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had something Alumineus in it, and that to correct it they utea to Add -greater Qua ntity of ^uick-Ltme, or Sal Tartan , than in the Common Sp i-riis Distillations.

XXIV. I. There is an Hili nigh Sarvizza, T wo Days Journey on this sids obscr\an<ms inLarissa , which consists ofanEar/bof a Fine Red Colour, out of which thc Ed^Browl^'Red Eartben-Vejfels of that Gountry are made ; as alio a great number of * S 9 - p> '»5-.Acidula nigh Tranfcbin in Htmgary , there being 32 Plentiful Springs of them ;likewist an Hot-Batb nigh Bellacbergua in Bulgaria , Scituated far from anyHabitation, yet well Built by the Turks, and very Refrefhing to Travtllers.

It hatb a Red Sediment, and maketh a Gray Stone .

Being at Larijfa in Thejjaly, where the Gr. Segnor hath long Resided, Junderstood that he had pafs’d a good part of the Hot Summer of 1669.upon the neighbouring Mount Olympus: and by the Interpreters to theEmperor ’s Resident, the lllustrijf. Signor di Casa nova, (who were oblig’d toattend the Sultan upon the Mountain) I was inform'd, that there was aSpring of Wbittst Water upon that Hili, which was Drunk of by many Per-lons in their great Heat and Thirst, contracted by Ascendmg the Moun-tain, but prov’d very Destructive to them in 3 Days ; they then Complaio-ing of an Heaviness and Coldnesi of their Stomachs till they Dy’d.

2. There is a Distale which reigns in the Gountry about Aleppo, and as »far as Bagdat, Invadingboth -all forts of Ages, and Strangers as well n/^'pas Natives. Tis commonly call’d II mal £ Aleppo, and appears to be inthe Skin a small Pustula or Wheal , Hard and Red, the Head whereof isscarcebigger at the Beginning than the Point of a Pm: afterwards grow-ing Bigger, and being Nourilht by 5 or 6 little Roots or Fibres, itgoes on to its Height for the fpace of about 6 Mrntbs, and in as many morecomes to its Declination ; so that the whole Period of this Difeafe is gene-rali/ comprised within the fpace ofone Tear. But this Pustula hath hither*to yielded to no Remedies, neither in the Beginning, Middle or Declina-tion : but hath rather been Exasperated by them, though they were Ano-dyna. It is wholly to be lest to Nature: and if you do, there is no Painor Trouble in it. It takeä People not once, but osten: and it Seizeth onseveral Parts of the Body; and if it do so on the Face (as osten it do»h) itcaules a remarkable Scar, which yet by litrleand little Vanifherh.

As to Fevers at and about Aleppo, though they have the fune Typethere as in England : yet there are Two things Peculiar in them. One is,that in Acute Fevers, Cold Sweat commonly Signifies Recovery, r but HotSweat Portends Deaih. The other is, that in such 'Acute Fevers even anIntermitting Pulse Deno unces no Danger.

Touching the Leprofy, which was Anciently so frequent a Malady inthesi Countries, 'tis now scarce to be found there; though at Damascusthere is still an Hojjntal standing, formerly Built for the Relief of Personsthus Disiased.

As for the Reason, why the City of Confiantinople is so m jeh Subject tothe Plagae \ tome are of Opinion, that the Mulcitude of Slaves, Yearly

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