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afiiided with the elephantiaiis, i f they
had not had the fmall-pox, would be
benefited by inoculation.
Some who have had this dreadful
difeafe have gone from Iceland to Copenhagen,
where they have happily
experienced a cure. I will likewife
mention, in juftice to Dr. Thomas
Heberden, that he is the only phyfi-
cian known to have cured the elephantiafis,
after it had attained a very high
degree. His manner o f cure is this :
he firft mixes an ounce and an half o f
powder o f bark, with half an ounce
o f iaflafras root, and then adds as much
fimple iyrup as is neceifary to make
the whole into an eleduary ; o f which
he gives the patient two portions a
day, o f the fize o f a nutmeg : he
caufes the hands o f feet to be rubbed
morning and evening with a mixturCjr
confifting o f eight ounces o f brandy,
an ounce o f lye o f tartar, and two
ounces o f fpirit o f fal armoniack.
He laftly cauies blifters to be conftantly
laid between the flioulders.
This method regularly purfued fuc-
cecded in the courfe o f five months,
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after he had previouily made nfe o f
antimony, mercury, and the like during
the lull period o f feven years, without
any lafting amendment. But I
have already faid too much o f this
loathfome difeaie.
Sed qnænam medela excogitan potent,
quæ elephantem tarn ingens ma-
fiim expugnare digna fit ? Areteeus,
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