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fever, and in the breaking up of vesical 

 stones, as also in gout ; it purifies wounds 

 inflicted with iron, and the blood gener- 

 ally. Yet it is not as perfect in its 

 operation as the red oil of Antimony, 

 the sulphur of which is highly and per- 

 fectly digested. 



I have spoken of the salt and sul- 

 phur of Antimony, and have described 

 their medicinal uses ; I now proceed to 

 discuss the medicine, which is profoundly 

 hidden in its Mercury. 



Take eight parts of Regulus of 

 r^Antimony, one part of salt clarified and 



; sublimed from human urine, one part of 



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( sal ammoniac, and one of salt of tartar ; 

 mix well in vessel, add strong vinegar, 

 and close up with the clay of the Sages ; 

 digest the salts with vinegar a whole 

 month over a suitable fire. Put all into 

 a cucurbit and distil vinegar in ashes. 

 Mix to salts, thus dried, three parts of 

 Venetian earth ; distil with strong fire 

 through the retort, and you have a 

 marvellous spirit, which add to the 

 pulverized Regulus of Antimony ; let 



