932 DISEASES AND THEIE TREATMENT. 



presently gets down, gnaws at his own legs or sides, snaps at 

 anything that is pushed towards him, gets up and runs with 

 open mouth at any one who goes near him ; palsy of the hind 

 legs is apt to supervene ; thirst is excessive ; and the act of swal- 

 lowing apparently difficult. 



Treatment. According to all medical authorities, curative 

 treatment is hopeless, and they advise that the important point is to 

 prevent it. When an animal is known to have been bitten by a 

 mad dog, a string should at once be tightly tied above the injury, 

 and the bitten part cut out or burned with the cautery or nitric 

 acid, and some stimulant, such as good brandy, freely given ; the 

 same treatment is applicable to all animals. 



A RECIPE FOR ITS CURE. 



When in Southern Pennsylvania a few years ago, it became 

 known to me that there was a recipe that had been used in that 

 neighborhood for years, which was claimed to be a certain cure 

 for hydrophobia. It had been kept a great secret by the man 

 who used it, who, upon dying, gave it to his sons. These going 

 into the army, one of them was seriously wounded, and, with his 

 brother, who was sick with fever, was confined to the hospital at 

 Washington. Their condition being serious, the citizens of the 

 town, Hanover, valuing the recipe so highly, and fearing it 

 would be lost in the event of their death, appointed a committee 

 to go to Washington and obtain the recipe, when it was pub- 

 lished in the county papers. Learning of its value, I made a 

 great effort at considerable expense to obtain it, and was only 

 able to get it by paying for it liberally. 



Some time afterward, in stating the facts to Mr. Warren, he 

 claimed to have a remedy that he knew to be specific for hydro- 

 phobia ; that he had used and seen it used for over twenty years, 

 upon a variety of cases with perfect success ; but having pledged 

 himself not to reveal the secret, I could not obtain it of him. He 

 finally said if I would let him see mine, if it were like his, he 

 would say so. I read it to him, when he admitted it was an 

 exact transcript of his. This added greatly to its value in my 

 estimation, as Mr. Warren is among the most honest, conscientious 

 men I ever met. The recipe I here give, with Mr, Warren's 

 statements of the facts at the close ; 



