274 BITE OF A MAD DOG. 



Treatment and Method of Cure. 



This drink may be repeated every third day for 

 three times, and afterwards the day before the 

 moon is in the full, for three successive times. 

 The most effectual method of cure is (if the part 

 would admit of it), instantly to cut out the part 

 bitten, and afterwards to cauterize it with a hot 

 iron. The surrounding parts should be well 

 rubbed with the mixture (No. 167, p. 270), and 

 the w^ound dressed with (No. VZ7, p. 188), and 

 afterwards take pledgets of tow, and spread them 

 thick with the digestive ointment (No. 121, p. 

 182), and apply over the wound; fasten them on 

 the part with a proper ligature. Repeat the 

 dressings once a day until well. 



Such dogs as have been bitten by others of the 

 same species in a state of hydrophobia, were for- 

 merly treated with some success, by giving them 

 from eight to twelve grains of turpeth mineral, 

 mixed into a pill with conserve of roses. This pill 

 may be given to a dog once a day for three days 

 together, and repeated the night preceding the full 

 and change of two or three successive moons. 



