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Breafts of others ; he applyed nothing to one of the 
Pullets, and it dyed within three Minutes and a half, as 
I remember but I think they all recovered to which 
he applyed the Snake-ftones, though they turned won- 
derful pale, their Combs, &c. immediately, and they 
became extream fick, and purged within half an hour, 
and the next Morning all their Flefli was turned green 
to a wonder, neverthelefs they recovered by degrees : 
The manner of the Application was only by laying on 
the Stone, and by two crofs-bits of a very (licking Dia- 
cu Inm Phiihr binding it on, which he let not lye on 
paft an hour or two, but I think not fo long, took the 
Stone off, and put it into Milk for fome time ; fome 
Stones were of much ftronger Vertue than others. I 
propofed a piece of unquench'd Lime-ftone to be apply 'd 
CO fee whether it might not prove as powerful, but 
know not whether ever it was tryed but here on tel- 
ling Mr. By'/^ the Story of t\\\s Indian, he approved 
the Method of Cure, and faid, an adtual Cautery was 
the moft certain Cure. Tne Poifon, both of Viper and 
Mad-Dog (as I conceive) kill by thickning of the Blood, 
after the manner that Runnet congeals Milk when they 
make Cheefe. Vipers, and all the Viperous Brood, as 
Rattle-Snakes, ^c. that are deadly, have I believe their 
Poifonous Teeth Fiftulous, for fo I have obferved that 
Vipers Teeth are, and the Rattle-Snakes very remark- 
able, and therefore they kill fo very fpeedily by inject- 
ing the Poifon through thofe Fiflulous Teeth into the 
very Mafi of Blood ; but the Bite of Mad-Dogs is oft 
of long continuance before it get into and corrupt the 
Mafs of Blood, being it flicks only to the out-fides of 
the Teeth, and therefore when they bite through any 
thicknefs of Cloaths, it rarely proves Mortal, theCloaths. 
wiping the Poifon off before it come to the Flelh. A 
Girle that was bit. about New-Tears Day, continued well 
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