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KCVIII The Lutroduchon. 
A great many were of opinion that this Fever was what is call’d 
Of the the Seafoning, that isto fay, thac every New-comer before they be 
Seafoning. accuftomed to the Climate and Conftitution of the Air in Jamaica, 
Eicon are to have anacute Difeafe, which 1s thought tobe very dangerous, 
not the and that after this is over, their Bodies are made more fit to live 
fealoning. there, with le(s hazard than before ; and this is not only thoughe fo 
in that Ifland, buc in Guinea, and all over the remote Ealtern parts 
of the World. That this Fever was not fo, is manifelt in thac noc 
only we New. comers were taken with ir, buclikewife many of che 
ancient Inhabicants of the place, as feveral of the Family of Colo- 
nel Ivy, ec: and that a great many of us who were lately arrived, 
efcap'd this and all acute difeafes whatfoever. It chere be any fuch 
thing as Seafoning, the Itch or Puftles formerly mention’d mult be ir, 
the alteration from cold to heat being by degrees done by the way, 
and that Symptom appearing on increafe of the heat. 
Sir H. M. aged about Forty five, Lean, fallow coloured, his Eyes 
a little yellowifh, and Belly a little jetting cut or prominent, com- 
plained to me of want of Appetit to Victuals, he had a kecking or 
reaching to Vomit every morning, and generally a {mall Loofenefs 
attending him, and withal was much given to drinking and fitting 
up late, which I fuppofed had been the original caufe of his prefent 
Indifpofition. I was afraid of a beginning Dropfie, and advifed him 
to an eafie Vomit of Oxymel. Scill. with the help of a Feather, and 
thin Watergruel, fearing Vin, Emet. might diforder him too much 
by putting him into a Loofenefs, or too great Evacuation. After 
OfaDrop-that I gave him fome Madera-Wine, in which the Roots of Gen- 
= ‘bad tian, Tops of Centaury, uc. had been infufed, with which Vomit, 
Conftitu- ic working eafily, and che bitcer Wine taken every morning for 
tion, —__ fome days, he recovered his Stomach, and continued very well for 
a confiderable time. Not being able to abftain from Company, 
he fate up late, drinking too much, whereby he not only had a 
return of his firft- Symptoms, but complain’d he could not make 
water freely. His water was thick and very red, and his Legs {well’d 
alittle. When thefe Symptoms appeared, Dottor Rofe and I be- 
ing join, we ordered him an Electuary of Cajfia, Oul of Juniper, 
Cremor, Tart, and other things to purge eafily che watery Aumours, 
enjoynd Temperance, and defired the continuance ot his former 
Medicines. “This Courfe did very well with him, bur making but 
very little water, and being much. troubled with Belchings, and a 
Cough in the night, he fent to another Doétor, who, when he 
came, was of opinion that his Difeafe was a Timpany, and that 
the {welling of his Belly came only from wind, according to Hippo- 
crates, and that he was troubled with neither the beginning ot a 
Dropfie, 
