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of lint molftened over the fait and fcarlfi cation, and 
difmilTed his patient, who the next morning re- 
turned. The ligature was continued, neverthelefs 
the tumefadion was greatly abated ; the dreffing be^ 
fore applied was renewed, and the perfon recovered 
without any further application. This perhaps, to- 
gether with the former inftance may ferve to 
eftablifo the truth of its efficacy. 
* This was a perfon, under the care of Mr. Strong, a fur- 
geon in New England, who in the year 1761 was bitten by a 
rattle fnake in the left foot, between the great toe and the next. 
He immediately perceived a ficknefs at the ftomach, which con- 
tinued fome time. Scariftcadons .were diredlly made, by cut- 
ting the fkin, pulled up by an awl, formed into a hook for that 
purpofe. The firft application was fine fea fait, which was 
plentifully fprinkled and rubbed in and about the wound and 
fcarification. Thefe were done in the fpace of about two mi- 
nutes after the wound was made. Then a puldce made of 
, burdock-root pounded, and mixt with a large portion of fea 
fait, was applied to the wound, and another of blood-root was 
bound about his leg a little below the knee. In the mean time, 
the patient took inwardly faffron and water, in which was 
‘fteeped the bark of white afh, which caufed him to vomit. The 
confequence of the wound was a tumefadlion, which was 
greateft in the foot, but extended to the knee, where it ended. 
‘ After thefe applications, nothing remarkable was obferved in the 
wound. They were continued for two days, and the patient 
perfeilly cured. Mr. Strong fuppofed the fait to be the princi* 
pa! ingredient, which efFe^ed the cure. 
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