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vife they withdraw beneath the Skin again. The Operation is repeated till fuck Time as no more Tubercles arife.

The Dracunculi is a Difeafe little known in England. The Editors of the Leipfic Acts, fpeaking of it, in the Tome for the Month of Otlober 1682, call the Bodies, which put forth at the Pores after bathing, thick Hairs, Corpufcula, IPilormi craffiorum inftar denfa iS fpijpi, and not fine /lender Hair, as Degori calls 'em. They add, that thefe

little Corpufcles are hence call'd Crinones; and by reafon

the Chi dren, Comedones.

of their devouring the Food, which mould nourilh the Chil-

l^ehhim,-m a curious Differ ation on the Subject, calls 'cm Capillary Worms. Exercitatio de Vermibus Capillaribus Infantum.

As to the Nature and Figure of thefe little Bodies, the fame Editors obferve, that the Microfcope has put it paft doubt, they are real living Animals, of an Afh Colour, ha- ving two long Horns, two large round Eyes, and a long Tail terminated with a Tuft of Hair; that 'tis difficult to draw them out whole, by fcraping the Child's Body, in that be- ing very foft, the leaft rubbing bruifes'em, and breaks 'em. See Vermes.

DRAG, in Building. A Door is faid to drag, when in Opening and Shutting it hangs, or grates upon the Floor. See Door.

DRAGOMAN, a Term of general Ufe through the Eaft, for an Interpreter whofe Office is to facilitate Commerce between the Orientals, and Occidentals. See Interpreter. The Word is form'd from the Arabic Tergeman, or Ter*

Draco VoldnS, with the Meteorologifts, is a fat, Hetero- g'»ian, of the Ver.fc ifdrmm, he has interpreted. Front seneous, Earthy Meteor, appearing long, and f.nous, fome- Dragoman, the Italians ha ve form d Dragomano, and, with ling in the Shape of a flying Dragon. See Meteor. a nearer Relation .0 its Arabic ^f^'^ZTiTJ

This Shape they will have to arife ftom the latter Part of whence our Trncheman, as well as Dragoman, and JJrog- the Matter of this Meteor, being fired with greater Impetuo- «"*»■ . .. „ ., „ . , , r -,

fity, than what comes firft out of the Cloud; and they Tup- DRAGON inAftronomy, Dragons He, ^ and \Tail of pofe the broken Parts of the Cloud, and the fulphureous Mat- Caput & Cauda Dracoms, are the Nodes of he Planets -or ter which adheres to them, forms the apparent Wings of this the two Points, wherein the Ec iptic is 'Werfecfedby theUr imaoina™ Tlraonn bits ot the Planets; and particularly that of the Moon; making

imaginary JJragon witn it Angles of 5 Degrees. See Planet, Orbit, and Node.

DRACONARIUS, in Antiquity, Dragon-bearer. One of thefe Points tends N urthward; the Moon begin-

Several Nations, as the ferfians, farthians, Scy- n; thcn t0 have Nort hern Latitude : and the other South- thians, &c bore Dragons on their Standards; whence the ^ where fc(, commences South . See Moos. Standards themfelves were a\\A Dracones, Dragons. Ine Th? s ^ Deviation from the Ecliptic feems (according Remans borrowed the Cuftom ftom the <Parttnans; or as ^ ^ p f f me) to make a Figure like to that of a Cafaubon has it, from the Dae*; or, as Codin, from the ^ ^ w ' hofe Be|]y -^ where ^ has the greateft Lati . djfyrians. tude . the i nte rf e aions representing the Head and Tail, from

Among the Romans, they were Figures of Dragons painted w hich Refemblance the Denomination arifes. in red, on their Flags; as appears from Ammian Marcelli- £ u t no te, that thefe Points abide not always in one Place, mis : But among the ferfians, and <Parthians, they were ^ at jj ave a Motion of their own, in the Zodiac, and retro- l_ t, V? 1 n: ■ r..u d„;:.....a. c .-t.it-

like the Roman Eagles, Figures in full Relievo; So that the Romans were frequently deceiv'd, and took 'em for real Dragons.

The Soldier, who bore the Dragon, or Standard, was call'd by the Romans Draconarius; and by the Greeks Apxiure-

radewife almoft 9 Minutes a Day; compleating their Circle in about 19 Years; fo that the Moon can be but twice in the Ecliptic, during her Mentlrual Period, but at all other Times will have Latitude, as they call it. See Latitude.

'Tis in thefe Points of Interfecf ion that all Eclipfes happen.

,,.«, and A S * r ,,,c W «: /or the r Emperors carried the See^cm^.^ ^ ■ ^^ g^,

Tail. See Head, and Tail.

Cuftom with them to Constantinople.

 ^ d that r from thcir Blood> thus mj^a n the

ms, returns to the fame. See Dragons Head, and Grou ' nd) ' arofe what thcy call . d dragon's Blood, which

Month. they held in high Efteem.

DRACUNCULI, in Medicine, a Difeafe in Children, This - a tte Account given by Solimis, 'Rliny, Ifidore,

wherein thcy feel a vehement Itching 5 fuppofed to arile and others aftet thcm. bllt t i ljs Combat is a mere Fable,

from little Worms, call'd Dracunculi, generated from a vil- invcnted b „ the Merchants, cid Humour under the Skin, about the Back, Shoulders, and Arms. See Worms.

Children feiz'd with the Dracunculi, become hectic, and fcarce receive any Nourifliment at all, tho' they eat plenti- fully.

The Difeafe, however, is not fo peculiar to Children, but that grown Perfons have been fometimes affected with it.

The Emperor Henry V. is faid, to have died of it; having q UO r.

had it from his Birth. It is a good Aftringent; and is us'd in Hiemorrhags,

The Women iii 'Poland cure their Children of the Dra- and Dyfenteries, to fallen the Teeth, and ftrengthen the

cumuli after the following Manner: The Child is walll'd, Gums.

and ba hed in hot Water,wfcrein a Quantity of crum'd Bread, There is alfo a counterfeit Dragon's Shod, mad of he

and a handful of Allies have been caft. The Water being Gum of the Cherry, or Almond-tree, d.flolved, and bc*Fd,

Wd off" and the Bread gather'd into a Mafs; when they in a TiBflure ot Sriml Wood; but this is ot no Ufe, e s.

come to break it again the next Day, they find in it an infi- cent for outward Difcafes of Hories.

nite Quantity of fine Hairs, which fome call Dog's Hairs, It derives its Name <Z)Wj Sloed ^&°» * e K«*» te«

and others, * Worms; and 'tis thofe Hairs, or Worms, are its Colour, and gives 1 iNarne Dragon* the free that

fuppofedtobe the Caufe of the Difeafe. L, X iclds il - ^ B T^ ^^ f rh^ IrSt of thM^S' After thus bathing the Children, they rub their Shoul- finely reprefented under the Rind of the Fruit ot tnatlrce. ders, and Arms, with Flower fteep'd in Vinegar, or Honey; But this is a mere Fiction. r M. 7|„,„ i a upon which immediately arifes on the Skin a great Number DRAGONNEE in Heraldry. A Lyon Dragonne is of Tubercles, like Poppy-Seed; fuppofed to be the Heads of where the upper Half refembles a Lyon; the other Halt go- Worms. Thefe they fcrape off as fait as they appear 5 other- ing off like the hind Part

Avicenntt, and Serapion likewifc give the Appellation Dragon's Shod to Cinnabar. See Cinnabar.

But the genuine Dragon's Shod is the Juice, or Refin of a large Tree, call'd Draco, Dragon, growing in Africa, and America. TheRciin is of a dark red, and eafily dif- folves when brought towards the Fire : if caft into the Fire, But diflblves with much Difficulty in any Li-

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