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int^ account, and // is worthy of note, only as auxiliary to 

 the more active means of excision and cauterization. 



" I liatl long known that a family of the name of Webb, liv- 

 ing in the neighborhood of Watford, prepared and sold what is 

 called a drink, as a remedy against rabies generally. The many 

 assurances I had received relative to its efficacy, supported by 

 facts apparently authentic and conclusive, gave me reason to 

 hope that it really possessed some preventive properties ; but, 

 till the year 1807, I had not embraced any opportunity of put- 

 ting its qualities to the test of experiment. About that time 

 madness proving very prevalent, and the public curiosity be- 

 coming very much excited on the subject, my attention was 

 awakened to the importance of such a remedy, even if it had 

 only some moderate pretensions. To endeavor, therefore, to 

 ascertain the grounds on which the reputation of this remedy 

 stood, I went to Watford, and prosecuted my inquiries wills 

 such surcess, that, from one of the two brothers who had dis- 

 pensed it, I gained the original recipe, which had been before 

 verified on oath before a magistrate. The public anxiety was 

 then such, that, united with the knowledge that I had particu- 

 larly directed my attention to the subject, it would have enabled 

 me to realize a very considerable sum, had I chosen to keep- 

 the recipe a secret, and vended the compound ; but no sucli 

 thought entered my mind. Humanity required that it should 

 be universally known ; and the day after I returned from Wat- 

 ford I communicated to the public at large, by various chan- 

 nels, the recipe, with all I could learn at that time of its opera 

 tion, &c. ; the original communication may be seen in full in 

 the Medical Review for December, 1807. The following me- 

 thod of preparing it is an improvement on the original for- 

 mula; the proportion and mode of administration agree witlt 

 the country instructions : — 



Take of the fresh leaves of the tree-box, - - 2 ounces. 

 Of the fresh leaves of rue, - - - - 2 ounces. 

 Of sage, half an ounce. 



