2 s 6 The Complete "EnglifhTi iß en/at orj. Part II.

Subftances, becaufe by reaibn of aftronger Digeftion they are in them-felves more lubtile, and have aliowrapt up in them ibme Portion ofa volatile animal Salt, which makesthem more effectual in this Inten-tion.

f6±. Thus, Tranckincenfe. Thiscomes to us of different Conliften-cies and Colours } lome being hard,and more brittle, and others folbftas to run; that is, too fluid to keepin any form upon a Plane, as beingalmoir. like a thickTurp entine. Theformer fort fome diftinguiih to bea Male Trankincenfe, and take it tobe the officinal Olibanum, defcribedSect. 2. Clafs i. And the latter,ThusTcemineum, or Female Trank-incenfe. But both forts fall in*with this Intention, by havingfomewhat confiderably penetrating

and warm in them j whereby theinclos'd Humours are agitated, di-vided, and diflodg'd, lo as to for-ward their Maturation, ox Ablutioninto the refluent Current. ThisDrug alio is very adhefive, andnicks clofe to the Skin, either byit lèlf, or in the Composition ofFmplaflers; lb that on that accountalfo it forwards the fame End,Some pretend, that this, ty'd tothe Wrifts, and Soles of the Feet,will cure Childrens Intermittents ;and others alio apply it to the Pit ofthe Stomach for the like purpofe ;but it does not lèem fitted toanfwerany fuch important End. And whatis frequently afcribed to this in fuchcalés, is much more likely effectedby Cinnabar, Camphire, and fuchlike things which are mix'd with,it.

Clafs 3. Of Detergents.

THE Operation of all Topicsof this Denomination, may be un-derstood by what has been laid inExplication of the third Clafs ofthe fourth Section, concerning Vul-nerarios, and the following of De-tergents. The Reader is thereforedeiired to turn back thither, forwhat concerns this Gals.

$64.. Mrvgo Mr is, Verdi-greafe. This is a Solution of Copper,the Manner of which will be taughtunder the Article of Copper, a-mongft the Preparations of Sim-ples at the latter end of this Part ;as alio its Ufe in Medicine.

f6?. Alb um Grícum. Thisis the white Dung of fome Dogs :it is reckon'd to have a deterliveQuality, but upon that foot is ufedonfy by the common People forfore Throats j it is fpread alio with

Honey in the form of a* Plaider,and apply'd outwardly in the likecalé.

f 66. Gummi Elemi, Id.This claims a place under this Clafs,upon the merit of the LinimentumArcei, or Unguer.tum e Gummi île-mi, in the College Difpmfatory, inwhich it is a principal Ingredient ¡and is in great account in Chirur-gical Practice, for a Digefter ; butit is little met with ellèwhere.

f6y, O s Sepia, Scuttle-TißjBone. This is white and lptingy,and lèems almoft to be calcitro bythe Sun. It is rough and abfter-five, and ulèd chiefly as a Denti-frice ; for it wonderfully cleanfesthe Gums, and whitens the Teeth.Some commend it in inward Ules,but it is now never met with inPrefcriptions of that kind.

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