conduce more orlefs to healing 5 or may be more or lefs nox- 
ious, either inwardly taken or outwardly applyed. Upon this 
occafion I rememberjthe Lord Bacon fomewhere.l think^ in llifi, 
Vit£ & Mortis, nkt^ notice^that anciently, to prefcrve Life m 
dangerous fickneffesjtheyufed to remove Linnen^^nd to let the 
Sick I-e next to the woollen blankets. And I have received 
it well attefted^ that^ in cenfiniis mortis , fome have had fpeedy 
relief from a flannen waftcoate made of the fineft wool : They 
^ prefer the fcarlet Dye I think^^my Lord names a Tindlureof 
Ssffron withOylof Almonds.but I darenot truftmy memory^ 
having fcen.it but once^anftbatwas^when it was firft publiftied.- 
Such a woolkn garment will drive a warm fridion through a 
fliirt of fine Linnen , which may anfv^ er in a gentle degree to 
Iridlion , as it is one of the laft Medical applications among the 
may Chinois r, and among other Nations , who adhere ftifly 
to their oldeft, and beft tryed Experiments. For the Sanative 
force of Friflion I refer to your Num, 1 2. p. 2C6Avhcre the Lord 
%acon IS recit ed to obferve , that motion and warmth drawes ferth 
into the farts, new ^u)ce and Vigour (and thefe are the effedls of 
wool 5 as they are of Fridion) and ih^iFriBions cendttcemuchta 
Longevity. For another pur pofe I add an Inftance of a much 
differing kind : r knew one who wasfliot in his heel with an 
arrovv V which carry cd with it a very fmall ragg of the woollea 
ftocken: This ragg being notiound be the Chirurgions, though 
they were then of the beft note, the wound became for a year 
or two incurable 5 And the pain wasfo intolerable , that it was 
thought neceflary to cut off his foot ; A t laft by chance the ragg 
S^as tound^and taken away^and then the cure wasfoon perfcdled. 
Woollen and Linnen may have their turns aad feafonsy the 
0ne as a Mechanical Operation fbr heating by a clofe and per* 
manentfridlron, the other as a quiet Lenitive. Our tender skin 
. can hardly bear the inceifant Springinefs of Wool 5 la a deep, 
wound we can lefs endure it. But the Springs of fome waters 
may be lined" v/ithia fofter Liquor than the hairy and curled fila» 
merits of wool And hence we may perceive, how fome waters, i 
mayby their rolling particles be the greateft Probes, and yet 
the fureft Searchers, Cleanfers^and Healers. And hence alfo, on. 
th« contrary 5^ we may fee , how fome waters^ which care Ul- 
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