and opened 5 particularly, thathefoundall their Vi- 
tals and Vifcera frefti and in a good ftate, but the Blood 
in all of them , that were opened ^ either coagulated 
already and blackifti^or tending towards coagula- 
tion. 
, a. To confute the opinion of thofe ( and by name 
oFthe famous Italian Philofopher Re^^i , who , a few 
yearsfince, pnblifht alfo aBookof F/j^erj'^ that af- 
lert , that the Venom of thefe Animals refides in the 
Jellow liquor contained in the Bagg about the Vipers 
teeth ; whereas this Author will have it to be in their 
vexed and enraged fpirics : which he thinks , he hath 
fufficiently proved by wounding feveral Animals with 
fome of the biggeft teeth of Vipers ^ pulled out , and 
letting into wounds thu5made,and rubbing with that 
reputed poifonous liquor of the bag ^ whereupon 
no ill cffcd:s at all have followed. Which he con- 
firms by another tryal^wherein^ holding the Jaws of a 
Viper^ and then thrufiing its teeth into the flelh of a 
living Animal, and letting the Juyce of the bag .into 
the wound , no ill confequence appeared , confide- 
ring that the angred Spirits of the Viper , in that for- 
ced and reftrained pofture , were kept from paffing 
abroad , for the emifllon of which he fuppofeth the 
freedom of the Animal is required. 
5. To recommend , among divers otlber Antidotes 
for the bitings of Vipers , the Volatile Salt made of 
them 5 the vertues of which he exceedjingly praifeth , 
alledging the Example of a perfon , who being bit- 
ten by a Viper , could be laved by no other means ^ 
but 
