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A fickly jperfoti, tinder an ill habk of bodjr^ or fear- 
-fd, dyes infallibly in a (bort time of this venome^ 
without fpeedy help. 
In the Extreme and Nervous parts near the Pulfeand 
Tongue, the bites are dangerous,, aijd - accidents very 
.painful. ; . ; " , ; 
FreCh Vipers that have not iit, J)ut have the blad- 
ders of the Gums full of venom, are the moft mif- 
chievous. 
Mountebanks, to impofe upon the people, either 
naake rheir Vipers bite before they bring them put, or 
with a Needle fcratch the Gums, and prefs out the 
poyfon. 
They make us believe that a bite on the left breaft 
near the heart is more mortal than elfewhere 5 but this 
is^ a cheat, it caufing only a gteat fwelK^g on \aU that 
£de of the body, on the neck and face, ;which after- 
wards falls down (as was faid} into the Scrotum^ jslxA 
is evacuated by Urine. ^i;- 
For thefe great and painful f sellings, the remedy is 
to drink the Decodiori of Mar^Mtm^ or the Powder, 
taken inwardly, and a fomentation with a decoftion, 
applying the Reft on the place. ; Jr/y?<?/^i5/W is alfo a 
ftrong and powerful Antidote againft the Viper, fo 
that if one be bit on the Tongue, he need only take a 
flice of this Root, heat it, and apply it, and it goes 
away. 1 
Pont£m^ a Chymical Mountebank, a Native of En- 
gland, and an Apothecary by Trade, . from whom I 
had the above-mentioned obfervations, was one day 
accidentally bit by a frefli Viper on his right wrift, he 
thought it would have killed him. One of the great- 
eft pains he fuffered was, an almpft ^nfupportable ten- 
fion of the palm of his hand. . 
He compofed his Antiode of extraft of Juniper- 
berries, drawn with a DeccxSion of Roots of round 
