Dr. Robinfon to Mr. Ray. t y% 



Ibe farther confirmed thereby, as that alfo which that 

 excellent Naturalift Mr. Lifter eflay'd in the PhildCb* 

 fhical Tranfa&ions feveral Years before Malpighi. 



Since my coming to Montpellier I have feen feVfe* 

 ral Scorpions creeping on the Walls : I thirik they are 

 the fame which Swammerdam hath figured in his Hi- 

 ilory of Infe£te. Several curious Perfons of this City 

 have afiiirM me, that they have kill'd feveral Ani- 

 mals with thefe Scorpions : So peradventure fofrie 

 Circumftances mak'e them differ from thofe of Itaty$ 

 With which S. Redi might make his Experiments, . 

 Animals ftung by thefe Scorpions fall generally intd 

 Tremblings and convulfive Motion's $ their Blood i$ 

 always found coagulated, which may make a Phild* 

 fopher fufpe£t that the Venom of thefe Scorpions^ bf 

 Vipers, and many other Animals, may chigfly confix 

 in a fubtle acid ferment : For befides the Phsenofrir* 

 na, we find by Experience that volatile Alcalies ( ^ 

 the volatile Salt of Vipers, of Salt Armoniac^ £$iV ' 

 are the moft effe&ual Remedies in thefe CafeSj ~ 

 they deftroy thofe nimble Acids upon theAccoir 

 of Texture, and free the Blood from Coagulations 

 Be pleas'd, Sir, to pardon thefe imperfect Mifcfella* 

 nies, for you may encourage thereby one that do£i 

 really admire you above the reft of Mankind, and i% 



Dr. T. Robinfon to Mr. Ray, 



SIR> Geneve, April \%« —84. k M 



SO M E of your Queries are fo extremely cUriotis$ 

 and fb feverely nice, that neither I, nor the belt 

 Boianifts, or Naturalifts (that I have met withal be- 

 yond Sea) can fatisfy fuch critical Thoughts. I ant 

 over-joy'd that fo vaft a Memory, fo exad a Judg- 



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