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But thefè Quacks have found out a pretty fin g u Far 'Way of 

 Imtodu e of the being anfwerable for Events. As foon 



mpOj.ure oj perceive a Patient has the Symp- 



J^^gg toms of Death, they never fail to give Orders, 



that are fo difHcuIt to he put in Execution, that they are always 

 fure of an Excufe, on Account of their Orders not having been 

 punctually followed. It is not to be conceived to what Ex- 

 travagancies they go on thefe Occalions : They order fome 

 Patienté to counterfeit themfelves mad: In fome Dillempers 

 they order Dances, which are generally very lafcivious. Onp 

 would think for the rnofi Part, that they have the Cure of the 

 Patient lefs in View, than to hallen his Death. But what 

 ihews the Force of Imagination is, that thefe Dodors^ with 

 ail their Follies, perform as many Cures as our's. 



In fome Nations, when the Dillemper is defperate, they kill 

 Their C'^uelt to Patients to put them out of their Pain. 

 rfZ, ^' L ' Jf' ^ Canton of Onnontaguey they deflroy 



te CafeT ^^""^^ Children that lofe their Mothers at their 



ra e ajes. Birth, or bury them alive with them, becaufe 



they are perfuaded that another Woman cannot nurfe them^ 

 and that they would pine to Death. But I think however 

 that lately they have laid afide this barbarous Cultom. Some 

 others forfake the Difeafed when the Dodlors give them over, 

 and let them die with Hunger and Thirft. There are fome, 

 who, to hinder the Difiortion of the Features in dying Per- 

 fons, clofe their Eyes and Mouth, when they fee them in the 

 Agony >Qf Death. 



In Acadia, the Jugglers are called Jutmcins^ and it is ge- 

 nf h ' f ■ nerally the Chief of the Village who is 

 r A (V '^^"'"^'^'^^^ invefted with this Dignity ; therefore they 

 ^ * have more Authority than the other Jugglers, 



though they have not more Skill, nor lefs of ImpoHure. When 

 they are called to a Patient, the iirll Thing they do is to 

 view him attentively for feme Time, then they blow upon 

 him : If this has no Elred, The Reafon is, that the Devil is 

 *^ within him, fay they, bift hovvever he mull come out^ yet 

 let every one be upon his Guard, for this evil Spirit out of 

 Spite may fall upon one of the Company." Then they en- 

 ter into a Kind of Madnefs, they make ilrange Pollures, 

 they cry out, they threaten the pretended Devil, they 

 fpeak to him as if they have feen him, and they make PafTes 

 at him : But all this is only a Farce to hide their Impof- 

 ture. 



When they enter the Cabin, they always have the Precau- 

 tion to thrafi: into the Earth a Piece of Wood, faflened to a 

 String : Afterwards they offer the End of the String to all 



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