New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-28
AN EFFECTIVE MADsTonE
How It Adheres to tho Body and sucks
Out All the Poison.

How It Aahefes to tho Body and sucks
Out All the Poison.
Nearly every one has heard more or
less about madstones and the wonderful
cures With which they are credited in
saving life where 8 person had been bit
ten by mad dog. Many regard these
stones q . mere superstition, but statis-
tics go to rove that they really do con-
tain naany wonderful properties. Mad
STONES - seldom heard Of anywhere ex-
cept IN the southern states, where they
are quite common, and most Of the peo-
pie of that section place great faith in
them. Mrs. J. NJ. Parks, lady resid-
ing ID this city, is the possessor Of one
Of these remarkable stones, and report
er called on her to learn something about
them.
Yes" she said when questioned on
the subject, II have maidstone and
have had it many years. My husband
found it near Magnesia Springs, Fla. I
have only had occasion to use it three or
four times since it has been in my pos
session, and each time the best results
followed. The reason that I have not
used it often is that I never hear of case
where person has been bitten by mad
dog until see it in the paper, and then
it has always been stated that the pa
tient has been taken with commissions.
q It is too late to use the maidstone then.
Spasms do not generally appear until
about nine days after the person is bit
ten, and if the stone is applied any time
previous to the commissions the poison
will be entirely drawn out by it.
i. 1.-THE worst case ever cured with my
maidstone happened when q policeman
here in the city, named Price, was bit
ten on the hand by a mad dog. His arm
had swollen up to three Or four times its
natural size and had turned black The
man was suffering the most excruciat-
ing agony, and his physicians had de-
SPARED Of his life. accidentally heard
OF his case and at once hurried to the
house with my maidstone. The doctor
consented to give it a trial, and the re-
suit was that the man recovered and is
now walking around the streets as we'll
as ever" 1929 r.,
Upon the reporters asking if he might
see the stone Mrs Parks Immediately
produced it, re1narking as she did so,
ut does not look nearly as powerful as
it really is.
It is a little, porous, chalklike sub
stance about an inch long, half an inch
wide and a quarter Of an inch thick
and appeared to be sort of vegetable
compound.
''The process Of applying the mad
stone," continued Mrs. Parks, sis very
simple and somewhat similar to vaccina-
ton. You select some part Of the body
between the bite and the heart and with
a sharp knife scrape ting skin till the
blood comes, then apply the stone to the
raw spot. The stone will adhere imme-
diately, and its drawing qualities are 50
great that it will almost bury itself in
the flesh, sucking out the poison until all
the pores Of the stone are filed with the
deadly virus. The stone then drops of
of its own accord, and after being thor
oaghly cleansed with milk, warm water
and soap is applied again. This is kept
up till the stone refuses to stick, thereby
showing that all the poison has been
drawn out. st. Louis Globe Democrat,