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at the joints. I have seen both cured in six or seven days b y this operation. (Tunia) Tape-Worm.— This is a disease to which the people are particularly su b je c t; they take large quantities o f (El Assel ou Assheh) honey and worm-seed, which produces beneficial effects. T h e children are generally afflicted with this disease ; the eyes appear hollow, with a whiteness o f the adjacent skin. (Bu fVasir), Hamorrhoides.— This disease is v e r y g en e ra l; refrigerants are applied for its cure internally, and an unguent, composed o f oil o f almonds, and the ju ic e o f the opuntia, or p rick ly -p e a r tree. Hydrophobia is entirely unknown in We st Barbary, which is the more extraordinary, as dogs abound e v e ry wherp, are frequently destitute o f water, and suffer intolerably from heat and exposure to the sun. Hernia.— Cases o f hernia are sometimes met with, though not 'so frequently as in Europe. T h e y h a v e no effectual remedy for any o f the before mentioned diseases; their whole materia medica consists, with little exception, o f herbs and other vegetables, from their knowledge o f the medical virtues o f w hich much might be learned b y European physicians. Bleeding is a general remedy for various complaints; the healthy let blood once a year. Scarification on the forehead, at the back o f the head, below the root o f the hair, on the loins, the breast, and the legs is gener a lly practised in cases o f violent head-ache proceeding from an obstructed perspiration. T h e classification o f remedies among the Arabs is remarkably simple, the two grand divisions are refrigerants and heating medicines: they quote some ancient Arabian, who says,


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