few Leagues West lies Three or Four small Islands or Rocks, called the Dessarts, which are Till'd by Eight or Nine Men sent from Madera. One of them commanding the rest. The Commander some Years before carrying over his Wife and Daughters, he was kill'd, and they abus'd by the Murderers. They make some red earthen Ware which is very thin and brittle, cooling Water, or whatever is put in them; the Red colour coming likely from the iron lying in the Clay. I saw several pieces of Ore here which seem'd to be very rich in that Metal. People here having a great Opinion of the Skill of English Physicians, they pray'd the Consul I might come ashore and see those who were were Sick, amoung others they desir'd my directions in the following Cafes. A Clergy-Man of about Thirty Five or Forty Years f Ag d (bme while before been fliot at by a miflakc in the Nig by fome who took him for they ow'd fome Prejud the Gun Was loaded fmali Shot which lighted about his Temples, he told me from that time he began to lofe fight of one Ey was a while aftet entirely gone, and a Cataract (which I law) grown Eye, ("which is ufual, when one is hurtj*
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decaying fo much that he could fcarce fee any thing I told him, I cm of the ght ght have been remedied if firfl they had taken out the Difeafes of fmali Sh which in all likelyhood had weakned the Ey made a fmali Made breach or (lying near CompreiTion of the Optick Nerve tjiac
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of Objecfts from mto the Brain; but that there feem'd to be no Reniedies left, but to let fome fmali quantity of Blood, Purge with PH. Coch d life iMill^Vcd in quantities for a good time, with a White Vitriol g lly d on the Ey to eat away the Films as much as might be Many here had been very feverely Clap'd, fevcral of which (by ^. an ilL managed or protraded Cure> had been troubled with Carundcranl Carnofit now had great pain in ng Wacc StillicidJH'm Ui fo ey were forc'd to have dry Napkins applied to keep theiii from being wetted and Excoriation Thefe laft Symptoms were common thofe kewife who had their Carnofities eaten out o^iQl/rdJJra, and cur'd but violent pains in making Water remaining, (forwhich moft pairt of mous Phyd of EuroVe had been confuited fucccfs) I them to fome lly fe inwardly large quantities of Decodio of Mallows, Marfli-mallows, and other fuch EmoWknt and Anodyne things to Emulfions and other temperers of heated fliarp Urine, and to Gum Ara bick powdered and taken in very large quantities. I was defir'd by the Abbefs of the Nunnery of the Order of SAnta CLra t< come to that Monaftery, and give my Opinion concerning fome under her care were Sick I was brought firft into a Room where one lay abed, and th g llie lliew'd me a fmali Tumour upon the Os T d a (luall blackilh fp the Head i was very flie found very little pain moft times, but file ufed to be purged by her Cat flie had moft intolerable trouble th< d Flu. Menfium )ut of g that Speck, with very huge pain. T Livid Vei any fign of a confirm'd Cancer, but concluding be ery 1 g that way, I defired them in the firfl; place to abftain very religion fly from all outward Applications, efpecially hot fmeUing Plaifte they told me had done her very much prejud kd her next to a Steel Courfe, and fome I opening Med dtco6i. Amur. Milleffd. eafie Purges, c5" as the ay open Obftrud fweeten the Blood, and fend ght way, but what •
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