Oh fer vat ions &c. ^d^* 



giving him now and then fix or eight Grains of Alkermes in 

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

 Butter to hinder the Pitting ; and prevent the Ulcers from 

 falling upon the Eyes by keeping their Lids conftantly tinged 

 with the Powder of Lead Oar. The Inoculation of them ttj;. inocuia- 

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

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

 fon who is to undergo the Operation, receives the Infedtion 

 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 Infedion, However It \'s> di^,ourag,i. 

 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 Pradlice ; 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 y4rahs attempt to heal all Simple and Gun-fliot Wounds Medicines 

 by pouring frefli Butter, almoft boyling Hot, into the Part^'o^S'''' 

 afFe6led ; and 1 have been credibly informed, that Numbers 

 of Perfons have been cured by this Method. For allwaging 

 Swellings, Bruifes, Inflammations and Ailings of that Kind, the andia^m- 

 Leaves of the [^Opuntid] Trkkly-Tear^ roafted a quarter of an""^'""^' 

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

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

 they are noted alfo for fuppurating and bringing Boils, Plague- g^jj^ 

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

 known them fuccefsfuUy 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^^u^jj 

 Leaves of u4lhennah , and make it up, with warm Water, 

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

 a tawny Orange Colour, which continueth for fome Months; 



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