404 THE FARMER'S AND 



HYDROPHOBIA, OR CANINE MADNESS, CURED. 



The following remedy (says a certain author) has been 

 successfully used by the sporting gentry in Ireland, 

 whose hounds sometimes get in a rabid state. The ex- 

 periment was made soon after a dog had bitten a number 

 of his comrades. All the dogs bitten but one had the 

 remedy administered, and showed no signs of madness. 

 But the one which did not take the remedy, died in a 

 rabid state. This was a fair experiment. 



AN INTERNAL REMEDY FOR HYDROPHOBIA. 



Take six ounces filings of pewter; six ounces rue, 

 the herb, pulverized ; ./bi \ ounces garlic; four ounces 

 mithridate, or venice treafci ; cut the rue and garlic fine 

 or small, mix the whole in three quarts of strong beer, 

 put the same articles in a vessel that can be stopped tight ; 

 put it into a pot of cold water. If the vessel containing 

 the ingredients be of glass, wind a rope of hay round it 

 to prevent its breaking when boiling. Let it simmer for 

 three or four hours over a slow fire. Then take the in- 

 side vessel out of the pot of water, and pour out the con- 

 tents, and strain and nress, or squeeze the strength out of 

 the herbs, and b> Ue the liquid for use cork it well. 

 Dose : For a dog, m table-spoonful the first day ; two 

 the second day ; ire-3 the third day ; four the fourth 

 day ; and five the fifth day. Then, for four days more, 

 give fivetable-spoo isful for a dose each day, making nine 

 days in all. The same remedy to be taken, and in the 

 same way, by man, woman, or child. Children take the 

 remedy in proportion, under twelve years of age. To be 

 taken in the morning. The sooner the remedy is applied 

 after the bite the better. Poultice the wound with the 

 warm ingredients, squeezing the wound. This has the 

 appearance of a valuable remedy. Try it. 



