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gores yunUuraru»} efficit, lltinam hujus Mali causas Sublimia An glorum In-genia penitius investigare, &c Orbi communicare vellent, ne Incurabile ampliusinter Medicos censeatur. Id ipsum me valde fecit Anxium, praesertim cumdiligenter notarem, Nil prodesse Purgantia, nil Sanguinis Miiliones, parumSudores & Cauteria,obette Emplastra Oleosa & Refrigerantia omnia; quinimo,Spiritum Vini & Salis Armeniaci non Satis elicere aut discutere totam Mate-riam. Thermas valde salubres esse norunt cuncti, & ipse expertus sum,praesertim quae "Urinam provocant * sed quia non ubique suppetunt Thermae,praebuit mihi Curiositas Liquorem, qui Odore , Sapore, Virtute latis exactejemulatur Thermas ; ista ratione membra aegra, reliquum vero Corpus sim-plici calida, balneando, levamen magnum sentio. Porro expertus sum, au-fu proprio, insignem medelam per Pilulas, quae 'Urinam promovent, San-guinem depurant Fluidioremque reddunt, Calculi Materiam atque Scorbuticaein Mesenterio visciditates reserant, absque Alvi Turbatione. Verum perVtficatoria (dissuadentibus licet Medicis; Dolenti Parti adhibita, Optimam,Promptam atque Tutam hactenus per aliquot Annos mihi & Amicis inve-ni Medelam ; quamvis eam aliis, ad Fistulosa Ulcera pronis, non siiasc-xlm.
De Morbis, quos ex Effervescentia Acidi Succi Pancreatici cum Bile inDuodeno derivat Nobil. Dn. Syhius, hactenus valde dubito« Nunquam enimSuccum istum sensi Acidum; neque Bilem per Acida, sive Mediocria siveAcria fuerint, Effervescere vidi, sed potius Coagulari in fundo, uti ab Aci-dis solet prxeipitari Lac Sulphuris, aliaque Oleosa. Ideo per mixturam Bi-lis cum Addo Ciborum Fermento (quod certius apparet, quam Succus iste)Chylum utiliter temperari, cum Helmontio credo. Tot vero Morbos exMixtura tali, licet faceret Effervescentium, oriri negat Experientia.
chymicii f xft- XVII. I. We took betwixt IO and 2.0 gr. of the Solid Phosphorus and>,nents -, by Dr. L2,used it to Melt in as much Water as would justcover it, which was aboutr/yo. a Dram: aster it was actuali/ Cold we poured it into two Ounces of Oyl
of Vitriol, which being well Ihalcen together did first Hear, and thenthrow up such Ficry Balls, which like se many Stars will adhere to the sidesofthe Glafs and continue to Bttrn for some time, and Shine not only in theDark, but at Noon Day in the Enlightned Air.
2. 15 you pour a small quantity of Oyl of Turpentine upon the foregoing"Mixture it will take Fire, and Burn very suriously. This Experiment oughtto be made in an open Vtssel where the Air has a free acetis. This sec-ceeded w"ith Oyl of Petroleum, and de Lateribus: but Sallet Oyl and Spirit ofWine could not be made to Hame.
The Ingredients that compofe this Butning Mixture are apart Cold to theTouch, and someofthem in their Operations; thus Water and Oyl of VitriolareCooling in their Nature, but these inConjunction cause a great Heatwhich scon excites the Particles of our Phosphorns to an Actual Pire, and thisMeeting with an Inflammable Ingredient, such as Oyl of Turpentine or the like,cioes produce as considerable a Flame as Boiling Oyls are wont to do.
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