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radically & infallibly, cur'd all intermitting Feavers with an Outward Application to the wrists. Dr Boate assur'd me that this Bohemian Physitian, (whose name I cannot readily remember,) fayld not to cure Agues of all sorts, in persons of all Ages, Sexes, & Complexions, in 24 howres or thereabouts: he added that this Secret dy'd with the Inventor; only that he knew the Principall Ingredients were Snails & Cob-webs; & that by this Knowledge, & conjectures at the Natures of the rest, Dr. Boate himselfe had cur'd many Agues with such an outward Application.

Dr Boate likewise assur'd me that [ 't' deleted] he had cur'd severall Agues, by an Application of the Skinne within the Shell of an Egge, to the Patients little Finger. But that these Cures being perform'd by the Medicines procuring a peculiar Fermentation, & it's [ 'dras' deleted] raysing a Blister; the Patients was put to so much paine that the Dr desisted['d' at end of word altered from 'ng'] from further using so painfull a Remedy.