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morning to intervene, and again on the fifth morning. The above quantity is 
for an adult ; for children given in proportionate doses, say to one of twelve 
years, half the quantity.” 
FACTS MORE POTENT THAN THEORIES. 
“A correspondent, impelled by the narration of the death from hydrophobia 
of John Knippel, writes that for thirty years past a farmer named Fry, resid- 
ing near Allentown, Pennsylvania, has treated hydrophobia with unvarying suc- 
cess by the following simple method : 
“The patient is to be kept free from excitement of every sort, especially from 
that caused by the visits of sympathizing friends. The medicine is to be 
prepared by taking one ounce of Elecampane Root, powdered ; one table- 
spoonful of madder and one quart of new milk, and boiling them all together 
slowly (in a water bath if possible), until reduced to a pint. The dose is one 
■wineglassful once a day for three days, then intermit three days, then repent 
and intermit again, and again repeat. That is, nine wineglassfuls are taken 
in all, and there are three intermissions. 
“In support of the efficacy of this treatment it is Stated that thirty years ago 
Mr. Reed and Daniel Mershon were bitten at Germantown by a rabid dog, 
that Mr. Reed was treated by an eminent physician, and died of hydrophobia, 
while Mershon, under Fry’s treatment, never suffered at all. A young man 
named Jacoby and a daughter-in-law of John Boyer, at the corner of Mill 
street and Cbelten avenue, under similar treatment, recovered from the dreadful 
disease about twenty years since, and in 1858 a policeman so far gone with 
hydrophobia as to have to be held in the carriage in which he was driven 
through Germantown to Mr. Fry’s residence, was also treated with entire 
success. A number of additional cases are quoted, in all of which the remedy 
described is claimed to have effected complete cures.” 
The writer of this article believes that the Elecampane will cure the disease 
after violent symptoms have been manifested. I would say that I have never 
known a case where it was used after a full manifestation of the disease, but 
should most certainly strongly urge its use, particularly so, as no physician 
has any knowledge of a cure for the awful malady. When the person is 
bitten by a dog, mad or otherwise, great care should be taken to avoid talking 
about it, or doing anything calculated to excite the imagination. 
The Madder added in the second recipe is of no use whatever, and was, I 
imagine, put in simply to disguise the medicine, at a time when “Fry* 
charged an exorbitant price for his secret remedy. 
