C a p. XXI V. The Caribby-Iflands. 



blood of Land-Tortoifcs dry'd and rcduc'd to powder, and 

 the like. 



It is alfo not only requifite, but veryfafe, asfbonas maybe 

 to bind up the member aftedted, a little above the place where 

 the party was ftung, and immediately to make an incifion, nay 

 indeed to take away the piece, or atleaft, as fbon asitisfcari- 

 fi'd to apply thereto the Toutermoft feather of a Chicken or Pi- 

 geons wing to take away the venom 3 and that Chicken or Pi- 

 geon being dead, to take another, till there be no venom left to 

 be drawn. 



It were alfo to be wifh 'd, that all the Inhabitants of the Ca- 

 ribbies were furnifh'd with that excellent Antidote, approved 

 in fo many places in France^ which is known under the famous 

 name of Orvietan^ and fold at Paris at the New-bridge end , in 

 the ftreet called Rue Dauphine, at the fign of the Sun : For that 

 admirable fecret, among many other rare qualities, hath the 

 vertue to drive away the venom of all forts of Serpents, and to 

 allay the force of the ftrongeft poyfons.- Such as have been, 

 ftung by venemous Serpents are to ufe it thus. 



Take of it about the bignefs of a Bean, duTolv'd in wine $, 

 and after fcarification made on the place ftung, and drawing 

 blood by the Cupping-glafs, apply thereto a little Orvietan 9 

 and let care be taken that the Patient be kept awake at leaft for 

 twelve hours after. This fovereign remedy lofes nothing of its 

 goodnefs, though it be kept many years, fo it be put up in a 

 placenot too hot, where it may be dry'd up , and if it be, it 

 may be reduc'd to its confidence with Mel rofatum , it may be 

 alfo had in powder. 



As to the diet to be obferv*d during the ufe of this remedy 5 

 the Patient muft abftain from all meats that enflame the blood, 

 or caufe melancholy .• He muft alfo forbear purging and bleed- 

 ing, for fear of drawing the venom inward j unlefs fome of 

 the nobler parts be in danger, in which cafe he may purge 

 abundantly, and ufe baths, and things good to open the pores., 

 and caufe fweating. 



If a perfon be reduc'd to fuch an extremity as that none of 

 the forementioned Antidotes can be procured, let him make 

 ufe of this which is very common and eafily got : Let him who 

 hath been bitten or ftung by any venemous creature immedi- 

 ately eat the rind of a raw Citron, for it hath the vertue to fe- 

 cure the heart from the venom: if it may be done, the place 

 hurt muft be bound as hard as can be endured, a little above 

 the biting or ftinging$ then it muft be fcarifi'd, and let there 

 be often apply'd thereto a mans fafting fpittle , and if the beaft 

 which hath done the mifchief can be had, cutoff the head of 

 it, and pound*it till it be reduc'd to a kind of Unguent, which 

 muft be apply'd hot to the wound : This is the ordinary reme- 

 dy ufed by the natural Inhabitants of Brajil to free themfelves 



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