Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

PETERSBURGH, June 8.

By letters dated the 18th of May, his Excellency Lieutenant Tafcherdtkbw has communicated intelligence of an event which will at once appear extraordinary, and afford great room for speculation to the faculty. This Nobleman writes to the following effect:--A young Russian peasant living at a farm in the above district, being bit by a mad dog, no unfavourable symptoms was apprehended from the accident.--Some time after being invited to a wedding, he ate and drank promiscuously with the company, whereby the poison with which he was infected was so rapidly communicated, that before they rose from the table 58 men and 41 women were at the same moment attacked by the most alarming symptoms; some were afflicted with a violent pain in the head, some discharged blood from the mouth in great quantities, and others dropped down in a state of total insensibility.

Those who came to the assistance of the unfortunate people observed that their tongues were covered with blisters of a blueish cast, and about the bigness of a grain of barley, which constantly increased in size.

These protuberances being pierced with a needle, they emitted a black blood, after which the wounds were rubbed with fine salt. This operation was repeated no less than nine times upon some of the patients, on account of fresh matter collecting upon the tongue.

This application was made to the young man who had infected the rest of the company, but without effect, in consequence, it is supposed, of the blisters breaking while he was eating, and his swallowing with his food the blood issuing from them. After shewing all the symptoms of the hydrophobia, he expired in violent convulsions. To the rest of the company administered, night and morning, a large glass of strong infusion of the plant in botany called Genista tinctoria, and they now appear to be perfectly recovered.