The Triumphal Chariot of A ntimony. 1 1 9 



beings : the brutes can digest raw flesh, 

 and many other things which would 

 overpower the strength of the human 

 stomach. Amongst different individuals 

 of the human family, there are also con- 

 stitutional and other differences, which 

 tax the skill and knowledge of the 

 physician in determining the quantity 

 that will be relatively suitable for a strong 

 young man and a feeble old woman. 



I will now proceed to speak of the 

 further preparation and fixation of Anti- 

 mony. Antimony, in its fixed state, 

 resembles the spirit of wine which is 

 separated from its body, and warms the 

 body of man inwardly, while, if applied 

 outwardly, it attracts to itself all the heat 

 of an inflamed part. But wine which has 

 become vinegar cools both inwardly and 

 outwardly. Yet both spirit of wine and 

 vinegar are preparations of the same 

 substance. 



The reason of this difference is that 

 vinegar has undergone only digestion, 

 i.e., putrefaction of the wine, with vege- 

 table fixation. But the spirit of wine is 



