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6. I hzvc alfo made fome Attempts towards the 
fweetening of corrupted Flefh, by means of mild 
Subflances ; becaufe diftill’d Spirits, or ftrong Acids, 
the only things known to anfwer this Intention, 
were of too acrid and irritating a Nature to be tho- 
roughly ufefu!, when this Correction was mod wanted. 
As for Salts, befides their Acrimony, it 'swell known, 
that Meat once tainted will not take Salt. 
A Piece of Flefh weighing two Drachms, which 
in a former Experiment had become putrid, and was 
therefore very tender, fpongy, and (pacifically lighter 
than Water, was thrown into a few Ounces of the 
Infuflon of Camomile flowers, after exprefling the 
Air, to make it fink in the Fluid : The Infuflon was 
renewed twice or thrice in as many Days; when, 
perceiving the F<etor gone, I put the Flefh into a clean 
Bottle, with a frefh Infufion ; and this I kept all the 
Summer, and have it ftill by me, quite fweer, and of 
a firm Texture *. In like manner I have been able 
to fweetea feveral fmall Pieces of putrid Flefh, 
by repeated AfFufions of a ftrong Decoftion of the 
Bark j and I conftantly obferved, that not only the 
corrupted Smell was removed, but a Firmnefs re- 
ftored to the Fibres. 
Now, fince the Bark parted with fo much of its 
Virtue in Water, it was natural to think it would 
ftill yield more in the Body, when open’d by the 
Saliva and Bile; and therefore it was by this anti- 
feptic 
* This Piece has been kept a Twelvemonth in the fame Liquor, 
and is ftill firm and uncorrupted. 
