Se&. 8. Of Tûwders and Specks.

always the nu'lJer. This is one of ' red and white Cora!the beft Purges for grofs- bodiedChildren that are apt to breedWorms, and have large Bellies.Tor tho the Ingredients are effica-cious, its Operation will be mildand fafe enough. It wonderfullyclears the Bowels of Slime, andfetches out thofe vifcid Humourswhich obftrud the MefenterialGlands, and in a great meafure theLâchais themfelves ; which is oftenthe cafe in Children, and is attendedwith an hard Belly, (linking Breath,frequent Fevers, and a Decay of

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Strength in the lower Parts,flight Intermittents which fuch ateftibjecT: to, will much fooner be cu-red by fuch a Purge than the Bark :for the Purge aâually reaches andWears away the Caufe, but the Barkpens it up ; and by curing onlywhile fuch Reftriftion continue?,gives room for a return with muchgreater Aggravation. This Cathar-ïic is likewife very proper for rheu-inatic and gouty Perfons, for whomit is beft made into Pills, to be ta-ken over Night, or fome hours be-fore rifing, that they may fleep up-on them. They greatly diflolve thevifcid Lentor of the Juices, and pre-vent their fettling upon the Jointsio do farther Mifchief. It may begiven to Children from vi. to xv. gr.and to grown Perfons from ht. xv.to 9 li. in a Bole, or mrxtwith fomeSyrup ; for the weight of the Mer-cury will fink it fo foon in a thinVehicle, as to fubjefl: it to be loft ;efpecially as its bulk is hardly dif-cernible at the bottom of a Cup orGlafs.

Pulvis Cantianús, The Counters of

Kent's Powder.

' Take the black Tips of Crabs

« Claws gather'd in June, and Con-

« träyerva Root, ana j ii. Pearls,

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Crabs Eyes,c ail levigated with Juice of Le-' thons, ana 5 i. white Amber and' Cryftals, levigated with Rofe-' water, ana j 1. Harts-horn, burnt:' to the utmoft whiteneis, and le»' vigated with Citron-Juice fhar-' pen'd with Spirit of Vitriol, 3 i,' Occidental Bezoar and Earth of' Lemnos, ana 3 (si Ceiufs of Anti-' mony, | ii. Ambergrenfe, 3 ifs.c Musk, g fs. Let all be well mixed' together, and made up into a Paite« with the Jelly of Vipers Skins,1 ting'd with Saffron, and form it' into little Balls, which dry and' keep for ufe.'

The Levigation of fome of theAlkaline Ingredients with Acids, is .what is very uriufual ; but for theIntention of a Sudorific, may withgood reafon be defign'd, becaufethe Points of the Acta may flick illfuch manner in the Alkaline Boây,as has been defcribed in the prece-ding Part concerning Sublimate andMercurms Dulcís : Co that when theycome into the fmall VefTels, theygive them fuch gentle Vellications ;and at the fame Time divide andmake thinner the vifcid Parts of theJuices; which are both the nccefíáryRequifites to raife a Sweat. Andthat Acids join'd to Alkalies, maymake a TertiunBluid to this purpofe,will not at all appear ftrange to onewho conilders the fcnfible Qualitiesof fuch a mixture, not only how theydiffer from what appeat'd before in.either feparately; but with what 3peculiar Pungency the Parts affectthe Tongue. But let the Rationaleof this ftand how it will, this isvaftly a better Compofîtion than thatof the Gafcoign's Pcuider, for thePurpofe of a Diaphoretic. Thiswill in reality promote Sweating,and drive out powerfully by theSkin ; which makes it a very 3°©dJ i M«di«

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