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RABIES or. MADNESS. 



If a horso be bitten by a dog or horse tbat is 

 affectpd with rabies or madness^ the wound 

 should be well burned out with causl^c, (nitriate 

 of silver,) and on the third day after remove tbe 

 scab and repeat the operation. The caustic 

 should reach every part of the wound. 



The following remedy has often been admin- 

 isteredj and found effectual in nine cases out ^of 

 every ten. Take 



2 ounces of fresh leaves of tree-box, 



2 " ' '' of rue, 



i " sage, 

 * Chop these very fine and boil in a pint of water 

 down to half a pint; strain carefully, and press 

 out the liquor, put back the ingredients into a 

 pint of milk, and boil again to half a pint; 

 strain as before, mix both liquors, which forms 

 three doses for a human subject. Double, this 

 quantity for a horse or cow. Two-thirds of the 

 quantity is sufiicient for a large dog, half for a 

 .middling sized, and one-third for a small dog. 

 Three doses are sufficient each subsequent morn- 

 ing fasting, giving the quantity directed, being 

 that which forms these three doses. 



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