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pofed to enfue. And for Confirmation, I have obfervei 
the Carminative Seeds, fuch as warm, and uiiofe OJ 
iheaths the acid Humours that ever refuk from crude Dt- 
geftions. But Deco&ions that retain the Tone of the 
Stomach, as 1 fupp®fe, by making the little Glands in 
the Tunicles of the Stomach, fqueeze out their Juice, 
(for what is bitter may be as well offenfive to the Stomach, 
as to the Palat) and then Chalibiates that raife the de- 
cayed Ferment, are nobad Practice; after which, I con- 
ceive, Armoniack Spirits might be very beneficial. But 
their Doctors are fo Learned, that I never met with any 
of them that underftood what Armoniack Spirits were : 
Two or three of them one time ran me clear down by 
confent,that they were vomitive,and that they never ufed 
any thing for that purpofe but Crocus Metallorum, u inch 
indeed every Houfe keeps ; and if their Finger, as the 
Saying is, ake but, they immediately give three or four 
fpoonfuls thereof ; if this fail, they give him a (econd 
Dofe, then perhaps purge them with 1 5 or 20 Grains cf 
theRofin of Jalap, afterwards fweat them with Venice 
Treacle, Powder of Snake-Root, or Gafcoins Powder ; 
and when thefefail conclamatum eJL But to return, 'Tis 
wonderful what Influence the Air has over Mens Indies, 
Whereof I had my felf fad Affarances ; for tho ; I was in 
a very clofe warm Room, where was a Fire conftantly 
kept, yet there was not the lead Alteration or Change, 
whereof I was not fenfible when I was Tick of the Gripes, 
of which Diftemper I may give a farther account in ids. 
-proper place. When a very ingenious Gentlewoman 
wasvifited with the fame Diftemper, I had ths opportu- 
nity of making very confrderable Obfervations. I 
ftood at the Window, and Could view the Clouds arife: 
For there fmail black fleeting Clouds will arife, and be 
Iwiftly carry 'd crois the whole Element and as thefe 
Clouds arofe, and came nigher, her Torments were en- 
cteafedj which were grievous as a labouring Womans; 
there 
