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Mystery of the 'Mad Stone'
In rural,early, America, access to a doctor was sometimes very hard, almost impossible, so when someone was bitten by a 'rabid animal', they usually died in from four to twenty days, a violent. awful death.
Some people were tied, or chained to trees, so as to not bite others.
Rabies, or (Hydrophobia), was passed from animal to human, by bites, with saliva being transmitted.
One thing they had to treat rabies was 'The mad stone', said to be from the stomach of an 'Albino deer'.
Webster's describes it as " A stony concretion as a hair ball taken from the stomach of a deer", supposed to counteract poisonous effects of the bite of an animal affected by rabies, (reported to be very light in weight). One famous stone (brought from Scotland in 1776) by the 'Fred family of VA, was supposed to have cured 130 cases, (with no rabies after treatment.) This stone was mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's novel, (The Talisman).
The usual method of treatment, was to boil the stone in milk or alcohol, apply to the bite or wound, & if it 'stuck',(one case for 72 hours), then when it fell off, it was boiled again, the second time releasing green liquid, until it quit sticking, & all the poison was removed.
Several people reported being cured over the years, one family in OK, a member survived after using a stone, the other family, (who didn't believe), their son died after refusing treatment.
Owner's of the stones were not supposed to 'charge' for their services.
It is reported the Indians loaned their stones to the settlers, but in another method they rolled the (affected member) in a green ,(freshly skinned) buffalo hide, & rolling them close to a fire, sweated out the poison.
My Step-Father told me as a young boy, he was sent to borrow a Mad Stone, I can't remember how it turned out.
One man in the Ozarks, when applying the stone, (wouldn't stick), so told the boy to go on home the dog wasn't Rabid.
The family, (wanting a second opinion), went to another person having a stone, & after her stone wouldn't stick, captured a bee, let it sting the boy on the other arm, then applied the stone, (after the arm swelled), & the stone drew out the poison, she told him,"go on home, the dog wasn't rabid".
Just one of the 'Many Mystery's' in our world.
Fossis................
In rural,early, America, access to a doctor was sometimes very hard, almost impossible, so when someone was bitten by a 'rabid animal', they usually died in from four to twenty days, a violent. awful death.
Some people were tied, or chained to trees, so as to not bite others.
Rabies, or (Hydrophobia), was passed from animal to human, by bites, with saliva being transmitted.
One thing they had to treat rabies was 'The mad stone', said to be from the stomach of an 'Albino deer'.
Webster's describes it as " A stony concretion as a hair ball taken from the stomach of a deer", supposed to counteract poisonous effects of the bite of an animal affected by rabies, (reported to be very light in weight). One famous stone (brought from Scotland in 1776) by the 'Fred family of VA, was supposed to have cured 130 cases, (with no rabies after treatment.) This stone was mentioned in Sir Walter Scott's novel, (The Talisman).
The usual method of treatment, was to boil the stone in milk or alcohol, apply to the bite or wound, & if it 'stuck',(one case for 72 hours), then when it fell off, it was boiled again, the second time releasing green liquid, until it quit sticking, & all the poison was removed.
Several people reported being cured over the years, one family in OK, a member survived after using a stone, the other family, (who didn't believe), their son died after refusing treatment.
Owner's of the stones were not supposed to 'charge' for their services.
It is reported the Indians loaned their stones to the settlers, but in another method they rolled the (affected member) in a green ,(freshly skinned) buffalo hide, & rolling them close to a fire, sweated out the poison.
My Step-Father told me as a young boy, he was sent to borrow a Mad Stone, I can't remember how it turned out.
One man in the Ozarks, when applying the stone, (wouldn't stick), so told the boy to go on home the dog wasn't Rabid.
The family, (wanting a second opinion), went to another person having a stone, & after her stone wouldn't stick, captured a bee, let it sting the boy on the other arm, then applied the stone, (after the arm swelled), & the stone drew out the poison, she told him,"go on home, the dog wasn't rabid".
Just one of the 'Many Mystery's' in our world.
Fossis................
. Thanks for the story!
