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Befides the main Subjed of this Work, the Author 
intermixes many curious Obfervations and Remarks. Phy- 
fiological and Medicinal : As for Inftance, he tells us, 
That becaufe we find not either among the Ancients or 
Moderns any Alcalick Medicine drawn only from a fim- 
pie Vegetable, without any other Preparation but meer 
Trituration, therefore he will iq this Obfervation (which 
is the fecond m nun^ber) communicate an Antacid Me- 
dicine of much Efficacy in curing the biting of a Mad 
Dog, of a Viper or orher Serpent, of Fevers, Cholicks, 
Wounds, &c, called by the Palermitanes, Safiatodos ; 
which is< only a part of a Plant of no great Account 
among Herbarifls, in brief, it is nothing elfe but the 
Sponge of the Dogs Rofe, called by fome Bedeguar^ 
dried, and grofly pulverized. For the biting of a Vi- 
per, after Scarification and Cupping, fprinkle upon the 
Wound the Powder of Sanatodos, and afterwards give to 
drink in generous Wine a good Quantity of the fame 
Powder feveral times. For the biting of a mid Dog^ 
give of the faid Powder inwardly , and apply it 
outwardly to the Wound, firft moiften'd in Strong 
Wine, or Oyl-Olive, . in like manner ufe it for the 
flinging of a Scorpion. For continual Fevers it is to be 
often taken in Broth or other Meats. Several other Di- 
feaffs he mentions, in which it's ufeful, efpecially the 
Colick, the Pains whereof, being given to drink in Red 
Wine to the Quantity of about a Drachm, it mitigates 
ifl half an Hour's time. One thing f cannot but w^onder 
at, that Signior BQccone lliould rake no Notice that the 
Root of this Rofe had been of old celebrated by PUny for 
the Cure. of the Hydrophohia^ as a Medicine revealed in 
a Dream, Hijl. Nat, L. if. c. 2. & lib. 8. c. 4. in thefe 
Words, Infafialilis ad hofce amos fuit rahidi camsmorfm^ 
pavorem aquiS potufq; omnis affsrens odium, Nuper cujuf- 
Jam mi lit ant is in pratorio mater vidit in quiet ut radt 
cem 
