The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-04-17
INFORMATION ON THIS SUBJECT
From A RELIABLE soUKcE.

The Maidstone Is Found Only Ia peers
stomach, -The manner Of Its Use--1t
Draws tho Poison Out OF tho Biood-Tl.e
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, Iwrite to you III regard to the true
maidstone and its effects. The stone used in
the case alluded to Is not q maidstone. The
maidstone is only found In the stomach Of the
deer. They are Of different sizes and shapes,
but each one has ring around the side OF a
brownish color. The color when first taken
from the stomach Of the deer Is a light ash
color, which dnrkens with age. The first one
that ever saw was In Larned, Kan, and
win relate the circumstances Of the case.
THE WORK OF ONE DOG.
In 1885 l was living there, and in June
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,
Mr. William De Mors sheriff Of Pawnee
county, Kan, to man going west, after
having told him the circumstances Of its hay
ing been bitten by the mad dog, and made
him promise to let Mr.. De Mors know IL 1t also
went mad, which it did. should have said
that the calf was a fine Jersey and Mr. De
Mors sold it for IS. The cat went mad and
bit Mrs. johnson, the 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 go 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 IL.
Last spring was up on White Water river,
In the mountains of upper South Carolina,
when heard of one which, after great trou-
bic and expense, secured A short while be-
fore secured 1t / lost fine pointer bitch,
who had just raised two fine puppies lone of
which also died from the same cause) with
hydrophobia. The day before tho stone ar
rived the other puppy was taken and had
him shut up to try the stone ON.
Having at last obtained the stone, deter
mined to try It. Making my man wrap his
hands well with cloth, so tho puppy could not
bite him, ordered him to catch him, which
he did. / 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 1t, l
found that II was stuck as IL glued on
IN THE PRESENCE or 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 1t dropped
Off, and, after several attempts to make 1t
take again, placed it In warm milk, which
acquired n green color. Tho next morning,
in the presence of Professors Smith GORE
spondent of Tho Greenville News here) and
Alderman, again applied the stone, but on
the inside of the thigh and the leg placed In
such position that unless the stone had
stuck 1t would have dropped Off The result
was the same as tho evening before, and Pro-
fessor Smith wrote nm account of the opera
ton which he had witnessed, and il was pub
lished in several papers ID South Carolina
Being called AMY O, hasiucss I did not get
tho disense had b6conle so violent that could
not eetany one to help mo TO OPERATOR him,
so | had to let him die. The stone that
have has cured three cases Of bites from rat
tleanakes MS will be sworn to by Milton
| Nicholson and other residents Of Jocasso val
ley. It will also take tho 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 sec that have nothing
to make out of telling its virtues.
win give you the symptoms Of hydropho-
ba and then close. First, the subject man,
dog or any other creature becomes sullen and
refuses to eat, and each day grows moro snap
pish Then comes tho contraction of the
| throat, which will not allow anything to
pass Tho fear Of water, as some say, Is nom
sense The muscles Of the throat are 50 con-
trnctod that neither solids nor liquids can
pass. | have watched the disease and oil
symptoms. A dog will take food ia its
mouth, but cannot swallow. AS soon as they
hear water running or sec 1t they will try to
lap 1t, but cannot. This lasts for about a
week, moro or less, when tho animal Is 50
weakened that it dies. During this period
before too weak it will bite anything.
Some physicians claim that there Is no hy-
drophobia, but saw ten cases caused by ono
dog, and any citizen Of this town will certify
to the same. If any one Of them In Atlanta
wish to test the truth of hydrophobia expect
that will be able to send him genuine case
before tho summer passes this year, as we
have had number of cases, both In 1887 and
1ss9.--R. G. Mot In Atlanta Constitution