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tiot perhaps be found defpicabie : The Oil o^T)rumsy 
the Oil of Rattle-fnakeSy and the Oil of Turkey 
Buftards. The Oil of Sajfafras- leaves may be de- 
fervedly confider’d too, for they will almoh: intirely 
diflblve into an Oil. But to return : There is an- 
other fort of Diftemper, which I judge to be the 
Lepra Grrecerum. And it may perhaps be no bad 
Conjedure, that this chiefly proceeds from their feed- 
ing fo much as they do, on a delicate lufcious fort of 
Pork. Among the Indians they have a Diftemper 
which they call the Taws, which is nearly related to 
the French-pox which they are faid to cure with 
an Herb that fluxes them : But this I have only by 
Hear-fay. 
1 1. The Indians mind neither the Pulfe nor Urine, 
only judge by the common moft remarkable Sym- 
ptoms; and fome pretend to form a Judgment from 
the Countenance, and are fond of being thought 
Phyfio^nomifts. 
1 2. J never could find, that they pradifed the lettir^ 
of Blood. They purge much with feveral forts of 
Roots of their own Country Growth, and vomit fre- 
queritly with various Herbs. They fweat boldly and 
exceflively, and after a very ftrange manner : For 
they have their Sweating-ftoves always upon the 
Bank of fome River ; whence they rulh forth in the 
-Height of their Sweat, and run into the River, whern 
they waCh and Bathe thcmfelves very plentifully. 
They ufe no Blijlering-plaifters, but are exquifite at 
Cupping. As the Eaftolndians ufe 'Moxa, fo .thefo 
burn with Furlk, which is the inward Part of tlie 
Excrefcence orBxuberance of an'O^^A When they 
defign to give ^iPutge, they make ufe of the follow- 
