SOME OBSERVATIONS Made upon the Mexico Seeds, Imported from the INDIES: SHOWING Their Wonderful VIRTUE against WORMS in the Bodies of Men, Women, and Children.  
Written by a Country Physician to Dr. Burwell, Precedent of the College of Physicians in London.  
LONDON, Printed in the Year 1695.   

SOME OBSERVATIONS Made upon the Mexico Seeds: SHOWING Their Wonderful Virtue against WORMS in the Bodies of Men, Women, and Children. In a LETTER, etc.  
SIR,  
I Received your Letter, with your Desire to know what particular Specific I had observed the Indians make most use of against Worms; and I must freely tell you, that I have often seen them give the Mexico Seeds, which powerfully expels them in Men, Women, and Children. The Seeds look like an Insect, o● sort of flat Worm itself, and is spotted like a Leopard; it is a sort of a Palma Christi, it resists the Putrefaction of Humours, and Purgeth the Stomach and Bowels, and drives ou● all sorts of Verminous Matter by Siege, which cause gnawing Pains in the Body.  
The Deaths of more People is owing to Worms than is generally supposed, for they cause Vomiting, Looseness, Favours, and wha● not.  
I saw an Indian Doctor give a Medicine made with these Seeds, which expelled forty Worms at one time.  
Many famous Physicians have of late Year in their Observations taken Notice, that i● most Distempers, especially Putrid and Malignant Favours, there hath very much 〈◊〉 Worms been a Cause, which hath made them prove more difficult to Cure, and generally more Mortal; and a Curious Physician tells the World, that with the help of Microscopes he had discerned in his Patient's Blood, and sometimes in their Urine, many Animated Vermicles, and until he hath applied himself to the use of Worm-matick Medicines, could perform no Cures; but upon the use of Medicines against Worms, he quickly perceived an Abatement of all Feavourish Symptons'.  
I knew a young Gentlewoman who had a great Pain in her Head, much Sickness at her Stomach, a very pale Countenance, want of Appetite, and a continual Feavourish Heat, and sometimes a Chillness in her Back, and a great Faintness. Many Means I applied to mend her Blood, to cleanse her Stomach and to alter the Habit of her Body, but al● in vain; at length I gave her this Medicine in a Decoction of Bitter Herbs, about twenty Drops at a time every New and Ful● Moon; she sometimes took it in good Mum and now and then in Milk, with Lavender Cotton boiled in it, she voided many Worms and wonderfully recovered.  
A Maid Servant who had a gnawing Pain in her Stomach and Bowels, especially being Hungry, a dry Cough, a Loathing, and sometimes Vomiting and Looseness, a Symptomatical Favour, and Sleep often disturbed with horrible Dreams, starting and gnashing of Teeth: But notwithstanding all these formidable Symptoms, I gave her the Tincture of these Seeds, and ordered her to take them in Wormwood-Wine, and she was restored to a perfect State of Health.  
Many young Children have been destroyed by Worms, because they would not take bitter unpleasant Medicines; but this being given only in Drops, and insensibly conveyed into their ordinary Drink, hath proved very successful towards the Preservation of their Lives, especially when Clysters have been administered made with Aloes and Worm●eeds boiled in Ale, and the Belly anointed with Oil of Worms.  
I knew a young Gentlewoman, who complaining very much of a great Pain in her Stomach, especially when she had at any time fasted, she dying very suddenly, her Brother (who was a Physician) caused her Body to be opened, and to the great Wonder of the Spectators the Worms crawled about in a strange manner, which gave abundant satisfaction as to the Cause of her Death.  
If this Medicine had been known sooner, the Lives of thousands might have been saved who made up the Numbers in your Yearly Bills of Mortality at London.  
FINIS.