46 THE LAND-MARKS OF 



"1st— Dose. 



1 Gr. powdered Peruvian bark. 



1 Gr. emetic. 



3 Drops spirits of hartshorne. 



Snd Tison. 



1 handful Bois mal estomac leaves, coco figse, small 

 piece raisin, citron small piece. 



3rd Cataplasm. 



Pied PouUi, a handful of Moron, ditto fevilles, Pis- 

 taches I'Eoorce, Quina bois pilled, 1 Coree d'ail or garlic, 

 9 grains preserve guini6, un moreeau de gingerbre or 

 singer un cuillier pourd a. fusil, un moreeau de tieff. 

 (A singular jargou of French and English.) 



4th. 



"After applying the above stated, then cut the bito to 

 run out the poison. 



Then a small tumbler containing some. rum, light fire 

 to the rum, and apply upside down on the bites, called 

 vantouse." (This is a rough form of "cupping" but 

 both that and suction utterly fail to "draw out" a 

 single drop of venom, for the simple reason that it is 

 rapidly diffused, and becomes intimately amalgamated 

 with the products of the specific local inflammation). 



StA Vomiting. 



To make the patient vomit, take some leaves of quina 

 bois, boil in one quarter of water, to be reduced to three 

 tea-cups. 



