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diem according as they appeared to him, but I my felf 
have obferved fuch out Sproutings as look’d like Flow- 
ers ^ and whereas my Fever had left me about a day or 
two before I fcraped off that White Matter from my 
Tongue, I imagined that the extream parts of the afore- 
faid Matter werealmoft worn or rubbed off when I made 
that Obfervation. 
Fig. 4. YZ A BCD was a fourth Particle of the 
protruded Matter from my Tongue, of which the great- 
eft part of the Branches were, iti a manner, worn or bro- 
ken off’, as you may fee by ABC. 
There was fo much to be obferved in all thefe Parti- 
cles which I had Icrjaped from my Tongue, that it was 
impoffible for any Painter to deferibe them y they feem’d 
outwardly to be Convex, and withal as tranfparent as 
Chryftal; that is to fay, at the very time I took them 
from my Tongue and view’d them with a Microfcope • 
but when they were dry they did not appear fo neat, 
which was occafion’d by the Slimy or Glutinous Matter 
which we have always in our Mouths, and which makes 
thefe Particles cleave together. 
That I might free them from the aforefaid Glutinous 
Matter or Spittle, I put them into a little Rain Water, and 
ftir’d it gently about, to the end that the faid Matter 
might be diluted and united to the Water , this being 
done I took fomeof thofe Partieles,which by their weight 
had fubfided to the bottom, and placed them before a 
Microfcope. 
I obferved alfo with Wonder, how veryftrongly they 
were faftned to my Tongue when I fcraped them from 
it, and that tho’ I had let them lie eight days in Wa- 
ter, they were as ftrong as when they were firft taken 
off 
Now how can we conceive the Common Opinion of 
fome Doftors and Chymifts, who maintain, that this 
Whitenefs upon the Tongue is occafioned by the amend- 
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