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urine_n 129_o chap._n iii_o that_o this_o search_n of_o nature_n add_v much_o to_o the_o materia_fw-la medica_fw-la 130._o by_o employ_v body_n hitherto_o not_o employ_v ib._n of_o remedy_n new_o prepare_v out_o of_o zinck_n ib._n the_o cure_n of_o the_o dropsy_n by_o the_o pill_n lunares_fw-la ib._n of_o the_o use_n of_o divers_a medical_n earth_n 131._o instance_n of_o gold_n and_o divers_a menstruum_n draw_v out_o of_o they_o 132_o of_o medicine_n out_o of_o arsenic_n 133._o and_o out_o of_o bismutum_n 134_o of_o the_o correction_n of_o poisonous_a medicine_n 134_o 135_o the_o preparation_n of_o asarum_n turn_v it_o from_o be_v emetic_n to_o be_v notable_o diuretical_a 136_o instance_n in_o some_o of_o the_o secret_a menstruum_n ib._n that_o the_o preparation_n of_o asarum_n be_v only_o the_o boil_a it_o in_o common_a water_n 137._o that_o the_o boil_a it_o in_o wine_n alter_v not_o its_o violence_n ib._n that_o the_o emetic_n and_o cathartick_a property_n of_o antimony_n be_v destroy_v by_o calcination_n with_o salt-peter_n and_o mercury_n sublimate_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o its_o corrosivenesse_n by_o bare_a resublimation_n with_o fresh_a mercury_n 137_o chap._n iu_o a_o strange_a correction_n of_o the_o flower_n of_o antimony_n 138_o that_o the_o naturalist_n may_v assist_v the_o physician_n to_o make_v his_o cure_n less_o chargeable_a ib._n inconvenience_n of_o stuff_v receipt_n with_o a_o multitude_n of_o ingredient_n 139_o 140_o 141_o 142_o 143_o 144._o that_o acid_n and_o alcalizate_a salt_n be_v mix_v grow_v thereby_o more_o fix_v and_o yield_v in_o balneo_fw-la but_o but_o a_o phlegm_n â—45_n the_o same_o be_v observe_v of_o the_o mixture_n of_o spirit_n urinal_n by_o itself_o high_o volatile_a and_o spirit_n of_o salt_n ib._n chap._n v._n that_o the_o naturalist_n discover_v the_o mis-application_n and_o use_v of_o gem_n and_o divers_a other_o costly_a ingredient_n 145_o 146._o a_o difference_n between_o the_o fixedness_n of_o a_o gem_n and_o 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cheese_n moss_n water_n etc._n etc._n 32_o the_o origin_n of_o helmont's_n offa_n alba_fw-la and_o paracelsus_n his_o duelech_n by_o the_o mixture_n of_o spirit_n of_o wine_n and_o spirit_n of_o urine_n and_o example_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o the_o stone_n 33_o that_o a_o terrestrious_a substance_n may_v lurk_v undiscerned_a in_o limpid_a liquor_n 34_o the_o use_n of_o chemistry_n in_o explain_v the_o nature_n of_o and_o aberration_n in_o our_o digestion_n 35_o prove_v by_o a_o catalogue_n of_o considerable_a observation_n 36_o the_o salt_n and_o sulphur_n have_v more_o influence_n in_o the_o causation_n of_o disease_n than_o the_o first_o quality_n of_o heat_n cold_a etc._n etc._n 37_o observation_n mad_a upon_o the_o liquor_n that_o distend_v the_o abdomen_fw-la in_o the_o dropsy_n 38_o observation_n on_o the_o calculus_fw-la humanus_fw-la 39_o of_o the_o change_n that_o may_v reasonable_o be_v think_v to_o happen_v to_o our_o aliment_n within_o the_o body_n 43._o illustrate_v 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