The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-12-19
A CURIOUS REMPpy

OF All nervous diseases. tefsru
of the most determined ana 81 o.
able. It is usually induced h, ec'i-,.
diligence in rusty nails or fstO,,e-s
and when 1t once takes hold of --L-.,t
it is nearly impossible to drive ;. pa-i.-.
One OF its permanent svmpto,-s ava
closing of the jaws so ticbtlvrts.h t,s
cannot be pried open with \ "a "a lh5
When 1t Is remembered that W. Nv q,
well as men suffer from this dis.- q
tremendously powerful nature - f
evident. O7'o-ls
Hitherto there has been ~.
which could be regarded as t51-t
for tetauus. In the last cart.,1Le-a
usual treatment was to knock ont
of the patients teeth. so as IN r- .'s
little brandy down his throat az s'.-
to order his coffin. With the -. '-5
of medical science. various otbdL- -oslss
dies were suggested, among VII -
subcutaneous injection of c1rara U
ticulaTly dreaded South Americsr "a,
table poison, gave, on the vboi. 'eSe
best results. and. frequently % i~
the mastery over tetanus that II IS
him before the disease could lin Atl3
At last, however, an Ingenious F---c
physician has apparently hit -
remedy before which tetapps ~,
as readily as tOothache Yields :,
dentists forceps, and which nil
course. supersede curare and ali -.
inferior remedies.
The French doctor in question
called in to attend lady sufferir- -
tetanus. In his report he saws ffs,
was a married woman of rbi-+,
years of age, and that previops +, Il
visit heI family physician had -
every known remedy for tetanrs i-.r-
ding curaTe, without PRODUCING srr =
feet. The patient was lying or be-i,s
with her jaws tightly closed gr5 :.
muscles Of heI chest and throat 49,
rigid that she was unable Ia rft,.
sound. The doctor at once s.r- -
and procured live mouse Of the r,--
size and voracity, to the tail of vli-lI-
attached a strong horse hair.
Placing the mouse at the font NJ a.
bed, he permitted it to walk up The =
tire length of the patients b6dr Y.
sooner did the patient notice the mon.
than she spraTg up. loudly calling Z
her attendants to take il of. and Al
nouncing the doctor as q horrid. bls-.
less wretch, who ought 10 he ashs--.s
of himself and guillotiued on the M
There was no recurrence Of the sv--
toms of tetanus. In fact. the 5.--
adds that the lady's Jaws were 81 tf--.
oughly unlocked that the husband nj,
is of course ignorant of law. has threat
ened to bring an action Of dausvs
against him.
The success of this experiment q.
couTaged the doctor to try the ue-v
cure in other nervous diseases. Hsrs.
sOned5is the administration Of n.~
powerfully stimulates the nerves af {.
male patients. and enables the uervry
system TO throw OF any disease VIII
which it is afflicted. Soon after The II.
cident Just related he met with a yi1ls-
case o. hysteria. The patient. a ur.
ried lady of thirty-Seven years. was slt
ject TO hysterical attacks. but this M
ticulaT one was Of unprecedented v-
lence. Among its prominent symptoms
was the absence Of whisker on one St
of the husbands face. a broken clgI
and an almost irresistible teudenCv q
the part Of the patient TO lie on The a1~
and kick the paneling Of 4 rosewood
bookcase
The doctor a once perceived tiz
mice in strong doses were indicated
He therefore ordered thTt q mouse Shga!
be administered every ten minutes %
I til the violence Of the attak should ah-t
The first mouse ran across the patients
I body. but there vas 10 peTce7l-.
change in her heels or voice
The second mouse. however, en.ang
led itself in her hair, and her recover
was almost instantaneous. She sal q
and said that if She doctor would OH
take that mouse away she would 3
right up and see about dinner.
No further treatment was necessaT
and the fact that the disease has not =
turned leads the doctor TO -eXpTeS
strong conviction that the cure p
prove q permanent one.
The mouse cure has also been IL
with the very best results in an atsl
of paralysis of the left leg. which vls-
fair way to prevent the wife OF Ps-
sian banker from making a call on C.
tain of her husband 5 relatives. and -l
case of nervous pTOstration which 81
denly attacked a lady when her husG-
had refused to take her to the Ssas
Both of these cases yielded promptly
the exhibition of mice, and there s,
room FOR doubt that the cure was q
solely to the remedy employed.
The addition of mice to the ma.sl
medica viii interest the profession ever
where, and We may expect to find Q
mouse treatment adopted in nervous z
seases by all regular physicians. i
rather odd that the distinguished ply
clan has not turned his attention to "a
There may be discoveries in the IA TEL
which will be of as much impurta1as
those which he has already made
connection with mice.