A Letter from John Fuller, Esq; Jun. F R. S. to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. Pres. R. S. &c.concerning the Effects of Dampier's Powder, in Curing the Bite of a Mad DogAuthor(s): John FullerSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 40 (1737 - 1738), pp. 272-273Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/103919 .

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quam persmortes tacere. Pyrmonti aped brltes Chalybeatos die 12 ii

I736. St. N. Johan Philippus SelpX

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Xr jq Letter f;iom John Fuller, ; yutl. F R. S to Sa-r Hans Sloane) Bartw SF3re%: R. S. e§- c. concerni>2g the Effifffs of -Dam pier's Powder,^ in cgring tlfe NBite of a

Mad Dog.

T Izlaaintl the Ufe of the LycAex rineregs terre/?ris NVitll black fCer had-been fo infallible a Rc-

lllcdy tsor the Bite ot av Mad-;DogX that tllere nceded I10 ProoS of its Virtue: I nzySelf llave ufed it upon

t)ogsX atld alsstays svith SucceSs; atld it is Rrong ill rny SIcrlzory that forne Years ago, a M4d-Dog or Cat (I forget svl1ich) had bit fome Children and the Motl1er, at Bvttle > the Chiturgeon can1e over to my Btother7 D3r. lkofe FxlEerX arld we all went out in a Snow, azitll a 13room, and found fonze of it and mixvd it as the ^N<CC3uLut of Watpzer dircAed. They all took itX as ac11 as a Dog or two that were bit,- and none of them haul any bad Effcds fionz thc Bite.

This

[ 172:1 sumbere poillt: malai itaque Experirnenttlm nulluln

,

quam persmortes tacere. Pyrmonti aped brltes Chalybeatos die 12 ii

I736. St. N. Johan Philippus SelpX

t' S- Baronzetra & Theraloluetra in foveam no- ltram vaporantclzz itunzilY, nal}as Iubeunt Muea- tioncs; lcd itl {ttu t^uo tanqualavl in Acre libero pcrfillttLll tt

Xr jq Letter f;iom John Fuller, ; yutl. F R. S to Sa-r Hans Sloane) Bartw SF3re%: R. S. e§- c. concerni>2g the Effifffs of -Dam pier's Powder,^ in cgring tlfe NBite of a

Mad Dog.

T Izlaaintl the Ufe of the LycAex rineregs terre/?ris NVitll black fCer had-been fo infallible a Rc-

lllcdy tsor the Bite ot av Mad-;DogX that tllere nceded I10 ProoS of its Virtue: I nzySelf llave ufed it upon

t)ogsX atld alsstays svith SucceSs; atld it is Rrong ill rny SIcrlzory that forne Years ago, a M4d-Dog or Cat (I forget svl1ich) had bit fome Children and the Motl1er, at Bvttle > the Chiturgeon can1e over to my Btother7 D3r. lkofe FxlEerX arld we all went out in a Snow, azitll a 13room, and found fonze of it and mixvd it as the ^N<CC3uLut of Watpzer dircAed. They all took itX as ac11 as a Dog or two that were bit,- and none of them haul any bad Effcds fionz thc Bite.

This

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Servant imprudently going to fearch whether a I) fufpeded tO be mad, had been worm'd, (which I30g died mad in three or four Days afterwGrds) was bit v£ry much in both his Hands: He went to a PerSon near me, wllo has lad filcll Succefs, as to be applted to far alld near, atld who told me he would venture llis Life aaiainA a Crosvn Piece, if a Man, or any Ani- mal, was brougllt tO him within three or four Days after the Bite, tlwat he curcd llim. 1 faw the Man tlwat was bit estery Morninr, and he told nle llis DoEtcor went into rlle Fields} and gather'd an Hcrb that grcw very ncar the Ground7 like a dricd Leaf, and mix'd it with 'Pepper. I {hewed hitn fome Liahen sirserexs rerreJ?ris, alld lle faid he belieared it to be the fame. Every Day he took his Mcdicille, about IO or II i tlle Clock, he complained of a violent Heat, and Pain in his Head, which 1 was afraid was the Effed of the Bitc, and not tlle Medicirle: But after he had taken it for fucll a fcated N7umber of Days, he grew better) and llas continaled well ever fince.w- - He had tied his Fill gers witll Shoe-aker's Ends, sthich are often ofed ior a Cut3 and tl ey were all very mucll inftamed, atld very fore. I made llinl take tllem off, and all his PlaiRers, and w ath his Hands xvith Salt and %7aterX and in a FortnighVs Tixne they srere qvlite wsell. * * Jk 8 If this Account thould corrol)orate any Experinzcnts tIready made, or incite tlle Skilful to maLze fartller Search of the USefulneSs of the Livher, &c I hope it will excufc this Trouble from,

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