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tlic trilie amoun" wliom Clark had been natu- 

 ralized, w;\s first seizL'd with it, and di<Ml, as had 

 been predicted by the kradjce, or physician and 

 soothsayer. lie had jpjR^lmisly Hmn with a 

 tribe situated near the aea^ mSi ftoMbh 

 may have seen the disease before, althongh he 

 disclaimed having any but sapematural know- 

 ledge of it. 



The plan of treatment followed in the case of 

 tbe king ^mm^on & eoli mds^i $mt 

 pevsoas itf less note nnderweat th^ ssQitev 



only one survived. The conseqneiice was, that 

 other medicinal measures were thought of, and 

 the eoLd-bath was stigmatized and abandoned. 

 S$^«pching the Mt femflie head, aiad iar{c%iBg 

 pustttles with a sharp-p<^ted fish bon^ 

 then s€iueozino" oiit the fluid contained in them 

 with tlie flat part of tlie instrnnu'ut, was the 

 next mode of cure adopted by the kradjee i and 



it mtT^f g{ tmmki iSmt the fi^^m&m sug- 

 gested Iti^ td %hiDi &o]^ the obftemtioa thait 



the pustules burst spontaneously, and diaGtUkZged 

 whitish matter, in the first case of recovery. 



It is curious, observes Dr. Mair, that the 

 veiy same process was recommended by Avi- 

 fsmn$^i the cdebfated A^W^ phyM^aiij irlm 

 flourished m the tenth Tts^tiny o\' the christian 

 era, and gave the first complete history of the 



