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fome Days, is an excellent 
Remedy for the Worms in 
Children. 
CtyaiaCUtlt J in Latin 
Lignumfanttum. In curing 
the French-Pox there is no 
Medicine better or furer 
than the Decodion of 
Guaiacum ; for , if the 
Cure be manag’d as it 
ought, and the Decod ion 
be taken in due time/tis a 
certain Cure for this Dif- 
eafe. ’Tis alfo good in a 
Dropfie, for an Afthma, 
the Falling-ficknefs,forDif- 
eafes of the Bladder and 
Reins, and for Pains in the 
Joints, and for all Dileafes 
proceeding from cold Tu- 
mors and Wind. The Spa- 
niards learnt the ufe of it 
from the Indians : For, a 
certain Spaniard having ta- 
ken the Difeafe from an 
Indian Woman, was much 
afflided with Venereal 
Pains ; and having an In- 
dian Servant who pradis’d 
Phyfick in that Province, 
he gave his Mailer the De- 
codion of it, whereby his 
Pains were eafed, and his 
Health reftored : And by 
his Example, many other 
Spaniards were cured. So 
that, in a ihort time, this 
way of Cure was known 
all over Spain ; and foon 
after, every where elfe. 
The Pox, that is the Dif- 
eafe of the TVejl-Indians, in- 
feded the Europeans in the 
the following manner : In 
the Year 1 493. in that War 
of the Spaniards at Naples } 
with the French, Columbus 
return’d from his firft Voy- 
age which he had under- 
taken for the Difcovery of 
the New World • and ha- 
ing found fome lilands, 
he brought thence Men 
and Women to Naples , 
where His Catholick Ma- 
jefty was. Having then 
made Peace with the French 
King, both the Armies ha- 
ving free Intercourfe, and 
Ingrefs, and Egrefs, at plea- 
lure, the Spaniards had firft 
Converfation with the In- 
dian Women, and the I»- 
dian Men with the Spanijh 
Women : And then itcrept 
afterwards into Italy and 
Germany , and laftly into 
France, and fo over all the 
World. At firft it had ma- 
ny Names : the Spaniards 
thinking they were infeded 
by the French, called it the 
Fr?«c/>Pox : The French 
fuppoiing 
