'Collections of travels through Turky into Persia, and the East Indies. Giving an account of the present state of those countries, as also a full relation of the five years wars, between Aureng-Zebe and his brothers in their father's life time, about the succession. And a voyage made by the Great Mogul (Aureng-Zebe) with his Army from Dehli to Lahor, from Lahor to Bember, and from thence to the Kingdom of Kachemire, by the Mogols, call'd, the Paradise of the Indies. Together with a relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin, and of their particular manners and trade. To which is added a new description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, and also of all the Kingdoms that encompass the Euxine and Caspian Seas, being the travels of Monsieur TavernierBernier, and other great men.' [‎29] (882/1024)

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generally People are let Blood , they guefs at the Diftem-
pers of the Stomach j and the Region of the Kidneys.
The Pulfe of the left Wrift difcovers to them the conditioii
of the Heart: By that in the Veins of the left Arm, where
ufually they let Blood, they are inform’d of the eftate
of the Liver. By the Pulfes of the Temples, both right
and left * they give a more exquilite judgment of the Kid
neys. They are very careful to count how many times a
Pulfe of a fick Perfon beats in the time of one Refpiration •
and according to thefe feveral Pulfes, they tell yoit which
part of the Body is particularly diftemper’d, whether the
Heart, the Liver, or the Lungs 5 or whether the Diftem-
per proceed from any outward caufe, as from Cold, Sadneis,
or any other diforderly Paflion.
They never make ufe of any other Remedies but of
Herbs and Roots, vi/hieh they choofe themfelves ; there
being no diftin&ion among them of and fbyfcian.
Thefe Herbs they mingle fbmetimes with a little Ginger ,
which they boyl in Water, and give the Decodfion, being
drain’d, to the Patient. They have very good Receipts
for the Purples, Epilepfie, and feveral other Difeafes
which are accounted incurable in Europe. They make ufe
of China Ink to flop a Dyfentery, and for the cure of Wounds.
When the Sea Ebbs from the fhoar upon thefe Coafts, they
find upon the Sand a little fmall kind of Crabs, which dye
immediately, and by the heat of the Sun, which is there
extraordinary , become as hard as a Stone in a fhort time •
thefe the Tunquineje Phyficians beat to Powder, and give
to their Patients in Dyfenteries, and Feavers, fometimes in
Jfia VttiC , fometimes in plain Water. They mightily ad
mire the Herb Tea, which comes from China and Japan -
which latter Country produces the beft. It is brought to
them in Tin Pots elofe ftop’d, to keep out the Air. When
they would ufe it, they boyl a quantity of Water, accor
ding to the proportion they intend to ufe, and when the
Water feeths, throw a fmall quantity into it, allowing as
much as they can nip between their Thumb and fore-Finger
to a Glafs. This they preferibe to be drank as hot as they
can endure it, as being an excellent Remedy againft the
Headach , for the Gravel, and forthofethat are fubjeft to’
the Griping of the Guts - but then they order a little Ginger