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V. Part of a Letter from William Burton, 
M . D. at Windfor, to C. Mortimer, 
R, S. Seer, concerning the Viper-catch- 
ers, an A their Remedy for the Bite of 
a Viper. 
SIR, Windfor, May 24, 1734. 
HE Bearer of this, William Oliver, and his 
Wife, called upon me laft Week with their 
Vipers, and either of them offered to be bit by any 
Viper, and to fuffer their Arm to fwell for fomeTimc ; 
and then, by the external Application of a common 
cheap Remedy, in a few Hours to remove all the 
Symptoms. The Experiment was made laft Wednef 
day in our Town-Hall, before Dr. c Derham, F. R. S. 
Dr. Waterland, the Phyficians, Apothecaries, and Chi- 
rurgeons of this Town, and many other Gentlemen 
of this Neighbourhood. He was bit in the upper 
Joint of the Thumb, and higher up on the fame Arm, 
by two different frefh Vipers: His Thumb, Hand 
and Arm foon after fwelled much, and all the ufual 
Symptoms of a Viper -bite followed ; he applied the 
Remedy \ Sallad-Oil~] before us, with the promifed 
Succefs : But all the Contributors engaged not to di- 
vulge the Remedy * * *. 
Tours, &c. 
William Burton. 
vr. A 
