3o5 The Art of Farriert 



mour'd he has got a Nojirum or never-failing Secret 

 for the Cure of thefe venomous Bites. And upon, 

 taking fuch Pill, Powder, Bolus, or Draught, the 

 deluded Traveller returns with Mens Sana in Corpore 

 Sana ; although 'tis ten, nay I may fay, a hundred 

 to one, that fuch Dog was not really mad, or that 

 if he were fo, the Saliva or Slaver did not get into 

 the Blood of the Perfon, who fancied hinifelf bit ; 

 and if it did not, I am fure no evil Accident would 

 follow upon fuch Bite. Yet fuch People fay that 

 if it do no Good, it can do no Harm ; true, but then 

 why ihould a Pack of ignorant Fellows have the 

 Credit of curing thefe venomous Bites with their 

 Ncjlrums and Nonfenfe, when the Operation of the 

 very Poifon itfelf, as well as the Methods by which 

 it is prevented from doing Harm, are truly mecha- 

 nical, as has been fuihciently fiiewn by Dr. Mead 

 in his Eflay on Poifons. 

 The firft The firft Symptom of Madnefs in m.oft Animals, 

 |Wcm oCis an unufual Trepidation or Trembling. 

 A true' Be- '^^^^ Diagnojiick Signs of a Dog truly mad, are 

 fcription of Hunger and Thirll:, yet he will not eat or drink, 

 a Mad Dog. except when the Difiemper is in its iirft Stage. His 

 Eyes are fierce and flaming ; he hangs down his 

 Ears, thruils out his Tongue, froths much at the 

 Mouth, barks at his Shadow, runs along fad and 

 anxious, often breathes as if tired with running, 

 carries his Tail bent inwards without any Difference ; 

 he runs again ft ail he meets with Force, and bites 

 running in a hafty and uncertain Courfe. 



N. B. All Dogs that are well have fo much Senfe 

 of the Danger, that they fly away both at the Sight 

 and Barking of one that is mad. 

 Mr, Gilfoirs Mr. Gil;/on tells us, ** that the Biting of a Mad- 

 Account of (( j)Qg j's not fo poifonous as fuppofed, but only as 

 a mad Dog " '^°^^ Creatures are apt to ftrike their Jaws with 

 ** great Force, whereby they fometimes wound and 

 ** bruife the Sinews and nervous Parts ; but that 

 " the Bite of an Adder is plainly venomous and 

 *' deadly from many Inftances both among Men and 

 ** Brutes.'* Now 



