' ing the Spirits, but paffes by inllence what that Poifpn is, fo
Noxious to Human kin$,;; fo nomination offR^Blood,
thus accounted for amounts to no more, nor gives us any clearer
Idea df its iEtMigy,than that Arcbiéui Of Helmontp meer. riddle to
hituiW<and- all thàWklff* or that Light within whicb difeds
to greater Obfcurity; Wetfer ;was in thg right of ^ whç9 he
takes notioe of Helmonth Ferment? that it was neither Subftance,
HcsriAeoidentj neither Man, Woman; nor Hermophrocfité ; / fo
confequently tiothitig.True indeed he7 acknowledges various |Spe-
Oiesiof Poifons, but reduces their : Operation® alt to Occu^ qualities;;
and. to attempt their Explications, as he alleges, iadnly a
Philofophical trifling;; but with the leave of fo Eminent an Au*
thor, let us take Oil of Voriel, Spirit of Nitrkj or ànyr Other Mm*
Ûruum^ We may readily difcern their Effets, », /'in Gorrqding of
Fiefb, or Coagulating the Bloody or by a: fflmftrmm prepared
fg^m CantWideSy the like Phcenomem are produced, and all) arife
from a like caufe, but muft it be no lefs than madnefs; it felf to
endeavour their Andifis?. And muft they altogether .-be folved
by Occult qualities ? If the matter ftands thus, how comes it
that a Philofopher of the'&ft Clafs,'-is: Eminent beyond aNoify
Mountebank ? Or in relation to Phyfick, how cpmes it that a re-*
gular Phyfician, out-ftrips a vulgar Emperick h 1 Let uS; fuppofea
Perfon making his Observations with Microfcopes, i whether
lhall we folve the different Pbaemmma there, by different, refra&i*
ons, or by Occult qualities ? No one certainly id his Senfes
wou’d take thelaft fora Rational reply ; This I know, that
Sulphureous, Saline , and Oleaginous Poifons ; may be prepar’d
out of various Bodies, nor does it feem unreafonable to me,
their different effets ftiou’d be folved by certain Principles :
For my part let them Delight that will in Darknefs, and by dusky
Notions obfcure the fight of Mankind, I fhall think it no Erreur
freely ta Effay a folution ofcaufes, and perhaps to will in
fbme is to effe& it,
To
explain what 1 meanr^hy j Malignity or-, Inflammation of the
Iffppd» by anjn-fetmmation «f
of jtsSeroi^ ?3 4 ts , p p c^ in g ifo » certain, 1 Aliter?
Acidy jOt rAcrid] Particles : for c p j f l i f of whiebi Myfl#
theflsjitake t h f c f a l j p w i n g , i , i Lef
•Ah» or Vitriol be mingled w ith the Serum. of ,rthé Bl®od>u it
ffi^itways: p8 i|e?;# t o 4 )^ g î¥ ifeu h # ^ ^ |^ ^ rlikew htt^ i^
Corvàfele on : tfle fuperibîes pf the Blood in Malignant inflamo^
tpçy piftpropep*; ) j
. J!i thp: fego®d j place,riicpfbutkk
and the. Inhabitants whole Blood doubtlefg
a,hpnnd^ with’.fueh Partiel* tft tbèjfeDL
ffempbes, ,'or. .faow eon^&ifhat'Bæ^Éikfe Medjgiggf^r^oS^ti
i^flScaçy here-, naïefs by ih&rbingfo®f^erwife!^feering-rhe§
Saline Partiel^ Tor Pattfelea,>pf diffor88t,kindï
feivêr, and IheW their Vow®?:; that- tJîfi(Ânis^lnip|atlifey$|efe
JMedicamentg 'are ; ôxpn4ed;ÿ caftd^xeitfé ^$bg$e -alfbm*
feft js triipf. hpf -thus î imagiià# it to be Effeâedij not that the Medicines
imrnediareiy « à nppn/ïhf Mïb
Saline Particles, they dif^jf^die/^G^gplatioPi pf^hgl^qd, rf$ 4
hence the -a cot^bq|,] apd ppqtinued
Çourfe perform their waving..Moripngj. apdIjkg.d&tiS n p - , g
ifs rays thremgh&ll theenhghfep’d tfrp whole
JVferoppfln, and thofe Nobl&s&ionof the: Spirits dhplgy ifefü-
ffelves, whiôh; were ahfMftjfx^hî# |$ga l¥1diH3r
peared paly as:a Star.
onîyrfpme:Lan@ijiid McWipö^üthropt^ tfle w^le-frew
dÿ-; that faying ,-of Wi^h théf-.
«W«j f ai&w, that is-an inforception fhe ^pirits in îhesyeip% pç>
cafion’d hy a fêvetè Ob%Hftion thsre
Difeafes, by fyqiken^ .j^pédafut^ad
ïnentally ifpeak, diat. ;for two or threp Years .paft, I madr nfç-Pf
Elettuar.de Qvojn which Campbir is an .ingredient,and met with de-
fianHe fuccêSiu MaligtfôhliPëffiknlHai- E©v^% anfljudge.it, çgi^|