Hair of the Dog
Wikipedia has an interesting article on hair of the dog. I enjoyed learning about the various ways other cultures say basically the same thing. Is it true? Does it work? Good, Bad, and Bogus has an interesting article about that, explaining that no research has ever shown that it actually works. Thereby Hangs A Tale, a favorite reference of mine, claims the term comes from an "ancient medical maxim, Like cures like- Similia mimilibus curantur" and more specifically from the ancient belief that to prevent infection from a dog bite, hair from that specific dog should be applied to the wound. About.com has a…