IMPROVED. 30J 



in this Cafe had not a fair Chance to grapple with 

 the Dirtemper : Therefore I made ufe of it in more 

 €:Ay and flight Cafe5, where the Part feemM to 

 threateji a Gangrene, or Mortification, from a De- 

 cay of Spirits, or for want of natural Heat, as I 

 faid before. For if an inflamed Tumour too fud- 

 denly grows cold, then this Drug no doubt yields 

 •Relief, by mechanically promoting the Firmnefs 

 and Elafticity of all the Animal Fibres : And there- 

 fore thofe Horfes which happen to be wounded in 

 Engagements, it may not be improper ("if they are 

 worth rearing) to give them a Pound of Bark by 

 Ounces twice a Day, mixed with Beer or the like, 

 and a little Venice Treacle along with it. 



CHAP, xxxvn. 



0/ Venomous Bites, as of the Mad Dog, kz. in 

 Horfes. 



I Do not know any Thing more dangerous in 

 Englcmd than the Bite of a Mad-Dog or Viper, 

 but very few Misfortunes (thank God) happen from 

 the Latter, though there are many from the Former. 

 And befides, the Bite of our \^iper is nothing like 

 fo deadly a Bite, as thofe m hotter Countries, {<viz.}\ 

 Italy, i^c. 



Before I proceed to the Cure of the Bite of a The Signs 

 Mad-Dog, it may HOt be improper to give feme p-' ^^ ad nefs 

 Account how a Perfon may know when a Dog is ^" ^ ^°S' 

 really mad ; for I am fatisfied many poor Curs are 

 faid to be fo, after they have been abufed and 

 tumbled in the Dirt, when in Fa6l the People that 

 follow to deftroy them are the madder of the tv«'0 ; 

 and whomfoever fuch innocent Cur happens to bite 

 in his own Defence mull be deem'd forfooth bit by 

 a Mad-Dog, and thereupon travels Scores of Miles 

 with his wife Head, to apply for Relief to fome 

 ignorant Fellow as filly as himfelf, o»ly it is ru- 



mour'd. 



