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Tra7jels into thehEVA^^ r. Part II, 
Saw duft ; they fteep this powder in water, and make ufe of it in glewing 
any thing. . 
Soap, In Pe^y/^î they make foap of greafe or tallow inftead of Oyl, and that makes 
it to have a bad fcent, and with theleaft fweating to breed lice in their Linnen. 
Rafors. The Rafors they make, have a very thick back, and are very heavy. 
Phyficians. There are many Phyficians in Per/ia, and amongft them fbme skilfull men. 
When they have vifited their Patient, they write their Bills upon a little bit of 
Paper which they give to a Woman, who goes to a drugifts and buys all the 
ingredients, which fhe prepares for a Medicine ; for all over Perjia the Wo- 
Remedy for a prepare the Medicines. Their mofl ufual Medicine for aFeaver, are the 
Feaver. cold Seeds which they pee] and put into water, giving the Patient the whole 
Chhia. prefently to be drank down. They make great ufe of Chma in feveral dif- 
tempers. They put it in infufion in Brandy, and for fifteen days let it in the 
Sun, they take it for the fpace of a Month, obferving in the mean time a good 
diet, and efpecially not to eat any thing that has Salt in it, to abftain from 
Wine and Women, and not to ftir abroad out of ones Chamber ; but they ufe 
not that Medicine in the Summer-time. 
Bloud-letting. They let bloud too, and are very dextrous at it ; I fpeak by experience^, 
they tye a ligature of leather very ftreighr about the Arm, and then without 
rubbing or looking much on the place, they take their Lance, which is very 
broad and in a handle like a Rafor, and prick very skilfully, but they draw 
a great quantity of bloud when they are let alone. 
In this Countrey ofPerJia, as well as in Turkey, they whiten, or if you will, 
tinn, brafs and copper other wife than with us. The Workmen make ufe of 
Salt Armoniack, which they fet over the fire with a little water to purifie and 
take thegreafe from it ; there they leavfe it till thé humidity be evaporated, Co 
that it be all reduced into a white Powder : Then they wafh the Veflel they 
* Soudegrifc. ^re to tinn, very clean, with * grey Saltwort which they have boiled in it ; 
after that a Boy fettingthe Veflel upon theground,puts fànd into it,and putting 
his two feet thereon, turns to and again, untill the Veflel be well fcourcd, and 
no greafe remain : Then the Mafter takes it, and letting it upon a clear coal 
fire with the Mouth downwards, leaves it there till it be almoft red ; when 
it is lb, he takes hold on it with a pair of Pinfers,and with the other hand takee a 
parcel of Cotton, with which he takes a little Salt Armoniack, and therewith 
rubs the Veflel very well ; then he prefles a piece of tin on it, which being a 
little melted, he takes a finall portion of Salt Armoniack on his Cotton again, 
and applying it upon the melted tinn, he therewith rubs the Veflel, untill it be 
all tinned over, and fo foon as he hath done that, he throws it into cold wa- 
ter. This they do fo faft,that in half an hours time they'll tinn five or fix Skil- 
lets, and that cofts but very little ; nay thole that have ftore of veflels,fend for 
them to their houles, and they bring their Ihops along with them, which con- 
flits in a few coals, a little Saltwort, a pair of bellows, the horn of an Ox 
full of Salt Armoniack, and Ibme fmall pieces of Tinn : They work in anyplace 
they would have them, whether in the Court, Gardens, or any where elle, 
without any need of a Chimney, for they make their fire by a ftone, againft 
, which they lean their Veflel, that it may not put out the fire when it is fet 
upon it ; they cover the nofe of their bellows with a little Earth made over it 
arch- ways, and fo their fhopis prepared and in readinels. 
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