Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-08-03
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Mr. Jonathan French, Of Northampton.
N. H.. furnishes a communication to the
Boston Daily Advertiser in reference to
the successful treatment Of bydropbobia
by DIR. Sanhorn, of S~anbarton. Ii estates
that several years ago DIR. S. discovered
a cure for this dreadful disease in the
common loheliI growing by the wayside.
Having ascartainoi it to ba a. ausidote
to robson Of an extremely v~irulent char.
acter, o supposed ii might be efftetual
in Eydrog hobia, Tho swjae belonging To
four different families in New HamTShire
having been bitten hy q mad dor, be bad
an opportunity If testing tho elIcarg Of
the remedy. Lobelia having been mixed
with their food, was giren to three Of the
four families, and they al lived while
those belonging to the other firmly. to
whom lobelia was not administered, prov
al mad, and died Of hydropbobia.
Mr.. French stats that a year or two
since he published a similar e7nmunica
itioc in the Portsmouth JouYaqI With the
consent Of Dir. s. which did not seem TO
attract much attention. The numerous
Instances Of ~hydrayhobia Of lata hayrin-
duced bin 20 call attention 10 The rene
dy, in the belief that ii will be found
| emiu~nt,y successful. We sabiaia some
paragraphs from bis hitter in The Daity
Adrsrfiser.- Lorea Courier.
"Dr. SaLborn afterwards used lobelia
Witb entire success IN IL. case of a son
of ESQ. Mooney of Cartcl burv. The pa
Itient was nine years Oh. Il wss the sew
| cuta day. cannot yccoll"ct waefhcr the
s~eyegth from receiving tie wound, or
from the commencement Ut symptoms,
when the doctor visited him. "IIe had
become wild. Spasns was So 8 vcro. that
il was necessary 10 coEdue him in order
to administer anything While ths To-
bella was preparing, aad IN hqpe Of al
laying tie spassn a paEder vas given,
though with dtiEoQlsy, il molasyes. The
powder vas composed Of opc Gr. opium,
one Rr. sal nitre, one CIR. gum Compton,
and two yrs. digisalfs, all Gaeiy powdered.
4 strorg dec0ctinn or lobelia Vas taken.
1t was taken With difficulty az first. Fog
some time what vas given WAS elected
from his mouth and nose. Il Feeme,i to
be impossible for him to swallow Efforts
were continually made and suscceded.-
The doctor observed to me thaE in taref
hours the p4rieut was relieved; and be-
fore be left him hc was able to sit at tbs
table, and take tea with him comfortably,
DR.. 8. informed me that he was called
10 attend DR.. Noah Newell, of Reading,
Me-, in q case of hY~drophobia, wllose
cure vas effected BY the same treatment.
DR.. 5. mentioned other cases, Th6 cir
cumstanees | did not reeofleet, excepting
that the hand II oae Of the palieass was
very badly bitten, having several yoaais,
In a case somewhat advanced, the row
der vas given three times at Intervals o!
thirty minutes. Afterwards, une in -four
hours. With the synpt6ms are mill
three or four powders In d four
hours may Be ssficient. IiaIf the aaan.
titY for The smallest child.
4 strong detection Of lobelia ah0nll b
Eg}ven as soon as possible, and fplioweI
I'LL IL voSoits- Ii should bs continued,
bat not 80 freely. The wounds should
be washed freely with the decoction.