Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1882-09-23
A CURE FOR HYDROPH0BI4.
From the New York Tunes. ]

Amoug the diseases which, like con-
sumption, cancer, hydrophobia ami
other fatal maladies iOr which thu phar-
macopG furnishes no specific rem.
edy "Cuncrumoris.' or gangren6us
ulcer, has Ucen classed by tho medical
profe ssion. DR.. Constantine J.. Me-
Guire, oil this city, recently read an ex.
hau.tive paper on the subject before u
special mo. ting Of the Yoikville nedi
cal society, convened nt the ORIENTAL )
Hotel, Co1ey Island. IN which he claims
tu have discovered an etfectual remedy
for this deadly malady. From the; ,!cs-
cri ption given OF the disease by the best
medical authors as we'll as IRON the
graphic details furnished Of its appear
ance at various stages in several Cases
recently treated by Dl. Mcclure, 1t see,i,s
to be q malady even more loathsolnn
than even that Of leprosy. About lhs
latter part OF January last, he said.
nineteen chilttren wore admitted tU the
refuge in charge OF the Sisters of St.
Domiuick at the refuge at Thirty-third
street and Second avenue. of which he
is the medical officer. The children
were in o weak and debilitated condi-
tiDn occa-ioned by the bad and INSULT
feSissss yuoI -tafnisheG them. atAIhae
tainted atmosphsse in which they were
confined in an Institution In the lower
part OF the city, from wh>ch they were
removed when the establishment was
cond- mned by the board OF hcaith>
| A few days after their admission 1ato
tho refuge iour of them were attacked
With this fatal malady. DIR. McGuire
entered into detailed description ut
the symptoms Of the disease and the
appear ance presented during the various
stages from IFS inception until death
ensued in each case. He applied the
remedies prescribed hy the best msdi-
cal authorities. bu, they proved ineffec.
tual to check the progres, OF the fatal
disease. Alter some weeks number
of new cases occurred, each having the
same well marked symptoms OF gan
grennus ulcer. SEEING the hopelesness
OF TO lowing the line OF treatment adopt
I'd before, he determined to try sub
nitrate OF bismuth applied externally to
the affected parts. The result is an i'm
mediate improvement in the appearance
of the ulcers, and eventually complete
cure. From the first appearance OF the
disease in the iustitui ion up to the pres
ent time "a cases were treated, incud-
Ing The 4 that proved fatal; and out Of
the ~ Cases tfoateu Win tue suO-hltr0te
OF bismuth only l resul'e'i fatally.
He cited the opinions OF Drs. EiIiotson.
Rlllelt, Barthaz, Neimeyer. West. and
others. TO show that the disease was
considered incurable. DR.. West lost
cases out of 10, while Bar!haz and
Rillelt, of Paris, only saved out oi 81
cases. The di.covery made by Dr.
Mcclure respecting the curative prop
critics OF bl.muth in this malady, was
regarded by the members present rs ons
al the most valuable recently made in
~ dical science.
DR.. w. V. White. president OF the as
sociation, IN discussing the merits OF
the paper, advanced the opinion that the
sub nitrate OF bismuth acted AS ger-
M eide III the disease under considera-
ton. and he believed that new field
OF investigation had been opened as 10
its proper les IN othor kindred diseases.
lie ielt that the medical profession in
this country should bestOw more attsn-
tion TO the germ theory oil disease. which
was now b. ing so thoroughly investIga-
ted By the leading scientists OF Europe.