The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-06
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$1,000 Reward.


We were informed, hy "a medical man few
/ days since that the above reward is now to
be obtained by any daring man who viii hn-
T ihh % celebrated Homeopathic Phlrmacru-
tist Of Philadelphia, anoe-headcd viper iu
good health aud spirits and with Die poison
/ apparatus in fair working ordor lthas beon
found hy repeated trials that the virus Of this
animal ls q sovereign remedy for many ofthe
/ Ills 20 which our ailing humanity r. liabIpi
hence, the man who viii furnish the yipor will
not only be- cuttIod 20 the $1,000, but also To
Ihe gratitude Of tie present population ofthis
globe, us well as that Of millions yct unborn.
4 phIaulhrupist Is wanted. twin rquiroa
mum fearless Of danger and fond Of udycu-
turc, for this reptile, no mlly endowed with
good gins g. man, has been 10 uuaccommodal-
ing as 60 take up his residence in tho vilds
Of South America thus furnishing au cx-
ample oflbo retiring nature of lrur merit II
viii also require for this task q man some
what ,crscd in Natural History, 90 least so
lur us concerns reptiles, else the same dislp-
poiutmnUt might await him as has already
becuthdlot otseycm pcpous,wbo have sought
this reward Ac might Gud that hc bad got thp
wrong snake,
That there iruo mistake about the virtues
Of this poison may hs learned by any One who
will inquire OF q disciple Of the great Ham
urtuuirr, virrt tr vui,tr- vt tt-rrr,.,l,
called iofr, which Is formed nom this urlicIc.
Some Botanic oT Mineral Doctor may not 40
once believe that $50 iudguiloaut au animal
as South American viper should be- the bear
co Of such gin TO suffering man. but they
doubt simply because their craft is eudangci-
ed The remedy has been Jyor,d so there is
no room inr 4.- ,.a as ~ ih merits. The
Phludclphiau above referred TO, has, in his
own pouon,Vi,ited South America, and caught
one Of the yipcrs, and with great dcNtcri,y
and courage extracted hs poisoned fang, 10
which was attached The precious bag, from
which lhc foolish and malignant reptile had
heeh in the habit Of dealing out oHopaihtr
dosc' which, ltko ullopalhic doses iu general,
bad resulted lu the speedy death OF the rr.
cipcnt II it were our present purpose to
uphold any exclusive system of medicine, il
would, from this circumstance alone, be- posi-.
bIc to place Homeopathy upon AN immo,ablc
basis. bu'vo .urbcar
We must, however, be allowed Co express
our fear that the serpent will nut be- caught,
aud also TO express our surprise that man
so fully aware of the value of iulis as g. the
Philadelphia Doctor, should bc so wastcli,
as hc must have been OF his priceless posses.
sion. From our interest lu ,nls uo,,r,, v,
have made au estimate OF what might have
been doAc with the poison Of th-Suc cap
urcd viper. We are informed that il is used
of tho alrpugth of the Ilh attenuation. that
is, one part of the unaduitcratcd article Is
lucnllu1lgl Milh 100 plILa VI -Au.-Lr- - ,licL
IJJi,rz - lii
mixture Is trituatcd with 100 parts more of
sugar; which forms the ID attenuation ofthat
particle, and so on. We suppose that the
Doctor must have had of the pure venom OF
the viper one miuim, or drop, which mixed
with 100 part, Of sugar would make 100 min
inns or one aud two-thuds drams--thc lot
attenuation. The I'd attenuation would Of
course make 100 times as much or lGG drums
The 81 would give lG,GOO drams or l5a u.s.
The itn attenuation would gave l. $50 lbs-
The 9TH l,I33 900 los or $40 tons nearly. The
Gth $1,000 tuus and the Ith attenuation
s,5OOOOo tuns or l7,33Oooo,ooO lbs, which,
reckoning the population Of the earth at
500. 0O0,GOO, would give more than 20 los TO
every man, ), oman and child now living
This,at the ordinary dosc.would give all man
kind at least oGe dose every two hours day
and night for 2GO years
But it must be maay years before the be
nightcd pagan can be induced To accept the
glorious boon, which science offers to her
vuturiry hrrrrt ~ =. tAeiEAharc
of this treasure, though soe- South Amcri-
cans may still unwilingly take it allopathical-
y and suffer the consequences besides, it is
not yet used for the cure of crcTy diseasc-
wherefore We should Judge, that there ought
to have been enough procured from that one
viper to supply the demand, with some econ
omy, till the Millennium, when it is expected
that the snake will not be so hard to catch.
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