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IL Of the Vfe s>f the Re^^rlpecacuanha, for 
Loofeneffes^ tratjflated from a French Paper: 
With fome Notes on the fame ^ by Hans Sloane^ 
WHEN the Remedies commonly ufed in the 
Pradice of Payfick, have not been able to cure 
Dyfenteries, and obftinate Loofenefles, the moil famous 
Phyfuians have in all times been obliged to leave them to 
Nature, which, in fuch Cafes, (eldom ends favourably 
for the Patient. 
This has made me think, that I fliall do a thing ac- 
ceptable, not only to my Brethren, who may have us'd 
the ordinary Methods • but alfo to the Sick, who have 
not been able to recover their Health by general Reme- 
dies : I will difcover to them an infallible Medicine for 
curing fuch Diftempers, how dangerous and inveterate 
(bever the Diftemper may be, without fear of any dan- 
gerous Accident to follow. 
Yet I am obliged to except from the Number of the 
Sick, who may exped Relief by this fo ufeful Method, 
which I here promife, fuch as are difeafed in their Lungs 
under Decays, Hyd'ropick Perfons, becaufe the Flux 
which comes upon them is a Sign of an Extindion of 
the Natural Heat, and approaching Death : all that can 
be expeded from my Remedies is, to prolong Life for 
fome time : But I do not promife them a perfed Cure. 
I muft alfo give them Notice, that by the length of 
the Difeafe, they will be difordered in their Head, have 
a Hiccup and a Vomitings with a Pain in the lower Bel-^ 
Jy, accompanied with Stools refembling the Dregs of 
Wine, or the Wafhings of Meat, fmellmg like Carrion, 
and it will be better to let them alone, for thefe are fure 
M Marks 
