Show A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR FOB RABIES maxy MANY ludicrous incidents have ed the hydrophobia scare ing out in the british leaped across the atlantic and quite recently raged through several eastern cities but the terror that agitates the public when areal a real case of rabies develops is quite natural and the effects of the disease sufficiently horrible many people into inte a state of anxious dread whenever a dog bites or human being the fame of the french specialist pasteur has baa been widely spread in consequence of halll Is i s alleged dise discovery every of a remedy for rabies A man who can do anything to save his fellows from the rass ravages us of this frightful and fatal disease should a t be recognized as a public benefactor his system of inoculation is however yet in the regions of experiment meat it is not a certain thing grave doubts yet hang over it we need not go tuto into these the subject is a distasteful one and the more it ii is discussed the greater becomes the probability of spreading that fear and consternation which t drives nervous and timid people into dangerous ph renzy we refer to the matter because of the announcement of a simple method by which it is claimed SL a the symptoms of t nis inis alarming disease may be entirely removed it is published in the arlington N S J union and seems very feasible As to whether this remedy should be applied in cases of dog bite before the symptoms of rabies are really exhibited there may be some doubt vv V e have heard of its application before but bat the following extract pre presents sentis the matter in such plainness that everyone may understand it and it is worthy of consideration id the patient was a had bad been bitten on the hand and manifested all the symptoms of the disease named including the growling and bai balking k in perfect imitation of a dog A small kerosene oil stove was placed under tinder a pan of boiling water both being put under a chair on which the boy was I 1 seated several folds ot of blankets enveloped him the vapor making apparatus being pinned around his neck so that the vapor could not escape mean ghilea powerful was administered and also a dose of chloral mixed with bromide of potash to quiet the nerves in less than five minutes the patient was in a profuse perspiration and in ten minutes the pains were all jv gone the boy bay was kept in the sweat lor for halt bait an hour then put to bed wrapped in blankets and allowed to perspire till the process stopped of its own owe accord he expectorated expect orated a a masv vas quantity of slimy mucus afterwards vomited a large quantity of similar matter atea sank into ft a profound id slumber and woke up practically cured the vapor bath as a remedy remedy for rabies has been advocate dand used use for some years past by dr buisson in europe with eminent success and the cure here noted forms only one in a rather long list of cases which have yielded to the simple but potent treatment by bythe the vapor of water it is not only simple but so easy of application that its value cannot be too widely published while it should be remembered by every reader for use in a possible emergency it is not practicable to send every hydrophobic patient 1 on a visit to pasteur and not a re few w of them might die before reaching him to say nothing of the doubts that have been raised in some quarters in in regard to the means employed in pas deurs office the vapor bath can be applied in almost every home at a few minutes notice and may be the means of saving many lives that would otherwise be lost to the community |