TheHifloryof 



Book I 



have its courfe : Nay fome of them, though little, yet are ve- 

 ry hard to be cured. Of thefe Ulcers there are two kinds 5 

 one round, the other uneven : The round Ulcer is harder to 

 cure then the other, for it is encompafs 'd with dead fleib, which 

 makes it the worfe j for till that dead and loofe flefti be remo- 

 ved, the Ulcer cannot be cured : Therefore as often as the 

 wound is drefs'd, that dead flefti muft be quite cut away, which 

 caufes extraordinary pains. 



Among the remedies for the healing of thefe Ulcers,there are 

 ufed Verdi-greece, Aqua-fortis, the fpirit of Vitriol, and burnt 

 Allom, which eat away the dead flefti : They ufe to the fame 

 end the juice of the lelTer Citron, which is extreamly (harp 5 

 and when the wound is foul, it makes it clean, and look well » 

 True it is, the pain which the party feels when the wound is 

 rubbed therewith is fo great, that he'would rather pitch on 

 any of the other remedies 5 but they do not heal fo foon : 

 There is alfo an Unguent made of common honey, a little fharp 

 Vinegar, and the powder of Verdi-greece, which cures Ulcers 

 in a ftiort time : And to prevent them, let not any one make 

 flight of the leaft hurt or fcratch that happens in any part of 

 the body whatfoever, elpecially the feet or legs, but to apply 

 a plaifter thereto, to take away the heat which may be in the 

 wound - 0 and in cafe there he no other remedy procurable, to 

 put fome Tobacco-leaves to it, and to ufe the juice of Citron 

 and Vinegar, to take away the itch which remains after the 

 ftinging of the Moujlicoes and the Maringoins y rather then to 

 make ufe of the nails. 



In the fixth Chapter of this Hiftory, we faid there were Ser- 

 pents and Snakes in the Iflands of Martinico and St. Aloujia? 

 which have a dangerous venom : We (hall here affign the Re* 

 medies which may be fuccefsfully ufed in order to the taking 

 away thereof. In the firft place, beitobferv'd, that they are 

 to be ufed both inwardly and outwardly : Inwardly to comfort 

 the heart, and diffipate the venemous quality which might pre- 

 vail over it, there are fuccefsfully ufed Treacle, Mithridate, 

 the Confeclion of Alkermes, Egyptian-Balm a Veru-'Ba\m ) Rue, 

 Scordium , Scorzonera , Vipers-graft, Angelico, and Contra- 

 hierva : But above all , the party ftung muft take down in a lit- 

 tle Burrage-water, Buglofs-water, or feme other liquor 9 the 

 powder of the Liver and Heart of Vipers, the weight of a 

 Crown-piece : In a word, he muft ufe all thofe things which 

 fortifie the heart, and revive and refrefti the fpirits : Outwardly 

 there are to be applyed all the Remedies which have the vertue 

 to draw and dilperfe all manner of venom : Such are Cupping- 

 glaffes apply'd upon the fcarified wound, as alfo all hot and at- 

 tractive Medicaments, fiich as are Galbanum,* Ammoniadum, 

 the fomentation of wine boil'd with the root of Dragon-wort, 

 or the leaves of Mug-wort, Garlick, Onions, Pigeons dung, the 



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