PL A T E XXVI.
AN. APOTHECARY.
I t i n e r a n t A e_ca'ri’^ s^ b d .v en c fe^ d ru g s , are ;ve|jr numerous in
China, }yh° .are-^cafionall^’^th^r lurgeons/ onphy Brians, and whofe
lgpprancepf prime c^es.,is;atteiMeA fame mifchievous effedts
\lM H J 9f Similar P r « jp n e r s in ^ h e Cjipefe pretend to dif-
' YlYS^^ery diCprd^r of the pfilfe,,,which their phyficians feel
in var^ius^aift o f the hodyj-, They? ha|e§ m u|h^^® in the ufe offimpies,
w^-f^feheftiecommejid a s .f^ if i^ - in moft^iforders. Their druggifts
sP¥#lt fliops* fui mfhed \v ith,mcdiun<£,} and there’h |e fairs where
9 f f e g f c h ut dimples and rerpeej/es Jir,e^o],a.iln, ;Ghjna" every body
allowed to pradife.phyftq.-^this ^ iv ileg e, w heftier gi inted o,j cqnnhjd at
byrhe.gpverninelt, ipultiplies .jacks', q^whom I B ^ i j j g entertain a
very high opinion,, and fuffer |^prdingly.^ I||i|.felfi^(}, that great faga-
Gitj^is difplay^i.hy theiC hin'ef& Vhether a perfon has died
a natural death,-tor in conference^of add^thislpyen after
|he^ody;has begun to corrupt, Th^yfir p k is^aken.outioft the.^aye. and
walhed in vindgar. lar^ggre is kin,dljed in- a pit dug on
purpofe, fix %t long, ^ thr e^ de ; apd the*fune i ^ e j t h j this fire is
continually augmented, u n tlm ^ u r r oM ^ lg earth hecomes as hot as an
■ oven, The remaining fire is then taken^rom the pit, a large quantity of
their wipesis^popred into it,%nd it:is|^ y e r ed ^ h ,,a hurdle made o f ofier
4wigs, Ttpon- %hiehv’the body.is^etched out, at'fyll length * t A cloth is
thrown, over all; ip thgjform in orde^that -the fleam may adt
upon it in every diredlion. At the expiration o f -two hours this doth is .
taken off; and it is afierted, that if any blows hgve been given, they will
appear upon the body, 'm whateygtflate it m‘ay be. The; %ne experi- ’
ment is extended eyqnto bbnfes%ripped ;©4 fleih; the Chinefe
afluting us, that if , the blowsJhpve|^eed^^feyere as^to, occafion death,,
thi^prbeefs caufes. .the, marks to appear up|n t:|f|p ie sy^ lth o u g h none of
them may be broken, oi?fifihl^unjure'd. ^