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V. An Account of jome Experiments 7nade with the 
Bile of Terfons dead of the Blague at Marfeilles, 
with what appear'd upon the DiJfeBion of the So- 
dies 5 as likewife jonie Experiments 7?2ade with 
the Bile of Terjons dead of other Difeafes. By 
the Learned and Curious t)r, Deidier, Brofejfor 
of Thyfick in the Faculty of Montpellier. Com~. 
7nunicated by John Woodward, M D. Prof. 
Med. GreCh. a^id R. S. S. 
Experiments rthxdc upon the Bile of Perfons dead of 
the Plague, 
Experiment T. 
T he Human Bile, taken from the Gall-Bladder 
of the Bodies of thofe that dy’d of the Plague 
at Mar fellies^ has been always found to be of a black 
and greeniih Colour. It has become conftantly of a 
lading Grafs Green upon the mixing of Spirit of Vi- 
triol with it 5 and always very yellow when we mixt 
Oil of Tartar per deliquium, or the Alcalous fixe Salt 
of the fame difiblv’d in a fufiicient Quantity of Wa- 
ter, Thefe two Colours, green, and yellow, have con- 
tinued for whole Months. The faid Bile has become 
of a black Colour, like Ink, but foon fading, by the 
Afiufion of Spirit of Nitr 
Experiment II. 
The Bile, taken from the Gall-Bladder of the Bo- 
dies of thofe that dy’d of the Plague, having been 
pour’d 
