formed alitT gta taetl
laws our citztrs, relying on their own mtlsry
and frpaliv, ore adynnrinr steadily ts corips-
terce end wealth, showing 70 the w0gld ,hu bask
indulgence, rsQer money. ans speclll prpileg s.,
ae untt etsssry 70 .ccqre = people htE p AL
property +~* Without uuiou or ildsuea.
O. nee aud lhsry could not have bcea achieved;
wuhcut union rns thc ohs ~ tnce VI tas Ass,
hey cun ntver he maintsjust."
NorF KipNArrho We learn from tha Crairs-
ucrtbe (Nd) Tures, that yuuns nt1. ut4i~d
lohn h0vnes. was trkrn up rs CHurch II,i oa.
Christmas night. BY Ienos Dtsson. cDasia,le st-
itmpting to tell aneGro boy. about egh " ~ o'i.
whom b. hnd stolen from Mr. Iames B~,vlry, *
SnyIne, Del, on Cbriatw8s Eve. D. vass 4
'wo cuBfedsral,s, one ~ whom was namrd to,.s.
worthy, who escaped The vipilance of thf officers
btvlee sid the bay were enlxmitttd - thc y IA.
uesille jail Subs'gucutly the owaer az ths si,vs
ruiycd itom Sml rae, ant took him heH..
Dowhes i still 10 ptisen.
CcNGRreAIfpn PkECirtrsrEr tNr1 4 TktL,R
distressing accideut occurred ~ Ssynpltsvils
Jelerson county, The other dsy, doing qaartedv
meeting. An Invitation wGs nivea fof persons 60
come forwerd for PRAYER. large nlnbsr pre-
sented thsnselges eud The congregation pressed
forward IN zee the proce dogs when the io,sis
under tie floor gave ~ay. sud about une hundred
ard ffv persons, M ,. women and children, were
rsf cptstsd IN the cellar, In hep, with 90 wing
stove IN he centre. Several were in ured more ~
ltts.-four being hpdly burned. One has since died
--yrsr CttE a'rerttsfr. jan I.
pAtNe RonBtRy Last week We gave an sc-
count ~ tte robbery Of the County Cp1inis-
sioresR Office, on two cccHs. me, and sigcs
ther, we have been informed that the office
of The sheriff ~ this county. was he sceas
- sin lar deed quite recently. During an
ebrence Of few moments Of the sheriff and his
deputies. the irou safe of the office unlocked
and sixty dollars taken therefrnm. When thu
sheriff returned, he found the chest lnched, hat
the money gone. The most vgiisnt Efforts q dis
cover the thief have rs yet failed This - verify
"teefdng the lion in his den 49, Bah. Go. JieLS-
sgntou
TpE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA couven-s
at III Ilafrishurgh, next Tuesday. A ". = Scrator
is 10 BE- chosen on the l4th inst, IN place Of Mr..
| Ssurteon. Dem, whose term of service expires on
| the in ofMarch next The Locofoco majority on
| Joint ballot in the Legislature, is IL.