Another for the Bite of a Mad Dog. Dr. Mead

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (6)
for the wound
Instructions (7)
  1. Boil these in two quarts of the best ale, in a pan covered close over a gentle fire, for the space of an hour.
  2. Strain the ingredients from the liquor.
  3. Give eight or nine spoonfuls of it warm to a man, or a woman, three mornings fasting.
  4. Eight or nine spoonfuls is sufficient for the strongest; a lesser quantity to those younger, or of a weaker constitution, as you may judge of their strength.
  5. Ten or twelve spoonfuls for a horse, or a bullock; three, four, or five to a sheep, hog, or dog.
  6. This must be given within nine days after the bite; it seldom fails in man or beast.
  7. If you can conveniently bind some of the ingredients on the wound, it will be so much the better.
Original Text
Another for the Bite of a Mad Dog. Dr. Mead: Take six ounces of rue, clean picked and bruised, four ounces of garlick peeled and bruised, four ounces of Venice treacle, and four ounces of filed pewter, or scraped tin. Boil these in two quarts of the best ale, in a pan covered close over a gentle fire, for the space of an hour, then strain the ingredients from the liquor. Give eight or nine spoonfuls of it warm to a man, or a woman, three mornings fasting. Eight or nine spoonfuls is sufficient for the strongest; a lesser quantity to those younger, or of a weaker constitution, as you may judge of their strength. Ten or twelve spoonfuls for a horse, or a bullock; three, four, or five to a sheep, hog, or dog. This must be given within nine days after the bite; it seldom fails in man or beast. If you can conveniently bind some of the ingredients on the wound, it will be so much the better.
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