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Houfe, who was anxious for the fudden Effeds of the 
Poifon, milked fome Milk upon the Stone out of her 
own Breafts; whereupon her Nipple began imme- 
diately to be painful, and foon after the whole Breaft 
of that Side fwelled, and was inflamed, even to the 
hazard of her Life for three Days together, and the 
Hardnefs did not leave her Breaft in lefs than io 
Days. It muft be remarked, that her Nipple was 
before fomewhat excoriated by the Goom of her 
Nurfling, whereby the fmall Veins being laid bare, 
it was readier to receive the Infedion of the Ve- 
nom render'd more adive by the Warmth of the 
Milk. 
When he comes to fpeak of Oil of Olives in par- 
ticular, and its Effeds againft Poifon in general, he 
cites a remarkable Paffage from Matthiolus in his 
Comment, Lib. II. Hiofcorid. p. 232. where he fays, 
I have found by Experience, that Oil prepared by 
myfelf, into which a great Number of Scorpions had 
been put, being anointed on the Heart, and where the 
Pullations of the Arteries of the Hands and Feet are 
felt, frees from all Poifons; nay, it likewife cures 
thofe who have been bit by Viper s, or flung by any 
other venomous Animals. Our Author, comparing 
this with the Virtue of the Oil alone, for the Bite of 
a Viper , concludes, that the Scorpions infufed in it 
add nothing to its real Virtue. 
He concludes this Diflertation, by endeavouring 
to explain the Manner of its operating, which he 
attributes to its fat invifeating Nature, whereby it 
fheathes the Spicula of the Poifon. He remarks, that 
Celfus , Lib. 5. c. 2 7. advifes, after dipping aPerfon in 
an Hydrophobia in cold Water, to put him into 
warm 
