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litketria aa amicable and unbiaied way^and by rfi^ cdiijundi^ 
on of feme able and difcreec Perfons with thefe two difpu^ 
tants, that have hitherto very unbecommingly inveighed a* 
gainft one another. 
II. NEW-- ENGLAND S RA1{1TIES dtfcover d .^ together with 
the^emedies ufed by the Natives to cute their Difea/es^^^^ 
a^d Seres ^S^c. By John Joflelin Gi?»^.London 1 6j2.m 1 20. 
/-TpHefe Obfervations are the fruits of the Authors eight 
X years travelio New-Englandi They concern (beides 
the Geography of that Country ^ and the temperature ofthe 
Air, andthe moft common Difeafes ) the natural Produai- 
ons of that Enghfe Plantation; And thofe i Animals 5 vi^Mtds^ 
Beafts, Fifties, Serpents, Infers. 2 Plants, and ih^k either 
fuch as are common with us $ or proper to that Country, both 
with, and withou t names 3 or fuch as have fprungupGnce the 
Englijh planted there j or laftly fuch Garden- herbs ( amongft 
us^) as do thrive there 5 and of fuch as do not. 3. Fopls^z% 
: Stones,Mineral$, Metals, and Earths. 
To make thefe Obfervations of Nature the mof e confide- 
rable and ufeful, the Obferver fubjoins to them their refpec- 
tiveufcsin Phyfick, Chirurgery, Dying, e.g. To cure 
confumptions by e3LtingLand'turtles: To heal Scalds and Burns 
with the Oyl of the Sea-Calf j or with a ftrong decodiion of 
Tobacco , wafliing the Sore therewith , and ftrewing To^ 
haccorpo'wder thereon : To heal Bruifes and Aches with the Oyl 
oi thtSperrria^ceti'Whalet^vvhich, faith the Author, being put up 
into Hogiheads, and ftow'd into Cellars fo> fome time, eao- 
dieth at the bottom about one quarter,and then^he oyl being 
drawn off ofthe candied ftufi^put up into convenmit velfels^ 
pfoveth to be right ^/^r;?2«.<7^/^V and is fold for fuch^Ving ad- 
mirable for the already mentioned ufesv Item^ To remedy the 
biting of a Ratle-Snake by bruifing its Liver and applying it 
10 the wound : To ftrengthen the Limbs by anointing them 
with an Oyl , drawn out of the white: Oak acorns.boikd in a 
£m^i2^m made of the A(hes of rotten Maple.wood, untillthe 
OyLfwiwoa the top, which is fo clear and fweet^that the Indis 
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