258 BITE OF A MAD DOG. 



BITES OF VIPERS, &c. 

 Apply the following mixture : 



Green elder ointment, and savin ointment, equal quantities. 

 Let the dog be kept on a low and cool diet. 



I have been told, by a friend in Norfolk, that the 

 fat of vipers, taken out, boiled down, and kept (like 

 goosegrease) is a never-failing remedy for this, and 

 almost every other, poison ; but that it gives pain on 

 the first application. From the confidence I have in 

 every thing which this gentleman states, I am induced 

 to insert the recipe ; but, not having tried it, I cannot 

 answer for its efficacy. 



BITE OF A MAD DOG. 



If a dog is bitten, or suspected to have been bitten 

 by a mad dog, let him immediately be conveyed, with 

 the greatest caution, to some very detached place ; and, 

 in the latter case, if no remedy is used, a short time will 

 determine whether he has been bitten or not. 



The following is the recipe preferred by Mr. Beck- 

 ford, than which, it is generally considered, nothing 

 can be more effectual. (That is to say, if any medicine 

 in existence can be depended on for this horrid disorder.) 

 It is simply 



Turpeth's mineral *, 1st morning .... 8 grains. 



, 2d morning . . . . 16 grains. 



, 3d morning .... 32 grains. 



The dog should be bled the day previously to taking the first dose; 

 which, as well as the others, should be given on an empty stomach. 



* Strong doses of this medicine from fifteen to thirty grains, for 

 two or three days successively have been recommended in violent 

 cases of the distemper, and performed great cures. 



