148 The Natural Hiffory of Jamaica. 
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Drunk. The Syrup of Tobacco is good againft the A/fima and Dropfie, 
but muft be given with Caution, becaufe it fometimes Works Very Vi0- 
lently. Pifo. 
Ic is fharp to the taft, hot and dry in the third Degree. The Smoak 
makes one Spit much Flegm, it is good forthe A/fhma, and Wheefing, cures 
Hyfterick Fits, ftrengthens the Head, brings Sleep, eafes Pain, and takes 
away WearinefsS. A Leaf rubbed with an oiled Hand, and applied hor to 
the Stomach and Back helps Digeftion, and Cures Surfeits; the fame dif- 
cuffles a {well’d Spleen, eafes pains from Cold, cleanfes ancient and can- 
cerous Ulcers, begetting Flefh, and cicatrizing them. The Juice dropt into 
the Wound, fome dry Powder fltrowed on it, and the Marc put on after the 
fame way Cures Wounds of the Head, if the Bones or Nerves be not 
touched. It Cures the Tooth-ach put into the hollow Tooth. The Powder 
taken at the Nofe hinders one from pain, and the tenfe of Stroaks. As much 
as a Nut-Shell will hold of the Bark Inebriates, making them half dead 
and Mad, but thofe who ufe it much lofe their Colours, have inflam d Livers, 
{quallid Tongues, and falling into Cach-xia and Droptie dye. It refifts Poy- 
fon, fome of the Powder, or Juice put into the wounded and poyfoned 
part, this was the Remedy ufed by the Cannibals ; and try’d ona Dog by 
the King of Spaix. It Eafes the Gout, and all pains from Wind. The De- 
coction {prinkled about the Houfe kills Flies. Dry Leaves powdered ten 
parts, with Lime chawed one part, brings Sleep, cafes pain, gives pati- 
ence, Cures the Tooth-ach and pain of the Stomach. The Leaves are 
good for Strwme, and are chawed for the Gout and fried with Butter, the 
Oil rubd, Cures the Colick. A Syrup made by Infufion and Decodtion is 
good againft Worms, to two Spoonfuls. The Juice is given by fome to 
four or five Ounces, but is too violent a Purger upwards and downwards. 
The diftill’d water is good likewife. A Leaf ufed like a Suppofitory, Cures 
Quartanes. Hernand. 
They mix the Sced with five times fo: much Afhes, Sow it, and cover the 
ground with Branches to keep of too much Sun, and replant it in a rainy time, 
at three Foot {quare diftance; weeding it, and croping the top when going to 
Flower, as alfo the under Leaves, leaving ten or twelve Leaveson each Stalk, 
about two Foot high, clearing it of new Shoots every eight days. Whenthe 
Leaf, by doubling breaks, they cut it, and {tring it, fo as not to touch one 
another, and after fifteen days drying, take off the Leaves, out the Ribs, 
and twine it with Salt water into Ropes, to be made in Rolls. Zertre. 
_ Ximenes tells.a Story of one, who. in fifteen.days, with exceffive taking 
Tobacco, at all Hours, Chocolate and Wine, had his Legs and Feet fwelled, 
and was all broke out, and argues:that it gives no Nourifhment, Nor, if 
it be Phyfick, ough: at all times tobe ufed. © : Rat 
It was anciently ufed by the Jndians for a Vulnerary, and only fent into 
Spain for its Handfomnefs for Gardens, but isnow in ule for its Faculties, 
Its name was Picielt, Tobacco was given to it by the Spaniards, from the 
Ifland of that name, where it grew very frequently. The Leaves Cure 
the Head-ach, being applied to it after being heated, and the Tooth-ach be- 
ing put into the hollow Tooth. They eafe all outward pains from the 
Stomach, Stone, ahd Uterus. The Smoak wakesan Hyfterick Perfon. Moz. 
Sir Richard Greenfield, on his difcovery of Virginia in 1585. found the 
Indians wfed Tobacco in Clay-Pipes for their Health, whence he brought 
{ome Pipes, and they were made after the fame Fafhion in England, and 
thence ufed very much at Court. Clif. | a 
Tobacco was firlt fhowed in the Eu/?-Jndies by the Dutch Seamen. Van- 
derhagen. 
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