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fuppofing they got it at 
'Naples, called it the Neapo- 
litan Difeafe: And theGer- 
mans thinking they receiv’d 
it from the Spaniards, cal- 
led it the Spanijh Difeafe : 
But others more properly 
termed it the Indian Mala- 
dy ; for from thence it firft 
came. The way of pre- 
paring this Deco&ion, to- 
gether with the Method of 
taking it, is as follows : 
Take of the Wood cut 
fmall twelve Ounces, of 
the Bark of it beaten two 
Ounces ; infufe it in fix 
Sextaries of Water, in a 
large Earthen Pot, twenty 
four Hours ; the Pot muft 
be clofe ftop’d ; boyl it 
with a gentle Fire, to the 
Confumption of four Sex- 
taries of the Water ; when 
it is cold ftrain it, then put 
upon the fame Wood eight 
Sextaries of Water, and 
boyl it to the Confumption 
of two : Keep it a part. 
The Way of giving it is as 
follows : The Sick being 
purged according as his 
Phyfician Khali think fit, he 
muft be put into a warm 
Chamber, and let him go 
to bed in the Morning, and 
take ten Ounces of the firft 
Water hot; and being well 
cover’d, he muft fweattwo 
Hours ; then, being well 
rub’d, let him change his 
Linnen > and put on his 
Cloaths well warm'd; four 
Hours after give him Rai- 
fins and Almonds , with 
Bread twice baked, where- 
of let him eat moderately, 
and drink as much as is 
fufficient of the Second 
Water : eight Hours after 
he hath eaten, let him take 
again ten Ounces of the 
firft Water hot, and let 
him fweattwo Hours, and 
be clcanfedfrom his Sweat 
as before ; an Hour after 
the fweat,give him the Al- 
monds and Railins,and the 
Bread twice bak’d for his 
Supper, and let him drink 
of the Second Water. Let 
him obferye this Method 
for the firft fifteen Days, 
unlefs hisStrengtn be much 
impair’d; for if fo, he muft 
be allow’d a roafted Chi- 
ken befides the things a- 
bove mention’d :Thofe that 
are weakly, andcannot bear 
fo ftridt a Diet, muft be al- 
low’d alfo a roafted Chic- 
ken after nine Days : But 
if the Sick be fo very weak- 
ly that he cannot bear at 
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