madstone

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He claimed that the only thing that saved him was the use of a madstone.

From The Great Cattle Trail by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

As a matter of fact, the madstone is simply a porous rock which may adhere to a warm, moist surface and exert an absorbent action.

From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by Marrs, William Taylor

Abraham Lincoln with all his lofty mind, acquiesced in the vulgar belief when he took his son Robert to have the benefit of a "madstone," at a distance from where the boy was dog-bitten.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn