The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-31 00:00:00

MAD DOGS.

Tim subjea ii'sointeresting that we deem it our
duty to insert whatever may tend to guard the' Pub-
lic against -the dreadful evil. The following i't•C..;
.traits are well deserving of. notice.
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Extra Ft from the Gentleman's Magazine for tune 060.
Part of a. let ter from John Parsons, M.D.F.A.S.
including a remedy for the bite of a mad 'dog : "As
soon as the perscin receives the bite let a spoonful
or two' of common salt- be moistened with water,
observ;ng not to make it too fluid ;, let some of this
be wellrubbed into the wound, and repeated three
or four times a' day for a week or 'ten days; and a
compress armed:with the same laid on, and properly
confined. lithe wound is a very small one, it ought
.to be dilated, that. enough of the salt may be the
sooner introduced. This remedy is not mere conjec-
ture; founded eon' theory alone; the inhabitants of
Connecticut, New England, know it Well; andprac-
tise it upon every such occasion With so much success
as, after its application, to be in no further concern
about it, nor ever to hear of th 6 death olany one on
whorn it has been applied." They cure their dogs and
cattle in the same manner when bitten ; and it is not
onlythe bites of mad dogs that are thus cured, but
even those of every venomous animal amoner"them :
fbr whiCh purpose they carry salt with them when they
go into the woods. This is asserted, and I think the
authority good, by the Rev. Dr. Jared Elliot,' at
KillingsN,vorth,. in Connthicut, in a letter to Peter
Colliugson, Esq: F.R.S. who some time ago sent
me that letter for my perusal. Spirit of Salt has been
applied with no less success here by a Shrgeon of
my acquaintance, who was bit by.a mad cat several
years ago, and by applying to the wound immediate-
ly, and. for several days successively, the spirit of salt,
a little diluted with water, and taking at the same
time some drops in a glass of water, has remained
well. to this day.

"J. PARSONS."

P: S. Since I wrote the above, a lady of fashion
informed me, that a Gentleman of her acquaintance,
who kept a pack of hounds, cured his huntsman with
dry salt rubbed into the bitten place, immediately
after the dog had bit him, and the dog was mad
The same Gentleman ever after carried a box of
salt in,his pocket, for fear of a like accident, as he
Was often'among his hounds."

From the London Evening Post, August 22, 1728.

gr Great application having been made to Mr.
Figg, at the Rainbow, in the Bowling-alley, West-
minster, for an explanation of his receipt for curing
bites by 'mad dogs, Sz..c. he declares, that having been
bit six titnes.by mad dogs, he always-.cured, himself
.by miring bne pound of: common salt in a quart of
water, then squeezing, bathing, and washing the
wound with the game for an hour, and not drinking
any of it ; then bound a little more salt to the part
aife6ted for twelvo hours. Mr. Figg offers (though
it is.prestunptuous) to suffer himself to be bit by any
mad dog, as a testimony to convince any person
that what he.otThis is a matter of tart."
From the Universal Mai,azine; Aug. 176 Vol. 27, page wt.

" In addition to the above, I think it necessary to
mention, -that common salt is .frequently applied
upon such occasions with success in some parts of
the Continent, and as I am credibly informed, does
not fail when used immediately after the accident.
As surgical -assistance •cannot always be had at the
moment, the app►ication of this remedy in the inter,
val cannot have any bad eifeets upon those who may
not be inclingd to confide wholly therein ; but, on
the contrary, may be productive of the best effeds.
I would recommend to all such. persons as may un-
fortunately have occasion to apply the same, to make
their cases known to the public through the medium
of the Papers;. but this only after sufficient time has
elapsed to remove every apprehension of the disorder
lying dormant in the system."

An iron railing is constru&ing round St, Marga-
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