Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1882 — Cured. [ARTICLE]

Cured.

There is no remedy which is considered a specific for tetanus, or lockjaw. But the Homoeopathic Gazette thinks a French doctor has discovered one which may prove successful. He was cal ed in to attend a lady suffering from tetanus. In his report he says that she was a married wonian of thirty-ope years of age, and that, previous to his visit, the family physician had tried every known Remedy for tetanus, including curare, without producing any effect. The patient was lying on her back, with her iaws tijrhtlv closed, and the muscles of

tier chest and tnroar were so she was nnable to utter a sound. The doctor at once went out and procured a live mouse, of the usual size, to the tail ot which he attached a strong horse-hair. Placing the mouse at the foot of the bed. he permitted it to walk the entire length of the patient’s body. No sooner did the patient notice the mouse than she sprang up, loudly calling to the attendants to take it off, and denouncing the ductor as a horrid, heartless wretch, who ought to be ashamed of himself and guillotined on the spot. There was no recurrence of the symptoms of tetanus. In fact, the doctor adds that the lady’s jaws were so thoroughly and permanently unlocked that the busband, who is, of course, ignorant of law, lias threateued to bring an actiou for damages against him.