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Now as to the volatile Saltj it may be efteemed the Balfome 
of hfe^and preferver of the whole body from corruption, qpon 
whofeOeconomy depends thejuftCirculation3and(as I faid)the. 
Difflation of the blood 5 and upon thel^the prefervation of the 
life of the Individual : This Salt refolves the Congelations of 
extravafated bloodj opens Obftruftions in the Veins^refifts and 
conquers Acidity > Omnem Aciditatem quam atttngit,perzmU,hie% 
Belmont; but Acidity (according to him ) out ot the ftomack is 
inimicous to the whole body, Exorbitanj Fejlilenfve impreffio ejl in 
cruore Jiacefcat.aflji a venis (preta ejiciatur^ Apoflema parUnbicunq'^ 
id locorum eontigerit. Befides thele more than fufEciently power- 
ful Operations of the Vital fpiric and Volatile Sale, there arc 
yet in the blood innumerable fecret medicinal Virtues. The 
blood ot a found man prepared according to Paraceljur^ is al- 
lowed by the conient of the moft learned and experienced 
Chymifts, to cure Radically theEpilepficPalfie, Apoplexiejex- 
ulcerated lungs, and Pleuri(ie>' and(if Faber defervc credit) may 
worthily be efteemed amongft the greateft Arcana, The 
blood of an Affe is faid to cure a Qiiotidian Fever, and of an 
AflesColt the Yellow Jaundies. The blood of a male Goate 
rightly prepar'd (for as 'tis found in Apothecajries fliops it failes j 
certainly cures thePleurifieand Peripneumonia^ The blood 
of an Oxeis faid to cure the Dyfenterie. The blood of a Gat 
cures the Falling-ficknefs and Herpes, Of the blood of a male 
Deer is made a Balfom againft the Gout, The blood of a 
Fox is an excellent remedy againft the Stone in the Reins or 
Bladder^ If then Blood eitravafated be endued with fo many 
admirable and powerful virtues , what may we expeft from it 
communicated (as in this our Experiment) without any lofs at 
all of itsmumial virtues? furely fuch an addition of Vital trea- 
fure to the depauperated ftore ^ muft needs enrich it with new 
ftrengthj quicken all the Vital faculties, and might with very 
good reafon overcome our Patients Fever* 
There is yet a confideration which perhaps may notfeera 
vain to fuch as are acquainted with Hermetick Philolophy, and 
'tis this, a Lamb is efteem&d to be the meekeft and moft peace- 
' able Animal Nature has brought forth^ why then might not his 
blood 
