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A60264
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A discourse of the sulphur-bath at Knarsbrough in York-shire By Will. Simpson, M.D.
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Simpson, William, M.D.
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1675
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Wing S3830; ESTC R221487
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fire_n may_v more_o immediate_o touch_v upon_o they_o and_o concentre_v its_o own_o acidum_fw-la 3._o that_o if_o after_o they_o be_v cold_a and_o keep_v from_o the_o air_n and_o then_o spirit_n of_o wine_n or_o water_n be_v put_v thereto_o thence_o a_o heat_n be_v present_o produce_v which_o as_o i_o conceive_v be_v from_o no_o other_o cause_n then_o this_o viz._n that_o either_o of_o those_o liquor_n set_v the_o acidum_fw-la contract_v from_o the_o fire_n and_o the_o sulphur_n or_o volatile_a alcaly_a in_o the_o salt_n into_o a_o sudden_a fermentation_n dissolve_v and_o so_o put_v they_o into_o a_o intestine_a collision_n 4._o and_o fourthly_a i_o consider_v that_o the_o long_o these_o salt_n be_v expose_v to_o the_o air_n even_o to_o a_o solution_n per_fw-la deliquium_fw-la the_o more_o mild_a and_o soft_a in_o operation_n they_o become_v lose_v thereby_o gradual_o their_o acid_n imbibe_v from_o the_o fire_n insomuch_o as_o by_o often_o solution_n per_fw-la deliquium_fw-la the_o 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