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pbire, which is drawn oiit of the Roots of the Cinna- 
mon Tree, is a very great Cordial^ if taken inwardly 
- It ftrerigthens the Stomach, expels Wind, and hath 
been found of great Ufe in arthritick and gouty Dif* 
orders : It is alfo a Diuretick. The Dofe is ten or 
twelve Drops upon a bit of Sugar, or in a proper Ve- 
hicle. Outwardly it is applied in all arthritick Pains 
from Cold and Obftrudions, being rubb’d on the af-. 
feded Part with a warm Hand, and it will prefently 
ielfen the Pain, and by Degrees take it off. It is now 
about fix and thirty Years fince, ferving in the Shop 
of Mr. Nicolas Dumhjldorf' at Amjerdam.^ that 
Gentleman was then fo cruelly afflided with arthritick 
Pains, that he could have no Reft neither Night nor 
Day ; and although he called in the Afliftance of feve- 
ral noted Phyficians, and tried abundance of Medi- 
cines, yet he could find no Relief, till he was advifed 
to caufe himfelf to be anointed with the Oil of the 
Root of the Cinnamon Tree ; of which he then hap- 
pen’d to have a good Quantity by him. I remember 
very well, that I anointed him my felf, rubbing the 
Oil on all the affeded Parts with my Hand warm’d 
by holding it to an Oven, and this I did twice every 
Day for an ,Hour together. And though, when this 
Cure was firft begun with him, his Hands and Feet 
were by the Convulfions and the Violence of his Pain 
fo contraded, that they grew quite crooked, and were 
full of Nodes, yet in a Fortnight’s Time he grew fo 
much better, that he could fleep well at Nights, feel- 
ing neither Pains nor Cramps. In about fix Weeks 
Time he could walk about his Room, whereas before 
the Anointing he was not able to ftir either Hand 
. or Foot. This Anointing was continued for about 
three Months, when the Patient not only recover’d of 
that 
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