310 T^^ -^rt of Fa R R I E RY 



An Oint- Take the common green Ointment, prefcribed Pagt 



ment. 283, Hvo Ounces; Cantharides or Spanijh Flies in 



Powdery three Drachms, Mix. 



Immerfion During thefe Things, whether the Creature that 



in Salt is bitten be Man or Beaft, it is abfolutely neceffary 



celTary "^' ^° in^"^erfe them in Salt- Water ; but if that cannot 



conveniently be come at, any cold Spring may do, 



'till you can arrive at the Sea-Water. The deeper 



the Creature is plunged over Head the more efFedual 



will it prove ; for it is not altogether the Coldnefs, 



but the Weight of the Fluid which prelTes upon the 



Body in Immerfion, that does the Bufmefs. And 



it is therefore, that Salt Water in many Cafes is 



more beneficial than cold Bathing, by reafon it is 



much heavier. But as to the Number of Times 



proper to dip in the Salt Water, I am of Opinion 



Ten Times are better than Nine, though the iirll 



be an even and the latter an odd Number. 



The Secret A great deal of Stir has been made in the News 



fome Time feveral Times, with an Account of a pretended Se- 



Ne°ws"n(?^ cret for the Cure of the Bite of a Mad-Dog. And 



other than ^ knew fome Gentlemen who efteem'd the Thing 



Bjrci's Z)e- (before it came in the News) as a grand Or^netan 



coUum ad or Counter-Poifon ; whereas the Compofition is in 



^Morf,^^ Bates's Difpenfatory, under the Title o^i Decorum ad 



ann a 1 i. j^^^yj^^ Canis Rabidi. However, to fave the Reader 



the Trouble of looking into that Book, I fnall here 



write the Thing down, that thofe v/ho judge fit 



may try its EfHcacy ; and I mufl own the fame is 



well enough calculated for the intended Purpofes. 



A Decoc- Take Tops of Rue, fix Ounces ; Filings of Tin, 

 ^^^^^^}' ^'^^ London Treacle, and Garlick, of each four Ounces ', 

 nT^ Dos ^^^^^ ^^^' f°^^ Pounds or t-ivo ^arts : Boil to the 

 Confumption of one Half and digeji or let it fand 

 fwarm a nvhi'le, then f rain it. Dofe to a Man, fix 

 Spoonfuls t<zvice a Day for nine Days together, and 

 apply the Magma (or Herbs after they are fqueezed 

 out of the Liquor) to the JVound, 



Yoir 



