340 M E M O IK 5 of the 
knob bends a little towards the hinge or end, whilft it is other- 
wife in oyfter-fhellsj they differ too in their Ipecific gravity, 
thefe beinc more ponderous than the other, and fomewhat 
near thefpecific gravity of the SeletJttes j he obferved likewife 
Ibme fuch difference among the Cornua Ammofiis, having had 
one or two fmall ones from the coal-pits, that had a confidera- 
ble mixture of the 'Pyrites 5 whereas thefe that are found about 
IVhitby approach more, he thinks, to the nature of allum- 
ftone. 
"/he Virtues o/Faba St. Ignatii; hy 'Dr. Sloane. Phil. Tranf. 
M° 250. p. 87. 1r an flat ed from the Latin. 
JsJUX 'Teplta or Faha S. Ignatii is about the bignefs of a 
-^ ^ nutmeg and triangular ^ this fruit is very much efteemcd 
in the Philippine JJlands where it grows, i. It has the fame 
virtues as the metal we call Timhaga^ and that compound de- 
nominated Ilingo:, it prefcrves from poifonous fleams, from 
fpafms, efpecially a particular fort of cramp called Sotan, 
z. It helps to vomit up any poifon, if its filings are drank in 
cold water, and it likewife does fervice in the bites of venemous 
creatures, by applying fome of the filings to the place afFefted. 
5. As alfo the filings applied in like manner, relieve any mem- 
ber of the body afHi6led with the cramp. 4. And the faid 
filings flop the bleeding of any wound, and being given to 
drink to a woman that had long been under a flux of blood 
Jhe was prefently cured. 5. It cures fevers, as was con- 
firmed in the cafe of an infant labouring under a violent 
fever, which was removed as foon as it had fome of it in its 
drink. 6. It afTifls women in child bearing. 7. In fine, daily 
experience proves its wonderful virtue in difpelling repletions 
and crudities in the flomach, and befides in moderating a fre- 
quent defire of going to iloel. As to the manner of ufing this 
medicine : 
Divide each nut into three parts, and when there is occafion 
for it, let the patient put it into his mouth for a quarter or 
half an hour, let him fwallow the fpittle, and afterwards drink 
about two or three ounces of cold water, and he will find the 
good efFeds of it^ or thus, 
Take a very hard piece of fhell, in the hollow part of 
which put a little water, and therein rub hard the fruit, and 
pour that water with the filings into fmall vefTels, repeating 
the preparation three or four times, until you have two 
ounces of the confeftion and lotion made of the piece of ihell 
and 
