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which only experience can prove, lest I 

 should be thought to be excited by am- 

 bition, or by desire for fame. I declare 

 I have sought or desired neither. I deny 

 that either can be sought with righteous- 

 ness. The other oil is prepared in the 

 following manner : 



Take mortified Mercury, sublimed 

 into a state of great brilliancy (this may 

 be bought at the apothecary's), and Anti- 

 mony in equal parts ; pulverize together, 

 distil thrice out of a retort which retains 

 the spirits, rectify the oil with spirit of 

 wine, and your oil will be of a blood-red 

 colour. At first, however, it is white 

 like ice, or coagulated butter. This oil 

 exhibits its efficacy in all desperate cases, 

 and especially in the perfect emendation 

 of the evil into good. 



By means of an addition, you may 

 also prepare another oil for external 

 wounds, which will be of palmary utility. 

 It is composed in the following manner : 



Take one part of Antimony, one of 

 sulphur, half a part of salt ammoniac, or 

 purified salt of urine, and two parts of 



