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miting and convulfions. [n its inteftines 
there were twelve large worms: One of 
them filled the appendix vermiformis, and 
three of them were intertwifted in fuch a 
manner as to'block up the opening at the 
valvula Tulpiit, fo that nothing could pafs 
from the finall to the great guts. 
Nature has bountifully provided the 
people here with a powerful remedy a- 
gainit fo great an evil. This is the bark 
of a tree growing plentifully in this 
ifland. The inhabitants call it wi/d cab- 
bage or bulge-water: And, from whatI have — 
feen, it appears to be the moft powerful 
vermifuge yet known; for it frequently 
brings away as many worms by {tool as 
would fill a large hat. It is commonly 
given in decoction, but not in any regu- 
lar quantity ; the negroes Leing generally 
the preparers of this medicine, and there- 
fore no wonder that it fometimes has ve- 
‘Ty violent effets, Iam now making ex- 
periments for afcertaining the dofe to pa- 
tients of different ages, and {hall foon fend 
_ you the refult of my trials, together with 
~fome of the bark itfelf. 
ART, 
