Algeria: the Topography And History, Political, Social, And Natural, of ...
Algeria: the Topography And History, Political, Social, And Natural, of ...
John Reynell Morell
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In fresh wounds the leaves of the virga aurea minor foliis glutinosis, called by them madramam, is found to have a good effect ; and the root of toufailet or thapsia, roasted and applied hot to the hips, is of use in sciatica. A few chief medicines or douwas are made use of, in taking which no uniform practice is observed ; a counterpart to our allopaths and allopathic treatment, the blind leading the blind, with blue-pill and black-draught as nostrums. Not much more caution is used in their ad...ministration than in ours, save that the preparations and infusions are Digitized by Google NATIVE SCIBNCE. 347 seldom certain death. A handful of dry or green herbs is the usual dose. If taken in a decoction, they pound it in a mortar, and then pour, at a venture, half a pint or a whole, or more, of boiling water upon it. The Moors call these medicines traditional ; but the few ingredients in the shops of their ttbeels give reason to think that their doctors, like ours, are about as ignorant as their victims.* There is very little knowledge of mathematics among these sons of algebra; astrolabes and other monuments of their sires' genius not being understood or used by the present race.
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