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opium_n there_o must_v needs_o follow_v thereupon_o some_o ease_n and_o comfort_n without_o any_o need_n at_o all_o of_o admit_v a_o stoppage_n of_o the_o vessel_n and_o again_o we_o may_v conceive_v that_o all_o the_o opium_n that_o be_v take_v be_v capable_a of_o be_v rarify_v into_o vapour_n by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o body_n there_o must_v needs_o be_v produce_v good_a quantity_n of_o they_o as_o for_o the_o proportion_n of_o salt_n and_o sulphur_n in_o opium_n and_o the_o secret_a ferment_n they_o pretend_v to_o acquaint_v we_o with_o in_o order_n to_o explicate_v this_o matter_n i_o know_v they_o be_v high_a term_n indeed_o but_o illustrate_v very_o little_a for_o though_o they_o say_v these_o salt_n and_o sulphur_n do_v unite_v with_o homogeneous_a particle_n that_o they_o meet_v with_o and_o destroy_v such_o as_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o distemper_n we_o can_v never_o by_o this_o mean_n receive_v any_o clear_a idea_n of_o that_o which_o make_v opium_n soporiferous_a 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nature_n by_o their_o receive_a principle_n which_o they_o manage_v according_a to_o their_o own_o fashion_n do_v reject_v as_o ridiculous_a whatsoever_o do_v not_o agree_v with_o their_o sentiment_n but_o it_o rather_o consist_v in_o examine_v and_o imitate_v what_o be_v do_v natural_o and_o so_o search_v for_o reason_n that_o be_v most_o probable_a and_o such_o as_o may_v be_v say_v to_o come_v near_o to_o truth_n though_o one_o be_v fain_o to_o forsake_v the_o way_n that_o other_o have_v tread_v in_o add_v to_o pag._n 285._o chap._n of_o aloe_n aloe_n be_v not_o only_o use_v inward_o as_o i_o shall_v say_v speak_v of_o its_o extract_n but_o it_o be_v also_o use_v outward_o in_o many_o unguent_n and_o plaster_n that_o be_v detersive_a and_o resolutive_a it_o be_v tincture_n be_v also_o draw_v with_o spirit_n of_o wine_n by_o the_o same_o method_n as_o i_o shall_v describe_v that_o of_o myrrh_n it_o be_v resolutive_a detersive_a good_a against_o gangrene_n and_o to_o incarnate_a it_o be_v use_v in_o injection_n to_o dissolve_v gypsous_n humour_n and_o to_o cleanse_v wound_n and_o old_a ulcer_n add_v to_o pag._n 292._o lin_v 3._o in_o remark_n on_o extractum_fw-la panchymagogum_n spirit_n of_o wine_n be_v common_o use_v to_o make_v this_o extract_n and_o it_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v so_o much_o the_o pure_a be_v draw_v by_o this_o dissolvent_a rather_o than_o by_o a_o watery_a menstruum_fw-la for_o spirit_n of_o wine_n dissolve_v only_o the_o more_o balsamic_a and_o pure_a part_n of_o mix_a body_n but_o nevertheless_o i_o choose_v rather_o to_o prefer_v the_o use_n of_o dew_n or_o else_o rain-water_n nay_o and_o common_a water_n before_o spirit_n of_o wine_n for_o several_a reason_n first_o because_o in_o the_o evaporation_n of_o the_o humidity_n of_o the_o extract_n draw_v by_o spirit_n of_o wine_n a_o great_a many_o of_o the_o more_o subtle_a part_n be_v lose_v which_o this_o dissolvent_a have_v volatilise_v and_o indeed_o it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o some_o part_n 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this_o discourse_n be_v true_a the_o natural_a acidity_n of_o the_o blood_n will_v coagulate_v it_o sometime_o as_o it_o happen_v to_o milk_n which_o curdle_n of_o itself_o and_o that_o this_o coagulation_n will_v produce_v the_o same_o effect_n as_o do_v the_o venom_n of_o viper_n this_o objection_n raise_v no_o difficulty_n at_o all_o for_o the_o blood_n circulate_v in_o its_o natural_a way_n the_o acidity_n that_o be_v in_o it_o be_v so_o well_o unite_v to_o it_o that_o it_o can_v separate_v to_o make_v a_o coagulum_fw-la no_o more_o than_o the_o acidity_n that_o be_v in_o milk_n can_v separate_v from_o it_o while_o the_o milk_n remain_v in_o the_o teat_n for_o we_o see_v it_o never_o use_v to_o curdle_n there_o unless_o occasion_v by_o some_o distemper_n and_o again_o who_o can_v doubt_v but_o certain_a pestilential_a air_n or_o divers_a disease_n that_o come_v from_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o humour_n of_o the_o body_n may_v be_v able_a to_o coagulate_v the_o blood_n and_o 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