Dogs Difcafcs Remedied , and their 

 j Hurts Healed, according to the beft 



Prefcriptions of Ancient and Modern 



Huntfmen. 



Cf a Five-fold Madnefi in a Dog : the Symp- 

 toms of the Maladies i and their CV RE. 



THe ancients have derived Kabies^ Madnels, from 

 Kavies, hoarfenefs of voice, for mad dogs have no 

 perfed voice : bat it is more probable, that Kabies Com- 

 eth a Capiendo; becaufc when a dog beginneth to go 

 mad, he biteth, runneth, fnatcheth, and roves to and 

 fro, to his own perdition. A mad dog is moft dange- 

 rous in the Dog-days i for at that time the very foam 

 or fpittle falling on a man breeds danger. 



There are properly fevcn forts of Madnefles which 

 afflidt a dog, whereof two of them are incurable, and 

 therefore I (hall fpeak little of them •, onely fo much 

 as may give you warning to (hift them from your other 

 dogs, becaufe their difeafe is infectious > and that you 

 may beware of them your felf, left they injure you j for 

 their biting is dangerous. 



The hrlt of thefe incurable MadnefTes is called the 

 Hot burning Madnejl , and is known by thefe fymp- 

 toms. Firft, when they run, they raife their tails bolt- 

 upright, and run upon any thing that ftands before 

 them, having no refped where nor which way they 

 run : alfo their mouths will be very black, having no 

 {ozm in nor about them. They will not continue 

 thus above three or four days, after which time they 

 die, their pain being fo intolerable. Where note, that 



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