madstonen.

Brit.

/ˈmadstəʊn/, U.S.

/ˈmædˌstoʊn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., stone n.

Etymology: < mad adj. (used as noun) + stone n.

U.S.

A stone or similar object supposedly having the power to counteract the effect of the bite of a rabid or venomous animal (see quot. 1980).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for rabies

Suffolk powder1753

mad-dog weed1818

madstone1834

1824 ‘A. Singleton’ Lett. from South & West 70 Near Loretto, they have a reputed remedy against canine rabiosity; two mad-dog stones, of long-extolled efficacy.]

1834 Southern Literary Messenger 1 182 He should be able to form a concrete mass by means of beef gall and alkali, which would resemble and equal in virtue the madstone.

1864 Round Table 18 June 2/2 We are not so ready with an explanation of the ‘mad-stone’ used to obviate ill effects from the bites of rabid animals.

1888 Boston Jrnl. 9 Aug. 2/4 The Orlando (Fla.) Record tells a remarkable story of the effects of a madstone in a case of snakebite.

1897 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. xiv. 720 Mad-stones, as well as snake-stones, are believed in by some persons at the present day.

1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 357 Run down here right quick with that madstone. A snake's bit me.

1980 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Jan. 111/1 Among Western frontiersmen it was not unusual to treat animal bites with ‘madstones’, which were the gallstones of rare white deer or white cattle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	madstone
释义	madstonen. Brit. /ˈmadstəʊn/, U.S. /ˈmædˌstoʊn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mad adj., stone n. Etymology: < mad adj. (used as noun) + stone n. U.S. A stone or similar object supposedly having the power to counteract the effect of the bite of a rabid or venomous animal (see quot. 1980). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for rabies Suffolk powder1753 mad-dog weed1818 madstone1834 1824 ‘A. Singleton’ Lett. from South & West 70 Near Loretto, they have a reputed remedy against canine rabiosity; two mad-dog stones, of long-extolled efficacy.] 1834 Southern Literary Messenger 1 182 He should be able to form a concrete mass by means of beef gall and alkali, which would resemble and equal in virtue the madstone. 1864 Round Table 18 June 2/2 We are not so ready with an explanation of the ‘mad-stone’ used to obviate ill effects from the bites of rabid animals. 1888 Boston Jrnl. 9 Aug. 2/4 The Orlando (Fla.) Record tells a remarkable story of the effects of a madstone in a case of snakebite. 1897 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. xiv. 720 Mad-stones, as well as snake-stones, are believed in by some persons at the present day. 1975 E. Wigginton Foxfire 3 357 Run down here right quick with that madstone. A snake's bit me. 1980 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Jan. 111/1 Among Western frontiersmen it was not unusual to treat animal bites with ‘madstones’, which were the gallstones of rare white deer or white cattle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834
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