Book I. land of BARBADOS. 
In or about the Year 1741. a great Number of Dogs ran mad; and 
I obferved, that the Temperament of the Air, for many Months before, 
was very hot. In this Seafon, a great Number of Cattle, being bit by thefe 
Dogs, ran mad likewife. 
I cannot here omit inferting a very lucky unexpected Cure of a mad 
Cow, kelonging to lurdifs Fordan, Efg; in Sz. Lucy’s Parith. When 
found to be mad, fhe was confined ; but as the ufual Symptoms, attend- 
ing that terrible Diftemper, appeared more and more, and fhe growing 
to extreme Madnefs, the Owner determined to deftroy her ; but as the 
was a favourite Beaft, her Doom was refpited till he had tried the fol-. 
lowing Experiment. 
Having thrown her down upon a Dunghil, he dire@ed his Slaves to 
keep, by Force, her Mouth open, whilft he poured by Degrees down her 
Throat a large Pailful of cold Water. Ina fhort time after, fhe began to 
feed, and in about Twenty-four Hours drank Water as ufual, fully reco- 
vered, and remained {o. 
As this is a Matter of Fad, fufficiently attefted by that Gentleman, and 
his Family, I make no Apology for inferting it: Indeed I fhould have been 
inexcufable, if I had omitted fo extraordinary and furprifing a Circum- 
ftance ; for who knows but indulgent Providence may at laft point out 
fome Remedy againft fo dreadful a Calamity, and that the fame Method 
may be of Service towards the Cure of the human Species ? 
- It appears to me, at leaft, probable ; for even Nature, in Inftances not 
intirely diffimilar, points out fomething like this : Thus, when the Stomach 
is overloaded, it generally makes many Efforts to relieve itfelf by Vomits, 
which, when affifted by Art, prove often an effe@ual Remedy: And as 
we find, that the miferable Patient, when affliGed with this Diforder, hath 
an ardent Defire of Water, though the Nature of the Diftemper is fuch, 
that it will not permit him to drink ; therefore, if, in this Cafe, a confider- 
able Quantity of Water were forcibly poured down his Throat, perhaps it 
would be of great Service ; for as the Poifon is of a very hot Nature, 
which appears by the violent Thirft it caufes, it is more than probable, 
that fuch a Quantity of cold Water, mixing with the Virus, would, at 
leaft, abate its Force, till Sudorifics, or other Medicines, had time to 
expel and throw off the Poifon by Perfpiration, or otherwife : That fome 
Poifons, of an hot Nature, ac lef vigoroufly in Cold, than when affifted 
with Heat, is evident, from the more dangerous Confequence of the Bite 
of Scorpions and Vipers in Italy, and elfewhere, in an hot Summer Seafon, 
than in moderate cold Weather. 
As the Exgli/b Phyficians are no lefs remarkable for their Humanity, 
than Skill and Judgment, it is to be withed, that thefe ingenious Gentlemen 
would (in Pity even to the dumb Creation, as well as to their Fellow- 
Creatures) try this Experiment firft on Beafts 3 which if fuccefsful, it 
might likewife be of Service to the human Species, under fuch deplorable 
Circumftances. 
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