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chemist_n have_v be_v the_o aggressor_n and_o the_o other_o only_o defensive_a or_o else_o they_o have_v rise_v from_o some_o personal_a quarrel_n in_o which_o other_o ☜_o wise_a and_o learned_a man_n on_o both_o side_n have_v not_o think_v fit_a to_o interess_n themselves_o but_o have_v rather_o private_o endeavour_v to_o compose_v their_o difference_n and_o so_o to_o keep_v the_o peace_n in_o the_o faculty_n and_o even_o in_o these_o also_o if_o i_o mistake_v not_o the_o chemist_n have_v begin_v the_o controversy_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v betwixt_o my_o adversary_n and_o i_o while_o i_o have_v never_o disoblige_v either_o he_o or_o any_o man_n else_o nor_o meddle_v with_o any_o thing_n in_o controversy_n save_v only_o with_o the_o dispute_n about_o the_o original_a of_o spring_n which_o i_o modest_o carry_v on_o by_o argument_n without_o any_o the_o least_o personal_a reflection_n upon_o any_o man_n that_o have_v engage_v in_o it_o leave_v every_o man_n to_o believe_v as_o he_o see_v cause_n and_o in_o treat_v of_o the_o ☜_o mineral_n ingredient_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o spa_n be_v modest_a in_o all_o my_o assertion_n even_o then_o and_o therefore_o do_v he_o fly_v in_o my_o face_n with_o uncivil_a personal_a reflection_n and_o take_v thereby_o occasion_n to_o throw_v dirt_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o most_o learned_a physician_n in_o the_o world_n and_o the_o university_n as_o we_o shall_v see_v by_o and_o by_o and_o then_o to_o make_v a_o vindication_n of_o chemical_a physic_n as_o if_o it_o be_v oppose_v and_o all_o this_o mere_o to_o carry_v on_o a_o design_n of_o overturning_a the_o rational_a practice_n and_o advance_v his_o own_o way_n of_o practice_n which_o whether_o it_o be_v so_o safe_a or_o no_o i_o shall_v now_o examine_v yet_o without_o the_o least_o intention_n to_o reflect_v either_o upon_o the_o chemical_a way_n in_o general_n or_o any_o learned_a and_o candid_a professor_n thereof_o he_o say_v p._n 158._o that_o till_o within_o this_o ten_o or_o a_o dozen_o year_n this_o noble_a science_n bathe_v undergo_v much_o ignominy_n i_o have_v reckon_v up_o a_o number_n of_o author_n who_o have_v write_v in_o commendation_n of_o it_o and_o mention_v several_a in_o these_o our_o own_o day_n and_o nation_n who_o be_v fautor_n of_o it_o and_o therefore_o i_o judge_v there_o be_v no_o cause_n for_o this_o complaint_n but_o if_o it_o have_v sustain_v any_o ignominy_n it_o have_v proceed_v either_o from_o the_o ignorance_n of_o such_o as_o be_v pretender_n to_o it_o but_o do_v not_o prepare_v their_o medicine_n aright_o or_o else_o from_o those_o that_o use_v they_o preposterous_o i_o grant_v that_o this_o noble_a art_n which_o doubtless_o be_v more_o proper_a than_o to_o call_v it_o a_o science_n have_v get_v more_o reputation_n of_o late_a than_o former_o and_o i_o wish_v it_o may_v never_o lose_v it_o again_o by_o the_o folly_n of_o its_o professor_n p._n 159._o we_o see_v say_v he_o that_o in_o all_o concretes_n whether_o animal_n vegetable_a or_o mineral_n there_o be_v a_o mixture_n of_o pure_a and_o impure_a of_o gross_a and_o tenuious_a part_n etc._n etc._n yet_o as_o to_o medicinal_a use_n it_o be_v the_o pure_a nimble_a and_o spirituous_a part_n of_o vegetable_n or_o animal_n or_o the_o depurated_a fix_a part_n or_o the_o reunion_n of_o both_o after_o purification_n which_o assist_v nature_n against_o the_o malady_n first_o medicine_n gross_a part_n not_o unfit_a for_o medicine_n i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o the_o gross_a part_n be_v always_o impure_a and_o the_o thin_a part_n pure_a but_o that_o even_o the_o gross_a part_n may_v be_v as_o pure_a as_o the_o thin_a and_o in_o some_o drug_n be_v more_o useful_a than_o the_o thin_a thus_o water_n and_o earth_n though_o they_o be_v more_o gross_a yet_o be_v as_o pure_a element_n as_o fire_n and_o air_n and_o equal_o join_v with_o they_o in_o the_o
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fallopius_n who_o be_v chemist_n enough_o the_o mâ—tal_a p._n 216._o who_o treat_v the_o balneo_fw-la aponitano_fw-it and_o that_o which_o be_v at_o coâ—sena_n say_v in_o istis_fw-la aquis_fw-la dispersa_fw-la sunt_fw-la ramenta_fw-la &_o minimae_fw-la particulae_fw-la lapidis_fw-la in_o those_o water_n be_v disperse_v some_o shred_n and_o small_a particle_n of_o stone_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n he_o give_v a_o account_n how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o they_o imbibe_n metal_n viz._n quia_fw-la non_fw-la sunt_fw-la adeo_fw-la dura_fw-la &_o solida_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la terrae_fw-la superficie_fw-la viz._n because_o they_o be_v not_o so_o hard_a and_o solid_a within_o the_o earth_n as_o they_o be_v upon_o the_o superficies_n and_o thus_o also_o say_v galen_n vitruvius_n and_o livius_n in_o p._n 13._o he_o repeat_v what_o he_o say_v before_o of_o his_o esurine_a salt_n or_o ens_fw-la primum_fw-la p._n 3._o and_o how_o that_o it_o can_v imbibe_n any_o 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discard_v these_o two_o pillar_n of_o his_o spa_n recantation_n mr._n s._n his_o recantation_n viz._n vitriol_n and_o iron_n as_o to_o the_o body_n of_o they_o now_o turn_v to_o p._n 39_o i_o do_v not_o say_v he_o deny_v iron_n to_o be_v a_o ingredient_n so_o again_o p._n 44._o ☞_o ☞_o this_o mineral_n acidity_n pervade_v a_o minera_n of_o iron_n make_v a_o slight_a solution_n of_o it_o and_o be_v equal_o contemper_v together_o make_v up_o the_o body_n of_o the_o spa_n now_o consider_v this_o body_n of_o mineral_n which_o be_v in_o the_o spa_n be_v of_o a_o ounce_n weight_n at_o least_o sometime_o ten_o dram_fw-la in_o a_o dry_a summer_n as_o this_o last_o be_v viz._n 1668._o in_o 5_o quart_n of_o the_o water_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o style_v a_o slight_a solution_n and_o for_o vitriol_n turn_v to_o p._n 359._o that_o i_o may_v say_v he_o inform_v myself_o more_o satisfactory_o of_o the_o true_a constituent_a part_n of_o scarbrough_n spa_n i_o take_v 3_o gallon_n and_o 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nothing_o so_o acide_fw-la as_o vitriol_n nor_o emetic_n nor_o styptic_a as_o alum_n not_o inflammable_a as_o nitre_n notwithstanding_o it_o do_v shoot_v in_o stirias_fw-la i_o will_v only_o add_v this_o that_o they_o be_v all_o here_o though_o in_o fractis_fw-la imminutis_fw-la &_o debilitatis_fw-la viribus_fw-la and_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o water_n must_v be_v judge_v from_o they_o all_o paracelsus_n say_v cap._n 1._o de_fw-fr nat._n balu_n treat_v of_o such_o water_n quod_fw-la sint_fw-la resoluta_fw-la minera_n ex_fw-la corpore_fw-la to_o quod_fw-la simile_n est_fw-la vitriolo_fw-la alumini_fw-la &_o sali_n &_o tamen_fw-la id_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la ita_fw-la emergunt_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la virtutes_fw-la secundum_fw-la harum_fw-la crium_fw-la simplicium_fw-la potentias_fw-la p._n 186._o but_o to_o return_v to_o my_o antagonist_n who_o be_v here_o manage_v his_o best_a argument_n which_o he_o call_v instar_fw-la omnium_fw-la in_o contradiction_n to_o these_o two_o mineral_n iron_n and_o and_o vitriol_n which_o he_o say_v ought_v not_o to_o be_v white_a i_o shall_v now_o refer_v he_o to_o fallopius_n the_o metal_n pag._n 217._o who_o treat_v of_o such_o like_a water_n as_o this_o tell_v of_o one_o that_o be_v near_o rome_n in_o agro_fw-la volaterrano_n which_o he_o say_v have_v imbibe_v a_o juice_n that_o be_v white_a and_o it_o be_v the_o juice_n of_o vitriol_n not_o of_o alum_n his_o own_o word_n be_v in_o illa_fw-la aqua_fw-la est_fw-la succus_fw-la &_o albus_n &_o est_fw-la succus_fw-la calcanthi_n non_fw-la autem_fw-la aluminis_fw-la now_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o this_o white_a juice_n will_v make_v a_o white_a salt_n by_o calcination_n after_o its_o separation_n from_o the_o menstruum_fw-la ☞_o ☞_o to_o the_o same_o purpose_n also_o speak_v the_o acute_a zuelfer_n in_o his_o appendix_n to_o his_o animadversion_n p._n 95._o discourse_v of_o calcine_v metal_n whether_o they_o yield_v a_o salt_n or_o no._n he_o determine_v that_o the_o firm_a metal_n be_v calcine_v with_o violent_a fire_n among_o which_o he_o reckon_v iron_n will_v not_o calcine_v into_o a_o powder_n out_o of_o which_o salt_n may_v be_v extract_v but_o in_o scorias_fw-la &_o crâ—cos_fw-la convertuntur_fw-la neutiquam_fw-la in_o cinerese_n quibus_fw-la verum_fw-la sal_fw-la eliciendum_fw-la now_o if_o so_o why_o then_o shall_v these_o man_n expect_v that_o these_o mineral_n shall_v calcine_v in_o scorias_fw-la &_o crocos_fw-la since_o they_o have_v not_o here_o to_o do_v with_o perfect_a metal_n or_o mineral_n but_o only_o a_o concrete_a juice_n of_o metal_n and_o mineral_n dissolve_v in_o water_n which_o now_o they_o discern_v plain_o do_v calcine_v into_o a_o powder_n out_o of_o which_o may_v be_v extract_v a_o salt_n of_o very_a great_a virtue_n in_o open_v obstruction_n and_o correct_v the_o ferment_n of_o the_o stomach_n and_o other_o natural_a part_n as_o i_o have_v frequent_o experience_v and_o have_v express_o point_v at_o in_o my_o book_n of_o the_o 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discourse_v concern_v the_o extract_a the_o mineral_n that_o be_v in_o the_o water_n i_o say_v p._n 10_o they_o may_v be_v find_v either_o by_o distil_v off_o the_o water_n or_o otherwise_o by_o evaporate_n the_o water_n away_o in_o a_o skellit_fw-la over_o the_o fire_n disingenuous_a mr._n s._n very_o disingenuous_a he_o exclaim_v p._n 47_o of_o my_o tool_n that_o they_o be_v very_o rude_a und_fw-ge of_o a_o low_a rank_n to_o wit_n a_o skellit_fw-la a_o culinary_a fire_n but_o not_o a_o word_n of_o a_o glass_n still_o which_o a_o ingenious_a artist_n will_v have_v choose_v etc._n etc._n here_o i_o find_v constant_o the_o young_a man_n in_o the_o same_o temper_n own_v nothing_o of_o modesty_n and_o know_v as_o little_a of_o moderation_n ☞_o ☞_o be_v it_o not_o enough_o that_o i_o say_v they_o may_v be_v extract_v by_o distillation_n but_o must_v i_o needs_o tell_v what_o metal_n my_o still_o be_v make_v of_o i_o design_v to_o speak_v to_o the_o capacity_n of_o all_o man_n mention_v 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