In the folklore of the early United States, a madstone was a special
medicinal substance that, when pressed into an animal bite, was
believed to prevent rabies by drawing the "poison" out. The
Encyclopedia Americana described it as "a vegetable substance or
stone". Researchers publishing in 1958 reported "130 cases of healing
attributed to the madstone" and "three authenticated stones in the
United States today."Researchers have speculated that there might be
some connection between the belief in the madstone and fictitious
Talisman written of in a novel by that name by Sir Walter Scott which
cures a dog bite victim and is brought back from The Holy Land by
crusaders, "...but though many cures were wrought by means of it in
Europe, none equalled in success and celebrity those which the Soldan
achieved. It is still in existence, having been bequeathed by the Earl
of Huntingdon to a brave knight of Scotland, Sir Simon of the Lee, in
whose ancient and highly honoured family it is still preserved; and
although charmed stones have been dismissed from the modern
Pharmacopoeia, its virtues are still applied to for stopping blood,
and in cases of canine madness." Madstone (folklore) Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter