Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-19
'uypRoPnODIA.
,.,,.. pros Discovered Which
Yen, r.',s The pread .Diseass-,o"r
rn ca.' IN south America In
cns''. tad 10 Collect IL.

cian eorter. :" nave IVY" -
|sm ,Se subject ofhydropho..b.'ll,.
bin. l',I he able TO denionstra'
'l,s'r q drug prepared .
l,' wOo' Of South Ameriea'we nav
I's'i fur Il irat disease disease lion D he cor
Po ,Ipsa h,drophobia almos
"tI, ,'aws The bite of a ma
Ply i Z ! mistake. Perhaps APPS, no
his : s,, ' In 4 hundled cases o
poes the wears rsars the practice o
.n n.a il, treating i csr, pl.v u III,
pg, has i possible. If this OPP
were le int no serious results
elisssdy ' ,'"s the great It writ {,
nsac. Z. 'ronyInced Of the ell,
cs, var ssI,naent. He allowed
''''.,aafedly ~ u. y
rpes'. raalerized the wounds
, Iy |. certain. iouatt per-
llpN WA he bitten once too
iinss, so !" Of his caustic, he
q, 10 hat he was in the
e ',s',D. Of f hydrophobia. De-
asss ss able to recover, ne
o. v,,'e ant rather than suffer
J pl h. anticipated.
in.ea'ant employed in cases
res '';s'ase had actually devel-
Tae object to be gained
's.,e the paroNysms of the
Esihe hy drophobia death re-
exhaustion produced by
y - Il the convulsious. Nari-
'' have been used, but with
~ AT last, however, we
[ag which has recently teen
- c,,re several authentic cases
hbobia. and which, when its
properly understood, may
he greatest value. | mean
bra II the Perd,ach Indians.
writing in 1911, gave an ac-
4 kind of woorara which
a among the natives
4 for curing snake bites. He
1, made of many curious in
including the woorara vine,
sot buibous plants, the names
he did not know, two species
the Strongest Indian pepper
|derd fangs of the Laborian
The mixture was boiled and
eel il small earthen pots to
] Suggested that if this was
Usto cure the bite of n snake 1t
Of use in the treatment of
IObia. Neverth less, it was
"a for that purpose, although
Billy referred to in scientific
nv Dr. Gutenberg, of Germa-
ed successfully Il hydrophobia
tith a species of woorara oh
pm Indians in Brazil. What
lara Is or how it is manuiact-
lonot know. 1t is beyond
egetsble substance. 1t is Sid
INDIANS as u cure for snake
is brought by them packed
yered jars into Para, where
ready market, as the reptiles
her are numerous and veno-
is a potent poison, and its
hen taken in fatal doses, pro-
hi by paralysis. it relaXes
uscles, in which respect it
tom strychnine and other
hat produce commissions.
and some of it, and after re-
toa solution, experimental
to Try its power. Soon
Sc tests | used it in a pro-
case of hydrophobia and it
tirely successful.
called in great haste to visit
He was evidently in the in
stage Of hydrophobia. /
that some months before a
Newfoundland dog bit the
kirl, both Of Mr.. C.'s children
shew, When Mr.. G. went to
the dog the animal bit him
the index finger Of the right
he dog was drowned. Mr..
wound readily healed.
ant-girl died of unmis-
abies, Mr.. G. had been low
nervous and irritable for
days before sending for me.
PED one.twelfth of a grain of
every three tours and sent
lint of New York. We de-
nlinue this treatment. On
pay he was seized with such
Paroxysms that if repeated
Our times they would surely
pied fatal. He believed
! about to die. /
p a simultaneous injection
leehth of a grain of woorara
w very little before, hut
inutes after the injection he
p Three hours after he
\ gave him an injection OF
ola grain of woorara which
10 sleep again. In about
rs ! gave him another iniec.
e-siXth of a grain, which was
by a natural sleep. Two
he was quiet and rational
mat he was feeling perfectly
all his unfayorable SYMPTOMS
Shed. He hus never sine,
J symptoms OF the disease.
am satisfied that ii we car
Fnuine fresh woorara of uni
hsth we shall be able to sue
combat this disease. provided
fGy he administered earl,
but the trouble with WOO
pal It's strength varies so tha
pc safely used until it has
safelully tested. / an
iylng to extract from
Dofara its alkalold, know
fhe' If | succeed, tn,
arising from the varyin!
VI woorara in u given volum,
sercsome, for the alkaloid viii
= anuSrnl strength in equa
!, Win that object in viey
secretly into correspondence
e'afy Of State Frelinghuy
!. u . instructed the American
rsra and other south Amer
4 i !. y Forward specimens OF In
~ me information they cal
II We await their re
0S oiianeylgeneral has ruled tina
' os order Is not purely an i'm