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cataplafm, the juice of the herb was to be ufed 
as a gargle. I was prejudiced againft thofe 
burning collars with which my neck was 
again to be furrounded; and, when I faw Klaas 
bringing me this new-prepared one, 1 felt, I 
confefs, fome repugnance. But the gargle 
had fuch an agreeable fmell, its tafte was fo 
fweet and balfamic, and nature appeared to 
give me fo fudden and powerful an inclination 
for it, that one of the remedies induced me to 
fubmit to the other. 
The cataplafm was renewed feveral times In 
the night ; and I repeated the gargle ftill more 
frequently. At length, when day appeared, 
to my great joy I found myfelf eafed, I could 
already breathe with more freedom ; the fwell- 
ing and inflammation of the pharynx were 
abated ; every moment I continued to get bet« 
ter ; at length I was able even to fwallow, and 
then by order of my Efculapius I was to take 
qpld milk. 
In a ftate of continual fever as I was, this 
cold milk appeared to my European prejudices 
a ftrange prefcription : but what were preju- 
dices to confidence founded on fuccels ! I re- 
figned myfelf blindly to the guidance of my 
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