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Claffss of the Augufldn Bilpsnfatory 3 and dire^ing all to the principal paifts of ttie^ 
humane Body f and the particular Cafes of Patients , fo that inalmoft each c/dj/jf there 
may be found ( he Judgeth ) precious remedies defcribed for every iickncfs , an- com- 
mon ones , and confirmed by Natural and Medical ileafons,and Experience itfdf. Where 
he ingenuoufly cautions his Reader , above ail things to examine 5 by whom Medicins are 
prepared J and particularly ini^anceth in a Preparation rf Antimonium Diaphoreticum j, 
whichj though himfelf had ufed it » when duely and by himfeif prr pared 5 wi^h yery great 
fuccefs againft the Plague , ye t had found almoft fatal to hicnfelf ; upon occafion taking itg 
when prepared by a Pfeudo-Chymill. 
In the anacxed Mantiffa he defcribes the Medicins , that may be made of all forts of 
Metals^ asaiCoof AntJ-mony, Vitriol, Sulphur, Niterjand Tartar ^ among all which (ro 
note that upon the by J he declareth the vertue of Jmum fulmimns for an exccllcns 
BtiphQreticJi i andteaeheth,howitsfolminatingforcemay be taken away , vj%. by a Ik- 
tie Spirit of Salt powred on it , or by fome diftilled Vinegar boyied with it. 
Farther, our Author in his Defence againft Tichenm ( who with fome fliarpnefs 
had attacked all his former Writings ) makes it his bufinefs , to refute Tachenm his way 
of Fixing Phe P'^Util Salt of yipers,whkh/n feemsjhe had formerly communieated to him 
when they friendly ccnverrcd together, but^upon tryal, proved falfe'r Where our Author 
s:akes occafion to evince it not to be true , that Animals contain none but Volatile Salt 5 
and that Vegetables likewife have not agrainof fixt Salt , except it be produced therein by 
she Fire ; both which tachenim Ucms to have aflerted. To which he adds an examina- 
tion of the DoSrinc of Salts , delivered by the faid Tachenius ln his Hifpotrates Chymi" 
ms, not at all approving , that he confounds the Lixiviais and Alcaiyes with tht Salts of 
Minerals andAnimalsjin that he gives to thefe two latter kinds of J^alts one general name of 
Alcalfs : Where many things occur , belonging to the making of Soap, Glafs , Verde» 
greafe ; as alfo to the Liquor diftilled oat of Calx viva , to Fulminating Goldjtlie Mel-- 
tingof Metals , the ^alt of Tartar , the Generation of the Stone in Animals j the Al" 
cdys and Refufcitation of Vegetables J the Helmontian X«^?^5 ? &c. 
Moreover, this Author vindicates himfelf againft the Notes of one Franc ^ Verni of 
MontpeUef,mimnu^Qn the Pharmacopoeia Bricii Bander enii i pubisfhtin French A. 
»662. at tyons^ln 4^. in which Notes the faid Verny excepts againft our Author con- 
cerning the Preparation of the eowpmniei Acii Syrup of Alefvc^ and the conp&ion &f 
In this Work is alfo contained the Third and Enlarged Edition of the Authort Jni^^ 
mdverjions upon the JPhnmiCopma Jugujfana , and its Mantijfa | wherein,by a genu» 
ifie «id dextrous Method, the Preparations of Simple and Compounded ^fedicins are f© 
deliveredjand the Errors of the Ancients in fuch a manner detcdedjthat from thisnce, by 
preferving and exalting the Vertucs of the Simple Medicaments, they fliall become much 
Itcter means in the Hands of Fhyfitians,Cuddenly,fafely and pleafamly to remove the di- 
ftempcrs and Maladies of Humane Bodies, 
To all which is alfo annexed his Spa^rii\ -^//>e??ii5f,whcfeinjwhatmay feem in thofe 
Animadver lions to be fomewhat obfcure and imperfeft , is pretended to bfi fo much far- 
ther explained and pcrfefted that it may not only render them fart more clear , but aifo 
enrich them Avith divers UKcomsion Cenfiderations and Remedies » Where the Ke^^i^f 
will meet , among many conliJe. able Obfervations , a very neceflary Caution concerning 
the Orien tal Bt^ioar , of which the Author notes , there muft needs be innumerable fo- 
phifticatcd ones , confidering the multitude of them, pretended to be true ones, feen every 
whcrejin all -parts and places of the Worldj whereas yet the Creature, whence 'tis taken, be-- 
jog a Savage Animal,like a kid, is nor to be had but by Hunting^and that but in one cor- 
ner of the Eajl-Indies : Which ConGderation induces our A urhor to concIude,that moft 
ofthofe Stones are faftitious,preparcd perhaps out ©f Magift^ricsof AlcxiphafmicaIPlants> > 
as Scordium,Ru€ and the like ? whish may alfo be of good ufc in caufing fweat and expeU 
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