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ART. XVI. 
On the Narore of the Drszasz occasioned by the 
Bite of a Mav-Doc: 
Shewing the Caufe why the Means hitherto employed have 
proved ineffe€tual, and why a more certain Method of 
Prevention and Cure ought to be adopted. 
To which is prefixed, a Letter to the Author from Count 
Leopotp De BercuToxp, on the efficacy of Olive Oil. 
(By A. Foruerciit, M.D. F.R.S.) 
Occafio preceps. | Hirroc. 
Principiis obfta, fero medicina paratur. Ovip. 
“TO DR. FOTHERGILL. 
“< DEAR SIR, London, Sept. 30, 1798. 
rt I Shall not fail to make the beft ufe in my power 
of your very interefting g publication i in Germany? 
as well as in other countries. 
** Tam overjoyed to read the account of the cure of 
zr. C and his nurfe, by the application of 
olive oil; and am fully convinced, that the following 
advice to ufe olive oil, as foon as an accident happens, 
ought to be followed. 
** It has been mentioned, in the Gazettes of Ham- 
burgh in the year 1792, that Dr. Loor, an Englith 
phyfician, formerly eftablifhed in Holland, has faved 
the lives of feveral people bit by mad-dogs, by giving 
them inwardly pure olive oil, made into a jelly, by 
mixing 
