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Treatment for Hydrophobia
dered entirely harmless by the application of First dose, 1 ounce elecampane root, boiled in 1 pint milk until reduced to pint. Second dose (to be taken 2 days after the first), 1½ ounces elecampane root in 1 pint of milk, boiled as the first. Third dose, the same as the second (to be taken 2 days after); in all, 3 doses. Mr. J. W. Woolston, a respectable citizen of Philadelphia, vouches for the above receipt. He says: "I have known of its being tried in one case, and no inconvenience has been felt. A friend of mine, of whom I obtained the receipt, knew of 20 instances where it was successfully given." We give the above for what it is worth, but we have no great faith in it. these glasses.