39 o MEDIC A.' 
the learned Ramazzin to write his treatife d6 
Morbis Artificum, to which I refer the reader. 
I have feen one example of this, which was 
more remarkable than all the others •, a European 
forty years of age had been in Cairo three years, 
and was every year attacked with fore and inflam- 
ed Eyes, juft at the time when the ltench wa3 
oreateft in the canal, on the fide of which' he lived. 
He attributed his Difeafe to his fituation, as it went 
away as foon as the caufe was removed, namely, 
when the water at the riling of the Nile flowed in- 
to the canal. Cairo, June 27 1750. 
J3. Siphilis. An example of venereal Ulcers, being 
cured in Egypt with Tar-water. 
A man forty years of age had venereal Ulcers on 
his forehead, nofe, chin, and in his throat, which 
had occafioned a hoarfenefs, &c. An Englilh 
Nobleman, who was travelling in Egypt, fa# 
this wretch, and immediately perceived the caufe 
of his condition. He knew that Tar-water had 
been ufed with fuccefs in England in fuch cafes, 
and therefore defired the Englilh Conful, Mr. 
Barton, to try whether he could by the fame 
means cure him of his Diftemper. He procured 
Swedifh Tar, from a Swedilh Ship at Alexan- 
dria, prepared Tar-water, and ordered the pa- 
tient to drink about a pint and a half a day. In a 
month the fwellings in his throat began to abate* 
and he recovered his voice. By degrees the Ul- 
cers in his face were cured, and when I faw him 
him, which was three months after he had begun to 
drink Tar-water , there only remained an Ulcer on 
his nofe, and this was alfo beginning to men • 
Cairo, July 6rh, 1750. Hcrpe , 
