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mine Pulvis antilyflbs dicStus, ex asquali hujus Mufci & Piperis nigri 

 quantitate compofitus, aflervatur in Officinis Londinenfibus, de quo 

 vid. Tranfadt.Phil.Ann.i 597. Num.23<$. p.49. unde habent, qux de 

 eo Bobartus in Hift.Ox. & Daleus in Pharmac.SuppI. p. 44. referunt. 



Rich. Mead, Archiatrus, retuUt mihi, omnigena fe in praxi fua 

 locupletiflima tentafl^e medicamina, ad canis rabidi morfus fympto- 

 mata prascavenda, fed irrito fucceflu, huic vero herbse efficacem in- 

 efle vim antilyfl^am, fi tempeftive devoretur, & difleruit porro lauda- 

 tus Vir, quod optandum foret, ut in aliis morbis asque certas medicinse 

 notSB eflTent. De cujus ufu in commune bonum fequentem fchedulam 

 typis exprimi curavit. 



A certain CURE for the Bite of a Mad Dog. 



Let the Patient be blooded at the Arm nine or ten Ounces. 



^^Take of the Herb calld in Latin Lichen cinereus terreftris, in 

 '^Englijh Afh-colour"dGround Liverwort, cleand^ dryd^ and porvderdy 

 '■'■half an Ounce. Of black Pepper powderd two Drachms, 



*-^Mix theje weJl together and divide the Powder into four Dofes, one 

 ^^of which muji be taken every Morning^ fafi^^g-> frfour Mornings fuC' 

 ^^cejffiveiy, m half aPint of Cows Mtlk warm. After thcfe four Dofes 

 ^^are taken^ the Patient muft go into the ColdBath, or a coldSpring, or 

 *^ I^ver^ every Mornmg fafting., for a Month : He muft be dipt all over^ 

 '•^but not ftay in (with his Head above IVater) longer than halfa Minute^ 

 *-*-ifthe Water be very cold. After this he muft go in three Times a Week 

 *-'-for a Fortnight longer." 



Synonyina; Lichenis fpecies foliis latioribus cinerei coloris Thal. Sylv. p,7^. 



nom. in defcr. Lichenum generali. 



Mufcus faxatilis hepaticus cinereus Schwenkf. Cat. . nom. 



Mufcus faxatilis, Hepaticse facie Scheeff. Del.HaL 



Lichen terreftris cinereus T^/. Cat.Pl.AnglL p.i^^. LLp.i2^. d. 



hr. Syn.St.Br.L p. 14.. n.i. IL p.z^.n.i.f. d, Hift.I. p.iij- «.i.d. br. 



LILp.27. 



Mufcus pulmonarius terreftris, five Lichen cinereus terreftris I^yll. 

 Vir.Dan. p.io$ . 



Lichen terreftris cinereus, per longitudinem laciniatus, apicibus 

 rubris orbiculatis Pluk.Alm. p.216. 



Lichen pulmonarius faxatilis, digitatus, major Tourn.Hift.PlPar. 

 ^.482. d. br. 



Mufco fungus terreftris latifolius cinereus, Hepaticse facie Hift. 

 0x.IILp.6i2. n.i. SeU.XV. Tab.7. Sera.fi* med.cum d. br. Mufcus 

 terreftris Hepaticas facie vulgo Ibid. Lichen 



