duce this great conflidl, for Iqueftion whether there be 
any fuch things ifitbe an Alkalu it lias quire loft its 
property, that ris not wrought upon byfo ftrorgan Acid 
in whole boibm it lyes. ^ W may as well remain incom- 
buftible in a great Fire> as fuch an Alkali under the power 
of fo great an But this is only a hint. 
There are various Liquors whofe mixtures are apt to pro- 
duce greater orleffer effervefcenfcies.heats^and inflammati- 
ons, fothat particularly t\\t gvtdllncalefcence and burnings 
InFeavers are eafily accounted for, and made obvious by 
occurring Experiments, There feems more difficulty to 
account for feme cold difaffellions o{ ththloodj and other 
Juices of the body. For Hyjierical Perfons will complain 
of digveH Chilnefs or Frofi in the Bloody during that Parox- 
yfm^ fuch as a good /?r^ and warm forrf?^/j- will not eafily 
conquer. In thefe Perfons the Pulfe is always very tardy, 
('differing from what I have cbferved in where in 
the Cold Fit it has been very quick. J This may be better 
explicated by a folution of sal ArmoniacJ^th^n of Nitre 
in water. 
Experiment VL 
Cold produced without Ebullition , giving fome 
account of Hyfterical Paroxyfms. 
In about a Pint of water we diffolved a Quarter of a 
Pound of Sal Armoniach^ which was found to be fo very 
cold to the T@uch that we needed no Weather Glafs to con- 
vince us of the 
In this Experiment we have no Ebullition or Smllingof 
the Liquors/ but rather a condenfation ^ which may alfo 
happen in the Hyjierical frigid Paroxyfm> tor in cafe the 
humours fwell'd they would require more (pace, which 
perhaps is not to beallow'd, but muft then be compen- 
fated by the acceleration, of the Pulfe, which would then 
