Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-20
Correspondence Of the New York Observer.1
THE MAD STONE AGAtN-ITs WONDER
Full CURES.

Full CURES.
Squire Baugh, an old and respectable
citizen of this place, Bloomington, In.
diana, has veritable mad stone, with
which he has cured many cases of poi.
soning. Among them the following:
Lewis Mosier, of this county, was Bit
ten some ten years ago by snake His
leg swellsd, became spotted, and panied
him exceedingly before the mad stone
could be got. When obtained, the skin
was scraped with a sharp knife until the
blood began to ooze out around the
wound. The stone was then applied,
and adhered firmly for near three hours.
1t was then soaked in warm water and
applied again. 1t came off sooner this
time, and still sooner the next, until at
last it would not adhere at all, nor dis
color the water in which it was soaked,
on which, at first, greenish scum could
plainly be perceived. But with the first
application the pain began to abate. The
man fell asleep, and soon got we'll.
A Mr.. Stone, of Greene 1.-THE ad;oinine(
county, brought his son, twelve wears
old, who had the day previous been bit.
ten on the leg by rabid dog. The stone
adhered SC, firmly that the boy walked
about the house freely without Earring it
OFT. But at each successive application
its hold became feebler, until at last it
would not adhere at all.
This stone has often been applied
without any apparent effect, refusing
from the first to adhere at all, or to give
any signs of existing virus. But in these
cases no harm has followed the bite of
the supposed mad dog, and the proba-
bility is that the supposition is false.
For the stone has never failed to effect
the removal of the virus when certainly
imbibed; and it always adheres with a
tenacity proportioned to the amount of
the virus to be removed. Often has ami
mails and persons been bitten by the
same rabid dog; and the persons, by ap.
plying the stone, have lived, while ami.
mails maddened and died.
About the year 1880, a man named
Campbell was dog bitten in New York.
By bleeding and other means of deple-
ton, be kept off hydrophobia. But he
had to deplete almost to the limit of life.
For, whenever he allowed himself to re-
gain little strength and flesh, he imme-
diately found symptoms ofhydrophobia,
and had to resort again to the lancet.
Thus he spent nine years, when hearing
of this stone, he came and applied it a
great number Of times. Unlike other
cases, it would fasten on any part of his
body, and adhere most consciously until
saturated. But the patient was cured,
and became stout and healthy man.
To these and other cures, scores of
certificates can be procured from respec-
table people still living who were eye
witnesses of the facts.
A gentleman near Norfolk, Va, gave
this stone, some fifty years ago, to Will
liam Baugh, of Kentucky, whose son,
Joseph Baugh, Of this vicinity, still
owns it. At bis house, one mile east of
Bloomington, Monroe ! ounty, Ind, it
may at any time be seen, and its virtue
tested by any one who has the curiosity
to sec it, or the sad need of trying it.
How it was first obtained is not known,
but it's virtue is uadoubted.
NJ. NJ. CAMPBELL.
December 25, 1854.