A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and ChocolatePaulli, Simon
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A Treatise on Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate
Paulli, Simon
Chocolate -- Early works to 1800; Coffee -- Early works to 1800; Tea -- Early works to 1800; Tobacco -- Early works to 1800
"The Leaves, when laid upon recent Wounds, immediately stop the
_Hæmorrhage_, and produce a Conglutination; but if they are large,
they ought to be previously washed with Wine, their Lips brought into
Contact, and sprinkled with the Juice of the Leaves, after which the
triturated Leaves are to be secured upon the Wound: The same Measures
are to be taken the next and subsequent Days, and a proper Regimen
observed.
"An Instillation of the Juice, and an Application of the triturated
Leaves deterge, cure, and cicatrise old Ulcers and Gangrenes;
provided due Evacuations are made, a sufficient Quantity of Blood, if
necessary, is taken away, and a proper Regimen observed.
"By this Means Ulcers are not only cured in Men, but also in Animals.
For through all the _Indies_, Cows, Sheep, and other Animals, are
much subject to Ulcers, which, on Account of the excessive Humidity
of the Climate, easily become putrid, and full of Worms. In these
Ulcers it was sometimes customary to sprinkle _Sublimate_, the
Inhabitants being destitute of better Remedies. But as this Medicine
is dear in that Part of the World, what was used for the Cure of
these Ulcers generally cost more than the Animal was worth. For this
Reason the Inhabitants, conscious of the Efficacy of _Tobacco_ on
Mankind, transferred its Use to the putrid, fetid, and wormy Ulcers
of Animals; and accordingly found that its Juice instilled into them,
not only killed the Worms, but also cleansed the Ulcers, and induced a
_Cicatrix_. _Tobacco_ is also good against the Gallings of Cattle, for
which Reason the _Indians_ always carry the Powder of it about with
them.
"I knew a certain Person afflicted with Ulcers of the Nostrils, which
discharged a seemingly contagious _Sanies_. By my Advice he dropped
the Juice of _Tobacco_ into them; after the second Instillation a
large Number of Worms fell away; then a smaller Quantity and after
a few Days the Ulcers were cured, though the Parts eroded were not
restored. The rubbing Ring-worms and Scall'd Heads with _Tobacco_
Leaves is also a beneficial Practice.
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