THE DISEASES OF THE CREVJ)'. 3*2® 



CHAP. III. 



VOYAGE FROM BRAZIL TO CHILI. 

 RHEUMATISMS AND CATARRHS. 



oooN after our departure from Brazil, rheumatisms 

 and catarrhal and rheumatic fevers began to 

 prevail ; two of the sailors, also, had St. Anthony's 

 fire in the legs : that of the first was soon dispersed, 

 but that of the other, which broke out a week 

 later, was tedious, at last suppurated, and was a 

 long time before it would heal, A sailor who, 

 when on shore in Brazil, had got some sore places 

 on his feet, and did not apply to me because they 

 were so trifling, now showed me the ulcers, covered 

 with a blackish scab : this easily fell off, after the 

 application of some salves ; but the little ulcers 

 would not heal. The same was the case with some 

 cases of rash, which now began to show them- 

 selves again, turned to small ulcers, and then re- 

 mained in the same stage of cure. The smallest 

 wound, of which there were several during the 

 storms, would not now heal, till, at length, after 

 two days' clear weather, all became well at 

 once. 



But the smith was often so bad that he could 

 not swallow, and grew very thin, though he had 

 soups, chicken broth, and always drank porter. I 

 gave him also quassia and bark. 



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