Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-05-21
YDROPHO BIA.
FOR THE NATIONAL INrEILIoEscEB.

foh THE
Messrs EDITORS The enclosed articles have into
my hands, and destroy them But the other day
read Of horrible death from hydrophoba, and the
publication of these remedies may some fellowbeing
from like sad fate send them to you begging yoa to
give them together place in your valuable paper The
Intellgencer numbers among its readers many Of the
medical profession and the scientific Of the
country. Happily its columns are not exclusively de-
voted politics. it has for the claims of the suffer
ing and these are claims which know you not wont
totdisregard. ANXIOUS HUMANITATIS.
TEXAS, OCTOBER, 1852.
CURE FOR HYpRoPHoBIA.-The editor Of the Petersburg
(Va) Democrat says the following written by gen
tleman Of unquestionable veracty. the writer pro-
nounccs the remedy infallibe cure
1.-THE following which occurred in the county Of
powhatan in August i797, be relied veritabe
his0ry, and establish, beyond doubt question, sis
Efficacy tnGrcury eraiicatinp the
consequencss Of bite from animals infected with
bydrophobia The writer Of this personally present
about the time specified, and boy Of his
fathers seized by mad dog, which bit him in dozen
places, infictng ghasy wounds. An eminent physician
being for had the wounds washed with CASTLE soap
and plaster Of mercuria ointment applied to each
wound Ca,omel pills were administered in the Interim
causing salvation The boy recovered, and living q
few years ago, having manifested the slightest
symptom of hydrophobia horse and two cows, known
to have been bitten by the dog the ensuing day.
weht mad and died So well satisfied is the writer that
caomel is specific in such case, that he would be
under apprehension of the dolecrious effects if bitten
by dog known to be mad"
CURE FOR HYpRoPHoBrA have been requested to
publish in the Express the following said to be preyen
tive of hydrophoba, discovered by French phys-
clan, M. Cossar
Take tabe-spoonsfu of fresh chloride of lime in
powder mix it with half pint of water, and with this
wash keep the wound constantly bathed and frequently
renewed The chlorine gas possesses the power of de-
composing the tremendous poison and renders mild and
harmless that against whose resstess attack the
artillery Of science has been long directed in vain
is necessary add that this wash should be applied as
possible after the nhcton of the bite The fol-
lowing the results of this treatment: From 1910 to
1924 the number of persons admitted into Bresau Hosp
tai 1884, of whom only died from 1888 to 1924,
into the Hospital of Zurich 223 persons bitten by
different animals, s2 by dogs of whom only four died
CURE FOR HYDRoPHoBIA.-The following is said to be
an effectual remedy for this dreadful maady and al
though cannot vouch for its efficacy in all it
is certainly worth the trial. either for hydro
phobia or poison from the bite of reptile particularly
as its virtues well aested by who has sig
nay experienced its benefits 1t consists in the simple
decoeton the bark of the of the upland
ash generally called black ASH boiled strong and drank
freely by the sufferer FOR several days. Mr.. James
Hubbard, in q letter 10 the est. Louis Republican,
speaking Of its virtues, remarks
Eighteen years ago my brother and myself were bitter
by mad dog sheep also bitten at the same time
friend suggested the above remedy, which, he said
would the bite of rattlesnake, and while my athe,
preparing the sheep spoken of began to be afflicted
with hydrophoba. When it had become so fatgued from
its distracted be longer able to stand, my
father drenched it with pint of the ashroot DOSE to as
certain whether he could depend upon il for biz
sous Four hours after the dreucn had been given,
the astonishment Of ell, the animal got up, and wen
quetiy with the flock to grazing My brother and myre
oarainued take the medicine for eight ten dss
one ri three tnesa day. No effects OF the dreadf,
poison discovered either Of us Ii has bee
used very successfully in snake bites to knowledge