Chap. 44.] EEMEDTES AGAINST ENCHANTMENTS. 331 
boiled with vinegar, is considered a most efficient remedy : in 
cases too, where a buprestis has been swallowed, bacon and the 
broth in which it has been boiled, are highly efficacious. Nay, 
what is even more than this, if a person applies his mouth to 
an ass's ear, and says that he has been stung by a scorpion, the 
whole of the poison, they say, will immediately pass away 
from him and be transferred to the animal. All venomous 
creatures, it is said, are put to flight by a fumigation made 
by burning an ass's lights. It is considered an excellent 
plan too, to fumigate persons, when stung by a scorpion, with 
the smoke of burnt calves' dung. 
CHIP. 43. REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE MAD DOG. REMEDIES 
DERIVED FROM THE CALF, THE HE-GOAT, AND VARIOUS OTHER 
ANIMALS. 
When a person has been bitten by a mad dog, it is the 
practice to make an incision round the wound to the quick, 
and then to apply raw veal to it, and to make the patient 
take either veal broth or hogs' lard, mixed with lime internally. 
Some persons recommend a he-goat's liver, and maintain that 
if it is applied to the wound the patient will never be attacked 
with hydrophobia. She- goat's dung, too, is highly spoken of, 
applied with wine, as also the dung of the badger, cuckoo, and 
swallow, boiled and taken in drink. 
For bites inflicted by other animals, dried goats' milk cheese 
is applied with origanum and taken with the drink ; and for 
ic juries caused by the human^^ teeth, boiled beef is applied ; 
veal, however, is still more efficacious for the purpose, provided 
it is not removed before the end of four days. 
CHAP. 44. REMEDIES TO BE ADOPTED AGAINST ENCHANTMENTS. 
The dried muzzle of a wolf, they say, is an effectual preser- 
vative against the malpractices of magic ; and it is for this 
reason that it is so commonly to be seen fastened to the doors of 
farm-houses. A similar degree of efficacy, it is thought, 
belongs to the skin of the neck, when taken whole from the 
animal. Indeed, so powerful is the influence of this animal, 
in addition to what we have already^^ stated, that if a horse 
^2 Cloquet says that the application would be useless. 
" In B. viii. c. 34. 
