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. As most of the Indian traders are devotees of Bacchus, their materia medica consists of spirituous
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. As most of the Indian traders are devotees of Bacchus, their materia medica consists of spirituous liquors, compounded with strong herbs and roots, of which they commonly have a good knowledge: and I have observed those who have left off the trade, and reside in the British settlements, to give their negroes for an anti-venereal, a large dose of old Jamaica and qualified mercury mixt together, -- which, they say, the blacks cheerfully drink, without making a wry face, contrary to their usage with every other kind of physic; and it is affirmed, that by this prescription, they soon get well.
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