Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-12-03
A MIRACULOUS CURE.
Pasteur Outdone-A Hydrophopia Pa
sssnt unwitting1y Proves the
Truth OF M. Pastsur's lnnocula-
latien Theory, and Takes n Step
In Advance.

Truth OF M. Pastsur's 1nn0cula-
Iatien Theory, and Takes n Step
In Advance.
From gentleman who came in
from the lower end of the county last
Saturday the BULLETIN reporter
learned OF a most miraculous cure
from that dreaded affliction, hydro
phobia. About month ago a
miner near Montczuma named John
Gillanders WAS bitten by mad dog.
The dog was instantly killed, and the
unfortunate victim, for the first three
or four days, showed no signs Of the
malady, and it was hoped that he would
escape. But about three weeks ago he
was observed to act very queerly and
watch was kept over him. He was
not violent at first, but it was noticed
that every time he came in contact With
water he was fast becoming dangerous.
A consultation was held and it was
decided to put a restraint upon him.
He was locked up in an clubhouse and
the miners took turns in taking care
of him. He gradually became worse,
until, on the seventh day, he was so
violent that he had to be bound. His
sufferings were heartrending, and the
narrator says 1t was pitiful to hear the
poor fellow, in his comparatively lucid
intervals, beg his friends to put him
out of misery. On the ninth day he
quieted and it was thought that he was
dying. The bonds were taken from
his arms to ease his last moments as
much as possible. Suddenly he sprang
to his feet and, with a piercing yell,
put one Of the IN gers Of his left hand
into his mouth, biting it nearly off
before be could be overpowered. The
finger swelled to an enormous size and
the swelling gradually extended itself
to the hand and thence to the wrist
and slowly crept toward the elbow. AT
the same time counter Inflammation
appeared to be IN operation and the
arm began swelling from the shoulder
down. The patients brain became
momentarlly clearer. When the two
currents of poisoned blood were nearly
together the unfortunate was sufii
GENTLY restored to talk coherently and
his first speech was as follows:
Boys, it looks as if my time had
come, but something tells me that if
could have this arm taken off I would
come out all right"
As luck would have it, among the
miners was medical graduate from
Edinburgh, and he volunteered to per
form the operation. Selecting com
panion noted for GOODNESS, he waited
until he thought the skin of the arm
was ready to burst with the accumula
tion of opposing streams of poisoned
blood, and then, with the very poor
tools at his command, he successfully
cut the arm off close to the shoulder
Blood flowed freely from the stump
and it was some time before it could be
staunched. At last the flow was
was checked and the man was turned
loose. Since the amputation, although
weak from the loss Of blood, he has
suffered no pain or mental alteration.
The narrator don't attempt TO explain
the phenomena, but says that the man
who performed the operation gives it
as his opinion that the fresh wound
had sufficient magnetic or sympathetic
power to draw all of the virus from
the remainder of the system and that,
the amputaticn being performed IN
the nick of time, before reaction could
set in, the bulk of the poison was cut
Oft from re.entering the body. In this
case the eminent French savant, M.
Pasteur, might find solution of the
problem that has been bothering HIM
for some time past.