232 BITE OF A MAD DOG. 



CHAP. LV. 



BITE OF A MAD DOG. 



The following recipes have been much recom- 

 mended in the bite of a mad dog. 



(RECIPE, No. 170.) 



Take — Rue leaves, and the leaves of the shrub box, 



dried and powdered, of each three ounces 



and a half; 



Savin leaves, dried and powdered, two drachms : 



To be given in a quart of warm ale to the horse. 



for three or four successive mornina;s. 



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Or, 



(RECIPE, No. 171.) 



Take — Garlic heads, and rue leaves, dried and pow- 

 dered, of each three ounces and a half; 



Pewter, in powder, two ounces and a half; 



Oyster-shells, prepared, three ounces and a half; 



Savin leaves, dried and powdered, two drachms : 



To be given to a full grown beast in a quart of 

 warm ale. 



This drink may be repeated every other day for 

 three times. The most effectual method of cure, 

 is (if the part will admit of it), instantly to cut 

 out the part bitten, and afterwards to cauterize 



