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lye upon the Point of a Knife, efpecially if my Patients 
had a Terror upon them, or by reafon of Melancholy 
found any Alteration about them. To others I ordered 
it as a Prefervativc, to be taken in a Morning mixed 
with Beer. Be. Rad. Tormentill. Scorzoner£ y Petafttid. Sym - 
phit. Arifiol, rot. Lign. Guaiac. Colubrin. a. 3ij Rad. Cur- 
cum. Zedoar. 4.3 fs. Myrrh, rubr. 3 j Corail. JK Concb. mar . 
a. 3 ifs. Sued n. flav. Terr. JigiLlat. rubr. & alb. Car nit Viper . 
Oculor. Cane. Bol. Armen. Corn. Cerv. u(l. a. IPs. Antim . 
diaphor. 3vi. JNttr. Anodin. min. 3 ij. M. Dojis 3j. ad 3 j. 
Thofe who were obliged to be frequently or con- 
ftantly with their Patients, made ufe of a Vinegar pre- 
pared for that purpofe (of which there are many Com- 
pofirions) which they took inwardly, and which they 
likewife fmellcd to. Others made ufe of Rotal# fublin- 
guales, of which alfo there are many Preparations. I 
preferr’d to them the PlacentuU feneftutit, which Dr. 
Sylvius Bocco in his curious Obfervations has deferibed 
(pag. 40 a.) Thefe, when I vifited my Patients, I gene- 
rally held in my Mouth, having brought with me long 
time ago a good quantity of them from Italy. To rake 
away the ill Scent, which was very frequent in the Pa- 
tients Chambers, we fmoak’d the Rooms with Juniper, 
Vinegar, Powders, Candles, and efpecially with Gun- 
powder : But this laft mud be carefully made ufe of. 
I generally had red Myrrh and Salt-Petre boiled in Vi- 
negar, and ordered it to be poured upon a hot Tyle, 
to fmoak the Room with: And this was done with very 
little Charge and great Benefit. 
Evacuations were likewife by fome reckoned among 
the Prefervatives. But as that common Proverb, Vfr vi 
eft repellenda, is not always allowable, but often hurt- 
ful and dangerous in the Pra&ice of Phyfick 5 fo like- 
wife thefe violent Means occafioned in the time of the 
Plague here a great deal of Harm. 
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