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in dy fenteries,which are always tedious and very frequently 
prove mortal. Bark in {mall quantities, ipecacuanha, too, 
in very fmall quantities fo as not to vomit, water, and 
fruit not over ripe, have been found the moft fuccefsfuk 
remedies. 
As for the other fpecies of dyfentery, which begins with 
a conftant diarrhcea, when the guts at laft are excoriated, 
and the mucus voided by the ftools, this difeafe is rarely cu- 
red if it begins with the rainy feafon. But if, onthe contrary, 
it happen either in the funny fix months, or the end of the 
rainy ones immediately next to them, {mall dofes of ipeca- 
cuanha either carry it off, or it changes into an intermitting 
fever, which yields afterwards to the bark. And it always 
has feemed to me that there is a great affinity between the 
fevers and dyfenteries in thefe countries, the one cndine In 
the other almoft perpetually. 
Tue next difeafe, which we may fay is endemial in the 
countries before mentioned, is called hanzeer, the hogs or the 
fwine, and is a {welling of the glands of the throat, and un- 
der the arms. This the ignorant inhabitants endeavour to 
bring to a fuppuration, but in vain; they then open them in: 
feveral places; a fore and running follows, and a difeafe 
very much refembling what is called in Europe the Evil. 
Tus next (though not a dangerous complaint) has a very 
terrible appearance. Small tubercules or f{wellings appear 
all over the body, but thickeft in the thighs, arms, and legs.. 
Thefe fwellings go and come for weeks together without 
pain ; though | the legs often {well to a monftrous fize as in 
the dropfy, Sometimies the Weis have ulcers in their 
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