The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1877-05-10
1LAD-STONES.
Their Reputed Efacacy and Where 20 be
Found.


Their Reputed Eficacy and Where TO be
Found.
From the New York LEDGER
Thomas A. Smith, of Warrenton,
Missouri, writes q Judge Griffin. five
miles west of st. Charles, in this State,
has a maidstone. l know of one case
that this stone has cured. The stone
turns green as it extracts the poison"
T. G. Watkins, Murphysboro, Illinois:
% There is a maidstone in this vicinity,
owned by Homer Sturdevant. That
there is virtue in it'll am positive, both
in curing the bite of rabid animals and
that of poisonous reptiles. I have seen
it tested" Mrs. Higher, Plattsburg,
Missouri "My father, r. S. Hardin, of
Andrew County, has maidstone. 1t
has been tried a number of times, and
always with success" William Meade,
Harrison, Ohio: "Mr. NJ. Hamsley, at
Cleyes, Hamilton County, has a mad
stone. Persons who have been bitten
by dogs known to be mad and have had
the stone applied have never experienced
any symptoms of the disease after the
application. In some cases it has been
many years. p" .iall-- f-f
General John McMakin, and ex-repre-
sentive of this County in the Legislature,
was bitten by dog having all the symp-
toms of hydrophobia. The next day he
had the stone applied and it adhered
about an hour The second day, an
hour and half, and the third day only
half an hour. After each application
it was soaked in sweet milk, turning the
milk to very green color, 1t is APP
piled, not necessarily to the bite, but by
simply scratching the skin on the arm
or any part of the body until it bleeds.
S. W. Triplett, Delaplane, Virginia,
writes that there is a MAIDSTONE in his
family. 1t requires to be applied before
the ninth day after the wound is lnfict-
ed, either by the bite of a mad dog or
that of a venonious snake. 1t adheres
until filled with virus. Then it ceases
to stick until cleansed in tepid water, q
process requiring but a few minutes.
Edward, Coleman says that man
named Poole, at Brookneal, thirty-seven
miles from Lynchburg, Virginia, has
several mad-stones, the efficacy of which
has been repeatedly tested. Mr.. Poole
extracts the poison from the stone, after
it has absorbed all it will, by placing it
on warm shovel.
From three different sources we are
assured of the efficacy of maidstone
belonging to Mr.. Turner Evans, of Par
is, Iowa. So tF
Miss Gray, of Jacksonville, Clark
County, Indiana, writes; 81 have a
maidstone in my possession which has
been used with success. The stone
looks like honeycomb petrifed, the
cells being filed with fine sand"
R. L. Grosvenor, Shawmut Avenue,
Boston, Mass, writes that Mrs. Paulina
E. Marsh, Merthuen, Mass, owns a
maidstone, inherited by her brother, DR..
J. Milton Grosvenor, from DR.. Aaron
Grosvenor, of Pelham, n. H., to whom
it was presented by sea captain, who
obtained it in China from a native
physician. n
Mr.. Lewis Lawkin, editor of the Gala
tin (Mo) Democrat, writes: John I.
Nelson, of Savannah, Andrew County,
Mo-, possesses a maidstone. The stone
is about the size of an ordinary walnut,
and of a porous character. Almost ev-
cry month some one goes to Savannah
and has the stone applied for dog bites,
and with the most satisfactory results"
L. b. Mosby, Holly Springs, Miss,
writes: "Mr. ID. l.. Milan, near Water
ford, in this State, possesses a mad
stone which has cured hundreds of cases
of mad-dog bites, and also bites of rat
tlesnakes and other venomous reptiles. :"
George W. Signor, Vandalia. Mo, writes
that Samuel Treble of Jersey County,
ILL.,, has maidstone which has cnred
the bite of a rabid dog in several in
stances. If all the mad-stones possess
the efficacy ascribed to them the bite of
rabid dog need not necessarily prove
fatal, as has long been generally sup
posed.