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 of Cole-leaves, good quantity of sanious matter. And the Patient complaining also at that time of grievous interjuncture pains, especially vpon the Tibia, I suspected &c. and applyed ''Empl. de Ran,'' *** and gave her 3. succeeding mornings *** for a dose. The third day, it wrought sursum & deorsum pretty briskly; after which her pains vanish't and many of those vicuscula; and her breasts (which, since her Case; formerly sent up, were grown considerably bigger and very painful) much less'ned, and her pains also; and she, though drooping much before, and out of hopes of life, exceedingly revived. This indicated to me, what I was further to do for her. I gave her on sunday last ***; which wrought upward plentifully; and she daily gets strength since, and her Breasts abate. I designe to salivate her, in hopes to correct that vitious ferment, which is spued out of the Genus nervosum into the Breasts, and contributes much to those tumors. But I shall now stop my hand, &c.

Plymouth Septemb. 17. 1669,

Our last publisht Transactions N° 51. have adiministred the occasion, and the Candour, I know you posses, hath encouraged me to give you this trouble. In your enlarged accompt of D. Witties Answer to ''Hydrol. Chymica,'' p. 1039. l. 21. you say; This I had not here mentioned, but to introduce our Authors weighty remark; That these waters loose all their virtue, yea their quant and bulk also, though in Glasses and under the Hermetick seal, if removed from the fountain-head &c. Now, Sir, 'tis a truth, if not universally, yet generally known and assented to by unlearned as well as learned, that some sort of