M E D I C a; 3 8j 
fiifted with the Plague. For no Phyfidan can 
uccour thefe wretches, unlefs he will Ihut himfelf 
out from all company, and perhaps afterwards 
oe condemned to fhut himfelf up in his houfe for 
forty days, and perform quarantine. 
He had, however, an opportunity privately to 
fU it a patient afflidfed with the plague, and ob- 
erved that his eyes watered ( lacrymatio oculorum) 
and his tongue was covered with white puftules. 
The famous Count Bonnevall , difcovered a 
Powder againft the Plague, which had a furprifino- 
e Jedt ; and he proved, that fcarce 10 of ioo died° 
of thole who ufed this powder. I have been in- 
ther f 1S , a French burgeon, now in 
^ndantmople, who knows how to prepare this 
z - Febris maligna Damiata Singular is. The Fever 
of Damiata. 
but more in the 
This rages during the winter, but 
Pring. with a quick and high pulfe, great heat, 
'olent third, dry and clammy tongue, inflamed 
yes ; it ends in two or four days, with a red 
hmor and ftupor on one fide, but particularly the 
foot and leg on that fide fwelled, are very 
f and painful ; before this crifis, they perceive 
th 16 ^ Auauate within the fltull, towards 
'c under part of the os frontis. This crifis is not 
jj. Va y s a 8 ood omen, the patient often dying when 
c c ^ nes on. If the patient efcapes death, yet the 
elling 0 f t h e ij m fc> s an£ j ft U por Q f t he fide often 
ii<T a i n ' The Arabians cal1 it Nyslham , which 
. bUifies fluxto calida (warm fluxion) to diftino-uilh 
^ from the apoplexy, which they call Nyfl-bred, 
ch figmfies fijuii Jrigida (cold fluxion.) 
^3 3. Synocha, 
