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plain Water contracted a ftrong Fcetor , whilft the 
other fmelled only of the Flowers. 
Thus far have I related the Experiments made oi 
Antifeptics ; by which it appears, that, befides Spi- 
rits, Acids, and Salts, we are poffefl’ed of many 
powerful Refifters of Putrefadion, endued with Qua- 
lities of heating, cooling, \ olatility, Affliction, and 
the like, which make fome more adapted than others 
to particular Indications. In fome putrid Cafes, many 
proper Antifeptics arc already known; in others they 
are wanting. We are yet at a Lofs how to correCt 
the Sanies of a cancerous Ulcer ; but, from fuch a 
Multitude of Antifeptics, it is to be hoped fome 
may be found at laft adequate to that Intention. It 
may be farther remarked, that, as different Diftcm- 
pers of the putrid kind require different Antifeptics, 
fo the fame Difeafe will not always yield to the fame 
Medicine. Thus the Bark will fail in a Gangrene, 
if the Vcffels arc too full, or the Blood fizy : But, 
if the Veffels are relaxed, and the Blood refolved or 
difpofed to Putrefaction, either from a bad Habit, or 
the Abforption of putrid Matter, then is the Bark a 
good Specific. With the fame Caution are we to 
ufe it in Wounds; viz. chiefly in Cafes of abforbed 
Matter, which infeCts the Humours, and induces a 
heCtic Fever. But, when inflammatory Symptoms 
prevail, the fame Medicine increaflng the Tenfion 
of the Fibres, and Sizinefs of the Blood, a State 
direCtly oppofed to the other, has fuch Confcquences 
as might be expected. 
• By the Succefs of the Bark in fo many putrid 
Cafes, it fhould appear that AftriCtion had no fmall 
Share in the Cure. And indeed the very Nature of 
Putrefaction 
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