DISEASES. 3T5 
raggexi and turned inwards, it proceeds by ulcerating under tlie 
skin; the bottom of the ulcer is uneven, covered with a foul slough, 
of a verj disagreeable smell, and the discharge is thin, watery, 
and very irritating: it seldom cicatrices before the alae nasi and 
lip are completely destroyed; when it does cease, the skin is 
puckered and uneven, and has a very disagreeable appearance; 
the only remedy which the natives use, is an external application 
of bruised leaves; they seem to let it take its course, without being 
very anxious about a cure. 
Framboesia, the Yaws, is a very frequent disease with the chil- 
dren of the poor and slaves: before the eruption takes place they 
are severely afflicted with pairs in the joints, and along the course 
of the muscles of the superior and inferior extremities; in young 
persons, hard, round bony excrescences, the size of a walnut, 
form on each side of the nose under the eyes. The Natives either 
are not acquainted with a remedy for this enlargement of the 
bones, or if they are, they do not put it in practice. I adminis- 
tered alterative doses of calomel and antimonial powder with 
success, as it stopped the enlargement of the bones and caused 
them to be absorbed, and relieved the pain in the arms and legs 
particularly; during the exhibition of the alterative pills, a foul 
ulcer on the head got well : the natives apply a mixture of the 
plant Cudey-akoo, with lime juice, to the eruption, but apparently 
with very little benefit. 
Psora, the itch, a very severe species of which, called craw 
craw, is a frequent disease, and is very contagious ; it is most com- 
monly met with in children, few of the Dunko slaves are without 
it, from their poor diet and extreme dirtiness; they do not seem to 
experience much uneasiness from it, as they seldom apply any 
remedy; sometimes they use a rubefaciant, made of a plant called 
secoco, bruised and mixed with lime juice. 
