madstone

"madstone," at a distance from where the boy was dog-bitten.

The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams

Among the Sontals in Bengal the snake stone, found within the head of the Adjutant-bird, is applied to a snake bite exactly in the same way and with the same supposed results as the Texas madstone, an accretion found, it is said, in the system of a white stag.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

When it does so, the bitten man at once starts off to Texas, where at certain places one can hire the use of a madstone.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

The madstone is popularly supposed to be an accretion found somewhere in the system of a white stag.

Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

To see a madstone applied to a wound from the fangs of some mad animal, denotes that you will endeavor, to the limits of your energy, to shield self from the machinations of enemies, which will soon envelop you with the pall of dishonorable defeat.

What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams 1901

On opening it, I beheld two gentlemen and a lady in quest of my madstone.

My own life, or, A deserted wife, 1895

On opening it I once more beheld a madstone patient standing before me.

My own life, or, A deserted wife, 1895

Just then the doorbell rang, and on answering it, I beheld an old gentleman and his grandchild in quest of the ever-ready madstone.

My own life, or, A deserted wife, 1895

About this time my madstone patient entered the room also.

My own life, or, A deserted wife, 1895

“madstone,” at a distance from where the boy was dog-bitten.

The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907