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SECRET METHODS OF CURE. 
SECOND METHOD. 
When the bite is that of a Mapana, the pulse is slower than 
usual ; when it is that of a Rattlesnake (Cascabel), it is much 
more accelerated ; and when it is that of a Coral, it is hardly 
perceptible. 
Should the patient have a flow of blood from the ears, nose 
or mouth, administer a thick mazamorra de almidon (a kind 
of hasty pudding), to which add as much powdered Estanca- 
dera as can be taken between three fingers, and also a lump 
of refined sugar. Should the flow of blood not cease, ad- 
minister a beverage of juice of la cepa de platano guineo (the 
stalk of the banana) sweetened with sugar. 
If the blood is black or dark-colored, allow it to flow till 
the color changes to a bright red, then administer remedies to 
stanch it. Redness of the white of the eye indicates Tabar- 
dillo ; for this, administer water which has been boiled and 
cooled, sweetened with refined sugar; give a standing bath of 
water as hot as can be borne, from head to feet. After the 
bath proceed with the cure. 
Should there be any swelling in the bitten part, make a 
decoction of three entire plants of Escobilla menuda ; with this 
bathe the part, making it as hot as can be borne, and cover 
the swollen surface with leaves of the Abraza palo; fifteen 
minutes afterwards raise the leaves and clean off the perspira- 
tion, when a yellow liquid will be observed issuing from the 
wound ; this is the poison. 
To cure the remaining ulcer, use scrapings of the heart of a 
tree called Palo de vaca (cow tree), and if this should not 
cause it to heal, use powdered cedron nut. 
For Rattlesnake-bites, take Carnestolenda roots, from the 
side towards the rising sun; pulverize and put the powder in 
