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over. In the Spirit of Honey, theSand is to prevent it from boilingover ; notwithftanding which it willfwell and bubble, fo that the Re-tort ought not to be above halffull. In its Rectification, fit aReceiver without luting; and asibon as the Acidity is perceivable,change the Receiver, lute it, anddraw off the Spirit in a Heat notexceeding the third degree, and if atwelfth or fixteenth Part of Spiritof Nitre dulcify'd be added, it willabate its unpleafovt Scent. In thelaft Procefs the Honey more power-fully opens the Aramatics, whichotherwife would afford but very lit-tle Odor.

Tinclura Terrae Japonicar, Tinftureof Japan Earth.« Pouder finely 5 iv. of Japan« Earth, of Cinnamon 5 «. of Ve-« ruvian Bark g ifs. Musk and Am-4 bergreafe, ana gr. vi. rub the two« laft with Sugar-Candy $ i. put« them all into a Matrafs, and put

* to them Spirit of Wine 5 xxiv.« make of the Matrafs a circulating

* Veile! : Lute well the Juncture ;' fet it upon warm Sand to digeft' for four or five days, fhaking it

* about two or three times a day i

* then fet it by to fettle, and by

* gentle Inclination pour it into a« Phial for ufe.'

This is of good fervicc in all De-fluxions, Catarrhs, Fluxes of theBelly, Dyièntery, and overflowingof the Menfes, and even in a Go-norrhea and old Gleets, where theVirulence has been already ccnqucr'd .It is likewiie laid to be a good Suc-reianeum to the Bark, and that itwill cure Intermittents. Its Dofe isfrom half a Spoonful to three orfour in rough Wine, or any otherproper Vehicle

Catechu.

• Make any quantity of Japan' Earth into Pouder ; diflblve it' in fmall Cinnamon Water i pour

• off the Diffolution from the' Faces, and dry it gently : when' it is dry, mix I ii. of it with' SugarrCandy § iii. Spirit of Rofes' if Drops, Ambergreafe g is.

* Musk gr. xv. grind them all to-

* gether till they 3re impalpable;' and with the Mucilage of Gum« Tragacanth, make them into lie—

• tie Pills of the bignefs of Pcarl-« Barley."

One of thelè held in the Mouthcaufes the Breath to fmell lweet, andrenders all Liquors very palatable.Forty or fifty may be fwallow'd in 3day for Catarrhs, Diarrhea's, Gonor-rhea's, and Defluxions of ail kinds;they anfwer all the ends of theEarth itfclf, defcrib'd in Section ».Clafs 3. of Minerals.

Infufio Corticis Peruviani, Ittfußonof Jeluits-Bark.

' Take of the Bark in Pouder jii.c put it to ft ii. of Red Wine, in a' Matrafs fitted for Circulation, and' fet it upon warm Sand, or in Sal-' neo, forty-eight hours; ibake it« two or three times a day : thin' let it cool, and pour oft the In-' fufion (thro a Strainer J into a' Phial, and keep it for ufe.'

The rougher the Wine, the moreproper it is for this ufe. Sir RobertTabor put 5 iv. into the like quan-tity or Wine ; but then he put onfrelh Wine till it was reduced to a-boutthe fame Strength,- aslikew.fe,did Dr. Smith, who was his Suc-ceflbr at i arts. Dr. Jones gives theMethod of thatPraftce in his Bookde Febribus Intermití entibas, underthe Title of Arcana Taboriana: j ii.

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