IMPROVED. 3it 



You fee Dr. Bates was, like the Reft of the 

 World, infatuated with an odd Number, or elfe he 

 has orderM it fo to be taken in Compliance with the 

 old Ufe and Cuftom, which I muft own I ihall not 

 undertake to alter ; though I hope I am at Liberty 

 to ufe my Senfes and judge reafonably, let old Ufe 

 and Cuftom do as they pleafe. 



There is one Mr. Hill of Ormeskirk in Lanca- Mr. ttV/'s 

 Pifircy who pretends to a rare Secret for the Cure of Secret for 

 <venomous Bites, particularly thofe of a mad Dog, ^ m^d^DoJ 

 mad Caty &c. and I am told, his Medicine is in not always' 

 Form of a Powder ; though I can't fay it was ever fuccefsftil. 

 pretended to cure any one when the Symptoms of 

 Madnefs had really feized them, notwithftanding I 

 had the Curiofity to make a ftrift Enquiry of it3 

 Succefs. But I was told, that the late Earl of Der- 

 by had moft of his Hounds bit by a Mad-Dog : And 

 as Knon.vsley, the prefent Seat of that Ancient and 

 Noble Family, is in the Neighbourhood of Ormes- 

 kirk, his Lordftiip thought fit to try Mr. Hill's Se- 

 cret. An equal Number of them took the Powder, 

 and as many more, equally affedled as far as could 

 be judged, took the Decoftion of Rue, Garlick, &c. 

 as aforefaid, by the Management and Direflion of 

 Mr. Serjeant, the then Cook at Knonv/ley, from 

 whom I had the Account. In fine. Five out of 

 Nine of Mr. Hill's died, and thofe under the Cook's 

 Care all recover'd. But then it may be objeded, 

 that Mr, Hill's Secret does not operate upon Men 

 and Dogs in the fame Manner ; but fuch Objeftion 

 would, to any Man of Senfe, look very abfurd and 

 ridiculous, feeing, as I have often hinted, nothing 

 is more fure than that the Operation of Medicine is 

 mechanical, and that therefore it will e61 by the 

 fame known Powers, let the Subjeft be Human or 

 Brute Creature. Dr. Lyjier has treated very learn- 

 edly upon thefe venomous Bites, Iffc. 



Sir William Hope, Author of Tros Complete Horfe- 

 man or Perfe^ Farrier, ha£ here and there fet down 

 fomething in the curative Way worth obferving ; 



but 



