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cafe in this fpecies of animal always hews itfelf in five or fix 

 weeks ; and concludes from hence, that this dreadful mahdy 

 might be annihilated by making all the dogs in Great Britain 

 perform a kind of quarantine, by fhutting them up for a certain 

 number of weeks. Though the difeafe from the bite of the mad 

 dog is perhaps more analogous to thofe from the wounds inflict- 

 ed by venomous animals than to thofe from other contagious 

 matter, yet thefe dbfervations are well worthy further atten- 

 tion ; which the author promifes. 



In Dr, Hamilton's elaborate treatjfe on hydrophobia, Long- 

 man, London, it is propofed to try the effedT: of arfenic in this dii- 

 eafe, which is faid to be the principal ingredient of the TVinjore 

 pill, which is faid to cure thofe who are difeafed by the bite of 

 ferpents, and to cure the hydrophobia, 



A folution of fublimate of mercury in rectified fpirits is 

 worthy a trial, as mentioned in CJafs I. 3. i. i 1. 





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