256 POISON BITES OF VIPERS, &C. 



When the inflammation is completely removed^ 

 rub the parts with the following embrocation : 



RECIPE. 



Soft soap . . . . .1 ounce. 



Spirit of wine . . . .1 ditto. 



Oil of turpentine . . . .1 ditto. 



Green elder ointment . .1 ditto. 



POISON. 



GIVE, as soon as possible, 



Emetic tartar, dissolved in warm water, 15 grains; 



and, after this has taken effect, 



Castor oil . . . .2 ounces ; 



keeping the dog warm during its operation. 



BITES OF VIPERS, &c. 



APPLY the following mixture : 



Green elder ointment, and savin ointment, equal quantities. 

 Let the dog be kept on a low and cool diet. 



I have been told, by a friend in Norfolk, that the 

 fat of vipers, taken out, boiled down, and kept (like 



to the old game-laws. On the contrary, though I wished them 

 at all events to be made clear, yet I always disapproved of them. 



" The medical advice in the diseases of dogs is rational, hut 

 we would not advise any one to depend on the Turpeth mineral, 

 as a cure for madness." This is Mr. Beckford's remedy, and 

 merely quoted by me.] " In the embrocation for strains, the 

 water should be omitted, and the quantity of vinegar doubled. 

 Distilled vinegar, decomposing the lead entirely, makes the 

 neatest, if not the most efficacious medicine." 



