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but, he fays, they were inclined to itch roun# 

 their bafes. 



We cannot purfue our author through his en- 

 quiries into aii the hypothefes relating to the caufe 

 of thisdiforder, howfoever ingenious; it muft fuf- 

 fice to obferve, that he favours the theory of Exan- 

 thematic Animalcula^ and, from the frequency of this 

 diforder on the fea-coall, where the inhabitants 

 live much upon filh, and particularly herrings, 

 which abound with the Gordius Marinus (Syft, 

 1075) or Sea Hair-worm, adduces a train of argu- 

 ments to fliew, that this diftemper probably origi- 

 nates from thefe worms. 



In the cure, he defcants upon the viper-hrotb of 

 the antients ; and remarks, that the famed viper 

 of the Eaft is a different ferpent from ours. He 

 next treats on the inefficacy of mercurials as 

 vermifuges, and quotes Dr. Scopoli as obferving, 

 that no people are more troubled with worms than 

 thofe that work in the quick filver-mines of Car- 

 mola. At length, againft this obftinate and for- 

 midable malady, Dr. Uddman informs us, that 

 Dr. Rujfelh method of cure, which confifts in giv- 

 ing large quantities of fea-water, afTifted by the 

 other part of the procefs, to which were joined 

 fridlions with warm and acrid oils, had been at- 

 tended with more fuccefs than any other. 



132. FUNDAMENTA OrNITHOLOGICA. J, P. Back- 



man. ij6^. 



To all lovers of Ornithology this muft have 

 been an acceptable morfel, as containing the rudi- 

 ments 



