Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-07-08

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| race, aud | finally reached the Piav
after dark. Upon enquiry, the geF
tleman assured me that he had cue
a stone and that ! might rely upol
| its virtue. Here ! may notice tha
| have been several times bitten b,
dogs, but never 90 severely, II
every case the wound would beeom
greatly infiamed and painful an
sometimes bs several months u
healing. In the present ease ihen
was not the slightest Inflammation
or pain; there seemed Ia hav'
! formed a thin membrane over th'
wound. aud the skin and flesh wes'
~ loose aud fiabby as they w'ese OF
ne sound limb, vet around the edg'
cf the wound could be seen q mar
row thread Of u deep indigo blue
am confident that had rsceiv d
such bite from a dog not rabid-7
(nothing having been applied TO 1t.
after a hard days r!dowould have
been greatly inhamcd and painful,
This led mo 10 believe that the vi
rus acted as an insidious enemy,
Tho moro to be apprehended from
Ito soothing, healing, and anxiety
lulling character.
The stone was Of an irregular
form, nearly An inch square and
about thrce.eighths Of m inch thick
in color il resemblcd wasp's-hest,
and appeared to be bundle OF ca
pillary tubes cemented together
with a stony substance resembling
the gray quartz frequently seen in
museums attached to the precious
metals. The tubes, which wefe ex'
tremely minute, were placed with
great regularity in rows, having
one or more circles around each,
and penetrated the stone in TIM di.
rection of it's thickness. had no.
where met with anything OF similar
the white 'cdter.'torh
coral, picked up on the sen shore,
rosembled it more nearly than any
other substance | had met with. !
had formed the opinion that it was
a substance similar to the pumice
of the South American volcanoes,
but found it entirely dissimilar to
that product.
After supper, having kettle of
water heated so that the finger could
barely be borne In it n few seconds,
the stone was placed in it few
moments and then applied to the
wound. As u slight film had form.
cd over the wound, it required II
few moments pressure with the
finger to induce it to stick, but after
this first application it no longer
required this precaution. 1t prob.
,bly remained upon the wound half
. minute and then fell off. During
The time it was attached to the bite,
he evaporating water could be seen
IS if it were boiling Mt every tube,
md could feel n distinct burning
sensation in the wound such rs
presume would DO induced by n
minute blister of flies. As soon as
he stono fell off it was placed an
instant In the hot water and reap
,lied to the bite. 1t now attached
tself with tcnncity, and found
hat | could not disengago it by
haking the limb or walking about;
n fact, it required some effort to
liscngngc it with the fingers. In
his manner continued to re-apply
he stone as described for about
hree hours; during this period
ould not perceive any difference;
| remained attached to the wound
boNt tho same length of timc half
ninute1, and with about the same
enacity. 1 now discontinued my
pplicatioBb and resumed them the
Glowing mttning. Finding that
he stone now Atthehed itselfns long
nd as firmly as II did the evening
'eforc, l resolved t. continue unro-
the application rs long
8 tho stone showed .thS least incli.
alton to stick. At 10a Am. the
ttachment became extromely fec
lie, and by II AM. had cea.ed alto
ether. continued the arplicatitn
ong afterward, placing my leg IL
he most favorable position, but the
,omcnt the limb was inclined from
horizontal position (tho stone be-
ng uppermost) it would slide or
MI off. My next step was to ascer-
ain if tho stone could be induced
0 stick to any other wound. The
vening before l had causelessly
craped piece of skin from my leg
bout the size of a dime. The stone
,as carefully and repeatedly ap-
lied for some time, but never man
'ested the least tendency to adhere.
also tried it upon brier scratches,
8 well rs upon tho unbroken skin,
,ith always the same result. had
ow reached the end of my expert
rents. | should have been much
ratified to have examined the stone
nth a microscope, but not having
he instrument l could not crafty
~ curiosity.
/ now devoted my reasoning fa-
ulties to the questions at the head
fthis article.
IL is manifest that the evapora.
ion of the hot water must produce
partial vacuum in the tubes, and
roduce a slight attraction similar
D the cupping glass. 1t is also
ighlv probable the water may rs
ond in these minute tubes and pro
uce h kind of capillary attraction (;
ut these combined attractions are
ot sufficient to induce the stohe TO
tick TO any lcd;tnd--sn Auxiliary
orce is necessary.
Ny theory is that the virus Of
abid animals has little or no sffih-
" for the flesh and blood OF the
Tound when deposited, as it uh-
uestionably remains a long time
ormsnt. finally acting upon the