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thod of Preparing the Bononian Stone or Thofphorus: to 
which is fubjoyned a Curious Obfervation communicated 
to him by 'joh. Baptifla MarteUi^ concerning Humane 
Urine. The ittL Ohf. Enumerates (everal Earthy 
Concrets, good for abforbing and correding Acids. The 
i'}th, Ohf. Defends the harmlefs ufe of Antimony, much 
efteeming the Tanaccea made of crude Antimony with 
fixt Nitre, defcribed by Fr. Lana., in his Frodromus, 
126. The iZth, Ohf, DifcQvers the wonderful Texture 
of the Root of the Perfoliata Alpina latif mm. Eauhiniy 
made up of many Membranes curioufly complicated to- 
gether ; by which Signature he fuppofes it good for Rup- 
tures, and the rather becauft another Species of Perfo- 
liata^ by Chahreus called Auricula Leporis, has been ufed 
with Succefs in that cafe. The i^th. Ohf is concern- 
ing a Spring, called Plinfs^ and the River by the Inha- 
bitants now named torhidone ; which Fountain in April, 
Amo 1680. in a quarter of an hour rife three Inches 
perpendicular^ and funk down again in half an hour's 
time, repeating this Flood and Ebb alternately every 
two hours ; which Phsenomenon was obferved not two 
days, as is ufually there thought, but only a few hours 
before a ftiower of Rain. In the zoth. Ohf He (hews 
that the Musky fmell coming from fome Pifmires and 
Flies of Pifa^ proceeds only from Sulphureous Particles 
mixt witl^ a Volatile Salt in the Dung of thofe little 
Animals. In the xi/?. He gives four Reafonswhy fome 
Plants are green all the Year. i. From the abundance 
of Oily Particles, as in Tdnfey, &c. x. A more Crafs 
and Viftous Subftance, as in the Semper-vivum maj. &c. 
3. A very much interwoven texture of the Fibres of 
the Leaves, as in Opuntia, Aloe Americana, &c. 4. A 
more hard and clofe outward Skin,with which the Leaves 
are covered, as in the Lmus Alexandrina^ Box, &c. 
The zzth. Ohf Defcribes a peculiar fort of Infed, which 
he found on the Leaves of iht Myrtus Tarentim^t Rome, 
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