Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-02-24

A Cure for Hydrophobia.


have discovered a remedy for this ter
ribe disease. and to have applied it
VIII complete success In many cases.
Ii attending female patient in the
CAST stage Of canine madness, the doe
tor imprudently wiped his hands with
a handkerchief impregna,ed with her
saliva. There happened to be slight
abrasion ON the index finger OF the lett
hand, and, confident in his own cura-
tive system, the doctor merely washed
the part with water. He was fuly
aware, however, of the imprudence be
had committed and gives the folio wing
account OF it afterward:
Believing that the malady would
not declare itself until the forteth day,
and having numerous patients to visit,
put off from day to day the applica
ton of my remedy -shat is to say, va
por baths. The ninta day, being in
my cabinet. | felt ali at ouce pain in
my throat and still greater pain in my
eyes. My BODY felt so light thar [ felt
as if | could jump to prodigious hight,
or it thrown out of window | could
sustain N self in the air My hair
was so sensitive that I appeared to be
able to count each separately withou,
looking at it. Saliva kept continually
foanlng IN my mouth. Any move
ment of air caused great pain to me,
and [ was obliged to avoid the sight of
brilliant objects. I had continu al
desire to run and bite-no human be-
ings, but animals. aud all that was near
me | drank with difficulty. and
remarked that the sight of water dis
tressed me more than the pain in my
throat. | believe that by shutting the
eyes any one suffering from hydropho-
bla can always drink The fits came
on every i've minutes. aud | then felt
the pain start from the index finger
and rua up the nerves to the shoulder
Ia this state, thinking that my course
was preventive, not curative, I took a
evaper bath, not with the intention of
@cure. bat Of suffocatng myself When
ethe bath was at the heat Of 81 Cent?
sgrade (93 3.5 Faherenhe;t), all the
symptoms disappeared as if by magic,
land since then [ have never felt any
thing more Of them | have attended
more than eighty persons bitten by mad
: animals, and | have not lost a single
one" When a person is bitten by a
: mad dog. he must, for seven successive
: days, take vapor bath-s'a la Russo"
as it is called-of 81 to IS degrees.
This is the preventive remedy. A va
por bath may be quickly made by put
'ss'ng rth7ee Or four rad hot bricks in a
uaeSet or tub Of water, and let the pa
lent sit over It
One Of the apprentice boys Ii the
Daily Examiner Lar caster, Pa,
seaing an advertisement in New I ok
piper, stating that any person who
would send four postage stamps to sact,
an address would be told. by yeturu
mail, how to make from $40 to $40 per
daY by remaining at home during the
evenings, sent the postage stamps, and
by return mail received four old-fash-
Toned darning needles, with the words,
~k knit stockings"
CHEAP WARM IA correspondent
of the New York Mail writes: "The
notice which has appeared in some
newspapers recommending the use of
paper between the blanket and coun-
terpane as cure for cold beds, induced
my wife to cut out sheet of brown
paper a shape to fit Of the neck and
shoulders, which ladies call the habit
shirt It was first worn just iusied
the dress On one of the coolest days we
have had this bitter cold winter, and
with the most complete and marvellous
results as regards warmth This gar
ment can be made in three minutes. at
less than half penny Let any gen
tleman On a journey try the experiment
of wrapping up his legs in newspa-
per, and he will find it as warm as a
rug"
LOUISIANA NEw ORLEANS, Feb
ruary ia fight occurred yesterday
in St james Parish, II miles below
Donaldsonville, between some colored
men aud sherf's posse A merchant
had been advancing supplies during
the summer to the men, who were
working a plantation on shares. Not
receiving his pay when it become due
he procured a writ OF seizure on a
quantity of sugar which had been pro-
duced on the plantation. This morn
ing the Sheriff, with posse, attempted
to execute the writ, which the colored
men resisted Four of the colored