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knife, nail, or by the fteams or dilatation of the blood: 2. that 
the motion of the Heart is not in the whole fubftance, but in every 
fibre thereof, and not only in fibres entire, but aifo fuch as want 
both extremes ; 3. that thofe fibres are contrafled not all at once , 
but by parts, litle by litle, beginning from one end and fo conti- 
nuing to the other 5 as is feen in the Periftaltique motion of the In- 
teftins. Where the obferver intimates, that hitherto nothing hath 
beendifcover'd togive usthe true Caufe and Manner ofi Animd 
motion; p. 141— 1 47. 
18. An Obfervacion concerning the Milk of a Nurfing-mother, 
tafting of W ormwood from the frequent ofe of an extraft of Worm- 
wood, of which for feme time flie had taken every day fome drops 
in her broth, to ftrengthen her ftomach, weaken'd by a feaver, into 
which (he was fallen being with child \ f. 165. 
19. Thecontroverfie about the real Inexiftencc of Volatil Salts 
in bodies, dirculTed by the Author, who aflferts that they are only 
feparared, not produced by the fire 5 p. 174* 
20. That the Fixed Salts commingfrom Animals are not all of 
the fame nature, nor do irt all things agree either with common Salt, 
or with the Lixiviat Salt of Plants ; To prove whicb,many Inftan- 
ces are alledged by the Author ; p. i S4. 
21. That 'tis very difficult to afiign the reafon, why Acid Spi- 
rits are coagiilared into Salt, without any additamenr, and that this 
Salt adheres to the outfide of the glafs-cover^, none at all of it flick- 
ing ro the infide of them, when they contain fuch fpirits, /.193c 
2 2. An odd cafe of a woman quite loofing her memory ex reten- 
tione menfium,-, but recovering it again by a cautery in the neck free- 
ing her from that obftruftion ; /. 196. 
23. That there is no Medicin more efFeflual againft hypochon- 
driacal inflations and gripings of the belly, than the root of Zedoa- 
ria s and that nothing is better puerperis^ quibm lochia ce^m^xhm 
the fame root pulverired , half a drachm to a dofe, moift'ened with 
two or three drops of B.ofemaryoy], and taken in a little warm 
wine ; p, 209, 
24. CoririderableObfcrvations about Eggs in Viviparous Ani- 
mals by Stem ; p. 210. 
25. That in a torpedoy (according to the fame Stem^ there are 
found Fibers, thicker than the greater fort of Goofe-quills, that are 
foft and white, and lying on both fides of the fifli perpendicular- 
