The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-05-04
Mseful aud Curious.
A MAIDSTONE IN ARKANSAS.
How q Horse was Saved. asd Hsw 10 Save
Deg from Hydrsphsbia.

To The EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In your is
she Of February l, i notice that you deny the eff
| feacy of the maidstone in the cure of hydropho
bia- Twice have noticed the question asked
| in the San recently, and your answer both time.
was ''No," simply and absolutely. 1t is TO be
hoped that you have actually seen the virtue OF
the maidstone tested. as otherwise you might be
| charged with being slightly affected with fogy.
| ism, disease in Arkansas not much less mild in
| some of its forms than hydrophobia itself Whe1
the creative intelligence of God formed the earth
out of chaotic matter was it not possible in the
distribution of the gifts of healing for Him to
give some to the stone well as to the herb 81
| root We all know that for long while some
/ of the wisest men that we have ever had held
| that hydrophobia a myth, a monster of the
| imagination, and that ignorant people alon,
were affected by it. But now no one, i suppose
doubts the existence of the dreadful disease: and
| strange to say, the very people who 80 long dis
puted the existence of hydrophObia, are The
| ones who now scott at the efficacy of the simpl,
| remedy secreted in the maidstone.
DIR. e. ID. Harris, merchant and successful
physician of Beebe, Ark, has in his possession a
maidstone. He could give you long narrative
devoted to the marvellous cures performed by
that stone in genuine cases of hydrophoba-
The Hon. W. II. Cody, of Searey, Ark, q
member of the Legislature, and one Of the fore
| most lawyers of the State, has told me that
about two years ago he had G lot of stock bitter
on his farm by rabid dog. Among the stocl
bitten was one horse. A friend near by hap
pened to have maidstone, and persuaded Judge
Cody to try it on his horse. He die so, and tn,
| animal was never affected in the slightest de-
gree by hydrophobia, while his hogs and cattle
after the lapse of nine days. went raving mad
Ii IN not probable that the horse was controlled
| by any superstitious regard for the stone, moi
was il possible for his Imagination TO be involv
ed in the matter. Evidently the maidstone saved
| the horse.
While on the subject of hydrophobia, though
| a little off the maidstone, will state what wa,
new to me when heard it, and what may b,
new to some Of your subscribers, relative to tn,
dog. X. II. Freezing, a Justice of the Peace, o.
| FL Paso, Ark, and one Of our best citizens, ha
told me that there is gristle in the under par
| of a dogs tongue, about an inch or an inch an,
one-half long, shaped very much like a worm
| lie calls it the "distemper worm He says that
| with a sharp knife he has often taken the worm
out without any apparent pain TO the dog. Ht
| says that it is n complete safeguard in ever,
instance against the dogs taking the hydropho
| bia. He relates an instance where two younl
pups were bitten by rabid dog. In shor
| while after they were bitten he took the distem
per worm ont of their tonuges, and hydrophobi;
never touched them, while another dog bittei
at the same time went mad, the worm not hav
ing been taken out of his tongue.
| sam. j. CRABTREE.
FL PAso ARK. Feb, TO- lS52