Part Ilf. Of Antimony 3 Mercury , &c. 
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Spanijh Women rub their Eye-brows with it, to give them 
(a) Ambro- 
r n i fin us, and 
tint taken others. 
Hift.Ind. I.4, 
an acceptable Black, (a) 
The Cathartic^ Property of Antimony , was 
notice of by Paracelfus. And fcveral Preparations hereof 
both Cathartic^, and Diaphoretic {, are now much cele¬ 
brated. Of the Virtue of it alfo taken Crude, fee the Phil, 
TranfaPi. ( b ) Tile Red Oil , called Stihij Sanguis, admirable (b) Nm 
m Malignant'Ulcers, (r) CO VVecker. 
MERCURIAL ORE. Given by Mr. Oldenburge. ’Tis 
all of one colour, much like that of the Hepatic T Cinna- Cr. Popes 
bar , but fomewhat fadder. In the Wefi-Indies , all their cf tk 
filver is refined, or elfe melted down with Quick-fdver. (e) WRirch- 
A Pad made hereof with Gold, is fometimes ufed for gild¬ 
ing of Brafs Veilels 5 which being daub’d with the fame, 
and held to the fire, the Gold adheres, and the Mercury ex¬ 
hales. With this the Tin-Foile is made to flick clofe to the 
backfidesof Looking-Glaffes. Of Sublimate, Cerufs, Juyce 
of Limojis , and Rofe-irater, mixed like an Oyntment 5 is 
made That Faint , which is both the belt and theworft in 
the World. 
Ei Medicine, the great ufe of Mercury is in the Lues Vene¬ 
rea 5 fometimes in the Cholick. and Iliac Paffion $ and for 
Wor?nes , efpecially thofe fmall ones , called Afcarides 5 
againft which, if duly prepar’d, there is no Medicine fo 
effectual, or more fafe. Being prepar’d, and mixed with 
convenient Catharticks, ’tis alfo very properly us’d in divers 
Chronick Difeafes. 
A rich piece of Native CINNABAR, from Carinihia. 
It weighs above §ij and 3'i, and is entirely of a Scarlet 
colour. 
Another Piece of CINNABAR, of a Scarlet-colour,from 
Tyrol. 
A Piece of Native CINNABAR, of a purple colour, 
almoft like that of fine Lake. Given by Mr. Olden¬ 
burge. 
A piece of BLACK CINNABAR. Given by Dr. Walter 
Pope. Hard and ponderous, about as big as a Lambs Heart. 
Where it breaks, of a (Lining black. 
Another piece, of a fhining Black, mixed with a fad Pur¬ 
ple. By the fame Hand. 
The belt Citmabar in the Schemnitz Mines, ground with 
Oil, 
