( 5^ 6 ) 
Potential Cauteries , whofe adbivlty often produces unex^ 
Pe£ted Symptomes* as not being fo much at the com- 
mand of the Applyer.Howevei: the frequent ufe ofCautertes 
in yapan appeared fufl&ciently to our Author* from the nu- 
merous Scars he faw all over the bodies of very many per- 
fons among that People* upon no other account but burn- 
ing with Moxa ^ which he aflerts they ufe in all ages and 
Sexes > and in all feafbns of the year with detircd fuc' 
In the next place our Author recounts the occafional cau- 
fes of thbfe difeafes which moft infeft Japati * chiefly theft » 
namely the fli^veing the top of their heads fmooth* and go- 
ing barefoot in all ages, both Sexes, and all times of the 
year ^ excels of Venery ; feeding much on Fifb> which 
afford a clamniy cold and pituicous noutiftiment : and 
liftly being free from Wars, thty live feciirely iti gre^t' Slo'lh 
an'dLu:xury. All DifVempersofthe Htad, Merves, Liga^ 
ments and Membranes are Very frequent % Plague they 
hkve none : but Small -Pox fo conftantly Epidemical and 
fatal* that Parents count not thofe Children among the 
liveing who'have^ot pafs\ that Difeafe. But there is no 
Diftemper ifiore comtnbri than Blindnefs and Gout : ITlife 
former for want of the Art of Conching Catara£is th^ 
count Incurable ^ iUt latter in time thty cure by Mc^at^. 
Burning whti liot Trotis they Icno^ liot V Blood^lming 
they abhor as diftrudive to life. All their Chirurgery 
coftifittsin the xj/i Mi>ica s ;andi&/-^^ with a long ftiarp 
Needle. ITheyliad ra:ther dy't^^ implolre affiftance frdfti 
Chrifcans : and Providence hath left their own t>ecrple ig- 
norant in much niedicin : leaft a latid^dft fhritftil io'CWit^ 
dn^n ffibuld be ol^riib ^ : ; ' : 
Bu^,t|ature is kind in afFordimg great (tasntitieis oF YiffHi^n^ 
