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seed, ass's milk, garlic and rue/' After his first 

 suggestion, as to " the only cure by knocking a mad 

 dog on the head/' we are surprised at his recom- 

 mending such ridiculous nostrums as those above 

 cited, for the cure of that malady which he had 

 pronounced previously to be incurable ; and as for 

 the seven sorts of madness, these are simply the 

 seven phases, or stages, of the disease. Of Markham 

 — who could give a very fair account of hounds and 

 hunting, evidently in this respect a practical man, 

 although not a foxhunter of the present school — we 

 might have expected better things than this loosely- 

 strung list of remedies for rabies cani?ia. The only 

 excuse to be made for him is, that it must have been 

 inter pocula when such crazy notions entered into 

 his head, and we have an idea that " ass's milk " 

 did not form a component part of his breakfast, 

 although it is more than probable that filberts and 

 figs were largely indulged in after dinner, and not 

 disagreeing with his happy digestion, he recommends 

 them to his mad patients. 



To show the medical talent in olden time, we give 

 the opinion of Leonard Mascal, who flourished in 

 the reign of James I., and had the honour of 

 attending that learned monarch : — 



'* In hounds and dogs which fall mad, the cause 

 is that black choler hath the mastery in his body, 

 which choler once roused in them through vehement 

 heat, it overcometh the body, and maketh him to 

 run mad. For the black choler, which is so strong, 

 infecteth his brain, and so from thence goeth to all 

 the other members, and maketh him venemous." 



