4 3 m n.R A d hm \i\sm w m m Ê :
I , Sixthly, an d^e fi?e jfedakeS -jitt|Efe.6k0io0fal3lat} abitfiis üftb,
fetnblesSaJt ,Betre,.as thiafchy the FlowerismfiSmlphuris «nadeith
'tok Sal Prariéll*, fo thisiif you drop ctf - Salphur\Mpoia it,
ftoots into Pyramidal Salt, that is not iby AéfcaddiftitEgddhayie
from Sal Pruaellgy though its taft b e f o r e - £ RcoiaSal
Artnoniacyi St may b$ dittinguifhediirft'by'it&Colpur, fobtfieilfc
tron is rëdilh* the otljé*-uiot-);-fe|Bèétdly,r• by-(tl^e Textqpiwfitf
Armomac the parts fee® dófe, andiUnily kmt togethec, but? tlïe
Natron is Spungy a«dtoEi®few»têd» lp wh&iMitk&d
Armoniac., $ql Armoniac f^rcfits the Tade* Spirit* as, it does when
mi^t withQjiidcliqie. ' r
But I think it comes more near to the feature ®f Sd Arjnowac,
than Salt Pefre, f i^ becmdè it iB fompD&d Mna:)Sea-iSalf^;aR{i
aacUrinous Alkaly, Petandiy, hkpSaivMn®iró#ö^^a]diffQlie?d
in ! Water,: it makes itjextr^amly coldgraad as- .Krmtifcm
dez fays, in his Hiftqry of,- Mexkoy \t produces, the fam e .
when diftolvedin Wine; ■ feut I hayempfcat prêifenf ;theféDfj¥e@in
enee of tryinglhis, thé Specimens riqwi iöing'bdfcifdklk ga|||j r
I cannot therefore Qorrdöde. wttlély wffe^r^that i the < Natron isinot
Specifically diftinét From SakPetre, .csr with tfhathitiis a
Compofition of Alum, §eaJS$t9apdrWh^.Winfe-;\'Tfedè
die Obl'ervafcions I , ha»e beeaablë to dajre afcpsefeat göncöritng
this Mineral; i f any more.occur,, you IhaH'Mvé m
therm Note hpre L; wa&theuiinfr; that everjprepafedHapynktite
Alkaly from tbatBalj. ifearflra jjoadfrw n ft lift lud ; i lw o f l
The Second Letter conceamingDigeftion. ±akaaS(£o^cluEsl.orli m
. Shou’dlreckon up here thé. ma$y Controverted; Hypöthefe of
Anatomifts conceming;$his fixbje^b^;ahdPet.up;a‘new onejof my
own ; it might perhaps iéem I
{hall not thereforebefo -vhmlyQpinionati ye,i as/lo, ihihlc/ Lhave
fully explained here the' Natuce/ of. Digaftiou , ' lsut .föalLótrly
give you an account of an Artificial Digefter, which Irbopehphy
lbmethingr illuftrate the Natural one!, It has been johfbwedrlby
Helmont Mxbius, Tpdiifiiuty and the Honourable Mr. Bay/tf,;!that
Meats by being kept in an acid iLiqbori,' Wou’d look e^eamly
White; But 1 do nofe-forid^ thab ifcxp3 ibe helpdf sdl iShl^/that is
meerly
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LAWCArSHIR}Ey <C¥lESHmE, Sec. 4 j
-meerly an Acid,!there eau beanyrGhyfc prbparedTrom foyMeafë;
Wedelim is bfi-Qpidojv that Chyle is nothing feht a feixture Of
ari)Serumi||^ii«§'z«j affirms Ät is «made by % Nitrous .Salto
Dr. Barney by>T®itrmatixan ; . 0 « r Fy ^hilcid.fand Siiliphurs
Sylvias kadiBèbê^iveiMéy rife S<Jk»y,dhi/^Éipaf aiMäröSeri^
d principle f iSxlert.&tid^'ArißMeby Hedtrp others by.^Ferahènt
lpewed?frOmthe iGlahds at ithe bottom -nfotfle. Stomach; others
■by thfereltoks .ofithe nö|ät grraratfotd , iSdlnat^diflerentiÖplr
yoi^^#^P-nertfieiKeii«Mtter to jëc©i|ci^ *för deteidé-; Ï frräli
therefore ónly lay down the Rhvmmëna^ this Liqüèr afforded,'
and from^.&eneé draw^ ’infoietfees.és ;^robaMé‘ 'éoiqéSafces^fBtó:
feä’ll in the firft plddé prömifoa defcfiption oftilthistdig©fting Li-
^uof, hddTeé hö# far it1 rhay ;|töbab!y Parallel thé nttóMi
ment ófthëStemachi The tafle of it
ö f a fdll'Storhach, fotnething four, feut willhöt fefrtènt vCith äft
Alkaly*
It’fe JrrépaiCëd froui Spirit ö f Sdl^fidri # • Hkk&Hbti^
IfeeCfrylè'br^ Dóg^ Mi h Sèliïtmy it fepe&idaddv^Köat abf
fmdl; the-Salt that it fhoots into is Cubical; upon Véal it afFotd*-
ed thèfé fhxnomenh, into a Drain of this Liquor, I: pfit apiece ólf
Veal rhebignéls of a Nut, arid fet- it üfön 'a digeffiftg Póffiacé^
h ^ ö l l f s tkde there Camè -from the Méat a Liqüot, that Had
the Tafr add Colour of add^ffie Mèat waW ^ffèéwaid
LighfëF, 'Wy^afid lnfijpidjJköd:ffc'^ó^feè^'ffié ''^dok’i^Hièifktlï
iikev^fe rfi BeefyMdttbh, ör atty bther MèkP ïiÈoü^'tóéfefWftfti-
And hefé it is to tie noted j tlïó’ iPhaS been affiftlied by ftiméjthat
tfié farhé thirig day bë done byädd L i q u o F k ; f f iC è - b y
all the Ttyafs l Have made Upön them, T H4ée rloï jpetr öbfèïvéd
them, Lhöpe my1 ^éépticifd ih‘tnia- iföafé'day h^pÉddn^Iéy
If ïhirefotë' we rtöW tdrifidét,1 by thé help of' thk jt$nßidüdiy
th^re capne from the befo^’tóëfitibti^d' ü! LitjböP wBitti
had thë Üdlbbr; and Taft of Cftyle, and iFive fktther cödfiderj
that théPTaft of this 'Mettfiruum !li ;fiot difrifigüifliablë, fróm thé
Tafts 'of ;MeatsJ vomited out öf a ftfH Stömtclï -, I Hopè I ;may|
without being thou^it fond of ad Hypothéfifc, cbhjeïStirfé, that
by fome fuch Metiftruum, the Meät is - Digéftèd ih thé Sfddach;
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