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in dyfcnteries,which are always tedious and very frequently 

 prove mortal. Bark in fmall quantities, ipecacuanha, too, 

 in very fmall quantities fo as not to vomit, water, and 

 fruit not over ripe, have been found the moll fuccefsful 

 remedies. 



As for the other fpecies of dyfentery, which begins with 

 a conftant diarrhoea, when the guts at laft are excoriated, 

 and the mucus voided by the flools, this difeafe is rarely cu- 

 red if it begins with the rainy feafon. But if, on the contrary, 

 it happen either in the funny fix months, or the end of the 

 rainy ones immediately next to them, fmall dofes of ipeca- 

 cuanha either carry it off, or it changes into an intermitting 

 fever, which yields afterwards to the bark. And it always 

 has feemed to me that there is a great affinity between the 

 fevers and dyfenteries in thefe countries, the one ending in 

 the other almoft perpetually.. 



The next difeafe, which we may fay is endemial in the 

 countries before mentioned, is called banzecr, the bogs or the 

 /wine, and is a fwelling of the glands of the throat, and un- 

 der the arms. This the ignorant inhabitants endeavour to- 

 bring to a fuppuration,. but in vain ; they then open them in 

 feveral places.; a fore and running follows, and a difeafe 

 very much refembling what is called in Europe the Evil. 



The next (though not a dangerous complaint) has a very 

 terrible appearance. Small tubercules or fwellings appeal' 

 all over the body, but thickefl in the thighs, arms, and legs. 

 Thefe fwellings go and come for weeks together without 

 pain ; though the legs often fwell to a monftrous fize as in 

 the dropfy. Sometimes the patients have ulcers in theis 



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