Recipes for the Bite of Mad Dogs, &c. Laponne; by him it was recom- The If the perfon bit is of an healthy, fanguine conftitution, and figns of madnefs have appeared, immediately order a clyfter or two to cleanfe the prima via. After which, let the patient be bled once or twice in the arm or foot, then let his feet be bathed evening and morning an hour in warm water; indeed if the whole body was plunged into luke-warm water, it would be more useful. Afterwards, wafh the wound with water lue-warm, after having fung a great quantity of fea-falt into it; this must be attended to ftrictly, particlularly at firft, and it fhould be continued whilft the wound wants cleanfing. If the wound is large, the flesh much torn and ragged, or bruifed, in fuch cafes, make deep scarifications, in order to clear the wound of thofe pieces of foul flesh; bathe the wound immediately after with falt-water, lue-warm, but if fal almoniac can be procured, and diluted in water, it would be preferable. If any domeftic animal fhould be bit, instead of scarifying, burn the wound with a red-hot iron; this practice, even for the human fpecies, is much preferable, only the operation is more painful. After the above operations have been performed, anoint flightly the wound round the edges with a mercurial unguent, or pomatum ; 195 repeat this every twenty-four hours. Then drefs the wound with a fuppurative ointment, or the oil of bafilicon. But if any other ointment is applied, it ought to have the mild qualities recited. Apply this dreffing twice a day, and wash the wound clean with falt-water, lue warm. It is neceffary to keep the body open by daily clyfters, and mix in them a large fpoonful of honey, and two fpoonfuls of vinegar, to prevent a falivation; befides, every fourth or fifth day a gentle purge, and a vomit occafionally. The patient may take, every morning and evening, a table spoonful of wine, with twenty-four or twenty-five drops of eau-de-luce in it; if this fhould agitate the fpirits too much, give a lefs quantity. If the patient is inclined to perfpire, encourage it, (but not by any uncommon heat,) and decline the eaude-luce. The following bolus is to be administered daily four ounces of camphire, two grains of musk, fix grains of powdered nitre, incorporated in a little honey. In cafe the patient is reftlefs, a fleepy draught may be given, but not repeated. The drink for the patient fhould be frequently of an infufion made from the flowers of the linden-tree, or of the leaves of the orange-tree, fweetened with honey tharpened with a little vinegar. In cafe a perfon fhould have been bir for fome time, and no care taken, when he refufes to drink, then administer a clyfter made of the above bolus, diluted in the above infufion every three or four hours. Make ufe alfo of the fleepy draught for a clyfter, as well as of the infufion fweetened with honey, and the eau-de-luce. · Bb 2 If If the patient cannot fwallow the purgative powder, fubftitute it into a clyfter. The chief diet of the patient fhould be by no means heating, wherefore the vegetable kinds are preferred. Milks of all kinds are detrimental. This regimen must be attended to until the wound is perfectly healed. The mercurial friction round the lips of the wound: the bolus antifpafmodic; the drink, with the eaude-luce, the purges as above recited, must be continued a full month to fecure the patient from any relafpe, and even longer, if the wound is deep. Notwithstanding the above operations, if the wound does not heal kindly, then let the patient take, for feveral fucceffive days, every two hours, three large fpoonfuls of a decoction made from the Jefuit's bark. But if a heaviness, a melancholy, or langour of Spirits fhould attend the patient, (a cafe which frequently happens,) then let the patient have three dofes of Jefuit's bark, in powder, every day for eight or ten days fucceffively. The burning cauftic fhould be applied to the wounds of all domeftic animals, then the lotions; but treble the frictions of the mercurial ointment; alfo liquid turpentine. Let the animal drink often of honey-water, fharpened with vinegar; give likewife the purgatives; the animal fhould be kept feparate from any of his fpe. cies, ta leaft fix weeks. of the following in your next. EXTEMPORE to a Gentleman and his Brother, inviting them to the Confecration of a YEOMAN STANDARD, and a fubfequent Ball, Dec. 31, 1795. "Pro aris et focis." MILITIA MOTTO. For our religion and property." EUT WAGGISHLY TRANSLATED For hares and foxes.” CANST thou, dear Richard! quit the fcented field, With all the fport, thick wood and Coteswolds yield? Canft thou refign the foftly-faid—“foho!” And more enchanting din of" tallio ?” Rein then thy courfer to our field of Mars, A field, indeed, of pleasure, not of fears; Yet by THIS field YOUR rural sports shall live, And all the fweets* that laws with freedom give: +Maneroe's fnowy arm the ftaff will bear, And raife the new-born ftandard in the a:r. But ah! forbear to trust thy am'rous eyes In her fweet face, lurk Cupids in difguife. Come, with good will, our pageant rites to fee, And take your tweedle-dum and tweedledee; We'll fhew you maids, wives, widows, (lovely belles !) One fhapel fizes, Gemmen!-pleafe yourfelves. See with what elegance they talk the room! From Afric's plumage nodding rich perfume.. Indeed we cannot roufe you hares and foxes, But furely better fare are-pretty doxes. On the approaching Nuptials of a Young Lady, with a Mr Grey, found in a very old Manufcript. WITH all the blooming fweetness in thy face, With beauty, radiant as the god of day. With active limbs-fhape-elegance, and grace, With all thefe tefts of youth-thoul't foon be GREY. *Vide the above motto +Mifs Blank. Gentle Arrival of Mr. Spillard. 197 Mr. Spillard, in attempting to get to England, has unfortunately been twice captured by French priva teers, out of Charlestown, and ftripped of every thing valuable about him; but had the good fortune to fave his journals and notes, which are intended fhortly for pub lication. He came to England in his Majefty's fhip the Thibe, through the recommendation of his royal highness Prince Edward, at Halifax. Gentlemen, I have just read your For a more full and accurate aclaft Number, and am well pleafed count of this gentleman's pedestrian with a letter on Fox-hunting, end-performances, we refer our readers ing with bag-foxes. Now, Gento vol. 5. p. 29. tlemen, I wish to fay (though I like that fport with harriers), that I often attend feveral neighbours who turn fuch out (no fox-hounds near our hills being kept); but an illiberal cuftom prevails, which I never allowed, of collecting of every one half a crown.-Enormous! as thirty or forty horfemen are often out; and, as a liberality fhould ever attend mafters of hounds, all denominations of attendants, 'fquires, clergy, farmers, fhould give what they pleafe, or give not. It has been fufpected, fometimes, that this depofit is fufficient to pay the purchase, as well as huntfman's fees. My neighbouring curate, though fond of hunting, is fo drained by this exaction, that, poor fellow! he now comes on foot. EXPERIMENTS on GLANDERED HORSES, made by the Late M. SAINBEL, at the Veterinary School, at Lyons Extracted from the Works of that ingenious Profelor. 1 Three hackney coach horfes, eight, nine, and eleven years old, affected with the glanders nearly in the fame degree, were treated in the following manner: ift, they were all three prepared for evacuation, with white water and emollient clyfters: a purge was then given them, compofed of one ounce of aloes, two drams of fweet mercury, two ditto of jalap, two ditto of cream of tartar; the whole mixed with honey. The next day they evacuated pretty well. The 3d day, they took one ounce of Ethiop's mineral, and one ounce of powder of peri winkle, The 198 Experiments on Glandered Horfes. The 4th, they were trepanned on one fide; the cavities of the head were injected with vulnerary water; the Æthiop's mineral, and periwinkle powder, was continued to all the three, to the 10th day; and the injection was the fame as on the 4th. The 11th, the purge was adminiftered, as before-mentioned. The 12th, they purged very well. The 13th and 14th, all medicine was fufpended, except the injec tion. The 15th, they returned to the ufe of Ethiop's and periwinkle.The courfe of medicine was the fame till the end of the 24th day. The 25th and 26th, no medicines were adminiftered; but white waters and clyfters were given. At that period, the running of matter was diminished in one; but it was increased in the two others. The 27th, they took the ufual medicine. The 28th, they purged rather too much. The 29th, they feemed dejected, dull, and difgufted with food. I therefore fufpended all operations till the 35th, when I repeated the injections. On the 36th, the appetite came again. at all, They feemed very dull, naufeated their food, and more changed than ufual. I afcribed thole fymptoms to inflammation in the ftomach and inteftines, occafioned by the use of the medicines. In confequence of this, I left them quiet till the 58th day. On the 60th, I renewed the ufe of Æthiop's and periwinkle; which was continued to the 70th. At the end of that time, the glanders appeared to me to be incurable in the two laft; they therefore were killed. On opening their noftrils, I difcovered nothing new: the pituitary membrane was ulcerated, as in moft of thofe I had already opened: the pleura and the lungs feemed to be fenfibly inflamed the inflammation was greater in the villous membrane of the ftomach, in the pilorus, and the fmaller inteftines. The firft horfe feemed to be in a fair way of recovery: the matter was tranfparent, and in small quantity: I foon found means to fupprefs the running altogether, by injections, of prime lime - water. The ufual medicines were continued till the 96th. The next day, the Ethiop's and periwinkle were difcontinued; but the animal was ftill purged three times in the fpace of a month. I then returned him to his mafter, feemingly in very On the 37th, the Ethiop's, perigood health; but he fent him back winkle, and injection, were conti nued, to the 45th. The 46th and 47th, I left them quiet. The running diminished fenfibly in the first; it had even disappeared for three days; but it continued ftill, in the two others. The lymphatic glands were in the fame degree of fulnefs. The 48th, the medicine was given them; but the jalap was omitted, in order to fubftitute in its place three drams of nitre. The 49th, one of the three purged very little; the other two, not to me at the end of two months, with every appearance of the glanders. I renewed the former treatment for the space of fix weeks, to no purpose. The animal was then killed and opened: I discovered many cankers in the pituitary membrane, and found that many had been cicatrized by means of the injections.-If, as I had reafon to think, all thofe which now appeared were new ones, it proves that the feat of the glanders is not local, but exifts generally in the mafs of hu mours. EXPERIMENT 1 The Longing Widow. EXPERIMENT VIII. were Four fine cart-horfes, having caught the glanders on the road from Nifmes to Lyons, brought to the veterinary fchool. I put them upon the fame treatment as I have just described, without obtaining better fuccefs. They were killed at the expiration of two months. The diffection of their bodies furnished nothing deferving of notice. HOW A common Cafe. ́OW feldom do we profit by advice, but when it coincides with our own prepoffeffions, or prejudice! A buxom widow was feized with a violent longing for the re-enjoyment of the comforts of matri mony; and John, her trusty fervant, was the happy object of her choice. To fatisfy her doubts, however, as to the propriety of this step, the refolved to confult the Curate of the parish, between whom the following pertinent converfation paffed. Widow, doubtingly. I am not too old to enter once more into the holy bands of wedlock. Curate. Get married. Widow, modeftly. People may fay, perhaps, that my fpoufe is much too young for me. Curate. Then do not marry." Widow, longingly. Yet he would help me to manage my farm. Curate. Marry him. Widow. I am afraid, however, left he should defpife me. Curate. Do not marry then. Widow. People on all hands take advantage, and impofe upon a poor forlorn widow. 199 Curate. Get married by all means! Widow. Suppose, (and it is not at all unlikely) he should get great with fome of my maids? Curate. any means. The widow rendered more poor uncertain than ever by these du bious refponfes, begged his decifive answer. He (that nothing might be left to hazard in fo deli cate a point) defired her to confult the bells, which were then ringing. In doing this, fhe heard, or thought he heard them, inceffantly repeat, (there being five bells) Marry thy man, John! Do not get married by Marry thy man, John! She accordingly married John, and foon had caufe to repent of her bargain, as John was fond of Sport, he frequently went out a poaching on other people's premises. The old woman fufpecting fome clandeftine proceedings, watched his haunts, which the one night difcovered! Now, gentle reader, don't let your ideas run too fast, or very probably you may find yourself at fault, or thrown out, but what did the difcover, you may fay?. Be calm, and I'll quickly discover the difcovery that the old damfel had discovered, which was neither more nor lefs, than John being in ambush with Lucy, the waiting maid; he was foon unkennelled, and the old woman ran away, open. mouthed, in full cry to the Cutate: --" How," (cried the to the Curate, among other reproaches,} "could you leave me to fo fallacious an oracle as the bells ?""You mifunderstood them," replied the pricft; "Liften to them once more! -Well, what do they fay now Ah! they speak truth, now; Oh! that they had done fo before; |