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Body, and efpecially the Belly. If yourSulphur be fublim'd with Sal Polychrefi youwill have white Flowers.

Of Salt of Sulphur.

The Salt of Sulphur is made feve-Pomct. veral Ways, but the beft and eafieftis according to Monfieur Charas'sPharmacopeia, p. 887, whether the Readermay have Recourfe. This Salt is compos'dof Saltpetre refin'd, and Spirit of Sulphur,made in a Retort with a Sand Heat, into a

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than the Flowers for all the Difeafes afore-nam'd, given from fix Grains to fifteen :This is powerful againft all Manner of Ca-tarrhs and Fluxes of Rheum from the Head,that fall upon the Throat and Lungs; for icconfumes and dries up all ferous and watrySuperfluities.

Of Spirit of Sulphur.

Spirit of Sulphur is a Liquor drawnfrom the green Sulphur, by the Af-fiftance of Fire and certain VeiTels,

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white Mafs, which has many good Qualities; as Meffieurs Char as, Lemery, Sec. teach us ;

or it may be made with the Sal Polychrefi, orotherwise, as may be feen in Abundance ofCbymicalProceffes which treat of it.

Salt of Sulphur is much in Ufe to temperand allay the Heat of Fevers : The Dofe isnot adjufted, but 'tis fufficient to give itin any common Brink to an agreeable Aci-dity.

What Form one pleafes may be given tothis Salt ; fame will have it in a Mafs,others in Cryftals; fome granulated, andothers in Powder, or finally in Rolls ; whichlaft is a curious Method, and known but byfew.

Of Magiftery, or Milk of Sulphur.

The Magiftery, or Milk,, as 'tisPomet. cail'd, of Sulphur, is made of the Flo-wers of Sulphur, and Salt of Tartarboil'd in Water ; and then adding diftill'dVinegar to precipitate a Powder, which whendry'd will be white, and is efteem'd ve-ry good for the Lungs, and for Afthma-ticks.

If half a Pound of Flowers ofLemery. Sulphur be mix'd with a Poundand an half of Salt of Tartar, orPot-Afhes, and be boil'd in two Gallons ofWater for fix or feven Hours, the Sulphurwill be all diffolv'd, and the Liquor becomered : This filtred and mix'd by little and lit-tle with Spirit of Vinegar, or fome otherAcid, prelently becomes white like Milk;let it ftand to fettle, and a white Powderwill precipitate, which being edulcorated byJive or fix Times walhing in hoc Water, and-dry'd, is the Lac Sulphuris , which is better

and as it is of different Colours, according as'tis more or lefs diverted of its Phlegm, foit has two different Names affign'd it: Thatwhich is juft as it comes out of the Veffels iscail'd Spirit of Sulphur, which when goodought to be as clear as Rock Water, and ofan agreeable Acidity, and which put uponblue Paper will turn it red ; but the beftand fureft Proof is to deal with honeft Menfor ir.

The fecond Sort, to which improperly theAppellation of Oil of Sulphur has been given,is fuch as has been feparated from its Phlegmor fuperfluous Humidity, and has a brightYellow, or golden Colour, and is fo veryftrong that it can't be endur'd upon theTongue.

Some Hawkers counterfeit this Oil of Sul-phur by a Mixture of Vinegar, and Spirit, orrather Phlegm, of Vitriol, or with Vinegarand Water, adding a few Drops of Aquafortis, and fell it to Abundance of People,efpecialiy to Vintners, who ufe a gteat Quan-tity of it upon Occaiion.

Great Vertues are attributed to the Spiritand Oil of Sulphur in Fevers and pulmonaryCafes efpecially.

Not long fince ic has been difcover'd, thatSpirit, or rather the Oil of Sulphur, is theonly Thing to give Luftre to the Peridot,as will be feen where we treat of preciousStones, and alfo to give Flowers that neverfading or immortal Colour as we call it.

Of Balfam cf Sulphur.

Balfam of Sulphur is made twoFirfi, With the green or exprefs'dAnnifeed, and the beft Flowers of

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