The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-01-31
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i A correspondent iwritesfrolH OaElanda
Oregoh,,f as follows :b4qmnq eodi ,ad ;aup
Several YEARS. ago rilived ini noftheasts
Missouri, andd ata that time had agonI
aged about six years who was bitteIsbg
u rabid dog.aaIhe woundvwas ahzugly
one upon the'darli, between the telba1
and the shoulder. yblW were greatly,
frightened,f aso you. may imagine, and
were ut loss what. anti dotesi foiapplgs
We had heard of two nmd stones, In Tho
possession of1a Mrs. cHardin lpdy
living at Coanpilo bluffs IoEat Asa
forlorpl hope my husband started ,aftes
these stoues. He rsde,, on,horseback
night aud day, and nd returned 4 drom ,hiS
mission with the mad stones. on otha fifth
day after the bite. "a
We had but little confidence: in such
remedies. The wound had nearly healed,
| and We, we're directed t, shave or aefaps
thel surface about i slightly, 50 that the
pps would ooze cut, but not 50 that the
blood would flow. We applied one %
the stones, and, strange to relate, Il
would seem to sfast5di :itseiR ID iths wound.
For the ErIat fN few ilays It Would irs.ai iilns
tunpoonn tbs Wnunfd :absorb;,f5t IIis th s5n,iga
Of nat which lloMsd o6 . fgr about
7dctacii pttself, aid drop Of. Affef Time
it took longer rifle pores 'togfilf, aG1Sd,
consequently the Stone would stick for
u correspondingly greater periodc Haia7i
"Ths' last application was on thenthirg
teenth day after the bite, sahdthen thd
stone stuck for forty eight h6urs, ,sand
would adhere" no longer. "a AfieraaoI
applicationlwe washed randthorodghly
cleanseu the stone in warm watet. qGfad
ually,r ast the stone seemed to draw, tho
poison 'witlf the pus;it made fofyitsslf9
cavity in the prmpl sinking deepetat
each npplication.s AT last it had quite
buried titsclf,a and "a putrid, sore farnedI
which had very >offensira smell llabqt
which finally healbd: oDuring the Bhala
operation the patient was quito sieEs
and gre very pale and Weab his whole
nervousisssteM seemingto nbs tshattereln
He fully recovered at ilastsiaady neyeg
aitcrward manifested aapy,ssiigns, ofytha,
malady resulting from the bite Butsyo
my inquire how we tknewr that tho .dags
was lnad AJnyso!f fsawa itapanifest eli
the symptoms Of hydrophobia. sdItswas
seen to bite two hogs, and both ofsthem
becape ,mad, one Of them; ina two weeks
and the ether ip three, weeks, ,We.lss
them orare for few days and a then @ j ssshsoSS s.SS
them r6vciie Al 4es,i19o,o sd4 .ei, u
The stone that awo used was + ;ap inoh.
aud half lqqp long, half az ineh ~ diane
ter aud Of light, gray, color. vas
porous, resembling, in many respects
pieces. Of coal that I have seen. Where
it, was found 1 do not know, nor can I
give its geological Classification, Ger
tain it is it cured our boy, as my hus.
band aud others can testify. siD0E q
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The postmaster at Oakland ihdorssa
the above oonm,unnicatfod BY saying:
''I know that this LADY Is trdtffdl,,la
my acquaintance with her for foEauttoeis
years justifies." %" '.'s's0 sHi sa'Shfas
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