The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-01
THE WORK OF A MAIDSTONE
INFORMATION on THIS SUBJECT
FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE.

The Maidstone l. Pound Only In n Desr's
s,oma.h-The Manner Of Its Use-it
Draws the Poison Out Of tho Dlood-The
symptoms Of IIydrophobia.
Seeing in your valued paper an account Of
the Womack case Of hydrophobia. aud de-
sire 10 hear from ans person owning mad
stone. write 90 you ia regard 10 the true
maidstone and is effects The stone used IN
tho case alluiel 70 is not "A MAIDSTONE Tho
maidstone is only found IN the stomach OF the
deer They are Of different sizes and shapes,
but each one has "a ring around the side Of a
hrownish color Tho color when first taken
from the stomach Of the deer is a light ash
color. which darkens with age The first one
that ever saw was IN Iarned. Kan, and ]
will relate the circumstances Of the case.
1HE WORK OF ONE Doc.
In 1885 was living there. and in June a
mad dog made bis appearance and before he
was killcl by Mr Davidson he had bitten
four dogs calf cat and young man
The young man died ~ ten days IN great
agony The four dogs went mad and were
killed after having been confined % test their
eases Tho calf was sold by the owner OF IT,,
Mr William De- Mors. sheriff Of Pawnee
county. Kan, to a man going west, after
having told him the circumstances OF lis hav
ing been hdtfcn by the mad dog and made
MIN promise tolet Mr De Mors know If it also
vent mad. which it did ! should have said
that tie calf was fine Jersey and slr De
Mor- sold 1t tor s. The cat went mad and
tit Mrs johnson. the wife 81 our barber
who Immediately sent 10 Great Bend Kan,
and procured the stone, which was applied
and stuck eighteen times and today Mrs
johnson D. as ucil as any one.
ln the west the skunss gOm1d and are con
.lderel more dangerous than the mad dog
Mr. Leland. proprietor Of the Pacific house,
Kansas CITY. Mo-. has one and people all
over the country go there 20 he cured bog 10
Last spring was mp on White Water river
m tue mountains at upper South Carolina
when heard of one which. after great trou
Die and exrensc. secured \ short while be
fore ! secured % lost a fine pointer bitch
who had just rai-cl two fine puppies one Of
which also died from the same cause with
hvdrorhobia The day before the stone ar
rived the other puppy was taken and had
him shut up 10 try the stone on.
Having al last obtained the stone. deter
mined % try H. Making my man wrap hi.
hands vel with cloth, 50 the puppy could not
bite him. ordered him 10 catch him, which
De did / then tied the puppys mouth M
with "a banlage and laying him On his side
lhc man holding him down. took my bis
tourv and made an iIcisi0u in'his shoulder
and as soon as the blood commenced 70 flow
applied the stone II Immediately stuck, and
in one minute, upon attempting 10 raiss II, ]
found that il was stucl; as If glued on.
Is THE PRESENCE OF WITNESSES
Calling several witnesses, | showed them
the stuue. and they also trel 20 REMOVE 1t,
but found the slmo results that did After
sticking for about seven minutes 10 dropped
or. and. after several attempts 10 make IL
take again. placed 10 m warm milk, which
acquired q green color The next morning
m The presence Of Professors Smith CORE
srrndeut Of The GncnviIie News here and
Acscrman. again applied the stone but on
the inside of the thigh and Tire leg placed d.
urh a position that unless the Stone bad
stuck 10 would have dropped off, Tho result
vas the same MS fhe evening before, and Pro
f.,s0r Smith wrote an account Of tho opera
ton which bee had witnessed and 10 was pub
ii,hcd 10 several papers in South Car0liua
Being called away on business, did not got
chance 20 u,e 90 again Tor 0ne week. when
the disease bad become SD violent that could
not rct any one Co help me ~ operate on him.
20 had % let him die Tho stone that
have has cured three cases of bites from rat
tie,nabos, as viii Boo sworn 20 by Milton
Nicholson and other residents of Jocas-o vail
lcy To wl also take the poison from The
sting ~ wasp. beo or any kind Of poisonous
insect DO not charge any one for tho uso
0t b., SO any one can see that have nothing
90 make out oi telling it, virtues.
viii give you the symptoms Of hydropho-
- end then close, First, tho subject, man.
~ OF anyotncr creature. becomes slllon and
refuses 90 ear. and each day grows moro uap-
pisl Then comes tire contraction Of The
throat. which wl not allow anything o.
pass The fear of water, as some say, IL non
sense. The muscles Of the throat arc SO con.
traciel that neither solids nor liquids can
pass ! have watched the disease and al
symptoms A dog viii take food In it-
mouth. but cannot swallow As soon as they
bear water running on seo 10 they viii try O.
lap 10. but cannot This lasts FOR about
week. moro or less, when tie animal is 81
weakened that 10 dies Daring this period
before too weak 10 will bite anything
some physicians claim that there Is no by
drophobia. but / saw ten cases caused by one
dog. and any citizen Of this town viii certify
20 the same. II any one Of them in Atlantis
wish to test the truth Of hydrophobia cxpec;
that ! Will bo able 10 send him a genuine case
before the summer passes this year, as We
have had a number OF cases, both in 1851 and
1855 r.. {. Mot in Atlanta Constitution