Tales of the 'madstone'

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey

Published March 21, 2014 at 6:00 AM CDT

Hunt County Historical Commission chairman Carol Taylor often uncovers quirky bits of local history, and one of those is the "madstone," which was used as recently as 100 years ago to cure rabies.

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