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The Introduction. CXXVii. 
It is commonly thought that this Diftemper is curable without 
fluxing by Purgers, but I could never find it 10, or chat there were 
What is pretended by many, Negros who underftand by fome Speci- 
fic Herbs to root it out. I believe hat Purgers, 7c. may, as inthe 
Pox, take away fome of the Symptoms for a while, fo that fometimes 
they may not appear in a confiderable time, and afterwards may 
fhew themfelves the fame as at firft. Some fores of this Diftemper 
feem to me to be the Elephantiafis or true Leprofie of the Antient and 
4rabian Phyficians, Others faid to have this Difeafe were plainly 
Scrophulous, or had the Kings-Evil ; and moft faid to have it, had 
the Lues Venerea. Though this Difeafe is chought to be propagated 
by ordinary Converfation, or trampling with the bare Feet on the 
Spitcle of thofe affected with it, yet it is moft certain, that ic is 
moftly communicated to one another by Copulation, as fome other 
contagious Dileafes are. 
Several Negros belonging to Mr. Batchelor, had afcer Rain gather’d 
Mufhrooms, and eat them plentifully in their Pepper-pots, or (glio’s. 
whence they all fell into a vomiting and purging with greac anxiety. Of the bad 
They after awhile recover’d,all except one. He had,befides the afore- rt . 
faid Symptoms, fuch as are common to a Rheumatilm from in- pooms. 
flam’d Blood. His Head was very much affected, having a Vertigo, 
exc. on which accounts, as well as the others, he was immediately 
bled. [ order’d him a Contemperating cooling Diet, to take off 
the Heatand Acrimony of the Blood, as drinking much water, <c. 
and ina while, he was perfectly well of his pains as well as Diarrhea, 
which had contitiued on him a great while after his eating the Mufh- 
rooms, Mackarels faleed, and beat up with Soot and Salc into a 
Poultefs applied co the Feet, were ufed inthis cafe, and are reckon’d 
to draw very powerfully from the Head. Several Gentlemen, fome 
eats before, were all very dangeroufly ill after eating Mulhrooms, 
and one died: the Symptoms all {hewing (as I was informed) great 
Inflammation of the Blood and inward parts. 
Ry ftrons Neovo Woman belonging to Captain Halftead, had Of the Lies 
a Liane fenabcal Ulcer on her Waitt. She had likewile /encrea. 
one on her Forehead, and pains all over her Body. « She alfo {poke 
a little chrough her Nole, and brought thence very oftea fome mu- 
cous Matter. I falivated her in the corner of an Out- houfe, by Un- 
tion, and defired fhe might be fed with as much Watergruel as {he 
could eat. whereby ina Months Time fhe was quite cured. She had 
been in the Hands of feveral Phyficians, who did not apprehend this — 
to be the Pox, and therefore had in vain given her feveral fores:of 
Phyfick, Wellington 
