Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-05-11

Tor uYpROrHoEIA.
From the Philadelphia rress.
Just now, when the entire dog population
seem bent on going mad, the gentlemen who
generally insist there Is no such thing as
hydrophobia have fewer followers than ever.
The dog fancier who died 50 terrible death
last year in New York from the bite of one
of his dogs laughed all his life at the idea of
IIydrophobia. There are other Just as silly
beliefs about hydrOphObia. Many people are
convinced that ii a dog Is killed, after he
has bitten somebody, all danger Is thereby
removed. Of course, this IL nonsense
Burning the wound with cluStic has been
known to effect a cure, and there have been
eases where the poison has been sucked from
the bite. y famous cure for hyirophObia is
said TO be found in 4 compound Of boiled
elecampane root and new milk. Take two
ounces of cleeampane root and boil in a pint
of new milk drink in the morning before
I breakfast; eat nothing for SIX hours after
| taking the draught eat sparingiy that day.
Repeat the above three times, three sue
cessivc DAYS, and a cure Will he effected.
| The maidstone has been much ridieuled.
| but it is impossible not to think there Is
some virtue in it. We have often heard Of
maidstone somewhere id the StItc. but
where we cannot now remember, which
frequently, according to accounts, saved LIE
From the New York Ledger we take the
main points of mad-stones stories:
Thomas y Smith. OF Warrentpn. Missouri
writes Judge Griffin. five miles west OF
st. Charles, in this State has Il maidstone
| know Of one case that this stone has cured.
The stone turns green a. it extracts the
poison" I. {. Watkins, MurphtsbOrc.
Illinois S''rhcrc is maidstone in this
vicinity. owned by Homer Stur1cvGnt. That
there Is virtue in it am positive, both in
curing the bite of rabii ANIMALS and that of
poisonous reptiles. l have seen it tested
Mrs. Higher, Plattsburgh. Missouri MY
father. K. ). Hardin, of Andrew county, has
a maidstone. 1t has been tried number of
times, and always with success" William
Meade, Harrison, Ohio Mr.. VI. lllmslcy,
at Cleycs, Hamilton county, has Il 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 1t has been many years.
General John McNlakin. an cx-Reprcsen-
tatiye of this county in the Legislature. was
bitten by dog having all the symptoms of
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