Wesley Corpus

149. Raging Madness . 565. Apply to the Head Cloths dipt in cold Water: 566. Or, fet the Patient with his Head under a great Water -fall, as long as his Strength will bear Or, pour Water on his Head out of a Tea kettle : 567. Or, let him eat nothing but Apples for a Month : 568. Or, nothing but Bread and Milk: Tried. 150. The Bite ofa mad Dog. 569. Plunge into cold Water daily for twenty Days, and keep as long under it as poffible. This has cured, even after the Hydrophobia was begun. 570. Or, mix_Ashes of Trefoil with Hogs lard and anoint the Part as foon as poffible. Repeat twice or thrice at fix Hours Distance. This has cured many, and particularly, a Dog bit on the Nose by a Mad Dog. 571. Or, as foon as bitten, moisten a Spoonful or two of Salt with Water ; but do not make it quite fluid. Rub fome of it into the Wound, and repeat this three or four Times a Day for ten Days, binding likewife Part of it on the Wound. Spirit Itis a fure Rule, that all Madmen areCowards, and may conquered by binding only, without beating.-Dr. Mead. be Ifthis is really a Nervous Disorder, what Wonder, if it fhould be cured by cold Bathing ?