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 into a pint of new milk; boil again to iialf a pint; 

 strain as before ; mix both the liquors, which forms 

 three doses for a human subject. Double this quan- 

 i tity is proper for a horse or cow ; two thirds of the 

 quantity is sufficient for a large dog, calf, sheep, or 

 hog ; half the quantity for a middling sized dog ; and 

 one third for a small dog. The quantity above 

 directed makes three doses for a human person, 

 which are given, one every morning fasting. Ani- 

 mals are treated m a similar manner, according to 

 their proportions, as directed. In the human sub- 

 ject I have never found it produce any effects what- 

 ever. The old recipe directs that it should be taken 

 two or three hours before rising in the morning, 

 which is not a bad plan, because it will be less likely 

 to be brought up again, which so large and nauseous 

 a dose might otherwise be. Neither in any animal, 

 except the dog, have I ever witnessed any strong effect 

 from the exhibition of this reaiedy ; but in dogs I 

 have frequently seen it produce considerable affection : 

 in two or three it has proved fatal ; bat as I conceive 

 that it should shew its effects on the constitution to be 

 certain, and as at the same time it is prudent to guard 

 ugamst the effects being too violent, so our plan is 

 always to begin with a smaller dose, and to go on in- 

 creasing it every morning till it shews its effects by 

 sickness of the stomach, panting, and evident uneasi- 

 ness. 



I have given this remedy in one bundred and 

 thirty-five cases, forty-five of which were human per- 

 sons, eight were horses, a few sheep and hogs, and 

 the rest were dogs : but the whole had been unques- 

 tionably bitten by dogs actually mad. Out of this 



