fetve both to drive and convey thQ Fiperitte Sptc0la till they 
have diffufed their illefFe£t& over the whole Mafs. - Ancf^ - 
thus I have^given yoaan bint oi the Drs reafoning about tliis 
abftrufe Matter. To v^hieh I (hall only add, that the Dr 
oimtsnot to acquaint his Reader, that he is of opinion,that^ 
thele Splcula aft upon the fenfible Membranes in the nature" 
of Sthmli, which he explains upon Bell'tnis Principles. 
For the Cure he mentions a red hot Iron appJ-y 'd to the 
Wound, the Snake Stones, the Axungia Viperina^ which he 
proves to be the ^rand Secret of the Viper Catchers 5 and 
the Vipers Flefli ot ufe the of which he gives a curious ac- 
count out of the Ancient Piiyficians and Modern Travels, 
In the elofeof this Effay he gives an account of fume other 
Voyfonous Animals^ as the Spider, in which he barh'difeo-' ' 
vered the Inftriiment conveying the Foyfon, which bad eP j 
caped the nice diligence of Mr hetwtnhoek, himfelf ^ the ico* ' 
lopendrai, the Scorpian, of which I (hall particularize nothing 
but that when it is reduced to . a defpair of Lite, it wounds ' 
itfelf with its own Sting on tlie Back, and dves. And that ' 
the Oleiim Scorpiomm n a prefcnt Remedy for theiF 
Stings. 
The next Effay is oithtlarantuUmdMad Dog. The 
Tarantula is an Apulia^ Spider oi tht O^onochlar kindj the ^ 
Figure of which may be feen in jB^g/im'*s Diflertation, ^To 
which there is one very' hke defrribed by 'Her^drrdcii^ hy^t^ • 
name of HoitztacatL It harbours among the Command there * 
bites Mowers or Paflengers. Upon* which hire, dpecially m 
Summer Tiaie very odd Symptoms enfue, which require as^ 
odd a Cure. For among other efFefts, which favour of a De- 
lirium, of which the Drs gives a particular enumeration, h 
is very obfervable, that when th^ Tarantatl lye as (ortieHmes 
they do like Apoplcftick Perfons, lipon the found of>ainap- 
oropr^are Tune they frife up, and Dance till they fw eat 
out the Malady. Which yet returns tho in a weaker D^^ 
gree, tlie fame Sea fon the next year, and then again yieWs^- 
to the fame method of Cure. Mo ft ■of ' tjie Symptoms whid 
