of VenoAious Bites, Gfr. 3 ly 



it fliould be kept open for forty days at 

 lead with a piece of fponge, or orrice 

 root fmeared over with the precipitate 

 ointment, or that prepared with Spanifh 

 flies : thefe feem to be the chief external 

 remedies to be depended on. 



Internally, for bites from vipers, may The in- 

 be given cordial medicines, fuch as Ve- ^^^"^^ ^^- 

 Bice treacle and fait of hartfhorn, an ounce bites from 

 of the former, with a dram of the latter, vipers. 

 every night for a week •, or where it can 

 be afforded, a proportionate quantity of 

 the famous Tonquin remedy of mufk and 

 cinnabar, fo much recommended in bites 

 from infeded animals. 



To prevent the tragical effeds of the Dr.Mead's 

 bite from a mad doe;, sive the above ^^'^}^,^ 

 medicines ; or the method recommended for bites' 

 by Dr. Mead may be purfued in the fo\- fiom mad 

 lowing manner : take away three quarts ^°ss« 

 of blood, and give the hcrfe night and 

 morning half an ounce of afh-coloured 

 ground liverwort, and a quarter of an 

 ounce of pepper ; this remedy may be 

 continued a week, or ten days, when 

 the horfe fhould be plunged into a river, 

 or pond, every morning, for a- month or 

 fix weeks. 



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