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which terminates in a copious flux of 

 ichor, or pus. A cataplafm from the 

 pulp of lemons, or limes, with fea fait, 

 applied to the wounded part, is the ge- 

 neral remedy for venomous Bites in thefe 

 Colonies ; and I have often ufed it with 

 fuccefs, after fcarifying the wound : At 

 other times I have fuccefsfully fubftitu- 

 ted a cataplafm from the Meal of the 

 Seeds of the Vegetable Mulk, or wild 

 Ocro plant, with Olive Oil; but to 

 thefe I have ufually adjoined oily em- 

 brocations of the adjacent parts, with 

 the internal ufe of the Treacle of An- 

 dromachusy Decodions of Seneca and 

 Virginia Snake-root, or an Emulfion 

 of the Seeds of the Mufk plant. Thefe 

 have hitherto been fuccefsful, though 

 there are undoubtedly Poifons againft 

 which no art can avail, fuch as that of 

 the fmall Labarra, above defcribed. 



Thefe 



