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Show -— 250 Parts of Animals mixed and flow “Bullition. Lea. II. Hence there is a greater proportion of Sulphur Bones, orOl, and le of ax Alkaly in all thefe parts, than there is in Shells, and divers other parts hereafter mentioned. And in fome of them, asinthe Brain, that Alkaline Salt whichthere is, may rather be lodgedin fome famguineous parts mixed with them, than in their own proper fubftance. 24. §, ; 7 aa I proceedto inftancein all forts of Animal Contents, And frft, raw Silk, with Spirit of Nitre, makes avery fmall Bullition, but i ‘the elewation is confiderable. a5. S. The grumous pat of the Blood dryed, with Oyl of Vitriol, flirs but little, But with Spirit of Nitre it huffs up confiderably. 26. §. Serum of Blood dryed, with the fame Spirit makes a plain elevation, witha little Bullition. Herewith may be reckoned the W bite of an Ege, whichis nothing tut a pure Cryftalline Serumfeparated from the commonftock, This being dryed, with Spirit of Nitre, buffs up rather more than evethe erumows part of the Blood, the Bubbles are much larger, breakoftner, and the elevation fooner made, Whence it feemeth, that there isa greater quantity of a volatile Alkaly in proportion to the sulphur, requifite to the Geveration , than to the Nutrition of an Animal. 27. §. The Yelk of an Egg is {earce moved with Spirit of Nitre, producing only avery few Bubbles. The Salt being either little alkalizate, or cl{e immerfed in fo great a quantity of Oyl, that the Menftrnum cannot reachit. For the fame reafon SpermaCeti stirs not with any Acid. Neither doth Civet. 28. §. Ruffian Caftor, with Oyl of Vitriol, stirs not. But with Spirit of Nitre makes a confiderable huff ana froth. Tet it requires time. Wherefore it eemeth, That Cafor by virtue of its alkaline sulphur, becomes fo good a Correcfor of the acid-alkaline sulphur of Opium : fo I take leave to call it, having {omereafons to believeit fuch. 29. § Musk, with Oyl ofVitriol, flirs not. But with Spirit of Nitre it males a confiderable and quick Bullition, with large bubbles, which often break and rife again. Whence there is a very eminent difference betwixt Musk and Civet. Hence alfo, Musk is Cordial, not onlyfrom its Sv/phur, but its Alkaly 5 by both direttly oppofite to preternatural Acidities. 30. §. Dryed Gall with spirit of Nitre, for fome time, is fiill : but at length it makes a confiderable Bullition and froth. The reafon why it is fo Jong beforeit begins, is becaufe the Salt, (as was obferved of {ome other Parts ) is locked up in fo great a quantity of Oy/. The abundance whereofis manifeft, not only from Deffillation, but alfo from hence, In that the dryed Pomder, in lying by, incorporateth all together into one bedy, as Mirrh, and fome other fofter and oily Gums are ufed to do. 31. §. Extra ofUrine, with spirit of Nitre, makes a Bullition with fome Effervefience, which continues for a confiderable time 5 and at laf it kuffs up with great bubbles. The Bullition begins prefently < the Salt being copious, and the Oyl butlittle. 32. §. The fame Extract of Urine makes a confiderable Bullition and roth, not only with Spirit of Nitre, Lut even with Ol of Vitricl. Hence the Salt of Orine is morealkaline than that in molt of the afore-faid Contents. Let. IL Contents. with feveral Menfiruums. From this and fomeofthe following Experiments, it alfo ap- pears, That the Salt which concursto the generation of Gravel or of a Stone in the Kidneys or Bladder, is ofa very different nature from the Salt of Urine. 33. §. Nextfor Dungs. And firft, dryed Goats-dung makes with Spirit of Nitre, a fmall Bullition, but no elevation. like. And that ofCows. That of Mice the So that ofall I have tryed, thefe three ftir the leaft. §. Goofe-dung, with Spirit of Nitre, makes a very mall Bullj- tion and fome elevation. But it requires time. Oyl of Vitriol ftirs it not. 35. §. Album Grecum, with Spirit of Nitre, befides innumerable Small bubbles, rifes up with fome great ones, exactly refembling the huffing up of Left or Barm. Alfo with Oyl of Vitriol it maketh fomelittle froth, but flowly. So thatit fhould feem, that the Boxes area little opened by fome acid Menstrunm in the Dogs ftomach (as the body ofSteel is in its preparation with Sulphur) whereby it becomes a good mild Topick in Quinzies. 36. §. Hens dung, with Spirit of Nitre, makes a very great bullition and buffs greater and quicker, than any of the rest above-named. 37. §. But of all Ihave tryed, Pigeons dung, with the fame Spirit, maketh the greateft and the quickeft Effervefcence and huff, and that not without fteams. Yet neither the fame Dung, nor that of Hens, is moved in the least with Oyl of Vitriol. The Caule offo great an Effervefcence in thefé, more than in the reft, is that white part whichis here mixed in a great quantity with the Duxg. Which white part, defcendeth not from the Stomach, but is an Excrement feparated from the Blood (as the Urine in other Avimals ) by a peculiar Orgav, which evacuates it into the Intestinum rectum 5 whence, together with the Stercusit is excluded. Hence it is evident, That in the faid white part of Hens, and efpecially Pigeons dung, is contained a great quantity of a wolatile Alkaly. 38. §. Iproceed to Salis, And firft Salt of Blood and Urine both make a more durable Effervefcence with Acids, thax doth salt of Wormwood, or Salt of Fern. Wence the former are more alkaline, than thelatter. 39. $. Again, though divers other Animal Salts will not ftir with Spirit of Salt, or with Oyl of Sulphur or Vitriol, yet the Salt of Blood will make an Effervefcence with all kinds of Acids. Whenceit is further argued to be highly alkaline, and very proper for the correétion, of all forts of preternatural Acids inthe body. Thereis little doubt, but that Spirit of Harts-horn will do thelike. 40. §. The Gravel which is precipitated out of Urine 5 with Oyl of Vitriol makes no bullition inthe leaft. Nor with trong Spirit of Salt. But with Spirit of Nitre, it makes a very great one, with Effervefcence and teams. From hence it appears, That there is muchdifference to be made in the ufe of acid Dinreticks, Nephriticks, &c. 41. ¢. And that I maynot altogether omit to mention, what may be fo much for the good of mankind, I do here declare, That for pre- venting (I fay not, the breaking, but preventing ) the generation of the Stone, either inthe Kidneys, or mthe Bladder, there are not betPp2 ter 251 |
