Of Things relating to CbymiSiryj&c. Part IV. 
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ing put upon her Tongue, fhe fell immediately into horrid 
Convidfions, and dy'd within the fpace of one minute of an 
hour. This very Oil I have feveral times prefcribed to my 
own Father ( who takes Tobacco) in Lint to be held betwixt 
his Teeth, againftthe Tpotbacb, with a good effect, and no 
ill one. But I, who takejnone, having once us'd it, my felf 
in the fame manner, although I fwallow'd not fo much as 
any of my fpittle, yet it made me extremely fick, and vomit 
once or twice. 
The Stillatitious OIL of LAWANG BARQUE. Sent 
from Java major by Sir Phil. Vematti. It partaketh much 
' of the colour, fmell, and taft of That of Sajfafras $ but is 
much more fragrant. The Oiloi Sajfafras is diftill'd only 
from the Wood. But if one, were diftill'd from the Barque, 
it might equal This. 
An Oil diftill'd per Akmbicum , from the ROOTS of 
the CINAMON-TREE refembling Camphire. From the 
fame Hand and Place. The Roots being only bruifed, and 
ileeped in Water, are then diftill'd. The Tree is about the 
) Lib. 1. bignefs of the Olive. Defcribed by Linfc hot. (a) Grows in 
Cavit and Subanin, but the beft and moft in the Ifland Sey- 
I071 3 there in whole Woods. 
The LIQUID OIL of MACE, by exprefllon. 'Tis 
made of frefh Mac e. Hath fome few curdled parts,as fome- 
times in that of Olives : but the moft part of it is liquid 
without heat, which the beft exprefled Oil of Mace in the 
Shops, is not. Almoft of the colour of a Tincture of S affron, 
and very fragrant. Confirming what Linfchot faith, fc. That 
the original colour of Mac e, is Scarlet. 
The FIXED SALTS of Carduus bened. Garden and 
Sea Scurvy-Grafs, Afh and Oak Barques , Rofemary , Mint, 
Mugwort, Agrimony, Wormwood, Sorrel, Mallow 'S, Liquorijh, 
Anife- Seeds, Sena, Jalap. By Me prepared and given. To- 
gether with a Difcourfe read before the Royal Society con- 
cerning the fame, which I purpofe to publifh ere long. I 
fhall here only Note, that although Many think and affirm, 
That all the Fixed Salts of Vegetables are alike : yet by Thefe, 
duly managed, it doth appear, That there is a great dirTe- 
rence, both as to ftrength, and otherwife, between divers 
of them, even when they have been equally calcin d. So 
far, that the promifcuous ufe of fome of them, in Phyfick, is 
unfafe : 
