306 PHARMACOPEIAS DRUGS 



by Collins & Co., No. 189 Pearl Street, and J. B. Jansen, 

 No. 15 Chatham Street. 1819." 



After giving Dr. Van Derveer credit for being "The 

 first person, so far as we have been able to learn, who 

 used Scutellaria as a preventive of hydrophobia from 

 the bite of rabid animals," Dr. Spalding disposes of the- 

 charges of any secrecy as concerns the drug by Dr. Van 

 Derveer: 



"On a reference to the many nostrums which have 

 been celebrated for preventing hydrophobia, we do not 

 find that Scutellaria had been used either in Virginia, or 

 in any other place, previous to its employment by the 

 doctor. Our inquiries do not lead us to believe that he 

 kept his remedy a profound secret, although he has been 

 accused of so doing by many; but so much the medical 

 men despise what they consider vulgar specifics, and so 

 little faith do the public place in them, that this remedy 

 for forty years was scarcely known or heard of beyond 

 the doctor's immediate circle of practice. It was from 

 these circumstances that no one had the curiosity to 

 ask this gentleman how he came by a knowledge of the 

 antidotal powers of Scutellaria. From the upright, 

 unassuming character of Dr. Van Derveer, his correct 

 moral deportment, and regular medical standing, we 

 are led to believe that he would as frankly have com- 

 municated the source of his information, as the remedies 

 used. 



"Among the many persons to whom he communicated 

 a knowledge of his remedies may be numbered Drs. 

 Morris, Kinney, Little, Henry, and Bloomfield of the 

 Revolutionary Army; Dr. Henry Schenck, Sen. Daniel 

 Lewis, and Dr. Henry Van Derveer." 



This, in our opinion, together with the evidence 



