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goosegrease) is a never failing remedy for this, and 

 almost every other, poison ; but that it gives pain on 

 the first application. From the confidence I have 

 in every thing which this gentleman states, I am in- 

 duced to insert the recipe ; but, not having tried it, 

 I cannot answer for its efficacy. 



BITE OF A MAD DOG. 



IF a dog is bitten, or suspected to have been 

 bitten by a mad dog, let him immediately be con- 

 veyed, with the greatest caution, to some very de- 

 tached place ; and, in the latter case, if no remedy 

 is used, a short time will determine whether he has 

 been bitten or not. 



The following is the recipe preferred by Mr. Beck- 

 ford, than which, it is generally considered, nothing 

 can be more effectual. (That is to say, if any me- 

 dicine in existence can be depended on for this horrid 

 disorder.) It is simply 



Turpeth's mineral*, 1st morning . . . 8 grains. 



2d morning . . . 16 grains. 



, 3d morning ... 32 grains. 



The dog should be bled the day previous to taking 

 the first dose ; which, as well as the others, should 

 be given on an empty stomach. He may have warm 

 broth or pot liquor in the afternoon ; but nothing 



* Strong doses of this medicine from fifteen to thirty grains, 

 for two or three days successively have been recommended in 

 violent pases of the distemper, and performed great cures. 



