(§55) 
after foms time of exfudation and ihfolatiotn The like whereof 
may be tried upon the Male peony y and other Plants of greiteft 
fame and vertue $ is well for Gums, Colours, Odors. &c. as for 
famous Juices, Mr. Evelyn can acquaint you of a Receipt, which 
he had in Italy, as* a Speciflck agaiaft Feavers from the Tap- 
pings of the Elme, 1 hear as muchpraifefrom the Oak, for flap- 
ping the Flux of Blond by the way of Urine, whether it pro- 
ceeds from the imbecility of Nature, or from the dtfedsin the 
Bladder, Reins, or other inward psffages. Some fay as much 
for the Juice of the Alder ( though the Dwarf- Alder hath the 
higheft praife) to cure or flop the Drop fie. And perhaps this 
large Natural Limbec , where it may oe had, may forrerimes 
prove more effe&ual, than our little. Artificial, and more trou- 
blefome Dijlillations. And the Congeniality of the Sun in his 
alternative vifits, and the afli :uous inrercourfe of the free $ir, 
with the Spirit of the Plant yet living and growing, may have a 
more effe&ual influence for a Specific vertue , than we are ape 
to imagine. Though we cannot fee nor hear the Lungs of Ve- 
getables beating, yet we may fometimes fmell their Breath 
ftrong enough, both to pieafe and offend exceedingly $ as in 
Savin , Fins , Cyfrefs , Elder, Rofemary, Mirtles, and gene- 
rally in all Bloflfomers, And feme that cannot be fmek by ns* 
may yet have a very wholfome breath. One Experiment I will 
here beftow on you. When both my hands were mmacled for 
many years (and fometimes my Armesalfo) with deep corroding 
T eaters 5 to the blufhof my many friendly Phyfuians, and in 
defpightof many of thebeft Medicines and Purgations, all was 
fuddenly heal'd, aud hathfo continued thefe 20 years, by the 
application of the Gum of Plum-trees dififolved in Vinegar. I 
muft not forget to add, that I applyed Fine-leaves, and fome- 
times oipetid Raifws todraw.a moifturefrom thofe 7 'eaters feme 
few dayes before I ufed the Gum. 
Dr. T. is of opinion, that Sap alwayes rifes, and never pro- 
perly defcends, having onely a kind of fubfidingorrecidiva- 
tioa, which he faith he cannot call a Circulation, nor refemble 
to the motion of L : quors in a Vellican^ but rather to the fink- 
ing of Liquors in an Alembec , whilft the thinner parts are 
forced over the helm $ yet fomewhat imitating the motion of 
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