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dic'me^ The caution which I have reGomriiended to yoii, 

 I flatter myself will preserve you from this dreadful ma- 

 lady ; a malady for which 1 know not how to recommend 

 a remedy. Several years ago I had a game-keeper much 

 bitten in the fleshy part of his thigh : a horse that was 

 bitten at the same time died raving mad : the man was 

 cured by Sir George Cob's medicine. I have heard that 

 the Ormskirk medicine is also very good. I have given 

 it to several people in my neighbourhood, and, I believe, 

 with success ; at least I have not, as yet, heard any thing 

 to the contrary. Though I mention these as the two most 

 -favourite remedies, I recommend neither. Somerville's 

 advice, which I have already given, is what I recommend 

 to you : if properly attended to, it will prevent the want of 

 any remedy. 



P. S. A Treatise on Canine Madness, written by Dr. 

 James, is worth your reading. You will find that he 

 prescribes the same remedy for the cure of madness in 

 dogs as I have mentioned here, but in different quantities. 

 I have, however, taken the liberty of recommending the 

 quantities above mentioned, as they have been known to 

 succeed in my neighbourhood, and as the efficacy of them 

 has been very frequently proved. 



