were a white Sail comes before their eyes, which foon 
vanilhes : On the place of the bite a fvvelling.rifes at 
firft of the bignefs of a Pea, which grows as big as a 
Bean or a Nut, and increafing inlarges it felf over the 
Neighbouring parts, to a very confiderable Tumour 
and Strechingof the flefh, which grows ceJematous^ and 
by little and little falls into the Scrotum, and leaves the 
part black, blew, and yellow. 
It makes as it were bags in the skin, which feel hea- 
vy when you walk as if filled with Quickfilver. 
Do what you will the Poyfon will have its courfe, and 
is ufually three days before it comes to the heighth, and 
as long abating. 
For thefe great fwellings and ftretching of the parts, 
a Fomentation and Cataplafm is made with Marruhiuw^ 
Tap/as larlatus and Agrimony. 
The Gall of the Viper is no ways Venemous, and Pon- 
tern fays, he ufually gives it without any ill effeft or 
trouble, but its bitternefs ; all the Poyfon is in a Liquor 
in the Gum?, which is yellow like Oyl, of which you 
may eafily difarm the Viper. 
' The Viper is the moft Venemousof Serpents, the 4/^ 
is but a fpecies of the Viper. The Napellus is a very 
dangerous Poyron,a<5ting by its Acrimony, but you muft 
take a great quantity o\ it it burns the throat extream* 
ly as does Alum, but it is cured by the Antidote. 
Crude Antimony does nothing if attacqued by the 
Antidote. 
The moft mifchievous of all Poyfbns is Opium, of 
which having given an excedive quantity to his Servant, 
.at firft he had Convulfions, then ftrange Vomitings, not 
able to let any thing go down into his Stomach, a fleepi- 
nefs followed : all which time they kept him awake as 
much as poffible. At laft all of a fudden he grew well, 
and called for ViQuals. 
Succifa 
