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not difclofe, and defired that one might be given 

 him at his next fit, told him that he would fweat 

 much, and that he would have large evacuations 

 both by vomiting and ftool, and added, that if the 

 fir ft bolus did not entirely cure him, the fecond cer- 

 tainly would : the thing happened as fhe had fore- 

 told the patient had, indeed, a fecond fit, but 

 this was his laft. He from that day enjoyed a 

 perfect ftate of health. 



Thefe people have alfo fpeedy and fovereign re- 

 medies againft the paify, dropfy, and venereal com- 

 plaints. The rafpings of guiacum and faffafras are 

 their common fpeci ricks againft thefe laft com- 

 plaints ; of thefe they make a draught which is 

 both a cure and prefervative, provided it be made 

 conftant ufe of. In acute difeafes, fuch as the pleu- 

 rify, they fall to work on the fide oppofite to that 

 where the pain is ; to this they apply drawing ca- 

 taplafms, and which hinder it from fettling. In 

 fevers they ufe cooling lotions with decoctions of 

 herbs, and by this means prevent inflammations 

 and delirioufnefs. They boaft above all things of 

 their fkill in dieting, which according to them 

 confifts in abfcaining from certain aliments which 

 they reckon detrimental. 



They were formerly unacquainted with the me- 

 thod of bleeding, which they fupplied by fcari- 

 fications of the parts affected : they afterwards 

 applied a fort of cupping- glafles made of gourds, 

 and filled with combuftible matters to which 

 they fet fire. The ufe of caufticks, and uftu- 

 lations, were all familiar to them ; but as 

 they had no knowledge of the lunar cauftick, 

 they made ufe of rotten wood in its place. At 

 prefent, bleeding alone is fubftituted initead of all 

 i thefe. 



