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<c when relaxed, and heals them when ulcerated, 
<c It provokes Urine, extinguifhes its Heat, and 
<c cleanfes off its bloody, foul, and purulent Con- 
“ tents more effe&ually than any Thing I ever 1 
yet met with V* 
He commends it likewife as the beft of all 
Thoracicks. “ It deterges (fays he) the Bronchia 
“ and Veficles, recovers the Tone of the Lungs, 
“ heals their Breaches, and (as I have thought) 
<c even diffolves the ‘Tubercula cruda \ for I have 
46 feen where this Balfam alone hath (beyond all 
“ Expe&ation) cured dry deep Coughs, that ap- 
ct peared horribly dangerous, and manifeftly threat- 
“ ened a Confumption f. 
4C And notwithstanding it is intenfely bitter, and 
<c manifeftiy hot, yet (which is an admirable Ad- 
<c vantage of it) I have found it mighty agreeable 
“ to hedtick Perfons, and father abates than aug- 
iC ments their Heats, as one might fear it would. 
46 The Reafon of which is, I fuppofe, becaufe it 
“ fo powerfully fubdues Saltnefs and Acrimony, 
4C and obliterates putredinous Inquinations.’* 
It is given either in a foft Egg, or mixed with 
Wine, or any other convenient Vehicle ||, or in the 
Form of a Bolus with Sugar, Liquorice-Root, or 
other proper Powders, from gutt. v. to xv. or xx. 
If it be given to 31]. or giij. for a Dofe, it purges 
like Turpentine. 
* To this he adds. “ A Patient of mine, now living, who 
voided mere Chyle inftead of Urine, and not one Drop of 
“ Water with it, and had great Pains and Weaknefs, was re- 
“ ftored to perfect Health and Soundnefs by this Medicine.’ * 
•f “ And I have more than once (fays he) cured with it 
** Coughing up of Blood and Pus in frightful Quantities. At 
“ this very Time of Writing, I have a poor Workman that 
is an eminent Inftance of ic.” 
|| The beft Way of taking it, in a liquid Form, is to drop it 
into a Glafs of Water, 
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