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Wellington, a Boy of feventeen years of Age, had a Buborole ia 
his Groin. Ladvis‘d immediately the ripening of it, as the means to 
prelerve him from the Pox, which not being done, he broke out all 
over. could not get any to receive him into their Houfe, becaufle 
of the Difeafe, nor a Nurfe to look after him, buta Mulatto, who 
afrer his Flux was rais'd, neglected him in not giving him fufiicient 
Of a Svj. Drink, we. Notwithftanding his Salivation went pretty well on, 
vation, af and he was cieard allover. Being neglected by his Nurfe, fome 
Fleaey , bocy brought him Tarts, made of unripe Fruit, which heeat. By 
Tirricn and this means and coming into the Air, his Flux ftopt in fome meafure, 
Quirfic. — ue with care his Salivation returned, andbecame abroad well. He 
drank Wine prefently to fuch excels that he made himfeli Mad. A 
Tertian Fever, which was very Epidemical, likewife feiz’d him. To 
the other Symptoms of this Fever in him,was join’d a {well’d Throat, 
which increas‘d to that degree inthis perfon, who had by occafion of 
his late Salivation, a difpofition to the Humours coming that way, 
that he fell into a Quinfie, and fo died. 
Gonorrheas of all forts amongft Men and Women are very com- 
mon here, efpecially in Plantations among{t Negroes.. They com- 
plain firft of the great heat of their water, ¢7c. and have the fame 
Symptoms-as.in Europe. I usd to purge with Merc. Dul. and Pil, 
Coch, Min, ee. which took away moft of the Symptoms. If thete 
Medicines did.not take place I gave Vomits of Infuf. Croc. Metall, 
or-Turpeth, Mineral. which in {ome time never failed the Cure of any, 
cither Man or Woman, with the ufe of Emulfions, I never-gave 
Adftringents, becaufe there is no certainty. in this method when the 
Cure is perfect. Ic is generally believed in Europe, that Gonorrheas 
and the Pux, are. with more eale, and fooner, cured in Famaica.and 
hot Countries,;:than.in Europes ..1 was of the opinion of the genera- 
lity of the ‘Wadd ele en xe Jamaica, but found.as the Difeafe 
was propagated there the fame way; and had the, fame Symptoms 
and Courle amongft Europeans, Indians and Negroes, So it requir'd 
the fame Remedies and time to be cur'd, 
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TRLGS. 
A black Man, of about forty Years of Age, told me he had great 
Ofthe pains about his Navel, fo.that he could not fleep, he was ina cold 
Belly-ach. Sweat,, in great pain, and had not been at Stool in four days, I gave 
him_ immediately about fifceen Grains of Pil. Coch. Adin. on which he 
found fudden relief, for it wrought four ot five times in the night, he 
taking it pretty late about fix a Clock arnight. “he next day I gave 
him about fix Grains of the fame Pill to prelerve him from a Re- 
laple, and in chree or four days obferving that method he was wells 
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