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swell'd. I found this to be the beginning of a Consumption, and perfect Febris Hectica, having no Symptoms, but such as are common to our English, and all other Hectics. I therefore order'd him, ''Bals. Sulph. to preserve his Lungs from being tainted, order'd him a Diet Drink of Sarfa, &c.'' with Barley and Raisins, and gave him in the Evenings to keep off his Cough, an easie Opiate, with which, and good Diet he was cured. A Steel Course is much commended here in this Distemper, and a furr'd white Tongue is reckoned one of the chief Pathognomonics of this Disease, which is nothing but what often accompanies the Hectic in England, and every where else.

A Boy of about Thirteen years of age, had a great and ugly swelling on his Leg, which yielded great quantities of an Ichorous Sanies from the Bone. He had some marks of Ulcers remaining about his Eyes, which shew'd him to be scrophulous, or troubled with the Kings-Evil. He had been flux'd in several hot Houses, and proceeded with after several Methods, by several Physicians, who ordered the matter so that this Tumour had been almost cur'd several times, but by neglect it return'd. He found great relief in washing and bathing in salt-water. I ordered him to be well purged thrice a week, with ''Pil. Coch. Min. and Merc. Dulc. Sometimes I chang'd this for a Vomit of Infus. Croc. Metal. and gave him a Diet-Drink, made of the Woods, Roots, Sarfa, &c.'' boil'd in Lime-water. He put to the Ulcer some Basilicon with Precipitate, and sometimes without, with which he grew much better. I left the Island before he was quite well, but order'd them to prosecute the cure the same way.

The Negros and Indians of Plantations usually have Fires near the places where they and their Children sleep. They make these Fires both for their Healths sake, and to keep themselves from Gnats, Mosquitos, or Flies, which would be troublesom, were they not kill'd by the smoak. The Slaves are usually so well wrought in the day, and sleep so fast at night, that they do not easily awake. Several of their young ones fall into these Fires, whereby their Arms or Legs are sometimes burnt off. I always found a Cataplasm of Onions, Salt, and white Soap beaten together, to do very great matters in the cure of such Accidents, and these ingredients are almost every where to be had.

One about three years before she advis'd with me, had been troubl'd with a long and tedious Delivery, in which she found in the Childs coming away a crack as if something had broken in her Groin. She complain'd to me of a great pain there, in which was