Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-08-29
A Mad Rtnna

| we mentioned last week that VIM.
Adams, of Sun City, passed through
here on his way to Kansas City with
three children that had been bitten by a
mad dog. Well, he returned last
Friday with the children and reports
that the mad stone had the desired eff
fect, and absorbed all the poison from
the bites. 1t adhered IS hours to one
of the children and hours to each of
the others.
The Kansas City Star tells of Mr..
Adams visit as follows:
"Wm. Adams, of Medicine Lodge ar:
rived in the city this morning bringing
with him two of his children, a boy and
girl, aged 10 and IL years, and a four
year-old daughter of Mrs. Allen of
that place. The object of his visit is a
peculiar one, as he has come to test tie
healing virtues of mad stone owned
by j. NJ. Dickson, first clerk of the Pa
cific house.
The children referred to were bitten
by dog supposed to be rabid, last
Thursday. Nothing was done at the
time, as Mr.. Adams desired to wait and
ascertain positively whether the dog
was affected with hydrophobia before
any steps were taken toward determin-
ing the condition of the children. Sat-
urday morning the dog began to develop
every symptom of hydrophobia, and
Mr.. Adams becoming alarmed for the
safety OF his children, made hasty prep
arations to leave for this city, coming
here at five o'clock this morning. He
proceeded Immediately to the Pacific
house to consult with Mr. Dickson, in
regard to the sad accident, and see if
there was any hope of saving the child
rem from horrible death.
IAN Evening Star representative call
ed at the hotel, where he found Mr.. Ad-
ans anxiously waiting for the result of
the mysterious operation. The children
are too young to realize their danger
and enjoying their FIRST visit to the city
IN manner characteristic to the juven-
lie mind.
Mr.. Dickson consented to show his
treasure to the reporter and in looking
at it one would hardly suppose that it
possessed the power to ward off the ex-
cruclat NJ agonies suffered by the vic
TINS OF that dreaded malady. 1t is
small, of butternut color, and resem-
bles the half of a kernel of a medium
eiZed acorn, except that instead of hay
ing smooth surface it has the appear
ance of a miniature sponge, being
slightly pOrus. When a test of its
healing qualities is to be made. a slight
abrasion is made in the wound and as
soon as the blood ceases to flow, the
Hat side of the stone is applied, and if
there Is any poisonous virus in the
wound, the stone will immediately adj
here to the flesh, remaining until it has
absorbed all that it can hold, it is then
removed and placed in milk which i'm
medlately expels all the poison. This
operation is repeated until it has lost all
power of adhesion, which signifies that
the virus has been drawn from the
wound. Nine days after the wound has
been received is the time limited for its
application, yet comparatively imme-
date application assumes greater pos
sibility of success.
MIR. Dickson stated that he has had
the stone in his possession for oyer thir-
ty years, and that it had been handed
down from generation to generation in
his family as valuable heirloom. He
has traced its ownership back too the
year 1903, and as his antecedents were
of Irish origin, he thinks that it FORM
erly came from Ireland He prises it
very highly and says that he has been
able to save the lives of lumber of
people who have been bitten by rabid
dogs