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 1 66 Concerning the Cure SOME Berries are alio- of great Ufe In Practice - 7 as the Powder of Ivy-Berries given to the Quantity of one Dram in two Parts of Elder Vinegar, and one Part of White-Wine-, the Spirit like wife drawn from Elder Berries would do the fame in a Dofe of §iij[, or §iv. .the Spirit of .Juniper. Berries given to g i. a Spirit drawn from green Wdlrmts, with Treacle-Water, as alio from the- Seeds of Car duns, Citrons, &c. had like wife their due Recommendations in powerfully promoting Sweat. BUT I know nothing ainongft the Simples that hath fo obtained, for Ages to- gether, as the Oriental Bez,oar, and which flill hath fo great a Name -, yet without having any Inclination to contradict a re- ceived Opinion, I have been fo confirmed by a Multitude of Trials, that the Truth will fpeak for it feif, which manifestly denies its Virtues to be at all 'equivalent to its Value : And I have really given it in Powder many times to 40 or 50 Grains, without any manner of Eifeft : And I dare affirm that the Bezoar with which I made thefe Trials was genuine. THE