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which I take to be more proper for Hyfterick or Nervous diforders of 
thofe to be Exorcis'd,than to offend the Noftrils of the Devil. I bli- 
ftered her Neck, gave her now and then Vin. Emet. to fix Ounces,or 
Merc. Vit. toecight or nine Grains, fhe being very hard, as all mad 
People are, to work on. She had fome white Puftles rofe all over 
her Skin, and by the ule of thefe Medicines alternatively, fhe came 
to her felf, went about her bufinefs, and was well. 
Worms of all forts are very common amongft all kinds of People 
here, efpecially che Blacks and ordinary Servants. They are very 
often obliged to eat the Country corrupt Fruits, Roots, and other 
Meats apt to breed many kinds of Vermin inthe Guts. Sometimes 
— thefe Worms caufe Fevers, which run very high with great intermil- 
fions and exacerbations, fometimes Convulfion-Fits, very often great 
pains in the Belly and Stomach, now and then bloody Excrements, 
and at other times perfons Vomit up Worms of divers fhapes and 
magnitudes, It is often very hard to find out the caufe of thefe 
Symptoms. I ufed to give immediately fome Diagridium and Merc. 
Dulcis mixt together, which ufually brought fome of them away, or 
quieted the Symptoms. I us’d co allow a Grain of Diagridium to every 
year of the Childs Age, and about half the quantity of Merc. Dulc. 
Sometimes in aged People I gave Pil. Coch. Min. or Extr. Rud. mixt 
with Calomelanos. I have {een eighteen Worms come away in a day or 
two with thefe Medicines. Sometimes I would give Cinnabar to 
Children this way difeafed, if I apprehended their Head to be affected, 
or if other Medicines took no place. I often gave Corallina in very great 
quantities, which I never faw do any great matter, but by Wormieced 
given I have found great fuccels,as alfo by Oil. Very often the Worms 
here are proof to all thefe Medicines, and carry off abundance of 
People, whichchiefly happens when they have eat through the Guts, 
or are in fo great numbers, or lodg’d in fuch corners and recefles of 
the Guts ; thac alchough there be a plentiful Evacuation of them, yec 
{fo many remain as to be mortal, or lie in fuch places as the moft 
effectual Medicines come not near them. *Tis ufval here to give 
Children eafie Purges, or Wogmfeed, at the Change or Full of the 
Moon. Thefe Worms in Children come very often from fucking 
Sugar-Canes Raw, and make the Children look very pale and wan. 
Of Worms: 
One Harris, a Joyners Wife, came to me with a Child of about 
feven years of Age in her Arms, which had the Face ftrangely 
fwell’d, efpecially the Lips, which were tumified predigioufly,and 
made the Child look very deformed. The Nofe was alto all over 
red, and {well’d out in Jumps which were very much inflam’d, his 
Throat was alfo fomewhat affected. I ask’d her whether or sh 
