The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-09-21
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r-oro the Albany Country Gentleman,

mavedy for Ratsiesnake Bites.
r,o,o the Albany Country Gentleman,
Tn the wear 1866 sent you DR.. Reiiley's
.pt;dote for the bite Of the rattlesnake,
which YOU published. You ESQ published
another remedy which had been published
in the Scientific american. / enclose here
with the experience of Mr.. +. Is. Potter
with the aforementioned remedy, and as
Mr., Potter is reliable man, with whom
ann personally acquainted, | have though
that perhaps you might think 1t OF sum
cient value to insert his article IN the c9a'''
try Gentleman. a. IA O'
eaiena, III.
"I send you this article for publication
the result Of my practice ana eX kpeders
ef the INVESTIGATOR live where rattlesnakes
are found, hoping the information II con,
tains NAV prevent much suffering, anu
save the lives OF man and beast.
Not a summer passes but we see mention
IN Sifsrent newspapers of the death OF per-
anns caused by the bite Of rattieSnaRes.
This should not be, when the means are
and should be generally known to prevent
81. namely Bribon's Antldote, the formula
of which was published in the Scaen'!Ec
American some ten years ago, ana again In
that ;ournaI the past winter. Yet 1t was
NOT Needed by the medical faculty. rs my
exnerience teaches me 1t should be, else
few if any persons would die from snake
bites.
When we moved to Iowa, where we now
live. rattlesnakes were numerous. we
used the best remedy then known-liquld
hartshorn and brandy. Some lives, nc
doubt. were saved by it. but no person
permanently and positively. cured, TN
.satesISI e No Dite being felt perlodicaliy
ror vnars afterwards, whereas Brlbon ) All
tidote leaves not trace OF the blte nciiiiu.
Alter the publication of the Antlaoue,
sent the formula TO u c siNanonnh TO cure
flfGy men or twenty-five horseS-beinS the
only person (thouGh not a physicilni v wsS5
kept It for q considerable tiiile. i c're9
quite number OF persons, nofSesi " nh
dogs. People came from distance 10 o.
tain il in every case it had the same effect
the immediate cessation of pain and stop
p 70 impress the efficacy of this remedy
more firmly upon those who may read this,
/ will cite two cases only, on which it has
been tried in this immediate nelghborhood
A German girl, eleven years old, was
bitten by rattlesnake on Friday morning.
A German physician was called TO attend
her, but not knowing the remedy used in
SUCH CdSCSf lNC SHl CIV" "oiSS Wa
noon following, mt which time an uncle Of
the girl living with ME called to see the
family, not knowing the child had been
bitten. He returned home, obtained the
Antidote, and got back to his sisters at
in the afternoon. The girl was in great
misery; her leg, from foot to body sXas
greatly swollen, and as black as negroes
body spotted; her tongue swollen; she
could not speak, and scarcely swallow;
had tainting and sinking sensations, always
attendant on snake bites; she had neither
ate nor slept since bitten, and was evidently
near death. The young man gave her Sin
teen drops Of the Antidote in Il large spoon
ful of whiskey, diluted with an equal
amount of water, in two successive doses.
In less than half an hour she could speak
in an hour she sat up in bed and asked for
food. Next day she was running about the
house !; her leg is not its natural color, but
little swollen.
A favorite shepherd dog of mine was
bitten by rattlesnake about noon.
being from home there was no one to attend
to him: returned at shutdown, found
him rolling on the ground, his head swollen
to twice its natural size, and moaning pite-
ously'; gave him thirty drops of the Anti
dote in large spoonful of brandy, and in
ten minutes he ceased all complaint in
thirty minutes after he ate his supper.
Next day, with the exception of little
swelling of the head, he was as well as
ever.
1t is my belief that it will cure the bite
of mad dog rs effectually as that Of a rat
animal poisons. The news
paper reports state that it was given to a
young lady in Illinois, bitten by mad dog, |
after she had three paroxysms, though it !
took frequent doses to cure her.
/ will give the formula for preparing the |
Antidote, which any wel-read physician, |
who knows as much Of chemistry as his |
profession requires, can prepare
Brominc, five drachms bichloride mer-
curry, two grains; iodide potass, four
grains. Ten drops, administered in table |
spoonful of whiskey or brandy every twenty |
until the symptoms are relieved,
for grown person; less for child, in
to age.
When prepared, it should be put into |
vial with a background, closely-fitted glass |
stopper, covered with beeswaX around the |
mouth of the vial, and the stopper wrapped |
in cloth or leather tied down, to prevent as
far as possible evaporation, rs it is eX-
tremely volatile. Z. G. POTTER.
Bellevue, lo,oa.
p. S. have written nothing in this ar
ticle but what know to be positively true
most Of it by experience.