The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-30
BURT GIRARD.
He Tries the Dickson Mad
Stone in Kansas City.
Mr.. Dickson Brings the Stone to
Sedalia and Rsapplies IL.

The resders of the BAzoo will remem-
Der tie biting of Burt Girard on toe cor
M r of Ohio and Second streets the v,niug
of June 18th by rsbid dog, which was
killed at the nur cry south of town the
next day by Officer McGhes. That the
dog reslly mad hydrophobia there is no
room to doubt and 10 little anxiety as TO
the final result to young Girard has b en-
entertained by his FRIENDS and the public
gene: ally, although until last Monday
young GIrsrd himself seemed to treat he
matter lightly, but since that time he has
suffered sucn pam and serious symptoms in
his right arm, the thumb on which was
bitten, that at the earnest solicitation Of
his friends be day b fore yesterday went to
Kansas City to have the mad stone 10 the
possession of J. NJ. Dickson, Of the Pacific
House, applied.
Mr.. Dickson applied the stone between
the wrist aud elbow and it ad-
hered tightly for six hours, after
which Burt returned home.
Fearing he had not Withdrawn all the virus
Mr.. Dickson yesterday came to Sedalia and
again applied the stone 10 fresh incision,
some two il ches higher up IN the arm, and
it adhered for four hours, when all further
efforts to cause it 10 adhere failed, snd Mr..
Dickson says he is confident the poison has
been en- irely removed.
A BAzoo reporter witnessed The operation
at Mr. Dickson's paint shop on Ohio street,
yesterday, and can vouch to the fact of its
adhering TO the incisiOn made in the skie,
ard The milk 10 which the store was placed
to absorb the virus, turf ed green.
Mr.. DICKSON,
who is the proprietor of the Pacific house
in Ksnsas City, where he has resided the
past FIVE years, informed The reporter that
his family had possessed the stone used by
bin for more than a century, whence il
came or how they got it ne does not know,
but since he had Owned it he had applied
it 10 over 100 persons, and in no instance
had any OF THIN had hydrophobia. He
regards il as inf,lible, snd even asserts his
telief that he could withdraw the virus
from a mad dog after il had had spasms.
In support of which theory he stated
that he had used ii upon one individual in
Kansas City after the spasms had appeared
and after weeks trt atment had effsc:ed
cure.
Among recent applications of the s'one
he mentioned that Of the foreman of Bull
lene, Emory & Co., of Kansas City, who
vas The party who had the fits.
Mrs. Jacobs, at the r & l.. junction,
bi ten by a mad est.
P. B. Harris. of Winston, Davies county,
treated June 23d.
John Waterfell. q little street urchin.
bitten by the same dog which bit Mr..
Tolle, Of Kansas City, and from which bite
Mr.. Tolle died of hydrophobis in Kansas
City only few days ago in spite of The
best medical attendance
Mr. Dickson states that he offered to ap-
ply the stone to Mr.. Tolle, but he refu ed
to avail himself OF itsservic son he ground
that it was, in his opinion, humbux. As
q consequence Mr. Tolle is to-day dead and
buEed, while the little street waif is alive
and we'll
The stone is also the same one applied
to Miss Sallie Lawton, of this city, some
thing over year ago.
Mr.. Dickson will remain in the city to-
day and apply the stone TO the Init boy
bitten, as is supposed, by the s1me dog.