Sed. 2?

Of Strengthners.

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ven in conííderable Dofes, withoutany danger of thofe Ruffles whichibmetimes happen from Mercurials,as particularly a Salivation, or anyTendency thereunto. This is like-wife by many reckon'd good againir.Worms, and with feme reafon, allMercurials tending todeflroy them.It is alfo frequently m a Plaißergood reafon. And in Foulnefs of with Frankincenfe, and apply'd tothe Skin, as in the Itch and Lepo- the Stomach and Wrifts for Agues -,

ther, it conduces in liich Inten-tions i as by thofe Properties it isenabled to pafs thro' the minutellPaiïâges, and by its Momentum tobreak thro' the little Obftructions,which in the Fibres and NervousMeanders are the occafion of iuchDiibrders. Some ufe it in venerealCafes, and undoubtedly with very

fies, there is not any one thing bet-ter. And this is further to be faidin its Commendation, That it isextremely làfe, & that it maybegi-

but with what Succefs, I cannotdetermine, having been acquaintedwith few Inftances of its Trial.

SECT. II.

Of Strengthners.

BY Strengthners, we would beunderftoodtomean iuch thingsas add to the Bulk and Firmneis ofthe Solids: And theiè differ fromwhat has been ranged under thepreceding Seition, as a Bandagedoes from a Flefh-Brulh. Thefor-mer are fuch as facilitate and driveon the vital Actions ; but thefe fuchas confirm the Stamina, and main-tain the Solids in a Condition toexert themfelves into Action on allpioper Occalions with the greateirFo.cc and Vigour.

The continual Waile which con-fiant Motion makes in the ConfH-tution, were it not for frequent andproper Supplies, would foon wearthe Body quite out. The Attritionsand Abrafions of the circulatingFluids would quickly carry awaythe Canals in which they circulate,were not Ibmewhat furnifh'd andconvey'd to them, which is fuitedto fall into and adhere with them,and ib recruit what is waihed off.

And thofe Particles mull be muchmore diipofed ib to do, whofe Ad-heiions are greateir when once theycomsmto Contad:; hachare thofe ofBodies we call glutinous; and whicheaiily form themfelves into Jellies,and fuch-like Confiftencies : For theParts of fuch Bodies arc very light,by reafon of the Over-proportionof their Surfaces to their Solidities,whereby their Motions are bothmore languid when in Circulation;and when once they flop, theirCohesions will be io much theflronger with whatfoe ver they hap-pen to fall into Contait. Medi-cines of this Tribe are therefore ofgreat fervice in Hectics, wherethe lwift Motion of a thin fharpBlood wears away the Subftance ôfthe Body iniiead of nourifhing it ;for they not only retard the inor-dinate Motion, but give Inch aWeight and Confidence to theJuices, as fits them alfo for Nou-rifhment.

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