The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-03
PASTEUR OUTCOME.
Five Hundred People Treated for Hydro
phobia by New Jersey Family.

hNe hundred People Treated for Hydro
phobia by IA New Jersey Family.
Special Dispatch to the Globe Democrat
NEWARK, n. j., December 26.-Dog-b
men, women and children to the number OF 800
have been treated for hydrophobia by the
Reeve family, at Bloomingdale, in this state.
The little white farm house hard by the station
has become the Mecca of all who have reason
to dread an attack of that most terrible malaly
Over forty years ago David II. Reeve said he
had obtained a secret cure for hydrophoba
People were slow to place much credit in his
statement until his own son was bitten and the
father trusted to his new remedy to cure him.
This action of the elder Reeve, testing, as 1t
were, his medicine on himself, gained for him
the confidence of his neghboIs. The number
OF his patients increased, and his fame spread
abroad.
His secret was divulged at first to his wife.
and by her to their son. All three have now
practlced the cure, and over 500 patients have
dreaded their way to the Bloomingdale home
to be cured of dog bites.
Israel G. Reeve is third and present physician
using TINS remedy. lie has had the secret for
six years. The medicine given is yellow
powder A tablespoonful is taken in molassea
each morning for nine days. The stomach, il
is claimed, should be empty and nothing Is to
be eaten for six hours after taking the drug,
The Reeves stipnlnte that fer period OF three
weeks no grease, pepper or salt shall be eaten,
nothing cold drank and the patients diet bs
limited to buttermilk, Cruel, bread and mo-
lasses, with drink of warm, weak tea. 1t il
further directed that the person who takes the
medicine 81 y .t',aiur 1Dtirtiy, ioi 4 rctsoI 4
three monthss from tne use Of spi4ituous ana
malt liquors and tobacco in every form
The patients treated by the Reeves como
from New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City, New
ark, Paterson, Montclair, Hacsetstown, Bloom
field and towns throughout the counties in the
northern part OF New Jersey. Several patients
have come from Rockland, Orange and West
chester counties, N. Y :, and the medicine has
been prescribed to one man in Detroit, Mich.
and to another in st. Louis, Mo. Two instances
are noted in which the treatment has succeeded
when failure to use il by persons bitten at tho
same time by the same dog resulted in death.
In one of these cases five boys in Paterson
were bitten by one dog. Four went to Bloom
ingdale, were treated by Mr.. Reeve and all
lived. The fifth, who was not treated in any
way, died.
Another case was that OF husband and wife
bitten by one dog. The woman was treated by
the Reeve method, while the man was treated
by the regular family physician. The woman
liNel but her husband died Another case
that points toward the importance of he at
tending diet was one in which husband and
wife were both treated by the Boomingdale
method. The husband refused to abstain from
drink, and died. The woman still lives
In conversation with your correspondent
Reeve said, after relating the history OF his
cure: 1--WE do not know where father got his
secret. He was man OF few WORDS and to
my knowledge never told any one where lie
heard Of the cure. He told my mother who,
surviving him three years, dealt out the medi-
cine herself. She told me the secret, and since
her death, six years ago, | have treated all
people who have come here. We have never
advertised the cure. Father mother and my-
self have treated over 500 cases. The oompo-
stion of the drug no one knows but myself.
give the medicine, with directions, to any ona
who applies.
Paterson physician who bought the medf.
cine had it analysed, but did not succeed in
getting at the secret.
The medicine is useless unless the people fol.
low the directions we give. They don't object
much to the diet for three weeks but many
don't like to give up drinking and smoking on
chewing We also tell them they must keep
dry and not get heated while they are taking
the medicine"
eyes" he replied 1--WE know of two men
and n child that were treated and who died of
hydrOphobia."
Whether the belief in Mr.. Reeves medicine
and treatment be well founded or not it is o
fact that many people in Bergen, Passaic, Nor
rig and Essex counties, besides numbers from
other places, go to the little hamlet when Bit
ten by dog, instead Of submitting themselves
to the care of their family physicians. The
last patient treated by Mr.. Reeve was William
English, OF Paskack. English was poisoned
in the finger by the saliva Of bulldog that
rayed and roamed for two days, killing two
dogs. This dog made great deal Of trouble,
bit about twenty dogs and cats. rushed at %
child, and was shot while tearing dog to
pieces. Engllshs finger first became inhamcd
and swollen. His whole arm was ut last great
~ swollen, and so painful that he could not
sleep nights. About ten days after the biting
he went to Bloomingdale and was treated by
Reeve The swelling and pain grew less and
soon disappeared. Mr. English seems to DO ia
good health today.