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dear Water, which had neither Smell nor Tafte, 
nor the lead Effed: as a Cathartick: But four 
Ounces of it being infufed in fix Pints of Mud, and 
fet to ferment twelve Days, the fermented Liquor, 
in Diftillation, gave up firft eight Ounces of fpi- 
rituous Liquor, fmelling pretty ftrong, and very 
bitter to the Tafte ; then lome Portions of a Fluid 
which was lefs bitter •, and afterwards, a mere in- 
fipid Phlegm. In the laft Place, the Liquor which 
was left behind in the Alembick, being well drain- 
ed, and evaporated to a folid Conhftence, there re- 
mained a gummous Extrad: in the Quantity of two 
Ounces and a Half. But this Extract was not pro- 
duced from the Colocynth alone, but in a large 
Proportion from the Grape- Juice. 
One Ounce of the fpirituous Liquor, being given 
to a Man of a ftrong Habit of Body, occafioned 
naufeous and colick Pains without any fubfequent 
Evacuation ^ though two Ounces wrought very 
powerfully, but with much griping. Ten Grains of 
the Extrad: operated very well, without any Vio- 
lence or Corrofion of the Inteftines. The refinous 
Extrad: abovementioned purges little, but caufes 
grievous Pains of the Belly. The gummous Ex- 
trad: in its Operation is more efficacious and gentle, 
yet rougher than the Extrad: of the fermented 
Pulp. 
Laftly, if we boil one Pound of the Pulp of 
Colocynth, without the Seeds, for fix or eight Hours 
in twelve Pints of Spring- Water, and drain off the 
Liquor with a ftrong Expreffion ; then boil the 
Remainder for twelve Hours in the fame Quantity 
of Water, and drain; and fo a third Time for 
fourteen Hours in eight Pints of Water, draining 
as before, the Faces remaining at laft, will be fcarce 
a Quarter of a Pound. Thefe Decodions mixed 
all together, and evaporated to Half, after having 
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