2iS ^ Treatise 
trefadlion and Corruption of the Bowels, of being 
ferviceable in Abfceffes of the Lungs, Liver, and 
Kidneys, and likewife againft the Bites and Stings 
of Serpents and other venomous Animals. In Times 
of Peftilence, the Egyptians reckon it inferior to 
nothing as a Prefervative, being taken every Day 
in the Quantity of half a Drachm ; and they fre- 
quently cure putrid Fevers by giving it till the 
Patient fweats plentifully. In chronical Fevers, in 
Crudity and Coldnefs of the Humours, and Ob- 
ftrudtions of the Bowels, they find nothing more 
efficacious than two Scruples or a Drachm of this 
Balfam taken every Day. In fhort, according to 
Alpinus , they make ufe of no Medicine more than 
this, giving it in almofl all Difeafes ; in thofe efpe- 
cially which are owing to a cold and moifl Intern - 
peries , or to Poifons. The Women alfo take it 
often with Succefs “to cure Barrennefs ; and ufe it 
for the fame Purpofe by way of Suppofitory and 
Fumigation. In a Gonorrhoea , Fluor Albus , and 
Dyfentery, it is given to good Advantage from 
twelve Drops to twenty every Day in the Morn- 
ing failing. Moreover, it is commended for dif- 
folving crude Tubercles and Infardtions of the 
Lungs •, and oftentimes does good in phthifical 
Difpofitions, as well by refloring the Tone of 
the pulmonary Fibres, as by tempering the Acri- 
mony of the Serum which falls upon the Lungs, 
and inciding the vifcid Humours : And on this Ac- 
count it is alfo beneficial to Aflhmaticks. In Ul- 
cers of the Lungs, Kidneys, and Bladder, and other 
internal Parts, it is advantageoufly prefcribed, pro- 
vided that the Ulcers are not eryfipetalous, or at- 
tended, as they often are, with Inflammation ; for 
then, as Fred. Hoffman obferves, all Things of this 
Nature are extremely prejudicial, by increafing 
the Inflammation, and fupprefling the Difcharge of 
