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pretend_v to_o be_v mighty_o hinder_v by_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o acid_n in_o the_o blood_n they_o give_v repeat_v and_o large_a quanties_n of_o testatious_a alkalious_a powder_n and_o other_o diaphoretick_n which_o indeed_o seldom_o fail_v of_o answer_v their_o intention_n in_o throw_v out_o large_a quantity_n of_o pustles_a even_o more_o than_o nature_n be_v able_a to_o supply_v or_o bring_v to_o maturity_n and_o if_o she_o do_v chance_n to_o cope_v with_o they_o be_v the_o only_a occasion_n of_o spoil_v so_o many_o angelic_a face_n as_o we_o every_o day_n observe_v but_o the_o spoil_n of_o face_n be_v not_o all_o for_o beside_o the_o throw_v out_o of_o so_o great_a a_o quantity_n of_o pustles_a by_o break_v off_o the_o globule_n of_o the_o blood_n when_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o cataneous_a gland_n instead_o of_o those_o gland_n separate_v the_o excrementitious_a serum_fw-la which_o in_o a_o state_n of_o health_n be_v all_o or_o most_o part_n of_o it_o to_o be_v carry_v 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or_o a_o good_a glass_n the_o oil_n may_v be_v see_v float_v in_o the_o water_n in_o small_a globule_n as_o the_o blood_n do_v in_o the_o serum_fw-la as_o i_o elsewhere_o chyr_n elsewhere_o nou._n lum_o chyr_n observe_v yet_o this_o mixture_n of_o oil_n and_o water_n let_v it_o be_v do_v never_o so_o exact_o if_o it_o be_v pour_v into_o a_o funnil_n line_v with_o brown_a paper_n wet_a before_o hand_n the_o pore_n will_v be_v so_o dispose_v as_o to_o let_v all_o the_o water_n run_v through_o though_o not_o the_o least_o particle_n of_o the_o oil_n yet_o if_o there_o be_v some_o alkalious_a salt_n boil_a with_o this_o mixture_n of_o oil_n and_o water_n the_o globule_n of_o the_o oil_n will_v be_v so_o break_v as_o to_o pass_v ready_o with_o the_o water_n through_o the_o forementioned_a brown_a paper_n which_o before_o it_o will_v not_o in_o the_o least_o do_v in_o like_a manner_n the_o globule_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v break_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o alkalious_a medicine_n together_o 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the_o occasion_n of_o violent_a bleed_v at_o the_o nose_n bloody_a urine_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v none_o of_o the_o best_a symptom_n but_o what_o too_o frequent_o happen_v by_o the_o aforesaid_a mean_n beside_o break_v of_o the_o globule_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o cause_v the_o ill_a symptom_n beforementioned_a with_o many_o other_o i_o do_v think_v fit_a here_o to_o enumerate_v by_o their_o diaphoretic_a quality_n there_o be_v so_o vast_a a_o waste_n make_v of_o the_o serum_fw-la of_o the_o blood_n that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o sufficient_a quantity_n leave_v to_o supply_v and_o bring_v to_o maturity_n those_o many_o pustles_a even_o more_o than_o nature_n design_v that_o those_o medicine_n alone_o have_v throw_v out_o so_o that_o about_o the_o nine_o eleven_o or_o thirteen_o day_n for_o want_v of_o a_o sufficient_a quantity_n of_o serum_fw-la to_o supply_v they_o the_o pustles_a fall_n and_o the_o acrid_a corrosive_a matter_n be_v absorb_v into_o the_o blood_n cause_v secondary_a fever_n which_o oftentimes_o prove_v of_o very_o dangerous_a consequence_n i_o may_v expatiate_v a_o great_a deal_n more_o but_o i_o design_v brevity_n it_o may_v be_v say_v you_o have_v go_v far_o enough_o in_o condemn_v the_o ordinary_a practice_n as_o to_o the_o use_n of_o alkaly_n and_o diaphoretick_n not_o have_v substitute_v a_o better_a and_o safe_a method_n and_o medicine_n in_o their_o room_n but_o not_o too_o fast_o that_o follow_v in_o its_o proper_a place_n the_o smallpox_n be_v a_o distemper_n that_o require_v the_o give_v of_o as_o few_o medicine_n as_o in_o any_o distemper_n whatsoever_o unless_o in_o some_o extraordinary_a case_n but_o yet_o i_o think_v it_o the_o most_o unreasonable_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o people_n as_o be_v the_o common_a practice_n in_o this_o case_n shall_v be_v leave_v to_o the_o sole_a management_n of_o old_a woman_n and_o nurse_n which_o thing_n alone_o i_o very_o believe_v have_v be_v the_o destruction_n of_o more_o people_n than_o the_o sword_n itself_o and_o although_o but_o very_o few_o medicine_n as_o i_o say_v before_o be_v general_o necessary_a yet_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o careful_a skilful_a physician_n and_o that_o from_o the_o beginning_n be_v as_o convenient_a as_o in_o any_o distemper_n whatsoever_o that_o he_o see_v nature_n operation_n may_v also_o see_v the_o fit_a time_n when_o to_o give_v the_o medicine_n requisite_a i_o confess_v i_o have_v hear_v some_o people_n complain_v that_o such_o a_o physician_n have_v have_v so_o many_o fee_n and_o never_o write_v one_o bill_n for_o they_o for_o such_o people_n let_v i_o tell_v they_o that_o they_o complain_v without_o cause_n for_o in_o many_o case_n especial_o in_o this_o the_o physician_n deserve_v his_o fee_n better_a for_o not_o write_v at_o all_o then_o for_o so_o do_v i_o own_v myself_o to_o be_v a_o profess_a chemist_n and_o in_o many_o thing_n though_o not_o all_o a_o disciple_n of_o helmont_n and_o know_v nothing_o in_o this_o world_n so_o 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