The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-20
CURED OF HYDR0PlI0BIA.
MRS. CROOKs's STORY or now LIVES
MERE SIyED ny 4 PLiNT
Bitten by ~ Pet Dog suffering all the Tor
lures of the Dreaded Disease. and then
saved with Skuiicap The Facts In the Case.

lures of the Dreaded Disease. and then
saved with skuiicap The Facts In the Case.
Mr. William Nradcnburg. principal of the
public school in District No. I New Lots. l.. l..
was found by a reporter for THE SUN yesterday
afternoon. in his school room Just at the hour Of
dismissal
Il have come TO learn tho history Of case Of
hydrophobia that occurred in your family.
said the reporter Il understand that your
aunt Mrs. Daniel Kelly. was bitten BY rabid
dog. and thnt she was cured"
Yes sir. that is so." said Mr.. vradcnburg.
" The history Of that case Ia kind OF heirloom
in our family. and It will. no doubt. Demanded
down for generations to- come. for the remedies
that were then used effected complete and
radical cure. ns they have done on two other oc-
customs. | have noticed through the newspa-
pcrs an increase OF the number Of deaths from
hydrophobia. and the utter inability OF ply
sicans to control the disease In fact so fatal il
the disease thought to be-. that If a person il 50
unfortunate rs to he bitten by rabid dog he
considers his case hopeless and. in nine cases
out often. dies from sheer fright. This should
not be so. The disease, in my opinion Is as ca
puble OF successful treatment as any other NAL
ady in which active medicines must be used to
eNpel Vrulent pOisons from the system. The
three cases that occurred in our family were
successfully treated, They were pronounced
are now all living, the oldest being 20 years Of
age For all the particulars in these cases
must refer you to my aunt, Mrs. Matinchy
Crooks. who lives at Washington and Canal
streets New York"
The reporter found Mrs Crooks at her homo
last evening; She is seventy -four years OF age
Why. ycs. said she. after the reporter had
made known his business. that's my sister
Mhria lake seat, and let me brighten up a
little"
Then ofter few minutes reflection. she re-
t.a4 all l.nl
Just as plain ~ though 1t had happened last
wcok. My fathers ngfre WAS John Ticc. We
were originally from New Jersey State. think
must have been about eng itcen years old
when we moved to this city and settlnd In Chris
tophDr street. near Blocker Father WAS a
basket maker, and | can tell you that WIS a
good trade in thcm days, and We all knew how
TO take hand. and there was no lack
uf money. We'll. ono day | think IL was
i'm the hot days ni Juno. all OF Il sudden our lit
tie bench leg dog Tappy that was % grcut favor
tie with H.. began 10 dnnco around aud cut M
ia very strange manner, swapping AMI sndrl-
lng ana irltnlng ut tine mouth. We We're all
a'rnid of him. hut father. who wis a large pow
criul man. caught him up by the nape OF the
neck and qhuckgd him into barrel and Shut
down the lii. and then forbid "a children from
going near that barrel ON pain oi getting a
But. Tappy was favorite Of my younger
sister Maria. and So the neAt day she could not
resist the temptation To- lift the lid Of tho barrel
90 take. said Size. Just peep at poor Tappy.'
and the r.Ald animal sprang Hereby upon her
and lit her scyeraly iu the riA ht arm lu,t above
The elbow ! hound w the wound. and she
begged me not 10 cell fAlher. for ID the old gem
l'm.u, had known IT, Maria would have gOt "a
" 4 year uIcrwurd we moved to the village Of
Milton, Iu Ulster county. Ny sisters wound
hui tnNeIulD Il into "a running sore In the moan
lWr, nUt d Jew months ader We had moved 10
Milton the wound hcaed. Then my sister sud
denly became ill., she was thrown into high
lever and r'iu-.d uourSuincnt of all kinds.
We sent over 10 loushkcepsie for a physician,
ana old Or. Gednry cNmr. H. Wa, iOr a long
time making out what the disease was At lnet
ft "a nal
all startled N hearing Maria initiate the bark Of
th" dogs. Then DR.. Gcdnry said that il was
hydropholia, but tO make certain he caused mo
% take two pitchers OF water outside the room
and ronr 1t from one 10 the other. When my
sister heard the noise II the water she was
lhroMn INTO sr.sins. 50 that 1t took strong men
I. hold her on the bed. The sight of the water
n'-u threw her into spHsms. Her neck became
swNi. IA, aud II was hardly possible Tor her to
Then as an extreme measure pr Gelney
made strong decoriion Of skullcap. In
this dccoriion Dr. Gcdney nut a little sherry
Wine Tho first application was injected.
rs -he could not swallow. and a cloth .satu-
mock. In about thirty minutes the medi-
cine had n visihy quoting effect: and on
the third application. six hours atterward. the
nati,,h MAS ehaDied 70 swallow some Ol the
mud. The decorion was then made weaker.
and little more wine was added. She daily
improved. and finally in six days was out Of
ped; weak solution vi the skullyap was
nightly administered for about ten days. and
then the physician declared the patient conva-
lcscenL In the mean time the old wound had
broken out aircsh and discharged. but she was
never after disturbed with any Of the symptoms
II dydrophohiu.
Ny sister. continued Mrs Crooks. was. n
Tow years aiterward, married 20 Daniel Kelly Of
Rochester. and she is now living in Aurora
Erie county y. Y, and Is the mother OF sixteen
chldr"n. am The mother of thirteen. Soon
after her marriage her husband was hilton by n
mad dog IN Rochester. and ho was cured as his
MILO hud been before HIM. He died last year.
Twenty years ago n nephew Of mine. while
coming home from school in New Lots East
New York. was hitton bya rahid dog. and the
case"
Tho botanical definition " skullcap tho plant
that is alleged ID have cured hyir0phOhia I'm tho
cases citrl. l. IAN horbaccous plant Of the
genus sr7ff aria. the calyN OF whose flower
when inverted appears like helmet with the
NNpr raised. II IS narcotic. and. on being
taken informally. il Cause preiuse pers piration.
nAd leaves the patient in "a deblitated state
Lord Hutc IntrotIuctne Hcnxer. I'M IN s.n,t.,uJ