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commonly called the Scarf-shn^ be found and whole, 

 it is of fuch a Nature, that it will not eafily admit 

 any Thing to pafs through it inwardly, as may be 

 feen every Day in the Application of Epifpajlick or 

 Bliiler-Plaifters, which feldom caafe the Strangury, 

 unlefs fome of the Flies be put on the Melilot Piaif- 

 ter after the outermoft Skin is removed. And then 

 indeed the Ends of the Blood- VefTels, &c. are un- 

 guarded, and the fmall Particles of Flies enter, and 

 fo ftimulate the Parts, that very frequently a great 

 Heal of Urine and Strangury are occafion'd, which 

 would continue loiiger if the Party did not drink 

 plentifully of fmall Liquors to wafh off the Flies by 

 the Kidneys, ^c 

 TwoBnys We have liliewlfe an Account of two Boys in 

 ^^^i^^M^ /rr/^^rt', who were in like Manner affcfted, only by 

 nei^, ot?Iy handling of a Wound in the Head of a Dog bit by 

 byhanl- another Mad- Dog : Though, as I faid before, we 

 ling A are not fure but thcfe Lads might have little Cuts or 



\Vcnin 1 in g^j-^g ^^Q^i their Fingers, by which the Venom 

 Head that ^'^Z^^ enter, and fo get into the Mafs of Blood. 

 had been I'ime will not permit me to run Divifions upon 



bit by a each of the Symptoms attending the Bite of a Mad- 

 Mad-Cog. '£>og, nor to tell the different Prefcriptions of emi- 

 nent Men upon the Subje-fl. Therefore I ih:\ll con- 

 tent my felf with fetting down the moll efFedual 

 Method yet known for the Cure. 

 The Cure. It is much doubted by the moH ingenious Men, 

 whether or no thsre is any Ciure for the Bite of a 

 Mad-Dog when the Venom has once taken Root, 

 but that the fame may be hindered from communi- 

 cating with the Mafs of Blood, if the Part affeded 

 be managed as it ought, no one lliould inake ths 

 leaft Scruple. And in order to this End,, let the 

 Wound as foon as poflible be cauteri^^ed with a hot 

 Iron ; and as Galen has recommended, let a Circle 

 be drawn with fuch Iron round the Wound pretty 

 deep, then wafh the Sore ^ith the following Mix- 

 ture. 



