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He (ays, that this dofe, which in Fr^»re purges 
grown perfons, does nothing in England on thofe 
sbove 15 years old, and ought to be augmented* 
His Mercurius Dnlck \s made without Vitriol, which 
tho good, is yet corroGve 3 he takes only Afties with 
the decrepitated Salt. 
Tiie manner of the ading of the Vipers poyfon is 
thus. In about | of an liour a Syncope or fwooning 
feizes them with trembling and convulfions, tingling of 
the ears, and frequently deafnefs for a moment 5 next 
as it were a white fail comes afore their eyes, which 
foen -vanifties 3 on the place of the bite a f welling riCes 
at firft of the bignefs of a Pea, which grows as big as ' 
a Bean or Nut, and encreafing, enlarges itfelf over the 
neighbouring parts to a very confiderable Tumour, and 
ftretching of the flefti, which grows asdetnatrous, and 
by little and little falls into the Scrotum^ and leaves the 
part black, blue and yellow. 
It makes as it were bags in the skin, which feel heavy 
when you walk, as if fill'd with Quickfilver. 
Do what you will the Poyfon will have its courfe, 
and is ufnally three days before it comes to the heighth, 
and as long abating. 
For thefe great fwdlings and ftretching of the parts, 
a Fomentation and Cataplafm is made with Marrubium, 
Tapfus Barbatus, and Agrimony, 
The Gall of the Viper is. no ways venemous, and 
Vont£us fays he ufually gives it without any ill efFed, 
or trouble but its bitternefs 5 all- the Poyfon is in the 
liquor in the Gums, which is yellow like Oyl, of 
which you may eafily difarm the Viper. 
The Viper is the moft venemous of Serpenfs, the 
Alp is but a fpecjes of the Viper. The N^ellus is a 
very dangerous Poyfon, acting by its acrimony, you 
muft take a great quantity of it 5 it burns the throat 
extremely, as does Allum, but it is cured by the Anti- 
dote. Crude 
