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them filled the appendix vermiformis^ and 

 three of them were intertwifled in fuch a 

 manner as to block up the opening at the 

 vahuia Tulpii., fo that nothing could pafs 

 from the fmall to the great guts. 



Nature has bountifully provided the 

 people here with a powerful remedy - againft 

 fo great an evil. This is the bark of a tree 

 growing plentifully in this Ifland. The in- 

 habitants call it wild cabbage or hidge-wattf- : 

 and from what I have feen, it appears to be 

 the moft powerful vermifuge yet knowfi) 

 for it frequently brings away as" many worms 

 by ftool as would fill a large hat. It is 

 comnionly given in decodiob, but not in 

 any regular quantity ; the negroes being 

 generally the preparei^s df this medicine, 

 and therefore no wonder that it fomttimes 

 has very violent effefls. I ani now makrhg 

 experiments for afcertaining the dofe to pa- 

 tients of different ages, and' fhall foon fend 

 you the fefult of my trials, together With 

 fome of the bark itfelf. 



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