set TJoe N A T U R A L H I S P O R T / # ; A
hx»buitls| Ballam^;:Diureti#/-'An Stomal
cMes/:Ga-Mfa^ A«ti-hyar<lp8 8 i~ 'Antideridsp ‘Atrtcfiiep*
iW y:j|^ftMgekA4 ls€^*i£tl&y ParagolM4 AMlIjiteffflacsl
®h^E0®eyi*MaiifS-ar# only m&Ajarum, and
bothalreof^bitter’ and rtaufcbusTaft: Ifihfcthefefotk Wefhall
enquii^ihtb the C&irfe -itt thefe, and then
hW'.tfi&f' become« -Emeticftti^ Bitterhefis -Uonfiftedn-iigid;
pungent and iaflexiy #parriel€i;^ointed upon t&mmws&i
he ride the Foihtsj - by their! continual Irritations,-! con traCT
the Fibf^s%fthe Stomach, and ftili prefiiilgit b y f heir ln-
flexibdff^jW^t length thdy :throw -it: ihtto dGonvuHiohs,
and fabdcemeEmetical; 'brTomitingsi-dCftus- we feeun a
foliation,o£ -Sikerifi Spirit b f M tre that the Poirtts o f ;the
corroding Spirit bdagiheathed in the metallic P^rtitAes;i it
note only becomes extremely bittear,v;lm^'B^wife5ll^e*ical;
the like inay be obierv’d by pouring -Spirit o f Nitreupon
the Lapis Calamiaaris: and doubtlefs thus it is itbar the
Le&ve&eiAjarum are fo famous an Errhme;"and;-of \fd
great aifesin inveterate NHead*-aefts, acrid faith©
Particles continually prefling the Glands nof" the MbftriMi
force them to difeharge that aCrid Serum* which, ©ecalions
tliat Diftemper.
,fDFhedtooft noted Cathartics ate Bucktkprri!3MmksIIhtihurfri
Eider* Damask RafeA, Iris, SoldaneUap'Spurge, M&zereom
Baraka# da extremely bitter, and aflbfds an Oyi kiidraipiuSi
gent Spirit; neither o f which are bitter, or in | the-dea-ft
Purgative!;! whence i t feems evident to mb, that its tStter-
nefs.aiid Purging quality confift in its faline Particles be->
ingftridLy united with terrene ones; and fo by that'means
contra ding theFibres of the Bowels,, they become purgative.
;°Jfafes, L is, and the reft are likevufe bit'teryhkt they
all differ in fheir Pungency. Mezereon, Spurge anMris' are
both :Emetk. and Cathartic, \thich f6 ftietimeS n o f only
cauterize the Goatds o f the Stomach, but the Skin it fell;
if externally apply’d : No doubt but b ydu e Corrections
thefe might be made ltioft noble Medicines, and the likelieft
Me-
"L A iM C A S& IR E xl foM E sSLIIR E, &c.
Method to effed thil {its far a'S I can ebnje'dutby» would be
fey ©btundihg their .faltne Particles’ bfLh&LapisEalamind-
ris, or foine filch Alcalyv ©rdf theif5 Virtues con lift ih an
acrid Aloaiy,- a ptdper Acid -might fed .thought on ; and I
think it would b£ ‘highly Worth out while fbittake ftrift
Enquiries -into thefe Matters, that b^ing the likeliefb Method
to -bring US- to a'Ceitainty in thd-Practice Of T'ipjiffck^
Befb-rd L'dofe this HCad I fball only Offer-two Experiments;
and theii proBeed -:1 ,J Whefirft i8;t0#dertntfig ■ which
by bdngdnfu-s’d-in- Spirit of Wibei 'left's1 its Purgatl/b
quality,;>hut‘ybt! rt*ains-ItslBitijurnqfsgi ift#fecriid%^uw
cerning ^folUtioh-Of Aloes, -'Which'-bdmgitfjidetb ihfb the
-bf %. Dog, Will-iheyitably iputgfc feim -:! pihfjrii which
Obfervations nattBrally qrifpf this sQtieftioii; Whether Cal
thartics effect their ends in the ftrft paffiigps, 0 r'hy3#orking
Elective in the Mais o f Blood, as thd Phyficiffls ftile o t/
I affirm the former,- and toichd firft Experiment Make this
replyp 'fhe volatilej- acfidy falinePartibles in thd Aldes he-
ing dilblv’d by ^ h e^ iy tt'-b f Wine, it fnuft'df-ffe^ffity
^r-tlw'-Bt0^fbflisi.t^o^e.alite^cl)1 deprWd^^ Of-fts purgative
quality/ yfet'1 fd^flilftd^bbain itfsBitternefs, -tee&mfy
i0 js ptbBafett fohiW'lkliffe P a ft ic ^ ^ r e , fO' invdlipM with
the oily and teia-itfbiohesi^tMt a feparatioti ii/nMt eaftiy
mad:i / ejferhApsrfc)t ©ifttlattib® or CalcihalSin fry®.
that the- Aloe Fin dime meaChre ihayi retain uts Bitterhefs;*
yet-be depriV’d o f • its: purgirtg^ quia-lity, <-'£© the fecOiul I reply
thus,; A folutSn'df ^^^%er§g^qjed^d intq^heiMafr
of Blood, it^ is rnoft proby^feitl'Pttrtisfe are
rated from the Mlood, by the eoiiglomeratd (jlaftds bf the
BowOfe-> it is hot^therefore that they’'Work Fledive*i^ the
Mafifdf Blood, tbUt^by tlbeir'Contrading' Of-thd ’Bowtekr
upon their feparatlhn: for'4 t’:i^:thid^iiiibiy'(^Hieiit, that
feVeral1 Purged - will operatefbfefbre the-y^dould poffihiy>'.gb1
fuppos’d to have mixt with the Mafs^of Blood.
Ih the -next place Anti-fCerbiftids- iMy be' faid tobe dither
Bittets/ ACrids|; -16F^itr(£)^s'‘5 >&iih!ir; Phe Bittirfe M&LdS,
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