

DISEASES 



Sect. XIV. 2.8, 



thofe of animals are liable to imbibe many noxious materials, as men 



d in Sea. II. 8 



A (light fointlon of arfenic, fprinkled 



on a 



peach-tree in the fpring, deflroyed the branch 



h received 



A folution of liver of fulph 



equally fatal to the branches of 



e6larine-tree, and alfo oil of turpenti 



Mr. Von Uflar affirms, that wateri 



f oxygenated muriatic acid will inc 



plants with 



fe their irri 



by 



"ied beyond a C( 

 eivinsf it too m 



degree w 



I due 

 bility 



quantity 

 ; aiid if 



o 



nj 



oxy 



which is k 



deftroy the vegetable 



e quantity 



d 



be a falutary material, and the mod neceflary of all oth 



o 



ble as well as to animal life 



.8. Th( 



pofTefs fli 

 fpice, fait 



mater 



called 



d 



hich are believed 



without nutrim 



fpe^l to animal bod 



as 



the hop, and probably opium and 



fp 



/ 



Thefe when taken into the ftomach increafe its aflivity, and rend 

 the animal for a time fat, and even ftrons:; b 



as all 



ftimulus, beyond what is natural, is followed by debility; aft 



reafe of 



the animal becomes weak, and emaciated 



d enervated in mind 



well as body 



formly feen in thofe who are addicted to th 



vfe of much beer and wine, or of opium ; and in a lefs decree wh 

 fpice, or fait, or bitters, are taken in too large quantity. 



What then ftiall we fay to the ufe of common fait in ao-rlcultu. 



flimulus, which poflelTes no 



fhm 



but 



the vegetable abforbent veifels into greater adion ; it may 



may 



V 



quantity increafe their growth by their taking up more nutri- 



m 



in a 



me, and performing their circulations and fee 



fo 



th greater energy. In a greater quantity its flimulus may be 



ad as an immediate poifon on vegetables, and deflroy 



the motions of the veffcls by exhaufting their irritabihty 

 After a time I fufped vegetabl 



fro 



th 



Simulating innutritive ma 



will always be 



bl 



e 



difeafe 



erial ; and that though it may 



fe the early growth of the plant, it will injure its flowering or 



feed- 



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