Ohfervatwns 6cc. a6s 



giving him now and then fix or eight Grains of Alkerme's iil 

 Honey, to throw out the Puftules. They make ufe of frefli 

 Butter to hinder the Pitting ; and prevent the Ulcers from 

 falHng upon the Eyes by keeping their Lids conftantly tinged 

 with the Powder of Lead Oar. The Inoculation of them τ^? inocuk- 

 is performed by making a fmall Wound, upon the fleihy Part''"""-^''''' 

 of the Hand, betwixt the Thumb and Fore-finger. The Per- 

 fon who is to undergo the Operation, receives the Infection 

 from fome Friend or Neighbour, who hath a favourable Kind, 

 and who is intreated to fell two or three of his Puftules, for 

 the fame Number of Nuts, Comfits, or fuch like Trifles. This 

 they call the purchafing of the Small Pox ; and among the 

 Jews, the Purchafe alone, I was told, without Inoculation, 

 was a fufficient Preparative for the Infe6lion. However It λ^Λφοκτα^ίά-, 

 in no great Repute in thofe Parts of Barhary or the Levant 

 where I have been; moft People efteem It to be a tempting 

 of Providence and the foliciting a Diftemper before Nature 

 is difpofed to receive It. Accordingly they tell a Number 

 of Stories to difcourage the Praolice ; particularly of a beau- 

 tiful young Lady, who purchafed only a couple of Puftules. 

 It happened indeed She had no more than were paid for; 

 but the Misfortune was, they fell upon Her Eyes, and She 

 was blind by the Experiment. 



The Arahs attempt to heal all Simple and Gun-fliot Wounds Medicine^ 

 by pouring frefli Butter, almoft boy ling Hot, into the Part^O^tli''' 

 atfetled ; and I have been credibly informed, that Numbers 

 of Perfons have been cured by this Method. For aflAvaging 

 Swellings, Bruifes, Inflammations and Ailings of that Kind, xh^andS^^^ 

 Leaves of the [Opuntia] Trickly-Tear, roafted a quarter ofan""^^"""^' 

 Hour in the Aflies, and apply ed as hot as poflTible to the Part 

 aifeoted, are, in this Climate, found to be very beneficial: 

 they are noted alfo for fuppurating and bringing Boils, Plague- boh,- 

 Sores, and iiich like Tumours to Maturity ; and I have likewife 

 known them fuccefsfully apply ed, without the leaft Sufpicion of 

 having any repelling Quality, in the Gout. In flight Wounds, 

 Bruifes and Inflamations, or elfe in order to harden and con- "' 

 folidate the Parts, fome Perfons take the Powder of the bounds 

 Leaves of Alhennah , and make it up, with warm Water, 

 into a Cataplajm. This, in being apply ed, tinges the Skin with 

 a tawny Orange Colour, which continueth for fome Months; 



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