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Bcfides, very ftrong Fires may be kindled in our 
Bodies, as well as in other Animals of an hot Tem- 
perament, not only by Nature, but alio by Art; 
which, being able to kill, will ferve for a better 
Proof of my Argument. It is necefiary, for clearer In- 
ftance thereof, to read the 77th Obfervation of John 
Pifano , in the German Ephemerides , printed in 
Lipfia 1670. 
Tie the upper Orifice of the Stomach of an Animal 
with a String; tie alfo its lower Orifice 5 then cut it 
out above and below the Ligatures, and prefs it with 
both Hands, fo that it fwells up in one Side; which 
done, let the left Hand keep it fo that the fweli'd 
Part may not fubfide ; and, with the right, having 
firft, at an Inch Diftance, placed a Candle, open it 
quick with an anatomical Knife, and you will fee a 
Flame there conceiv’d, coming out in a few Seconds 
of Time: And fuch a Flame may, by the Curious, 
be perceived not only in the Stomach, but alfo in 
the Inteftines. The firft Difcoverer of this was An- 
drew Vulparius , Anatomy-Profeffor at Bologna in 
Italy 1 669. Thus you fee, that a quick and vio- 
lent Agitation of Spirits, or a Fermentation of Juices 
in the Stomach, produces a vilible Flame. Pifano 
was an Eye-witnefs of the above-related Operation. 
In the German Ephemerides> anno X. p. 5 3. of the 
Continuation by John Chriftopher Sturmius , one 
may read. That often, in the Northmoft Countries, 
Flames evaporate from the Stomachs of thofe who 
drink ftrong Liquors plentifully. About 17 Years 
ago, fays the Author, three Noblemen of Curland , 
whofe Names, for Decency- fake, I will not publifh, 
drank, by Emulation, ftrong Liquors ; and two of 
them 
