2β± Phyfical and MifceUaneous 



Theumoryof To give thcii a more particular Account of what Arts and 



^ ' Sciences are ftill remaining in Barhary, I ihall begin with the 

 Hiftory of Phyfick. And here It is to be obferved (for the 

 Want no Doubt of proper Perfons duly and methodically 

 bred up to thefe Arts) that there are few if any of the more 

 dangerous Cafes and Diftempers^ but fuch as either prove mor- 

 tal, or of a long Continuance. It is to be obferved like- 

 wife, that few Perfons will admit either of Advice or Medi- 

 cine, believing in ftrid and abfolute Predeftination ; whilft o- 

 thers, who are lefs fuperftitious, prevent the AiTiftance of 

 both by their ill Conduol and Management; leaving all to 

 the Strength of Nature, or elfe to Magar-eah, as they call 

 Charms and Enchantments. The Hiftory therefore of Phy- 

 lick will be exprefled in a few Lines: for if we except the 

 following Remedies^ together with the conftant Refort that 

 is made to ttiQ Bagnio's in Diftempers of all Qualities and Com- 

 plexions, there is little beiides of general Ufe and Eftabliih- 

 ment among them. 



Their Remf. Tlius in Rheumatlck and Pleuritick Cafes, it is ufual to make 



Rbeimatifm, fever al Punftures, with a red hot Iron, upon the Part aiFe6led ; 



jaundice, ^jjj^j^ Operation is to be repeated according to the Strength 

 of the Patient and the Violence of the Difeafe. A Decoolion 

 of the Ground Tine, or of the Glohularia Fruticofa, is the or- 



Feavcrs, dinary Medicine for Fevers : though I have known the com- 

 mon Scahious of this Country, taken either as a Salad, or in 

 a ftrong Decoftion, to remove violent tertian and quartanAgues. 



Flatulent ^ Dram or two of the Root of \Βοηφηηι\ the Round Birth- 



Diftempers, ^^r/, IS an eftabliihcd Remedy for the Cholick and other fla- 

 tulent Diftempers: as th&^QG\, oi\Bookohd\AriJarum, dry- 

 ed and powdered, is for the Stone and Gravel. I once knew 

 above a Pint of a glutinous Subftance brought away, by the 

 Urethra, from a young Boy of our Interpreter's, by only 

 eating plentifully of the ordinary Bread of the Bedoii/eens , 

 which is made of an equal Quantity of Barley or Wheat Flour, 

 and the Roots of Bookoka dried in the Oven and pow- 

 dered. One Dram of a dark coloured Drop- Stone, or the 



Bloody Flux, like Quantity of the Powder of the Orohanche Maurita- 

 nica, have been ufed with good Succefs in ftopping invete- 

 rate Diarrheas. Little elfe is obferved in the Management of 



Small Pox, the Small Pox , than to keep the Patient moderately warm, 



giving 



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