Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1887 — Preventive of Hydrophobia. [ARTICLE]

Preventive of Hydrophobia.

Mr. Jacob Streamer, druggist, of Pontiac, 111., sends tbe following cure or preventive of hydrophobia, which was discovered by a distinguished French physician: Take two tablespoonfuls of fresh chloride of lime, in powder, mix it well with half a pint of water, and with this wash keep the wound constantly bathed and frequently renewed. The chlorine of gas possesses the power of decomposing this tremendous poison, and rendering mild and harmless that venom against whose resistless attacks the medical science has been so long directed in vain. It is necessary to add that this wash should be applied as soon as possible after the infliction of the bite. The following are the results of this treatment : From, 1810 to 1824 the number of persons admitted into Breslau Hospital was 184, of whom only two died; from 1783 to 1824, of the number admitted into the hospital at Zurich 2:-3 persons, were bitten bv different animals (182 by dogs), of whom only four died.