The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony. 109 



that I should be acquainted with all the 

 secrets of Antimony, as my life is short, 

 and I am only a man ; but even in the 

 grave I will praise you, if by careful 

 study and experiment you succeed in 

 improving upon and supplementing my 

 discoveries. Common glass of Anti- 

 mony may be reduced into an oil, which 

 will be quite safe, and of great value, in 

 epileptic cases, as I shall at once pro- 

 ceed to explain. 



Pound the glass of Antimony intoTl 

 as fine a powder as possible, add ompha- 

 cium, digest for some days in a broad- 

 bottomed cucurbit well-closed with clay, N 



desired to see this miraculous sword which had wrought 

 such wonders in the battlefield. But when it was sent to 

 him, he could perceive nothing remarkable about it. " No 

 wonder," said a courtier, "for Scanderbeg has sent his 

 sword, but he has not sent his arm. " The best medicine in 

 unskilled hands may produce fatal results. In order to be 

 quite safe, I prepare this emetic as follows : R. Four ounces 

 of pure glass of Antimony, and half-an-ounce of Venetian 

 borax ; melt them together, when you will have a green glossy 

 substance like emerald ; pound fine, and put into French 

 wine ; keep it in a warm place for some days ; then give to 

 the patient, according to his strength, one to two ounces of 

 this mixture. This emetic is quite safe, and if you pour 

 more wine on the sediment it will be just as efficacious an 

 emetic as the first. 



