The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-10
NEW HYDROPHOBIAC CURE
.urr1IAMsBURGH MAN WANTS
IN try 1T ON CHEERS PATIENT.

n
0ec-ction Made From Smah
weed. which is Said to Have saved
-. 8, 1.orrsine-Dr. Gibier Offers
TO Test It.
Glass Manufacturer John NJ. Huwer OF
Ivilliemsburgh, says the New YORK sum-
-. he L,ogs of a cure for hydrophoola
,,.-,ch surer than the Pasteur system OF IN
.,,,1otior as practiced in this country by
mr. Paul Gibier. 1t is also. he beheVeS' OF
much wider application, since IL Is EN-
,,,s IN cases where the disease Is
f,,IIv deveIoped aud where the patient
has reached the violent and danger
o,s stages. The Pasteur treatment
= odr,ittedIv not effective after hydro
-,ho5ia has actually developed. 1t Is pre-
ventive treatment wholly, as vaccination
is merely a preventive OF smallpox. AS
the napers have announced. DIR. Gioier mas
.I-oadv condemued several applicants at
49, poeteur Institute to death because they
arrived after symptoms OF actual raDieS
had appeared -. L;- rar,,edv
Mr.. HuWer olo noO AZ ono :o 1-horSa'
but brought it over from Lorrelne, "no.o,
he saws il is the standard medicine alnons
the nessantry for the treatment Oh dog oiIe.
II is simple decoction of weed winch
o1ps wild there but which is unknown on
this side of the Atlantic, except IN Tue
southern states. He won't tel wnaC one
rlsnt is. at present, but will make IL known
after he has an opportunity OF proving ue
he claims for it. He does not speak Eagllsh
himself His son was seen yesterday at tpe
[-lass works IN Maujer street, aud SAID:
"Hydrophobia is unknown III Lorraine;
OF course they have mad dogs there, ana
neople get bitten. But everybody Knows
about this little weed, ana the nrsc tnlns
dome after being bitten by dog Is 20 go
cI,t and gather some, boil 1t IN water ana
drink a glass full of the decoction. Only
one glass of it is necessary. That proves 10
ha a complete and effective antidote. After
drinking they treat the wound IN the
usual way and think no more OF IT. Inc
yyay nv father learned about it was this. he
vas in Lorraine on a business trip, and
stonped at the house of wealthy trades
man who kept large kennel of dogs. One
of the dogs went mad while he was there.
and after biting several animals went at
nv father with rush. Father had large
package in his hand at the time and with
this warded off the attack until the dog
was beaten away and killed. His hand
was scratched and some froth from the
dogs mouth got on it. When he showed
This to his host, the man went at once
into the fields, gathered some weeds,
mashed them up, boiled them. and made
father drink of the mixture. Father recog-
nized the flower and leaf, and the man told
him what the leaf was. Later father
learned its properties and the extent to
which it was used in the country. He
brought some roots of the plant over with
him. and found that while it was not ma
tive here, it would grow in this soil and
climate He never made any special use of
the knowledge here, although when he
has personally heard OF cases OF dog
bite, he has offered the remedy, and where
the patients have taken it, hydro
phobia has never appeared. he is anxious
to get hold of some case where the patient
is we'll advanced in the recognized stages OF
hydropnobia, and try the treatment. He
hasn't had such a chance yet, and until he
gets the opportunity for a real trial, he
doesn't mean to tell just what the plant is.
In Lorraine it is a recognized fact among
the people that drink of the mixture will
counterfeit the effects of a dog bite, even
after the patient has gone actually mad.
You positively won't tell the name of
the pantp' asked the reporter.
1--WE don't know what its American name
is" said Mr. Huwer cit has German
name. which l know. which my father is
not willing to make known till he has really
tested it. We have talked to physicians
around here, but they did not take any
stock in it. At last, though, we have got
several doctors to say that, when they get
cases of hydrophobia which they consider
hopeless by regular methods of treatment
they will try my fathers weed. Father is
perfectly satisfied to abide by such a test
because it cures the worst cases IN Lor.
raine. But hydrophobia is so rare that we
may have to wait a long while"
"Have you tested it all"
Father has only had three cases called
70 hi Gr,a # 1~iv
in Jamaica, whose foot was badly bitten by
dog which afterward proved to be mad
He went out there but the child's parents
would not let him give the medicine. They
promised to telegraph for him if she devel-
oped hydrophobia. but they didn't. We
afterward learned that she died of real
hydrophobia. The two cases where he
actually administered the drug were both
successful. One was farmer in Merrick,
L. l. A mad dog bit lot of his COWS and
horses and then bit him badly. The cows
and horses went staring mad and had TO be
shot. The man heard Of father through a
clerk employed near here, and took
drink of the mixture. He was not sick at
all, and the wounds on his hand soon after
healed The other case was in Newark A
dog bit little girl and her brother, a boy
OF Is Father heard that the girl was very
low with hydrophobia, and went out there
with a friend of the family. The girl was
uodu Wnen ne entered the mouse, and the
brother was in bad state. He gave the
boy drink of the mixture, and he recov
cred very soon afterward. l don't know
the names of these people. Father only
treated them to satisfy himself as to The
efficacy of the plant. Still, he wants to try
1t on case where one is actually crazS
with the disease. That will be test which
Will satisfy every one, and that is what be
is waiting for now.
The plant is simple little thing. tha
much resembles our common chick weed.
Perhaps you noticed in the papers couple
OF years ago that Frenchman in Texas
was frlghtfully bitten by a mad dog, and
rushed out into the woods, where he wa.
seen TO throw himself on the ground and
ea6 the weeds growing there, and how
though he had hydrophobia actually devel-
oped, ne recovered. The papers called that
plant chickweed. But it wasn't. 1t was
1ulS same plant. as father learned. II is
N1ry common IN the south.
Dr. Paul Gibier smiled increduIonslv
Inen told of the plant with which Mr..
huwer is experimenting. He said. how
ever, that he was incredulous only because
s V neu known OF several other supposed