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whereas the Conftriftion of the VcfTels which 
is owing CO the (liptic Qiiairty of the Liquor, 
is we fee, in this Experiment and others, ma- 
nifeftly taken away by the relaxing Quality 
of the Water, which waflics away the ftiptic 
Vertue. 
4. I then poured in fucce (lively five Pots 
of cold pump Water which was fourteen De- 
grees above the freezing Point, and whereas 
the preceding Pot of warm Water pafTed in 
9^", the fifth Pot of this cold Water was 
136" in pafling. 
5. I tried in like manner a ftrong Decocti- 
on of Oak Bark on another Dog, in which 
the preceding Pot of v/arm Water was 3 8" 
in pafTing, but the following fix Pots of De- 
codlon Co contracted the VefTcls that the lafh 
of them was 1 ^ 6 " in pafling. 
Experiment XVII. 
I. T TAving prepared a Deco£lion of twelve 
JL JL Ounces of Chamomel Flowers, boil- 
ed in three Gallons of Water to two, I pour- 
ed it blood warm thro’ the Arteries of the flit 
Guts of a large Pointer Spaniel. I found by 
the Velocity with which the four firft Pots 
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