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thereby infallibly cured all Fevers that were going off, 
and gave me leave to Publifh what he told me. 
He beats the China China to a fine Powder, and paf- 
fingit through a very fine Sieve, takes two Drams of it, 
and infufes it into half a Pint of French Wine, and fo 
gives it mingled with the faid Wine to his Patient to 
drink 5 or elfehe takes about an Ounce or 1 6th part of 
a Pound of the faid fine Powder, andputs it into a Glafi 
Bottle, and pours upon it a Quart of f rench Wine, and 
fo lets it ftand for ufe : His Directions are, that about 
an Hour before the Fever comes upon you, you fhouid 
take the Bottle and (hake it well, to the end that the 
Powder that had fubfided, may be well mingled with the 
Wine, which is to be divided into four Dofes, and ta- 
ken upon every Accel's of the Fever, in cafe it Ihould 
return j a^d by this means, he fays, hardly one in an 
hundred have failed of being cured. 
About a Year ago, I took three or four little pieces 
of the Bark of the Tree called China China. , and exami- 
ned it as well as I could, but was not fatisfied in my 
Obfervations 5 wherefore I took again a little handful 
of the faid Bark, both of the thickeft and thinneft fort, 
in order to examine it anew, and try whether I coo'd 
have any better luck, than in my former Obfervations, 
which I laid afide, as if i had never made them. 
I obferved then, that the Bark called China h'ma does 
for the mod part confift of long Particles, both ends of 
which tun into a Pc nt, fome of which, at firft view, one 
would judge to be twice or thrice as long as the reft 5 
but examining them more nicely, I found that they were 
feveral Particles fheathed, as it were, w thin one ano- 
ther, in fuch a manner, that without looking very clofe 
upon them, one would take take them to be one conti- 
nued Particle. 
Thefe Particles are fomewbat Transparent, enclining 
to a yellowish Colour, and almoft round. 
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