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(Irong in me, *ss it was in the Young Man, neither were 
there any Globules to be obferved in it 5 I fay when l 
told the Do&or this, he feemed to differ from me atfirft, 
but afterwards he agreed with me entirely in this Opini- 
on^ to wit, that the Matter, which was found upon the 
Tongue, does not proceed from Fumes and Vapours out 
of the Stomach, but is protruded out of the Tongue $ 
and added moreover, that when he fcraped fuch like 
Matter from, the Tongues of his Patients, in half an 
Hours time they were covered again with the Matter 
which we call the Thrajh ^ and further, that when the 
Patient being fomething better bad fcraped off the Mat- 
ter upon the Tip of the Tongue fomewhat too hardily, 
jlie caufed his Tongue to bleed, but foon after it had done 
Bleeding, 'twas again covered with the T krujh. 
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ill. Part of a Letter from Dr. Scipio des-Moulins, 
to Dr. Hans Sloane, Of S. Seer, concerning 4 
Mineral Water at Canterbury. 
A Bout twelve Years ago a Mineral Water was acciden- 
tally dete&ed in this City. In digging the Ground, 
they firft met with a fat black Mold extending it felf three 
Foot deep, and gradually changing into another fort of 
Earth, very fat and like Butter. This fecond Lay was 
two Foot thick j the Colour of it Yellow, fomething mixt^ 1 
it’s Odour ftrong and Mineral $ and a piece of it, being 
for fome time expos'd to the Sun, fmell’d much like burn- 
ing Sulphur. After this they found a Quickfand of a 
darker Colour than the fi/ff Earth, mix’d with feveral lit- 
tle Stones, and the Smell ftill ftronger than before. T wo 
Foot 
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