CXXiV The Introduétion. 
a 
Of the 
Itch. 
and then took an Emulfion of the cold Seeds, with which fhe was 
moft violently purged. After bleeding, purging, and the ufe of 
{ome eafie Diaphoretics, I gave her a mixture of Allum and Sulph. 
Viv. powdered, Thele mix’d and tyd up in a Linnen Cloath, [ 
ordered her to dip in water, and then to rub on her Face feveral 
timesaday, This Medicine being continued for a great while, fhe 
was perfectly well of that troublefome Diftemper. 
——-— A Laundrey Maid, was troubled very much with the 
Pruritus or Itch, it rofe in {mall litcle whales, all over her Body, efpeci- 
ally between the Fingers, and was uneafie both by its Itching and 
unieemlinefs. 1 bled and purg’d her, ordered her for three mornings 
and nights, to take one Dram of Flor.Sulpb. in any Vehicle, and then 
to anoint herlelf with Ung. ex Oxylapath. in which powder'd Sulph. 
- Viy.is mixt with fome Drops of Chymical Oil of Saffafras, to take 
away the {mell. Every night before fhe rub’d, fhe took a lictle 
Flor. Sulph. inwardly. With thefe chings fhe was cured. 
I found an uneafinels, forenefs, or pain in one of my Toes} 
as if a {mall Inflammation or Tumour had been there rais‘d by the — 
preflure of fome part of my Shoe. I had a Negro, famous for her 
ability in fuch cafes, to look upon it, who told me it was a Chego, She 
Of Chegos, (who had been a Queen in her own Country) open’d the Skin with a 
and the 
Confe- 
Pin above the fwelling, and carefully feparated the Tumour from 
quences of the Skin, and then pull'd it out, putting into the Cavity whence it 
them. 
came, fome Tobacco Afhes which were burnt in a Pipe fhe was 
{moaking. After a very {mall fmarting it was cured. 
This Tumour is accounted of two forts, either poifon’d or not 
poifon’d, both are about the bignefs of a {mall Field Pea, being al- 
moft round. They have a few Fibres, by which they are faftened 
to the Flefhas by a Root. That call’d poifon’d has a black {pot 
init, and is accounted worfe than the other tocure. They contain, 
within a thick Skin,a great number of {mall Eggs or Nits, white, and 
crackling when bruis'd. Thefe are the Spawn of a {mall blackifh 
fort of Loufe or Flea, which harbours its felf and lives in Dufty or 
unclean places. The Mother, I apprehend, puts and infinuates thefe 
Eggs under the Skin of Men and Women, as other Infects do their 
Eggs into the Barks or Leaves of Trees. “They infeft the Feet of 
moft People under the Nails of the Toes, or any where about the 
Heel. If thefe infects be left to themfelves they will Spawn and 
multiply in the Feet to great numbers, and bring bad Acccidents, 
which I think come rather from the depending of the part chan any 
poifonous quality of this Infect or Air. 
