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Scorpion.—Kill the beast and apply the pulped body to the wound and it 
is said that a cure will follow. See Snake Bite. 
Sera-Da.—Bath for smallpox. Arrawak. 
Snake.—The oilfrom the Camoudie snake (Boa sp.) and the fat from the 
same snake command good prices for rubbing on painful and rheumatic joints. 
Snake Brre.—Bancroft writes that a cataplasm from the pulp of lemons or 
limes with sea salt has been applied with success. A meal of the seeds of the 
vegetable musk or wild ochra with olive oil with a liberal use of treacle of 
Andromachus, decoctions of Seneca and Virginia snake-root also good or an 
emulsion of the seeds of the musk plant or vegetable musk. But, says he, it 
is of no avail against the bite of the small Labaria. 
Bernau writes that when an Indian is bitten on the finger he promptly cuts 
it off but when bitten on the leg or other parts ofthe body, he kills the snake, 
then cuts up the head into small bits till it is like a paste. He binds it on the: 
wound and leaves it there till it becomes perfectly dry. He then goes in search 
of the booroo-booroo plant and having dug up a certain quantity of the roots 
makes a decoction, pours some on the wound and drinks some. He gives 
cases where the patient recovers and lives for years afterwards but suffer in 
after years from aberration of the mind and trembling of the limbs. 
SimaruBa.—(Simaruba officinale). Grows in the forest and bears a fruit like 
an English pippin. Has a pleasant bitter taste. A powerful stimulant. An 
effectual remedy against dysentery. (Bernau, Schomburgk.) The Arrawaks 
highly recommend it and call it Simarupa. 
SILVERBALLI.—(White). For intermittent fever and as a bath for small- 
pox. Carib. 
SARSAPARILLA.—(Duruquaro Smil. sp.) By the creoles aerial roots of Philo- 
dendon are called sarsaparilla or “coction.” A diuretic and demulcent and 
used with great effect by the Indians. (Schomburg.) 
Sa-Ru-Ma.—Dressing for Buck sick. Accowai. 
SARSAPARILLA.—(Phytolacca decrandra, Helicteris Sacarotha, Waltheria 
dooradinha). The roots are used in syphilitic cases. (Schomburgk.) 
Sn-Rr-Na.—For headache. Accowai. 
Sepi.—A bath for smallpox. 
TamarinD.—(Tamarindus indicus). Young leaves and blossom drawn as a 
tea and sweetened for a drink for children suffering from measles. A cooling 
drink for adults. Taken in the olden days by sufferers from malaria with 
effect instead of rain water. The dried fruit boiled in a syrup is refreshing 
and makes a good aperient. 
Tacu1a GuIANENSIS.—A febrifuge. (Schomburgk.) 
