Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-06-18
EVENING STAR.
sitteu By a Deg-The wonierfuI Mad

IFrom the Attlca 1.edger.1
One night the latter part of last week. az DIR.
" l. Leyman. of this Place, was making
professional call ut the house of Mr.. Holmes,
IN Warren county, he WAS attacked ny TWO
dogs belonging TO the place, and while en6e1v-
oring 70 defend himself, fell. when lae Of the
dogs bi. him severely ON the right orm. On
the doctors arrival n home in has Coalition,
his family became uneasy, and thinking per-
haps the dog that bit him was rabid, urged him
70 20 10 Terra Haute, and apply the "mad
stone" in the possession OF Mrs. Taylor, OF tbaf
place. The doctor had no Tears Whatever. and
always regarded this Stcae as a humhag. bur
finally, consented TO 20 70 satisfy his family.
the house OF Mrs Taylo and had the apuiica.
ton of he stone made. The lady informed
him that il he was bitten by a rahid animal.
the stone would adhere In thirty minutes Ar
ter three Fours Of faithful applicaton IL IN iias
10 take hold, and Mrs. Taylor annonn,.sd. ,s
he doctor had thought from the first and a =
all the elreumstances Indicated. that he was
was hot bitten by raoid dog. While there
however, the doctor witnessed an opera,ion -
the "mad stone," and cleaned such facts "a
garoing II from reliable citizens Of Terra Han,a
- 70 eisslpate the skepticism which be con-
iesses ne mad always held regarding the ettica-
cy OF ms stone a an aniidote for a ydroDha
bia- he met at Mrs. Taylor,s- n man frnn,
Illinois, who had been biiten by a mad calf
ana a 20 WON the stone adhered for thirteen
hours. drawing from the wounded MARI a
greenish colored matter, which it failed 10 ax
tTac, from the doctors arm When tho s,o,a
peCaihe Hileo win tnlS nuid it was soaked an
warm wafer Tor time, when 10 would AGAIN
sonere ana absorb with its original force
Ut. Leyman also con versed with a gentIe
man IN indianapolis who had been bitten nv
an Enthusiastically bid dog, and sed TINS sI,1s
with success. Mrs. Taylor, who is an did resie
oehl OF Ferre Haute, and known nv th. Ell :
zens OF that place as 4 lady Of worth ana GOOD
standing, states that the stone has been used in
a tb ousand cases, and has never failed >hs
iurthtr says II was once applied % a man who
mao ALREADY gone mad from the effect of A h,t,
ana @hIle the III WAS on him. He was entirelv
4 Ured. ''iS
OF the history Of the stone we are no. f,,llv
ihioEI1ed IL mas been in the TAYLOR families
Iol eigh-y years past, and the accounts; of its
cures are familiar TO most OF eur readers rhe
stone IS white, SIZE ooth and hard, is aoout NO
inches N length, half or three-quart-r< of AZ,
men IA breadth, and one fourth OF an i'm. y,
ihlc kHesS. Il IL porous. the pores being star
haptc- ana running across the stones in lines
OF perfect regularity The operation is prr
formed by ScarityiEg the flesn near the bite and
IaylnS the stone on. II never abs orbS matters
Rom ne wounded part unless the bite Is TIA.
OF RAPID animal. In the process III absorb
iion' me matter frequently passes entirely
through the stone.
We are indebted for these facts 20 DR.. Lew
man, who Il we'll known IS Il good physician
q! many years practice, and grntlemar OF
ungursuonaole Vrraciiy. The doctor very
lrcIy says that The stories about this store seen,
incredible but facts are stubborn things and
ne - 40 longer among tho sTeptics