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he had once had a very violent fit of the 

 latter, and that Dr. Sarrafin had cured 

 him in the following manner, which has 

 been found to fucceed bed here. He gave 

 him fudorifjcs, which were to operate be- 

 tween eight and ten hours ; he was then 

 b!ed, and the fudorifics repeated; he was 

 bled again, and that effectually cured him* 



DR. Sarrafin was the royal phyfician at 

 Quebec, and a correfpondent of the royal 

 academy of fciences at Paris. He was pof- 

 fefTed of great knowledge in the practice 

 of phyfic, anatomy, and other fciences, and 

 very agreeable in his behaviour. He died 

 at Quebec, of a malignant fever, which had 

 been brought to that place by a (hip, and 

 with which he was infected at an hofpita), 

 where he vifited the fick. He left a fon, who 

 likewife fludied phyfic, and went \vFrance 

 to make himfelf more perfect in the prac- 

 tical part of it, but he died there. 



THE intermitting fevers fometimes come 

 amongft the people here, and the venereal 

 difeafe is common here* The Indians are 

 likewife infected with it ; and many of 

 them have had it, and fome (till have it; 

 but they likewife are perfectly poffciTed of 

 the art of curing it. There are examples 

 of Frenchmen and Indians, infected all over 

 the body with this difeafe, who have been ra- 



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