To Cure the biting of a mad dog

Item

Title
To Cure the biting of a mad dog
Date
1694/1795
Description
Directions for treating a bite from a dog with rabies, using cupping and a poultice made of leeks, wormwood, onions, salt, butter, and honey.
Transcript
Clap Cuping glases upon the place where the bite is this will draw forth the Vemome Than [strikeout] make a Cataplasme of Leeks Wormwood Raw Onions Salt butter and honey and Apply it
Contributor
Abu-Bader, Nagham
Le, Vincent
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.