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5-68. Vi TELL UM OVI, Xolk

ef an Egg. This is mix'd withthe Turf entines frequently, upon ac-count of its glutinous incarnativeQualities. For in fome Intentionsthe Turfentines deterge too much,and draw off the nutritious Matteras well as what is morbid. Thistherefore moderates in lbme mea-fure the Violence of their Aition ;and after an Ulcer is once wellcleans'd, mightily helps to incarnateand fill it up with found Flefh.

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quent Clafs. Beiides what hathbeen already iâid under the differentkinds of Turpentines above, whichwas chiefly extracted from Authorswho wrote ibme time ago, it may beacceptable to acquaint the Reader,that our New-England Traders havefound out ways to imitate, or comeup very near to the fineft Turf en-tines and Balfams of the Saß, fromTrees of their own Growth ; info-much that not many have Skill e-nough to diftinguifhthem; tho'thetrue Balm of Gilead, the Chio, andStrasbnrgh Turf entines are yet fin-

tines and Balfams. Thefe all come guiar in their chief Charaderifticsunder this Head, and are more or lefs particularly their Delicacy of Fla'

deterfive, as they more or leß abou ndwith warm, aromatic, and iubtileParticles. Some of them are toocleanling , and therefore the Yolk ofan Egg, as was taken notice ofunder thepreceeding Article, is mix'dwith them to check their Activity,and adminifter as it were an exter-nal Nourifhment to the abradedPart. Medicines of this Tribe fome-

vour. The Counterfeits which fomemake here, are knowable in a lit-tle time keeping, by a Separationof them into thinner Parts, almoillike an Oil, and thicker, like a Coa-gulum. All the Turpentine of latevended for the Venice fort, hathbeen thus manufactured from thecommon Turf entine i but that fromStrasburgh will not eafily admit of

times incarnate too fait, and fill up fuch Adulteration, without being

the Ulcer with a Fungus, or what is difcovered at firft fight; its greenim

commonly call'd froudFlefli; which Colour, and peculiar Fragrancy be-

bnngs on a Neceffity for the fubfe- ing almoft inimitable.

Clafs 2. Of Cauflics.

THESE are fuch things as bytheir violent Activity, and Heatthence occafion'd, deftroy the Tex-ture of the Part itfelf to whichthey are apply'd ; and eat it away,as we commonly exprefs it, or burnit into an Efchar. And they differfrom the former pretty much, asthe Viferine Volatile do from fhofeof the Garlick or Omen kind ; aswas before obferv'd. Rifeners andDetergers have fomething fott andfmooth in their Compofition.whichguards them againft wounding the

Fibres themièlves, tho it does norhinder their Volatility ; but in thefewe call Cauflics, the volatile Partsare altogether unguarded by anything of that kind ; and by theirextreme Minutenefs, Afperity, andQuantity of Motion, like thofe ofFire itfelf, tear afunder all Obfta-cles, deftroy the Texture of thevery Solids themièlves, and changewhat they are applied to, into aSubftance like burnt Flefh; whichin a little time, with detergent Dref-fings, falls quite off, and leaves aVacuity

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