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not only no Water, but even no Air could enter therein, I 
judged that I had quite finiflit my Machine. 
To make an Experiment how it might fucceed, I drew 
the Cork P CIS T . out of the Tube, and pour'd a little 
Brandy into it as in N O V W, and then having placed the 
faid Cork with the little Tube in it, into the great Tube 
again, and putting the fmall Tube R. between my Lips, 
and- fucking in the Air, which ru(ht *in at the fmall end 
a of the Tube Y Z, and which was obliged to pafs thro 
the Brandy, I perceiv'd the Brandy to be put into a violent 
agitanon and bubbling, and thereby the Spirits dierecf, if 
1 may fo call themj, made to rife in an extracirdinary 
manner up into the Mouth, and confequently nito the 
Liings, as the Event did plainly demonftrate. 
If then the Exhalations or Volatile Particles of Bal- 
famsare render d ferviceable, not only for the comforting, 
but even for the curing of Weak and Cr^zy Lungs, and 
ihe more Spirits of thefe BaUams can be convey'd into the 
Lungs, the better will they fare, but I would not have the 
Air pals fo fimply thro the Balfam, as it went thro the 
Brandy, when the Tube fliould be filled with the former 
fo far as it was wvh the latter, but intended to put the 
GlafsTube, fo far as it is filled with Balfam in hot Watery 
however,in order to prevent the burftingof the Tube by too 
fudden a Heat, it ought to be laid in a Bafon fit for the pur- 
pofe, with fome cold Water, pouring foftly a little boyling 
Water upon it to theheighth of the Balfam, or elfe to lay 
the Tube in a Baton with the neceflary quantity of Water, 
and put it upon Fire. 
By, this means the Spirits of the Balfams will exhale much 
more freely than if the Balfams were cold, and the Lungs 
will be fo heated thereby fin my opinion) as to put the 
Patient into a gentle Sweat. 
I have often thought with my felf too, that thefe Bal- 
fams, or at leaft fome Cordial Gums, Herbs or Juices, 
«re not only good ag^inft Shortnefs of Breath, but alfo 
will 
