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would hardly be believed that there could be found a 

 family in respectable life so totally devoid of any of 

 the common principles of humanity, as never to ex- 

 press one regret, nor to make one inquiry after the 

 effects of an accident that they themselves were the 

 immediate though the innocent cause of: but such 

 was the fact, and, was it not so glaring, it would never 

 have appeared here. Being myself endangered, my 

 attention was awakened to the value of any preven- 

 tive remedy (if it could be proved really so) against 

 this dreadful malady, particularly in such cases where, 

 from the depth of the wound, its situation, or other 

 circumstances, the application of the knife or actual 

 cautery might not be advisable. To endeavour to as- 

 certain the grounds on which the reputation of this 

 remedy stood, I went to Watford, and prosecuted 

 my inquiries with such success, that from one of the 

 two brothers who had dispensed the medicine I gained 

 the original receipt, and w hich had been verified on 

 oath before a magistrate. As rabies was then ex- 

 tremely common, I lost no time, but detailed the re- 

 medy, with all I had learned relative to it, in the 

 Medical Review for December 1807, where the form 

 of the original receipt and mode of preparation may 

 be seen at length. The following is tlie form under 

 which I have long prepared this remedy, and which, 

 after a long course of experiment, I find the best : 

 Take of the fresh leaves of the tree box. .2 ounces 



Of the fresh leaves of rue 2 ounces 



Of sape |- an ounce 



Chop these fine, and boil in a pint of water to half a 

 pint ; strain carefully, and press out the liquor firmly: 

 beat the in^^redieiits then in a mortar, and put tiiem 



