Sharp County record., 1878-05-17
THE IOWA MAD.STOyp
A Stone that Has Been Knovn
YSars--H9W il is To- IOf

Naars--HSw 1t Is Used. 'Of
Davenport Correspondence ChicaooT-,
Inquiry having recently been ma3- r,,,
to the whereabouts of a genuino r'' "a
stone, the following will give the az 5,2 . y
information regarding one which ~ 3 = =
wonderful record. Es is now M i
possession of Turner Evan, of u
Jackson Township, Linn ConntI
nearest point to which, by raiIr!,, % :
Anamosa, on the Dubuque and g. al
western Railroad. Its properfiss W. Y w,
first known one hundred and q aI
years ago in Virginia. 1t has hay ~
the Evans family since first tU. ,a !,
The present pOssessOr received fS r r
his father, Adam Evans. 1t did ~ >,
wonderful cures, and was KNOW
and wide. He received it from & :;
father in 1912, while living near R., - -
Station, Kentucky. On the deaS =, -
Adam Evans, itpassed to Turner Fr,, r Z
more than twenty years ago. d.
that period it had been tested m4
times, and never failed to cure tSs y y
bies, even in the most severe and al,
hopeless cases. At first the neiobr i.
of Mr.. Evans were incredulous, and pI
clined to ridicule the thing, but a ~
numerous successful trials on horse, ip
cattle, doubt was changed to certsi 7
During his possession Of the stone NJ :
" 100 cases have been treated, and er
not one has the stone failed to Give pi
lief and effect a cure. u
1t is not longer than the end n eS
mans thumb, weighs One-fourth Of :
ounce, and resembles q dark spm' 'us
with fine pores extending from sileor
side. Seen through a magnifying,gs eE
it resembles flint; and at the outer ral
of the pores appear dark rings, likess :
stone. 1t is triangular in form, han fla
one fiat surface, which is called rs
working side. y
When used, it is placed in a bath 1T
one part milk to three parts water, ale
warmed to blood-heat. The patien :
required to exercise briskly until Il
blood becomes active in circulai II
when the skin near the parts bitten rnt
scratched with a sharp-pointed innsi
ment until the. blood starts, when n
stone is applied. Itimmediately bes :
to absorb the virus, and, when filed h
removed and soaked in the milk.Mh,
water bath. 1t is thus repeatedly a;
piled until it ceases to adhere to 70
flesh, which it will do as soon stheHlg &
is extracted, and not until then. via
the virus remains, it requires cOnsidal T
BILE power to remove it. 1t has been glt
piled, rearly one hundred times in asi
Gle case. The rule is to apply itaSh,
as it will take hold. Applied to thefs, !,
of a person not afflicted with rabies B
has no more effect than a piece Of gse
unless there be present the faint OfSD,r
ulous disease, when it will adhere 4
cases of rabies. The cases cured byfa
stone are too many and too we'll autAal
ticated to permit doubt of its eHicsqI
A Mr.. Bunce, of Mechanicsville, bita
by a rabid dog, visited Mr.. Evans, a
When he arrived there, was sufeil.
from paroxysms and nervous spasm i
the limbs. The stone was applied, a
he was cured. !.
A Mr.. Field, of Chicago, arriTsr
there in a terrible condition. For II
hours before the stone was applied
suffered intense torture from nerV01'
paroxysms and agony of mindt whid''
if continued another day, would haH
he believes, resulted in madness
fact, he says death would have been
relief to him, rather than have enduil
the torment. He was wholly cured
the use Of the stone.
Mr.. Evans seeks no notorlety' WA
he has received has come from tlA
who have experienced the benefit Of Y
mad stone. If any person afflicted Wl
rabies visits him, he will do all he z
to give him relief. He promises 10l
ing, and makes no pretensions. he
not q visionist, nor superstitious. p
properties of the mad stone are to "
an established fact, as much so as u
he will reap wheat where he soWs y
seed. 1t is at the service of any W
wish to use it.