turning-evil

When cattle are afflicted with the turning-evil, or ſturdy ; a diſeaſe that cauſes them to turn, frequently, round in the ſame place ; the common remedy in England , is to throw the beaſt down and bind him ; then to open his ſkull, and take out a little bladder, which, uſually, lies near the membranes of the brain, fill’d with water and blood ; and then gradually heal up the wound. And this method is much commended by our experienced Markham.

1738, Robert Boyle, “The Usefulness of Experimental Philoſophy; by Way of Exhortation to The Study of it”, in Peter Shaw, editor, The Philoſophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Eſq;, 2nd edition, […] W. Innys; R. Manby; T. Longman, page 87