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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31747	New experiments upon vipers containing also an exact description of all the parts of a viper, the seat of its poyson, and the several effects thereof, together with the exquisite remedies, that by the skilful may be drawn from vipers, as well for the cure of their bitings, as for that of other maladies / originally written in French by M. Charas of Paris ; now rendred English.; Nouvelles expériences sur la vipère. English	Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698.	1670 (1670)	Wing C2037; ESTC R11562	84,923	245

In all which evils its effects are yet more quick and powerful if it be enforced by the internal use of the Volatil Salt which in a word is that which gives it its main vertue We shall add on this occasion that the Ancients valued very much their Oyl of Vipers which they prepared several ways some by infusion some by the decoction of Vipers in Oyl of Oliues If they had rightly proportioned the quantity of Vipers with that of the Oyl if they had added thereto what moisture was necessary and if in this they had employed some good method this Oyl might produce good effects and we should approve of it and refer our Readers to it But finding nothing regular in all the Preparations by them described we thought good here to set down one according to all the rules of Art Take about the end of May or the beginning of June a dozen great Vipers newly taken cut each of them into seven or eight pieces and put them into a well glazed and strong earthen pot powr upon them three pounds of Oyl of Olives and one pint of white wine cover the pot well and make it boyl over a gentle fire to the consumption of the moisture Then strain all squeeze out the Vipers well and keep the Oyle for use In the mean time fear not as the Antients did the Vapors that may issue out of the pot during the decoction for the Vipers as we have said have no poyson in all their body This Oyle thus prepared hath not 't is true all the strength and vertues of the distilled Oyle of which we were speaking a little before but it may very well serve for an oyntment in all the distempers of the skin in contractions of nerves in rheumatismes in many other evils CHAP. IX Of the Manner of using the Volatil Salt ALthough it be impossible to specify in particular all the wayes of Using the Volatil Salt of Vipers no more than one can well enumerate the sicknesses that may have need of it Yet in some degree to satisfy those that may desire it we shall make here an Abridgment of a good part of what we have seen practis'd by Physitians that perfectly know the qualities and proprieties of this Salt and use it daily to the great benefit of their Patients You must first know that its piercing Taste hinders it from being given alone and that it must be mix't now with some Aliment as in broth the yolk of an egg a rosted apple a little jelley c. sometimes with Medicines and that innumerable wayes which partly depend from the humour and disposition of the Patient but chiefly from the wit knowledge and discretion of the Physitian For this Salt calls for a Physitian that hath sufficient ability to know and measure its force and activity that is intelligent and versed in all Maladies to be able beneficially to employ it in those that require it that knows to chuse a favorable time and occasion and to mix it pertinently and to good purpose with such things as may not change its nature nor divert its operation nor subvert the indication he shall have taken So that 't is necessary to be equally assur'd of the genuine and methodical preparation of the Salt of the knowledge of its qualities and vertues of the nature of the distemper of the condition temper and strength of the Patient of the fitness of its exhibition among aliments or appropriated medicaments and of the occasions and the time in which it may be usefully employed And when a due regard hath been had to all these circumstances men will not fail to finde very good effects of it But that those who are not accustom'd to make use of it may not unawares finde in it effects contrary to the nature of this Salt we have thought ourselves obliged to advertise them that they must above all things avoid mixing them among Acids and especially among Spirit of Salt Vitriol Brimstone and the like which would fix it and destroy its operation To find therefore facility in its exhibition it may be taken in distilled waters or ptisane or such decoctions as are appropriated to the disease as also in Juleps Emulsions or Potions diversly composed It may also be mix't in Conserves Extracts Confections and the like as also in Lozenges and Opiats diversly made according to the nature of the distemper and the intention of the Physitian It is also mingled with Purgatives Sudorifiques Aperitives and Diuretiques and no less with its own fix't Salt and such other Salts as are not contrary to it It is also given in Wine and among certain Mineral waters It may be administred to both sexes and to all ages at all times and hours between meals according to the nature of the disease and the intention of the Doctor It may be taken if one will several times in a day and even at night and the use of it may be continued for a good while As to its dose that is different according to the occasion age temper and humour of the Patient and the nature of the distemper and the reiteration made of it For the dose is to be much less for those who take it often in one day and continue the use of it than for those that take it but once in a case of need Sometimes 't is esteemed sufficient to give 6. 8. 10. or 12. grains of it but on certain occasions we may give 20. or 25. grains and some-times half a drachme and even a whole drachme But discretion and skill is to be used without which this Salt as excellent as 't is may produce effects quite contrary to what the Physitian and the Patient might expect from it CHAPT X. Divers Remedies or Compositions of which the Volatil Salt of Vipers is the Base or Ground WE had not undertaken to describe the vertues nor the Uses of the Volatil Salt of Vipers no more than of the Fix't Salt and of the Oyle that riseth by Distillation if this our Book were only written for the skilful Physitian who perfectly knows all and especially the parts that may be drawn from the Viper But being desirous to do a good office to such persons as have no knowledg thereof or that knowing it in part have need to be directed especially in the exhibition of this Volatil Salt we thought good to conclude this Book with the Receipts of the chief Compositions of which this Volatil Salt may be the Ground which are not found in Books and may produce Effects worthy of this Salt And knowing that there are many curious persons who having a great esteem for the Viper and its uses make preparations thereof in private following the Receipts they find in Books which sometimes are well some-times ill prescribed or ill executed West all impart to them an Elixir of Vipers that shall be of great vertue pleasant to the taste of easy preparation and of long duration Take four douzen of Hearts and