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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
The bark of this tree pounded with Mallaguetta pepper is ap- 
plied to the head in cases of head-ach. 
31. Thuquamah. — The bark is pounded and drank in Palm 
wine, with Mallaguetta pepper, for pain in the bellj. 
32. Conkknoney, a dark purple coloured Toadstool, the size of a 
hazel nut, rubbed with Mallaguetta pepper and hme juice, it purges 
briskly. To stop the purging, a mess of boiled Guinea corn meal 
and lime juice should be eaten. 
33. Suetinney. — {Brillantaisia owajiensis. Palis, de Beauvois Flor. 
d'Oware, 2. p. 68 tab. 100, Jig. 2.) A decoction of the leaves is 
drank for pain in the belly. 
34. Soominna, (Tetandria Monogynia,) is bruised with lime juice 
and used to abate cough. 
35. Thattha fScoparia dulcis. Linn.) — The expressed juice of 
this plant is dropped into the ears when pained. 
36. Aquey {Melia Azedarach. Linn.') A decoction of the leaves 
of this tree is used with Palm wine as a corroborant. 
37. Dammaram (MusscEnda fulgens. nov. spec.) 
The diseases most common in the Ashantee Country are the 
Lues, Yaws, Itch, Ulcers, Scald-heads, and griping pains in the 
bowels. Other diseases are occasionally met with, I should sup- 
pose in the same proportion that they occur in civilized countries; 
but I do not know to what cause to assign the prevalence and fre- 
quency of one of the most unsightly diseases that can occur in any 
country : it is an obstinate species of ulcer, or, Noli me tangere, 
which destroys the nose and upper lip ; it attacks women chiefly, 
although men are not exempt from it ; there are more than 100 
women in Coomassie who have lost the nose or upper lip from 
this cause alone : it commences with a small ulcer in the alae nasi, 
or upper lip, the size Of a spht pea, excavated, with the edges 
