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lent coughing and spitting of blood, who, previous 

 to this voyage, being on board a large ship of war, 

 had fallen from one of the yards upon the deck, 

 on his breast, which at the time caused him 

 to spit blood. During this voyage, too, he often 

 suffered with pains in the breast, which it was ne- 

 cessary to relieve by weakening remedies. From 

 this time he was excused from all hard labour. 



During the voyage from St. Lawrence Island to 

 Oonalashka rheumatisms were very frequent. 



CHAP. IX. 



VOYAGE FROM OONALASHKA TO THE SA>fDWrCH ISLANDS, AND 

 THENCE BY WAY OF RADACK TO THE Nf ARIAN ISLANDS. 



SCIATICA AND INFLAMMATORY COMPLAINTS. 



On our arrival at Oonalashka, three sailors were 

 attacked by sciatica, which at first consisted in 

 pains along the ischiadick nerve ; after a time the 

 pain left this place, and settled in the calf, which 

 grew hard and drew the leg crooked, the common 

 sinew of the M. Psoas magni, and of the Iliad 

 internU contracting and becoming hard. The use 

 of internal remedies, and the external application 

 of stinnilant salves, terminated the complaint with 

 a serous eruption, which covered the whole calf 

 ^nd the knee : this eruption soon healed. 



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