ON VENOMOUS BITES. 489 



The bite oF a viper or eft, is of far worfe 

 confequence ; not only the wounded part, but 

 fometimes the whole body will be confiderably 

 fwelled. Make a tight bandage above the 

 wound, if upon a limb : enlarge the wound 

 with a fmall (harp pointed cautery, avoiding 

 the tendons, and keep it open as long as the 

 venomous fymptoms remain, with fponge 

 fmeared with precipitate ointment, or orris 

 root prepared with Spanifli flies. Rub in 

 warm oil mixed with viper's fat, both to the 

 wound and the fwelled parts. Wafli with 

 ftrong vinegar, one pint ; muflard-feed, two 

 ounces; mix. Stop clofe a few. hours, and 

 ftrain. Drefs with warm ^gyptiacum, once 

 or twice a day. In fome cafes bleeding is re- 

 quired. The following drink every night for 

 a week. Venice treacle one ounce ; fait of 

 hartfliorn, one drachm ; cinnabar of antimony, 

 half an ounce; fweet oil, three ounces in warm 

 ale. Drinks of wormwood, rue, and fcordium. 

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On that mofl dreadful of all maladies, Ca- 

 nine Madness, no new difcoveries have 

 been made, excepting that the hydrophobia, or 

 dread of water, is not a peculiar confequence, 

 or fymptcm of the rabid poifon, although its 

 general attendant ; but merely fym pathetic af- 

 fe6lion from a pained tendon, analogous to 

 th^ t el amis, or locked jaw. Hydrophobia has 



been 



