which latter fwimmlog on the Phlcgoi, is to be fevered from 
it. The Phlegm is ufed as an excellent Refiftcr and Gurcr 
o£ all the Putrcfaftions of theLungsand Liver^ and it heals 
all foul Wounds and Ulcers. The Oily part^ being dil uted 
with double its quantity of diftilled Vineger, and brought 
three times over the Helm, yields a rare Balfom, againft all 
invvtrd and outward Corruptions, (linking Ulcers, heredi- 
tary Scurfs and Scabs; Tis alfo much ufcd againft Apople- 
xies, Palfies, Confumptions, OiddineflTcs, and Head-aches. 
Inwardly they take it with Succory- water againft all cor* 
ruptions of the Lungs, It is a kind of Petroleum^ and con- 
tains no other Mineral Juice, but that of SHlphHr-^ which fcems 
to be thus diftilled by Ndtnre under ground 5 the diftillation 
of anOyI out of Sulfhur by Arc, being not foeafie to per- 
form. 
Of riV^ejl SalfcSprings i/f Germany. 
An Account having been dcfircd of thofe two chief SaU-^ 
Springs in Germany^ at Hdl and LumnbHrg^ it was lately 
tranfmitted thus : 
TheSdluspnHgsatHaUin Saxony are four, cMedg^tra'' 
at^ the Dutch' Sprwgi thcMettritz^ and the tiackel-dorn i 
whereof the three firft hold near the fame proportion of Saltj 
the laft^ holds lefs, but yields the purcft Salt . The three firft 
hold about fcven parts of Salt, three of Marcafit, and four- 
teen of Water : They are, befides their Oeconomical ufe, 
employed Medicinally to Bath in> and to draw a SpiritoUt of 
it, exhibited with good fuccefs againft Venom, and the pu- 
trcfaftion of the Lungs, Liver, Reins, and the Spleen. 
T^h^ Salt Water zt Umenhurgh^ being moregrcenifti then 
white, and not very tranfparent, is about the fame nature 
and hold with that of Hall. It hath a mixtureof Lead with 
itjwhence alfo it will not be fod in Leaden Pansjand if it held 
noLcadatall, it would not be fo good, tKatMettal being 
judged to pM^rtfic the Water : whence alfo the Salt of L«. 
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