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this, and nothing can be more grate-ful, wholefom, or eafier made. Butthis is to be faid in general againftthat Whetting^ as it is ufually call'd,in a Morning, which fome accuftomthemfelves to : For tho one Glafs,when the Stomach has by Debauch,or any other accident from Diftem-per, been pall'd or weaken'd, is offervice by warming its Fibres, andgiving them a due Tenfity, in whichchiefly confífts a good Appetite andDigeftion ; yet when the Stomach isperhaps already too warm from ahigh Diet, and frequently Tippling,this Practice helps to deftroy thetrue Senfe and Springynefs of theStomach, and in Procefs of Timewill difable it from doing its properOffices. After a great Debauch in-deed there is fomewhatto be faid infavour of that Englifb Proverb, AnHair of the fame Dog) &c. becaufethe undigefted Remains at the Sto-mach, and the quantity of flimyJuice which drains into it, duringSleep in the Night, cannot betterbe got off, than by railing it with afmall Glafs or two next Morning ;but that ought not to be carried anyfarther.

Refloratives.

Vinum Viperinum, Viper Wine.

' Take live Female Vipers in the* Spring-time. N°. vi. Put them a-' live ¡mo ft vi. of Canary, and let' them (land clofe ftopt without any' Heat for fix Months.'

This by {landing fo long, willoccafion the whole Subftance of theVipers to be almoft taken up by theWine, which mull be ftvain'd offthro' a thick Flannel, or filter'd fornfe. It is a wonderful Reftorativeand greatly invigorates the wholeConstitution, fo as to provoke muchto Venery, as well as other Aftionsof Vigor ; but much more contri.

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butes to this latter Purpofe, if it bewarm'd with fome Aromatics, efpe-cially the Sweets, as Musk and Am-bergreafe. It is almoft. an infallibleRemedy in cutaneous Eruptions,and even in a confirm'd Leprofy :but of this fee farther under the Ar-ticle of Vipers, Part 2. Seflion 4.Clafs 2. of Animals, N° 209.

Vinum Viperinum alterum, Ano-ther Viper ¡Vine. ' Take Vipers,' N°. xii. fine pick'd Flowers of La-' vender and Rofemary green, ana« 5 iv. Nutmegs, N°. vi. Satyrion-c Root, 16 Cs. fliced final!, Gum Ben-c jamin and Storax, ana g ii. Musk« and Ambergreafe, ana 5 fs. put' all together, the Vipers alive, and' the reft as frefh as can be gotiinto' lb xii. of Canary ; and after three' or four Months Maceration, and* fometimes in the warm of the' Sun, but clofe cover'd, ftrain« the Wine, and let it fettle fine,' which decant for ufe.'

This is perhaps as ftimulating aReftorative as Medicine can produce ;and the laft Decays of Life willftill fupply the vital Lamp with fomeRecruits. It is an admirable Re-medy for thofe who have been al-moft wore out with Venereal En-gagements, efpecially if their Plea-sures have been purchas'd at the ex-pence of a few Salivations, or a fre-quent ufe of Mercurial Medicines ;and it will revive any Conftitution,that is not quite mouldred into Rot-tennefs. But thev much beft defervefuch a Reftorative, who by acuteDifeafes.asmttlignant Fevers, Small-Pox, or the like, have been fo brokeor fhatter'd in their Conftitutions,as hardly to be within a poffibi-lity of Recovery : For in fuch itwill to admiration repair the de-cay'd Juices, and fill again the Veinswith a warm, generous, nutritiveBlood, In fcrophulous Habits like-wife