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Cares and Prefervatlves from the Plague, where he To 
jnuch extols Veficatories, which in the Year 16^6 pre- 
ferved as many as made ufe of them, when the Plague 
was very hot at Gema, And here he Obftrves by the 
way, that the Root of Colchicum is no other ways a good 
Remedy m this cafe, than as being a fort of gentle Ve- 
ficatory, from the Acrious Particles of which it confifts, 
and :oc as an Amulet, as fome have fuppofed. In the 
^th. Ohf, He Difcourfes of the Iron Rings made of the 
Nail (taken out of a Stone-Horfe's near Foot before) 
by hammering only without Fire, as good for the Cramp 
and GiddineG, worn on the Ring-Finger, which if of 
amy prevalency, he fays it is from the Volatile Particles 
it received from theHorfe's Hoof, and not as any Charm. 
The tyth, Ohf Contains a Catalogue of Natural EiTeas 
ufually attributed to Sympathy. The 6th. Ohj. Treats 
of a Succedaneum to Crabs- Eyes, of the little Chalky 
Stones found on the outfides of the Scait Filh on the Pa^ 
fiinaca Marina^ &c. The ytk Olf, Is of fe veral rare Plants, 
and fome Empirick Remedies chiefly againft Witchcraft. 
The 8/^. Olf. Defcribes a certain Smoaking Liquor 
made of Mercury and Tin, The ^th, Difcourfes of yel- 
low and bkck Amber found m divers Places of Itafyy a 
new Difcovery to tno&. The loth. OBf. Is of the 
Bed of a certain Infed ( not unlike thofe with feveral 
little Cellules made by Bees or Flies in hollow Trees, or 
on the Leaves of Plants) found in the midft of an 
Oyfler-fliell in Mount Marita, The nth. Olf. Is of fe- 
veral Animalcules found in little (heliy Tubes. The 
\ith. Treats of theVertues of feveral Plants for divers 
Difeafes of Beafls. The 13^/;. is of a certain Man that 
after his Wifes Death fuckled his Child at his own Breafls, 
-^»»(71633. which he confirms by Si Credible Tefti- 
mony. The la^th. Olf, Gives us an Account of the 
' feveral Mufeums or Repofitories of Curiofities to be feen 
m Italy, The i^tk Olf Difcovers the Author's Me- 
thod 
