New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-11-19

yrThe Aaath of James Bradford. lste 4
T-0avsville. ,Kantnofv.. ffom- h1dinahohisl
+ ~ ofeefed cnsi6crsbe inforeet amon9 th
meili4sl Fraternity Of this citv, mainly ID
I,t9fo fhe sduuolition that .it W. 8 cSsel .
snos ~ - Sr;lrrnhohia ~
4 came e thS Hospital of the Good eeunAri
r IN III Gundsy Afternoon last, i'm compsny
/ With his brother. He walked to tic hoepi;
til unaided. md presented himsAlf ct th,
1 G7lcA 81 Df.l Reade.I the resident phvaician
i seeminalV perfecflv !, rafiooal. ia. cor
nlsined ofi < eore tkroef. but ave - th1
reason 1of hi. coming = The hospital thu
/ 81 4 iii 81 cot ton Sii En- ~ hEm. r. nj,
s3reness Of the t6roet incrsessi.e. and e.,
pafient looking nervous. Dr.. RHado ana
pocted it might b . case Of hydrophobia
e ascertain the fast, but to, avoid, excitina
4 TIA 1e1rg Of the pxtiuut. Dr. Rsnligin
r n1ff3d 81 NJ W hu6fty. Bf16fSfdi alid hC
1 could not eat.. Could lie drinf Z 7.,aII.E.,r
i IT. patient l1oked pervono and excited
consulted With Df. webb, Of the hospital
and the eencluaion they reached waa, thai
watet vss oAbrod TO the petjent, he turnod
awey his head and became greatly excited
| All reasonable doubt being removed that
the petient was suffering fhoa this mys.
| terioue and terrible disease. he VA fem0Ted
to Q private room in the hoapitSl, and biz
case was cou6ded to DR.. Whittaker. Mon
day sveaing tho patient beeams verse; he
Srsw delirious, and his tatoxysms became
Tofy violent. It Was deemed neeeeasxx to
| handcuf him 70 prevent mischief - himself
! and those arpnnd him. About twelve
o'clock his face became snaused. and pro:
sented dreadful sppeaFanee; hia eyes pro
4Ided, md tbs skin and muscles II the
upper law were greatly contracted, dis
timothy showing the teeth. The, paEoxysms
increased in violence until twenty minutes
70 nine, when death relieved him rom his
sn6erings. d . -. . ~ =.
The patient was treated by DR.. Whit
taker, with hyp0dermic injections of atro-
pia and morphine, six grains Of each being
used. These injections were repeated six
timeA not, however, with any hope of effect
Ing cure, but simply to afford relief, in
which they were iieasdrably successful. In
one Of tho intervals OF quiet the patient
declared that it seemed he had been in
heaven. rs h''' sGta
The case presented m instance Of unques-
ti0nablo hydr0ph0bia, without any history
his friends knew ANYTHING of his having
heen, bitten, either reeepuy or ct any time
during his lie. After the first parOxysm he
frequently exclaimed that he was 8 dead
man. He seemed very suspicious of every
thing around him. Tho sight Of food, wster
OF ice produced paroxysms. His case was
deemed hopeless from the first BY Drs.
Reade, Webb, Whitaker, Dawson, Graham,
and Professor BArtholow. - :
The post 1Ortem examination which was
made In the lecture hall of the hospital.
under the direction of DR.. Whitaker, re-
vealed no abnormal symptoms. The brains
and the active vi.cera underwent . rigid
scrutiny-at least 90 it seemed to an unpro-
fessienal eye-bat Ne trace Of the subtle
poison was discovered, and We believe never
has been IN any case of post morton exam
ination when death has occurred from n.y.
dr0phobia. 77-a I'll
Knowing that this disease is generally re-
gar4ed Dy the medical faculty as 1ncurable,
we have condemned from Whart0n's Essays
ON Natnra! History, recently published in
tno eoooa1e q sho wOusoh poison,
which, 10 believes, will be found to be .
remedy for tins disease.
!: Waterton undertook long and perilous
Journey into the interior OF Guiana, partly
tor natural history explorations, but mainly
TO obtain some pure wourei poison. This
famous composition ls used BY the Indians
OF Gulan. to envenom their arrows; and the
history OF it's deadly effects was one Of the
astonbhlng taIes which the early yoyagers
10 tne Gays OF Sir waiter Raleigh told to
wondering listeners on their return. Water
ton believed that substance 90 powerful
would have medicinal virtues, and wculd
prove sPeclnc Tor ydroph0bia and tetanus.
krl&htful spasn IL the prominent symptom
of those awful maladies; complete quies-
cence u the effect OF the administration Of
w0urall- |
Watefton. penetrated into districts never |
before tr0dden by civilized explorer, and |
from the Indiana, who alone knew the paths |
Of those dense forests, he obtained the mys-a
terry Of the wourali poison. .fi1d
A day or two before the MacOushi Indian |
prepares his poison, he goes into the forest |
n quest of the ingredients, From . vine
,alled the wourali, growing in these vilds,
his the Indian adds certain roots of q verv
bitter taste, and others containing . green
md glutinous juice, two species Of ants
me . large, black ant, 60 venvnous that
t. sting produces q fever. the other = little
ed ant that stines. like pettle; he then
dds the pounded fangs Of the lAbarti snake /
md the counacouchi snakes. The poison is
ines and the roots, after being scraped
nto thin shavings, are put into q kind Of
0lander made of leaves, over which water
10 the Appearance of coffee. The juice IL
4usezed from the roots. and lastly the
make fangs, ants and some pepper are
fuised and thrown in. The mixture Is
nen placed on . slow fire, and - it boils,
1ere Ut the juice Of the wourali Is added,
. may De found necessary. Il remains ON
pc nre TIL reduced to 3 thick syrup Of .
eep brown color. When it has arrived at
hie state, few arrows are poisoned with
'hlch to test its strength.
Wsterton eupposed that the addition of
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