Washington telegraph., 1854-05-10
HyesrOnsRoDsG.

Farmer. one more death from this terri
bic disease-tbe fourth or fifth that has
trauspired III this city ana immediate vicini-
I Is, witiin few months, Dogs manifesting
! tue usual signs Us madness Lave been killed
/ by the score, during the past winter and
I the more sensitive ard tinid portion Of tie
carsinMnity hara hean ken in al almost con
slant state Of apprehension, lest themselves
ar their friends should become the victims
Of this dreaded malady Even the bare
/ possibility of enduring the strange and hope
( less sgonies Of hydrophobia, is enough to
make the stoutest heart shudder Not only
is no remedy for ihe disease known TO med
ical silence, but physicians have failed To
discover "a much a. 4 palliative that might
/ alleviate tie suferines IF the victim in his
deadly struggle with the mysterious foe
| Ampuation or burning Of the wounded
part, lns often been successful; but this il
preventative rather than a curative means.
| When the disease has once taken hold of
the subject. the physician is helpless.
That remedy Viii ultimately be found
for bydrophobia, in the human subject, there
is perhps DO reason to doubt Until with
| in few years, not few medical men have
1 been sleptical Us to the existence Of the dis
ease, d little was known concerning it.
Wheni it shall receive that ca-eufi attention
( to which i. j. entitled, from the faculty, we
may hepe that 4 sure and efectual antidote
will ba found. IL it not possible that tie
remedy has already been discovered, and
only awaits tile notice ana sanction of rc-
spectacle medical authority to become uni
versaE appreciated ! we fnd III III old
newspaper A communication, signed bv JON
athan French, North Hampton, y. H., in
which he writer states tlat the late Doctor
Benaiah Saubarn Of Sanbornport, cured Sc
veral eases VI hydrophobia by tile use of
LoRlLIA. Hc frst tried it on some swine
which had been bitten NV mad dog; and
succeeding in these experiments, he after
ward: used it with entire success III the case
of - son Of Esq. Mooney, of Canterbury"
Of which tie writer gives The following ac-
count:
The patient was nine years cd. twas
the eleventh duy, Il cannot rccollect whether
the eleventh from receiving the wouud. or
from the commencement VI symptoms when
the Doctor visited him. lie bad become
Wild Spasms were 80 severe that 1t was
necessary to confne him IN order TO admin-
lister anything. While The lobelia was pre-
pairing, and in hope ot ailaying the spasms,
powder was given, though with difficulty
in molassoE. The powder was composed Of
one or. opium, one q. salnltre, one gr. gum
camphor, and two grs. digitaliS, all finely
powdered 4 strong decoction Of lobelia
was prepared Ii was taken with difficulty
ut first. For some time what was given,
was elected from his mouth and nose. 1t
seemed to be impossible lor him to swallow.
Efforts were continually made, and succeed
ed The Doctor observed 20 me that in 3
hours the patient was relieved; and before
he eft him, was able to sit at the table, and
take tea with him comfortably"
Tie writer then refers 10 several other
instances in which Dr. Sanborn used lobelia
with success. Ae says:-
DIR. S. informed nIe that he was called
to attend Mr.. Noah Newell, Of Reading
Mass, in case of lydrophobia, whose cure
was effected BIZ the same treatnent. Dr.
S. mentioned other cases. The circum-
stances I DO not rccollect, excepting that the
hand Of one of the paticnts was very badly
bitten. having several wounds
In case somewhat advanced. the pow
der was given three times. at intervals Of
thirty minutes. Afterwa,d. once in four
hours When The symptoms are mild, 3
or 4 powders in Il hours, may be sufficient.
Half the quantity for tue smallest child
a strong decoction Of lobelia should be
given as soon ~ possible. anu followed till
it vomits. IL should be continued, but not
so freely. The wounds should be washed
freely with the dccoction.
DIR. S. deceased il 1911, at the age Of
81. he read medcno with Dr. Moore, Of
Bolton, Ms, commenced practice at Saubor-
ton in 17T9, and continued in the active du-
ties of bis profession toT upwards Of hall
century"
A late foreign paper mentions another al
legged remedy for hydrophobia, said to have
been communicated to the Leipsic Journal
By Saxon forester named Castell. 1t is
as follows Take Immediately warm vine
gar or tepid water, wash The wound clean
herewith, and then dry III; then pour upon
the wound 4 few drops Of muratic acid, be-
cause mineral acids destroy The poison or
the saliva, by which means the evil effects
of the latter il neusralized. Gastell, who is
81 years Of are, ai1irms that be las used
this remedy for tiftv years, and has thereby
rescued many human beings and cattle from
the fearful death Of hydrophobia