Chap. 44.] REMEDIES AGAINST ENCHANTMENTS. 331 



boiled with vinegar, is considered a most efficient remedy : in 

 cases too, where a buprestis has been swallowed, bacon and the 

 broth in which it bas been boiled, are highly efficacious. Nay, 

 what is even more than this, if a person applies his mouth to 

 an ass's ear, and says that he has been stung by a scorpion, the 

 whole of the poison, they say, will immediately pass away 

 from him and be transferred to the animal. All venomous 

 creatures, it is said, are put to flight by a fumigation made 

 by burning an ass's lights. It is considered an excellent 

 plan too, to fumigate persons, when stung by a scorpion, with 

 the smoke of burnt calves' dung. 



CHIP. 43. REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE MAD DOG. REMEDIES 



DERIVED FROM THE CALF, THE HE-GOAT, AND VAiaODS OIHEU 

 ANIMALS. 



When a person has been bitten by a mad dog, it is the 

 practice to make an incision round the wound to the quick, 

 and then to apply raw veal to it, and to make the patient 

 take either veal broth or hogs' lard, mixed with lime internally. 

 Some persons recommend a he-goat's liver, and maintain that 

 if it is applied to the wound the patient will never be attacked 

 with hydrophobia. She-goat's dung, too, is highly spoken of, 

 applied with wine, as also the dung of the badger, cuckoo, and 

 swallow^ boiled and taken in drink. 



For bites inflicted by other animals, dried goats* milk cheese 

 is applied with origanum and taken with the drink ; and for 

 iDJuries caused by the human^^ teeth, boiled beef is applied ; 

 veal, however, is still more efficacious for the purpose, provided 

 it is not removed before the end of four days. 



CHAP. 44. — REMEDIES TO BE ADOPTED AGAINST ENCHANTMENTS. 



The dried muzzle of a wolf, they say, is an eifectual preser- 

 vative against the malpractices of magic ; and it is for this 

 reason that it is so commonly to be seen fastened to the doors of 

 farm-houses. A similar degree of efficacy, it is thought, 

 belongs to the skin of the neck, when taken whole from the 

 animal. Indeed, so powerful is the influence of this animal, 

 in addition to what we have already ^^ stated, that if a horse 



^2 Cloquet says that the application would be useless. 

 P In B, viii. c. 34. 



