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of a cold 



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however we had neither arts 



time nor opportunity to learn from them in what manner thefe 

 round fpots were produced. 



AND 

 SCIENCES 



The Tahoii'va 



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not only verfed in the 



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fcience of remedies againfh the difeafes common among thefe 



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iflanders, but he has really a knowledge of nature, as far as is com- 

 patible with the confined ideas of the whole nation. I cannot but 

 imagine that they muft have fome ideas of anatomy, as they 

 are well acquainted with all the internal parts of the human body. 



which they could not have learnt but by examining fome human 



corpfe ', and they have likewife peculiar names for all the .internal 

 parts of the body : thus for inflance, they name Koro the brains ; 



hoottoo the heart 



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the livery hooa-houa the kidney 



e?^(?o-cr^/6<^/ the ftomach 5 abu the bowels j obooboo the bladder ^ 

 fow-oboore the blind gut; awa the womb or matrix; 



and 



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toa-^ 



various 



is the pithof ruflies, dipt in Sefam-oiL The Chinefe and J 



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downy part 

 form a Httlc 



cone of it, put it on the body and bivrn it. This remedy has been recommended and ufed by 

 fome Dutch phyficians againft the gout and rheumatifms, but has hitherto gained but an indifFer* 

 cnt reputation. The Laplanders ufe the common punk or hohtm ignlarius for the fame purpofe ; 



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■ The Bedwin-Arabs fubftitutc common cotton. 



D'Arvieu^ Voyage dans la Vakftine^ which is likewife found by experiment to be as good ai 



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