Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-06-19
EVENING STAR.
Bitten by Dsg-rhe WonierfuI Mad
From the A,tica Lpdeer.l

hstlca Ledger
One night The latter part or last week. as DIR.
W l. Leyman, Of this place, was makiaS a
professional call ~ the house of a Mr.. Holmes,
IN W arren county, he WAS attacked by TWO
Gogs belonging 10 the pla &C, and while endeay-
oring 10 defend himself fell. when one Of the
dogs DIT him severely on the right arm On
the Doctors arrival At home in his condition,
his family became uneasy, and thinking per.
haps The dog that biz him was rabid, urged him
70 go 10 Terra Haute, and apply the amad
stone in the possession OF Mrs. Taylor of tina.
place. The doctor bad no Tears whatever, and
always regarded this stone humbug hut
finally, consented 10 go 10 satisfy his family
Tn his arrival at Terra Hau,e he proceed.d IN
the house OF Mrs. Taylor and had the appiica
ION ,:oh OF tne stone made The lady Informed
him that If he was bitten by rabid animal.
TIE stone would adhere in thirty minutes if
ter three ours Of faithful spplication ~ failed
70 take hold, and Mrs. Taylor announced. as
sbe doctor had thought from the first and as
all The circumstances indicaeed that he y,, .
was not bitten by a rabid dog While there.
however. the doctor witnessed an operation OF
Ine mao stone, and Cleaned such facts re-
carong IL from reli;ible citizens of Terra Haute,
as 20 dsslpats the skepticism which he con-
fessss ne had always held regarding the efica-
ey OF this stone rs an antIdo'e for hydrophe.
hla he net al Mrs. Taylor's man from
Illinois, who had been bitten by a mad calf,
ano ~ whom the stone adhered for thirteen
hours. drawing from the wounded part a
greenlsh colOred MISTER, which il failed TO *
trac' from the doctors arm. When the stone
became filed nth this huid IL was soaked in
warm ws-er for time, when Ii would AGAIN
adhere and absorb with lis original force
DIR. Leymau also conversed with a gentle
n%n in Indianapolis who had been bitten by
an rrInistakabiy rab!d dog, and used this stone
with success Mrs. Taylor, who Is an old resi-
dent of Terre Haute, and known by the citi-
I"ns 0f mat place as a lady OF worth ana good
standing. states that the stone has been used in
= thousand Eases, snd has never failed She
fUFt n'.r says IL vas once applied 70 4 man who
had already gone mad from IN. effect of 4 bit4
ana while tie NJ was on him. He was entirely
cured.
Of the history of The stone we are no. fully
informed. II has been in the Tayior families
Tor eighty years past, aad 'ha accounts or liz
cures u" familiar 10 most OF sur readers The
stone - white. smOOth and hard. - about Two
inches IN length, half or three quarters OF an
inch ~ breadth, and one fourth OF an inch IN
ihIrNu IL is porous, rne pores being star
h1p"6s ana rEniinC across the stones in lines
OF / srf'ct regularity The operation ia per
fnrnled by sclrl!ying rha flesh near the bite aud
laying The Stone on. Il never absJrbs matters
nom the wo1ndrd part unless the biz l. that
CT rabId animal. In the process Of ahsorp-
non me mater frequently passes entirely
through the stone.
We are indebted for these facts to DR.. Lew
man. who ~ well known a Il good physician
II many years practice, and a gentleman of
unGG'ston3b!e vera .Ity. The doctor very
TEIJ says that he stories about this stone seem
incredible, but facts are stubborn things and
Ne : no longer among tn. sheptics