372 November 1748. 



the woods every morning and evening. It 

 is therefore not unreafonable to think that 

 the noxioufnefs of the effluvia from putrify- 

 ing fubftances was then prevented, fo that 

 they were not fo dangerous to the inhabi- 

 tants. 



Several remedies are employed againft 

 this difeafe: the jefuit's bark was formerly a 

 certain one, but at prefent it has not always 

 this effedt, though they fell it genuine, and 

 for the very beft. Many people accufed it 

 of leaving fomething noxious in the body. 

 Yet it was commonly obferved, that when 

 the bark was good, and it was taken as foon 

 as the fever made its appearance, and before 

 the body was weakened, it was almoft 

 fure to conquer the fever, fo that the cold 

 fits never returned, and no pain or ftiffnefs 

 remained in the limbs ; but when the di- 

 feafe is rooted in, and has confiderably weak- 

 ened the patients, or they are naturally very 

 weak, the fever leaves them after ufing the 

 jefuit's bark, but returns again in a fort- 

 night's time, and obliges them to take the 

 bark again -, but the confequence frequently 

 is a pain and a ftiffnefs in their limbs, and 

 fometimes in their bowels, which almoft | 

 hinders them from walking : this pain con- 1 

 tinues for feveral years together, and even 

 accompanies fome to the grave. This bad 



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