352 Oj Things relating to C hymittry j&c. Part IV. 
ing put upon her Tongue, Ihe fell immediately into horrid 
Convulfeons, and dy’d within the fpace of one minute of an 
hour. This very Oil I have feveral times preferibed to my 
own Father ( who takes Tobacco ) in Lint to be held betwixt 
his Teeth, againftthe Toothach , with a good effect, and no 
ill one. But I, who take none, having once us’d it, my felf 
in the fame manner, although I fwallow’d not fo much as 
any of my fpittle, yet it made me extremely hek, and vomit 
once or twice. 
The Stillatitious OIL of LAWANG BARQUE. Sent 
from Java major by Sir Phil. Vernatti. It partaketh much 
of the colour, fmell, and tall of That of Sajfafras 5 but is 
much more fragrant. The Oil of Sajfafras is diftill’d only 
from the W ood. But if one were diddl'd from the Barque, 
it might equal This. 
An Oil diftill’d per Alembicum , from the ROOTS of 
the CINAMON-TREE refembling Camp hire. From the 
fame Hand and Place. The Roots being only bruifed, and 
fteeped in Water, are then diddl'd. The Tree is about the 
00 Lib. i. bignefs of the Olive. Defcribed by Linfchot. (a) Grows in 
*' * 3 ’ Cavit and Subanin , but the bed and mod in the IOand Sey- 
lon ; there in whole Woods. 
The LIQUID OIL of MACE, by expredion. ’Tis 
made of frelh Mace. Hath fome few curdled parts,as fome- 
times m that ot Olives : but the mod part of it is liquid 
without heat, which the bed expreded Oil of Mace in the 
Shops, is not. Almod of the colour of a Tindure of Saffron , 
and very fragrant. Confirming what Linfchot faith, fc. That 
the original colour of Mace , is Scarlet. 
The FIXED SALTS of Cardiius bened. Garden and 
Sea Scurvy-Grafs , AJh and OakvBarques , Rofemary , Mint, 
Mugwort , Agrimony, Wormwood\ Sorrel, Mallows , Liquorifb, 
Anife-Seeds, Sena, Jalap. By Me prepared and given. To¬ 
gether with a Difcourfe read be tore the Royal Society con¬ 
cerning the fame, which I purpofe to publifh ere long. I 
Rail here only Note, that although Many think and affirm, 
That all the Fixed Salts ofVegetables are alike: yet by Thefe, 
duly managed, it doth appear. That there is a great diffe¬ 
rence, both as to drength, and otherwife, between divers 
of them, even when they have been equally calcin’d. So 
far, that the promifeuous ufe of fome of them, in Phyfick, is 
unfafe: 
