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

0 condition "a be Fo'applied with
J, similar result, Now 50 sO0h as ti
virus is sll expended, no more
! the new compound can b. iOTme'
I the chemical attraction eeases, an
: the stone will no longer attach iise
, 10 the wound. Such is my IhsOT,
. aud this accounts inr tho fact ths
tho stone will attach it.elf Ia u
! wound bat such a, have been ia
, fietel by u rabld animal,
IL Is sCateely necessary t0 50,
, that had arrived at these c0nelu
slons heiots | reached nAllas an
consequently uini,ted the euttinI
and burning process recommends
by tha physicians, / MAS assures
by some of these gentlemen ths
tho reason why they had alwayI
been skeptical on the subject of ih'
mad stone was because no mention
Of IL was made in thcir text book
or medical journals. Now il SCENT
10 mo that this careless n0R-eSam
ihing course il not in tho high road
20 Improvement. No one can eS
pect 20 attain 10 any high degree Oj
celebrity in his profession unless hi
advances before and improves his
art, Investigators are those who
may be expected to learn truths
and advance science. Tho man ol
learning who scofrs or sneers nj
things that appear silly TO him
merely because he has not exam
ined or perhaps does not compre'
hend them is not entitled 10 any
high degree Of respect or honor
from his fellow mon, and to all snrh
/ would propound this inquiry,
Why does the H,edic point 10 Tie pclc|
a day or two after my return
homo WAS compelled to perform n
Journey that would require several
weeks, and being fearful that tho
dogs who had assisted in tho do.
Struction Of the raccoon might have
been wounded and 90 mail, | In.
structcd my son to tic them up on
the morning of tho eighth day and
watch them attcntively. II he
found them frOthing at tie mouth; i
they manifested symptoms Of Gt'; i
they manifested decided ocerSiOn 10
Water, and more particularly, II they
appeared Ciih and SeeH.ed 10 haze lost
an hnowiedgs OF those who hdd been
in the habit Of Treating and J0ndi'Rg
them, to kill them Instantly. My
instructions were carried out. In
the evening of the eighth day one
Of the dogs had q violent tit and
was instantly killed,
The other dog appeared wild and
did not notice food thrown to him,
neither did he seem to have the
slightest knowledge Of The children
who had caressed and fondlcd him.
Thoir familiar voices did not ava
ken the slightest mark Of rocoghi-
tion, and he was sacrificed in ao-
cordanco with my Wishes, Gould |
have remained at homo | wotild
have permitted tlts dogs to live a
few days in order to watch tho pro-
gress of the disease but | had rev.
eral small children too young to
know the danger, and who had bogn
too familiar with tho dogs not to
require constant attention to keep
them out of this way
| may here cbservu that the Owns
er of tho .tone informed me that it
was evidently diminishing in weight
and this would seem to accord
with my theory, as n portion of the
stone must necessarily bo lost every
timc it is applied to the bite of II
rabid animal. AS to the origin of
tho stone, opinions are very conhic-
ting. Some say they ars found in
the head of the rattlesnake, others,
that they are taken from the stom-
ach of n deer. Be this as it may,
they are quite common, as there are
at this time three different stones
within twenty miles Of my resi-
donce. And if gentlemen would
lay aside prejudice and examine in
to tho matter, have no doubt they |
would inform themselves and per-
haps benefit mankind.
Respectfully,
W. A. FERRIS,
Topl. Engineer,
Dallas County, Texas.