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faid next, that ne having obferv^d that the Emetick force 
of this Root confifts in its Rtjinous parts, he had found 
out a way to take them frooi it, and to leave only the vS^- 
line parts 5 that he made ufe of Spirit of Wine to extraft 
the one, and of Rain water diftillcd to draw off the other ^ 
that he had afterwards given^ with very good fuccefs in 
Dyfenteries this I^ecacuAnLi fo defpoiled ot its Kefmons 
partSr From Ipecuanha hr: palTed to Hellebore^ wliichis 
another Violent Emetiqm 5 which he diftingiiiflic . into 
two forts, the BiacK: and the White. He (aid, tliat ours 
vi^as not different from that of the Antients, that the White 
Gaus d mortal ConvuliiOns, for which reafoti it was not 
ufed, and that he had never made any attempts with it. 
As for the black Hellebore it is co be obferved, that that 
which comes by the way pt EngUfnd is much weaker than 
that which grows on the Mountains of Smtzerland 3 
which may well have been the reafon that Phyficians 
. hav.e neglefted this Remedy, then he related his opera- 
- tions on this Root. He - fajd, that having put it in i 're- 
tort in a Reveberatory Fire, he at firft drew off an Acid 
Spirit, next an Oyly Acid Spirit 3 thirdly a violent alkdi 
Spirit came overfmixt with Oyl of Tartar^ and laftly a fe- 
tid Oyl. That from the Caput mortmtnht had by a Dxivi- 
nm^ a fixt Salt, which fermented with Acids, fuch as 
all other Plants give j befides thefe Operations, he dr^w an 
Extra^ ot this Root with Spirit of Wine to get the Refimus 
parts, and with diftilled Rain Water for the He | 
got but very few of th© former, but a great deal of the J 
other 5 fo that he found that Spirit of Wine was ufelefs 1 
in this cafe. Comparing then the EfFeds of diefe 
Purgatives, he faid that the purely Rejimus purge little, 
and with much irritation 5 that the purely Saline purge 
only by Urine, but that both joyn'd together purge very 
'WelL That it is for this reafon that r%//^?W- make ufe 
of Salt of Tartar^ to corred the bad Fffefts of R^fwom A 
Purgatives 5 but if this Precaution were ufed/ to make the ■ 
