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will be prevented; and of this I have seen some very 

 striking and conclusive instances. 



The five curable madnesses are the following : 



1. Falling Madness, 



So called on account of its lying in the dog's head. 

 This disease makes the animal reel and fall down, and 

 is often mistaken for fits. To cure this disorder, 

 take four ounces of the juice of briony, and the same 

 quantity of the juice of peony, with four drachms of 

 staves-acre pulverized : mix these together, and give 

 it the dog with a drenching-horn. Also bleed him in 

 the ears, and in the two veins that come down 

 his shoulders. 



2. Sleeping Madness. 



In this disorder the dog appears very drowsy, and 

 seems to wish to sleep continually, which is caused 

 by little worms that are bred in the mouth of the 

 stomach, from corrupt humours and vapours, the 

 fumes of which ascend to the head : to cure which, 

 take six ounces of the juice of wormwood, two ounces 

 of the powder of hartshorn burnt, and two drachms 

 of agaric ; mix all these together in a little white 

 wine, and give it the animal with a drenching* 

 horn. 



3, Dumb Madness. 

 This disease lies in the blood, and causes the dog 



