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which latter fwimmiog on the Phlegm, is to be fevered fro m 
it* The Phlegm is ufed as an excellent Refifter and Gu rer 
of all the Putrefa&ions of theLungs and Liver, and it heals 
all foul Wounds and Ulcers* The Oily part, being dil uted 
with double its quantity of diftilled Vineger, and brought 
three times over the ‘Helm,- yields a rare Balforn, agiajnft all 
inward and outward Corruptions, (linking Ulcers, heredi- 
tary Scurfs and Scabs: Tis alfo much ufed againft Apople- 
xies, Palfies, Confumptions, Giddinefles, and Head-aches. 
Inwardly they take it with Succory* water againft all cor- 
ruptions of theLungs, It is a kind of Petroleum , and con- 
tains no other Mineral Juice, but that of Sulphur? which fectns 
to be thus diftilled by Nature under ground 3 the diftillation 
of anOy! out of Sulphur by Arc, being not (oeafie to per- 
forin. 
Of the richeft Sale-Springs in Germany ^ 
An Account having been defired of thofe two chief Salt- 
Springs in Germany % at Hall and Lunenburg , it was lately 
iranfmitted thus : 
The Salt . Springs at Hall in S axony are four, called ^utia - 
at , the Dutch- Springs the Afettritz, and the Hackel- dorn j 
whereof the three firft hold near the fame proportion of S air 5 
the fall holds lefs, but yields the pureft Salt. The three firft 
hold about feven parts of Salt, three of Marcaftt, and four- 
teen of Water : They are, befides their Oeconomical uie, 
employed Medicinally to Bath in, ^and to draw a Spirit out of 
it, exhibited with good fuccefs againft Venom* and the pu- 
trefaftion of the Lungs, Liver, Reins, and the Spleen. 
The Salt Water at Lmenburgh , being more greenifh then 
white, and not very tranfparent, is about the fame nature 
and hold with that of Hall . It hath a mixture of Lead with 
it.whence alfo it will not be fad in Leaden Pans^and if it held 
'no Lead at all, it would not be fo good, that Meftal being 
fudged to putrefie the Water : whence alfo the Salt of Lu - 
nengurgh 
