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of the Nature and Properties of Toifons, and taught 
us to reafon with greater Certainty about fuch abf- 
trufe Points, than any that ever came before him, 
is of Opinion, that though there be a great Variety 
of internal Poifons, as well Mineral as Vegetable , 
yet they do all of them feem to agree in their pri- 
mary Effects > and manner of Operation . Eff. III. 
And in another Place, That virulent Plants , al- 
though they may be d'tftinguijf d even from one another 
by particular Virtues, do however kill by a like 
Operation and Force . From whence it feems rea- 
fonable to infer, that although Poifons may be vari- 
ous in themfelves, yet it is not impofllble they may 
be cured by the fame Remedy $ as they produce like 
Effeds, and feem to kill by a like manner of Ope- 
ration. And a very remarkable Inftance of this we 
have in all corrofive Poifons, whether of the Mineral 
or Vegetable Kingdom, which, however different in 
themfelves, produce their Effeds univerfally by erode- 
ing the Coats of the Stomach , and the Prima Via ; 
and which are all curable in like manner, by fheath- 
ing and blunting their acrimonious Particles, by 
means of fmooth, lubricating and oleaginous Me- 
dicines. 
But be this as it will, I think the Remedy deferves, 
at lead, a fair and impartial Trial, as the Author has 
not indulged in any rhetorical Flourifhes, or Theory, 
but fcemingly confin’d himfelf to Truth, and plain 
matter of Fad. And, indeed, fhould it be found 
to fucceed but One time in Twenty , in fuch deplo- 
rable Circumftances, it cannot but be a Difcovery 
of the greateft Confequence j efpecially as we are 
fufhciently afTur’d beforehand, that all Cordial and 
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