Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-08-01
Remedy for Rattlcsnakc Bites.

rattlesnake, which you published.
You also published another remedy
which had been published in the Sci
entifc american. enclose herewith
the experience Of Mr.. f.. G.. Potter
with the aforementioned remedy,
and as Mr.. Potter is a reliable man,
with whom | am personally ac-
quainted, have thought that per-
haps you might think it of sufficient
value to insert his article in the
Country Gentleman. A. NJ. II.
send you this article for publ
cation, the result of my practice and
experience, presuming somo, if not
many, Of the readers of the HreSti-
gator live where rattlosnakes are
found, hoping the information il
contains may prevent much suffer-
ing, and save the lives of man and
beast.
Not summer passes but we see
mention in different newspapers
of the death of persons caused by
the bite of rattlesnakes. This should
not be, when the means are and
should be generally known to pre-
vent it, namely, Bribon's Antidote,
in the Scientific A0lericdn some ten
years ago, and again in that journal
in the past winter. Yet it was not
needed by the medical faculty, as
my experience teaches mo it should
be, else few if any persons would
die from snake bites.
When we moved into Iowa, where
we now live, rattlesuakes were nu-
merous. We used the best remedy
then known-liquid hartshorn and
brandy. Some lives, no doubt,
were saved by it, but no person, per-
manently and positively cured, the
effects of the bite being felt period
ically for years afterwards, whereas
Bribon's Antidote leaves not a trace
OF the bite behind. After the publ.
cation of the Antidote, / sent the
formula to chemist in Chicago,
got one ounce, price ST. enough to
cure fifty men or twenty-five horses
being the only person (though
not physicianl who kept it for q
considerable time. | cured quite =
number Of persons, horses, and dogs
People came from u distance to ob
tain it; in every case it had the
same effect-the immediate cessation
Of pain and stopping of swelling.
To impress the efficacy Of thi.
remedy more firmly upon those who
may read this, will cite two case!
only, on which it has been tried il
this immediate neighborhood.
A German girl, eleven years old
was bitten by rattlesnake on Fri
day morning.
A German physician was called t.
attend her, but not knowing tn,
remedy used in such csaes, the cir
, grew worse till Sunday noon follow
ing, at which time an uncle of tn,
girl living with me called to see tn,
family, not knowing the child hat
been bitten. He returned home
obtained the Antidote, and got bacl
to his sisters at four in the afternoon
/ The girl was in great misery; he
+ leg, from foot to body, was great,
, swollen, and as black as a negroes
her body WAS spotted; her tongu
| swollen; she could not speak, anl
scarcely swallow; had tainting an,
, sinking sensations, always attendan
, on snake bites she had neither at
I nor slept since bitten, end was evi
| IDENTIFY near death. The young MAJ
3 gave her sixteen drops of the Anti
! dote in large spoonful of whiskey
4 diluted with an equal amount o
] water, In two successive doses. Ii
T less than half an hour she coul,
speak; in an hour she sat up in be,
5 and asked for food. Next day sh
was running about the house; he
leg was not its natural color, but Lit
tie swollen.
A favorite shepherd dog of min
8 was bitten by a rattlesnake abou
, noon. being from home Their
E was no one to attend to him. l re
, turned at shutdown, and found hin
D rolling on the ground, his head swol
len to twice its natural size, an,
{ moaning piteously; l gave hin
a thirty drops of the Antidote i'm
I large spoonful of brandy, and in te,
minutes he ceased all complaint
t thirty minutes afterwards he ate hi
= supper. Next day, with the excep
ton Of little swelling Of the head
he was as we'll as ever.
( 1t is my belief that it will cur
s the bite of mad dog as effectuall,
] as that Of rattlesnake-botha ami
t NAL pOisOns. The newspaper re
ports state that it was given to
D young lady in Illinois, bitten by
3 mad dog, after she had three parox
ysms. though it took frequent dose
, to cure her.
l will give the formula for pre-
r pairing the Antidote, which an,
: well-read physician, who knows a
] much of chemistry as his profession
, requires, can prepare:
l Bromine, five drachms bichlorid
! mercury, two grains; iodine potass
y four grains. Ten drops, admins
r tered in table spoonful of whiske,
or brandy every twenty minutes
, until the symptoms are relieved
for a grown person; less for child
in proportion to age.
When prepared, it should be pu
into phial witt. Z. vel! ground
, closely-titted glass stopper, covered
, with beeswaX around the mouth o
. the phial, and the stopper wrappe,
In cloth or leather tied down, to pre-
? vent IA far IA possible evaporation
, as II is extremely volatile.
i have written nothing in this ar
( tlcl" hut what j know to be posi-
lively true-most of II by expert
ence. F., q. PoTTER
Bellevue, IOtoa.
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