( 100 ) 
And they are all different from that kind of Dif. 
order caufed by the rubbing with a certain Ointment 
made ufe of by Witches (according to Lacuna, in his 
Verfionand Comments upon Diofcorides ) the Effeft 
of which (as he was told) is to throw the Perfons into 
deep Sleep, and make them dream fo ftrongly of being 
carried in the Air to diflant Places, and there meeting 
with others of their diabolical Fraternity ; that when 
they awake they actually believe, and have confefs’d, 
that they have performed fuch extravagant Aftions. 
On thisOccafion, I beg leave to give an Inftance of 
the great Virtues of Henbane-Seeds in the Tooth-ach. 
Some Years ago, a Perfon of Quality tormented with 
this racking Pain, had an Empyrick recommended to 
him ; hisAnguifh obliging him tofubmit to any Me- 
thod of procuring Eafe : The Quack convey’d the 
Smoke of burning Henbane-Seeds, by means of a F un* 
nel, into the hollow Tooth, and thereby removed 
the Pain : But at the fame time there dropped fome 
Maggots from the Tooth (as he pretended) into a Pail 
of Water placed underneath for that purpofe j which 
was very furprizing to the Beholder?. Being told 
the Story, I procured one of the Maggots, and 
fent it wrapt up in Silk to Mr. Leeuwenhoek, at 
Delft in Holland, where it arrived fafe and alive. 
Upon Examination, he found it to be entirely like 
thofe bred in ordinary rotten Cheefe : Wherefore, he 
got fome of thefe latter, and carefully fed them, and 
that I had fent, on the fame Cheefe, and they were all, 
according to the ufual Methods of Nature turn’d into 
fmall Scarahtei ; fo that there appeared not the leaft 
Difference between them either when Maggots or 
Scarabai , both being return’d me from Holland. 
Upon 
