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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
watch narrowly at this season; and if dogs refuse to feed 
and drink, become melancholy, give up barking, murmur, and 
are peevish, and have their ears and tail dropping more than 
usual, and retire into some remote corner, there are strong 
reasons to suspect the approach of madness. Those seen in 
this state should immediately be removed from the kennel, 
and tied up in some secure place. The next appearance 
which dogs exhibit in this complaint is drowsiness, with 
watery and heavy eyes, lolling out of the tongue, and froth- 
aig at the mouth. These symptoms are followed by the 
animals becoming restless; and if not confined, they will take 
to running and panting, appear dejected, and will attempt to 
bite any living creature they meet. In this melancholy 
state a dog will roam about for two or three days, when, 
from exhaustion, occasioned by the want of food, he falls a 
victim to this disease. 
Precaution. —When a person is bitten by a mad dog, the 
wound should be immediately burnt with lunar caustic ; 
but the most effectual way to prevent the poison from get¬ 
ting into the system, is to cut out the piece of muscle which 
has been bitten. 
BITES OF VIPERS. 
If the part is rubbed immediately with sweet-oil, the 
effect of the poison is destroyed; and the following composi¬ 
tion may be afterwards used :— 
Green elder ointment . 1 ounce, 
Savoin tree . .. 1 ounce. 
It not unfrequently happens that considerable swelling of 
the nead takes place after the bite of a viper; when this 
occurs, recourse should be had to bleeding, and purgative 
medicines. The following must be given, once a day, un¬ 
til the swelling subsides :— 
