Wichita eagle., 1889-09-12
THE'WORK OF A MAIDSTONE
INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT
FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE.

The Maidstone Is Found Only in Deer's
Stomach-The Manner of Its Use-It
Draws the Poison Out of the BIood-The
Symptoms of Hydrophobia-
Seeing in your valued paper an account Of
the Womack case of hydrophobia and de-
sire to hear from any person owning mad
stone, write TO you in regard to the true
maidstone and its effects The stone used in
the case alluded to is not maidstone. The
maidstone is only found in the stomach of the
deer. They are of different sizes and shapes,
buteach one has ring around the side of
brownish color The color when first taken
from the stomach Of the deer is light ash
color, which darkens with age. The first one
that l ever saw was in Larned, Kan, and I
viii relate the circumstances of the case.
TIE WORK OF ONE DOG.
In 1886 / was living there, and in June a
mad dog made his appearance and before he
was killed by Mr.. Davidson he had bitten
-Four dogs, a calf, cat and young man.
The young man died in ten days in great
agony. The four dogs went mad and were
killed after having been confined to test their
cases The calf was sold by the owner of it,
Nr. William De Mors, sheriff of Pawnee
county, Kan, to a man going west, after
having told him the circumstances Of its hav-
ing been bitten by the mad dog, and made
him promise to let Mr. De Mors know if it also
went mad, which it did. | should have said
that the calf was a fine Jersey and Mr.. De
Mors sold it for So The cat went mad and
bit Mrs. Johnson thu wife of our barber,
who Immediately sent to Great Bend, Kan,
and procured the stone, which was applied
and stuck eighteen times, and today Mrs.
johnson is as well as any one.
In the west the skunks 90 mad and are con-
sidered 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 to be cured by 1t.
Last spring was up on White Water river,
in the mountains Of upper South Carolina,
when l heard of one which, after great trou-
be and expense [ secured A short while be-
fore | secured it lost a fine pointer bitch,
who had Just raised two fine puppies Zone Of
which also died from the same cause with
hydrophObia. The day before the stone ar
rived the other puppy was taken and had
him shut up otry the stone on.
Having at last obtained the stone, deter
mined to try it. Making my man wrap his
hands well with cloth, SO the puppy could not
bite him, l ordered him TO catch him. which
he did l then tied the puppy's mouth up
with bandage and laying him on his side
the man holding him down. took my bis
toury and made an incision in his shoulder,
and as soon as the blood commenced to flow
applied the stone. 1t Immediately stuck, and
in one minute, upon attempting TO raise it, 1
found that it was stuck as ii glued on.
IN THE PRESENCE CT WITNESSES.
Calling several witnesses, showed them
the stone and they also tried to remove it,
but found the same results that did. After
sticking for about seven minutes it dropped
of, and, after several attempt to make it
take again, placed it in warm milk, which
acquired a green color. The next morning,
in the presence of Professors Smith GORE
spondent of The Greenville News here) and
Alderman, again applied the stone, but on
the inside Of the thigh and the leg placed in
such a position that unless tho stone had
stuck it would have dropped off. The result
was the same as the evening before, and Pro-
fessor Smith wrote an account of the opera
ton which he had witnessed, and it was pub
lished in several papers in South Carolina.
Being called away on business, L did not get
q chance to use it again for one week, when
the disease had become SO violent that could
not get any one to help me to operate on him,
SO l had to let him die. The stone that
have has cured three cGSes Of bites from rat
tlesnakes, as will be sworn to by Milton
Nicholson and other residents of Jocasse val
ley. 1t will also take the poison from tho
sting of a wasp, bee or any kind of poisonous
insect. do not charge any one for the use
of it, so any one can SEQ that l have nothing
to make out Of telling its virtues.
l viii give you the symptoms of hydropho-
bia and then close. First, the subject, man,
dog or any other creature, becomes sullen and
refuses to eat, and each day grows more snap
pish. Then comes the contraction of the
throat, which viii not allow anything TO
pass. The fear of water, as some say, is nom
sense. The muscles of the throat are so con-
tracted that neither solids nor liquids can
pass. l have watched the disease and all
symptoms. A dog will take food in its
mouth, but cannot swallow AS soon as they
hear water running or see it they will try to
lap if, but cannot. This lasts for about q
week, more or less when the animal is so
weakened that if dies. During this period
(before too weak it viii 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 will certify
70 the same. If any one of them in Atlanta
wish to test the truth Of hydrophobia expect
that will be able TO send him G genuine case
before the summer passes this year, as we
have had Q number OF cases, both in 1887 and
1SoS.--R. c. Lliot in Atlanta Constitution.