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which grows in thofe parts, and is defcribed by no- 
body before our author : in this decodtion, when the 
pains are violent, they add fome leaves of a fpecies of 
chamcerhododendron, which produces effedts fimi- 
lar to opium, by relieving the pain, and fometimes 
bringing on a delirium. If they are not cured by this 
decodtion, which often happens in an aggravated flate 
of the difeafe, they then boil a fmall quantity of fub- 
limate of mercury, with fome fat, in a fpoon over a 
candle, mix it with the before-mentioned decodtion, 
and let the patient fwallow it. It is no wonder, if, 
according to our author’s relation, this rude method 
ffiould deitroy the patient, and put an end to his life 
bv fevere torture, which frequently happens. 
The other method of cure given us by our author 
is a more reafonable one, and is effedted by adminif- 
tring a cup-full or two of the decodtion of a fpecies 
of iris * every morning, detaining the patient in bed. 
Of this they give a greater or lefs dofe in proportion 
to its operation, which is both by vomit and flool. 
After having taken it a week, it ceafes to have the 
effedt of evacuating ; neverthelefs they continue it an- 
other week 5 during which time the patient is laid 
upon a heap of freffi burdock-leaves, and his body is 
alfo covered with thefe leaves, which mud be re- 
newed every day. This method is faid to cure the 
difeafe radically. 
Ruffians, Tartars, and other nations in thefe parts, 
eat as food, either boiled in milk, or roafted in the 
embers. 
* Iris foliis linearibus, corollis imberbibus, fructu trigono, caule . 
tcreti. Lin. Hort. Cliffort. p. 19. Flor. Sibir. Tom. I. p. 27. 
Iris pratenfts anguftilolia, non fsetida, altior. C. B. P. p. 32. 
