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             A letter to a gentleman concerning alkali and acid being an answer to a late piece, intituled, A letter to a physician concerning acid and alkali : to which is added A specimen of a new hypothesis for the sake of the lovers of medicine / by Thomas Emes ...
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           A
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           GENTLEMAN
           CONCERNING
           Alkali
           and
           Acid.
           Being
           an
           ANSWER
           to
           a
           late
           Piece
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           
             A
             Letter
             to
             a
             Physician
             concerning
          
           ACID
           and
           ALKALI
           .
        
         
           To
           which
           is
           added
           A
           Specimen
           of
           a
           new
           Hypothesis
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Lovers
           of
           Medicine
           .
        
         
           By
           
             THOMAS
             EMES
          
           ,
           Author
           of
           the
           Dialogue
           between
           Alkali
           and
           Acid.
           
        
         
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Bonis
             nocet
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             malis
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ▪
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Speed
          
           ,
           over
           ●●●…inst
           
           Jonath●●'s
           Coffee-House
           in
           Exchange-Ally
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           At
           which
           Place
           the
           Dialogue
           is
           told
           ,
           8vo
           .
           Price
           1
           s.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           TO
           A
           GENTLEMAN
           CONCERNING
           ALKALI
           and
           ACID
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WE
           have
           a
           
             small
             Champion
          
           lately
           come
           forth
           for
           the
           
             Acid
             Cause
          
           ;
           he
           conceals
           his
           Name
           ,
           but
           he
           saith
           he
           is
           
             a
             Gentleman
          
           ,
           hoping
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           to
           find
           the
           better
           Quarter
           :
           But
           he
           professeth
           his
           Aversion
           to
           such
           an
           Undertaking
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           is
           at
           length
           ,
           and
           
             at
             last
             overcome
             by
             Zeal
             for
             the
             Service
          
           of
           his
           Acid
           Physician
           .
           And
           he
           saith
           that
           at
           
             his
             first
             reading
             my
             Dialogue
             ,
             he
             discover'd
             so
             much
             unbecoming
             Language
             ,
             that
             had
             not
             Requests
             ,
             as
             forcible
             as
             Commands
             ,
             chang'd
             his
             Resolution
             ,
             he
             had
             never
             been
             condemn'd
             to
             a
             second
             reading
             ,
             much
             less
             to
             the
             Task
             of
             writing
             Remarks
             upon
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Well
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           is
           to
           be
           excus'd
           ,
           because
           he
           did
           it
           unwillingly
           ;
           and
           I
           readily
           confess
           ,
           there
           is
           indeed
           much
           unbecoming
           Language
           even
           within
           
           in
           the
           first
           eighteen
           Pages
           ;
           and
           truly
           had
           it
           not
           been
           too
           nauseous
           ,
           the
           Reader
           might
           have
           had
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           on
           't
           ;
           but
           what
           he
           has
           ,
           was
           but
           just
           enough
           to
           shew
           a
           Specimen
           of
           the
           immodest
           Self-applause
           ,
           shameful
           Contempt
           ,
           and
           abuse
           of
           all
           Physicians
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           Pretender
           to
           a
           new
           Acid
           Hypothesis
           abounds
           ,
           and
           what
           sort
           of
           Answer
           such
           Language
           deserveth
           .
           At
           which
           the
           Gentleman
           was
           so
           uneasie
           ,
           that
           he
           leap'd
           over
           two
           Pages
           more
           where
           there
           is
           none
           ;
           but
           the
           ground
           of
           Mr.
           
           Acid's
           Hypothesis
           examin'd
           .
        
         
           
             He
             tells
             us
             ,
             pag.
             4.
             
          
           That
           undecent
           personal
           Reflections
           are
           no
           marks
           of
           Probity
           and
           Virtue
           ,
           but
           are
           below
           the
           cognizance
           of
           a
           generous
           Mind
           ;
           
             and
             tells
             us
             in
          
           Greek
           too
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           Blasphemy
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           Blasphemy
           to
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Follies
           and
           Confidence
           of
           a
           raw
           Empirick
           ,
           boasting
           himself
           the
           only
           Doctor
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           is
           but
           just
           to
           be
           such
           a
           Blasphemer
           .
           And
           since
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           foolishly
           said
           by
           such
           men
           ,
           but
           catches
           Patients
           now-a-days
           ,
           when
           so
           few
           understand
           Nature
           or
           good
           Sense
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           so
           often
           caught
           to
           the
           damage
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Healths
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           is
           not
           only
           the
           part
           of
           a
           good
           and
           generous
           Mind
           ,
           and
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           but
           a
           Duty
           to
           expose
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           sometimes
           in
           the
           way
           Solomon
           advises
           ,
           
             Pro.
             26.
             5.
          
           
           But
           I
           think
           no
           body
           hath
           expos'd
           Mr.
           Colebatch
           so
           much
           as
           he
           has
           expos'd
           himself
           ,
           to
           the
           thinking
           part
           of
           those
           that
           read
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           
             is
             amaz'd
          
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             to
             see
             the
             ingenious
             Author
             of
             the
             Hypothesis
             of
             Acids
             treated
             with
             the
             utmost
             Contempt
             and
             Scorn
             .
          
           But
           I
           am
           as
           much
           amaz'd
           to
           see
           any
           Gentleman
           admire
           the
           Wit
           in
           his
           Writings
           ,
           or
           Physician
           take
           him
           for
           the
           Author
           of
           any
           thing
           but
           the
           abuse
           of
           Acids
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Friend
           should
           say
           ,
           
             that
             not
             one
             Author
             has
             examin'd
             his
             Hypothesis
             by
             
             Reason
             and
             Experience
             ,
          
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           〈◊〉
           th
           read
           my
           Dialogue
           more
           than
           once
           ,
           and
           confesses
           
             it
             becomes
             Men
             of
             Letters
             ,
             Gentlemen
             and
             Philosophers
             ,
             (
             as
             Physicians
             are
             )
             to
             weigh
             and
             consider
             the
             force
             of
             every
             Man
             's
             reasoning
             .
          
           I
           think
           it
           will
           be
           confess'd
           by
           those
           that
           are
           Judges
           ,
           I
           have
           weigh'd
           Mr.
           
           Colebatch's
           Reasoning
           ,
           and
           found
           it
           very
           light
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           now
           resolv'd
           to
           put
           that
           of
           the
           Gentleman
           ,
           his
           Champion
           ,
           also
           into
           the
           Scale
           ,
           and
           see
           how
           much
           it
           comes
           to
           .
           I
           am
           glad
           the
           Gent.
           acknowledges
           Physicians
           to
           be
           Gentlemen
           and
           Philosophers
           ;
           but
           I
           begin
           to
           doubt
           whether
           he
           be
           a
           Philosopher
           and
           a
           Physician
           ;
           because
           he
           altogether
           blames
           Jesting
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           well
           known
           to
           such
           Men
           ,
           that
           some
           Diseases
           are
           cured
           thereby
           ,
           and
           that
           Satyr
           is
           often
           prescrib'd
           against
           some
           Maladies
           endangering
           the
           Life
           and
           Health
           of
           Men
           ,
           that
           have
           their
           root
           in
           the
           Mind
           ;
           such
           as
           
             Pride
             ,
             Ignorance
             ,
             Confidence
             ,
             Covetousness
             ,
          
           &c.
           in
           a
           Practioner
           ,
           which
           the
           Dialogue
           was
           compos'd
           as
           a
           Medicine
           to
           cure
           Mr.
           Acid
           of
           ,
           if
           not
           incurable
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           says
           farther
           ,
           
             that
             Poetry
             is
             a
             very
             pretty
             thing
             ;
             but
             agrees
             with
             his
             Doctor
             ,
             that
             the
             Character
             of
             a
             Satyrist
             and
             a
             Physician
             are
             vastly
             different
             .
          
           I
           am
           of
           the
           same
           Mind
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           the
           Gent.
           does
           not
           love
           a
           Satyr
           ,
           the
           
             Panegyrick
             to
             the
             unknown
             Doctor
          
           Colebatch
           would
           relish
           well
           enough
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           not
           a
           
             thorough
             Proselyte
          
           to
           Acids
           yet
           ;
           for
           a
           
             Sarcastical
             Couplet
          
           is
           too
           sharp
           for
           his
           Stomach
           ,
           and
           he
           thinks
           
             it
             should
             not
             be
             press'd
             against
             its
             will
             to
             affront
             a
             Professor
             of
             Physick
             .
          
           And
           I
           think
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           in
           the
           case
           he
           means
           ,
           but
           came
           only
           against
           a
           Professor
           and
           Abuser
           of
           Acids
           .
           But
           Sarcasms
           I
           'le
           maintain
           are
           Acids
           ,
           or
           they
           are
           not
           Sarcasms
           ;
           and
           Acid
           with
           Acid
           methinks
           should
           well
           agree
           :
           But
           perhaps
           these
           are
           Acids
           out
           of
           his
           Practice
           .
           But
           I
           'll
           say
           one
           thing
           more
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           need
           not
           be
           
           press'd
           ,
           but
           are
           apt
           enough
           to
           come
           Volunteers
           ,
           and
           muster
           freely
           upon
           any
           proper
           Occasion
           .
        
         
           
             But
             the
             Gentlemen
             that
             value
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Wit
             ,
             he
             esteems
             the
             more
             genteel
             Mountebanks
             .
          
           'T
           is
           well
           they
           are
           the
           more
           genteel
           sort
           ;
           and
           I
           should
           chuse
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           all
           be
           Mountebanks
           ,
           to
           be
           of
           that
           number
           .
           He
           allows
           
             they
             shew
             more
             Wit
             and
             fine
             Language
             ,
             in
             their
             sarcastical
             Bills
             distributed
             by
             the
             Booksellers
             ,
             than
             what
             breaks
             forth
             from
             beneath
             merry
          
           Andrew
           '
           s
           Charcoal
           Whiskers
           ,
           or
           wraps
           up
           John
           Saffold's
           Pills
           and
           Powder
           ;
           
             but
             the
             Nature
             ,
             Design
             ,
             and
             Effect
             of
             the
             Farce
             is
             the
             same
             .
          
           He
           's
           a
           Conjurer
           !
           he
           can
           tell
           they
           all
           aim
           at
           Money
           with
           common
           success
           ,
           and
           so
           does
           Mr.
           Colebatch
           .
           But
           he
           that
           is
           bubbled
           on
           't
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           had
           as
           good
           be
           bubbled
           by
           a
           witty
           Conceit
           as
           a
           foolish
           one
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           has
           nothing
           else
           ,
           have
           some
           Wit
           for
           his
           Money
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Gent
           ,
           says
           ,
           
             he
             will
             never
             trust
             his
             Life
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Physician
             ,
             who
             takes
             so
             much
             pains
             to
             convince
             the
             World
             he
             is
             a
             rare
             Poet.
          
           I
           confess
           a
           Man
           may
           be
           a
           rare
           Poet
           and
           not
           a
           Physician
           ,
           and
           a
           Physician
           and
           not
           a
           Poet
           :
           But
           I
           think
           a
           Man
           that
           has
           Wit
           enough
           to
           be
           a
           Poet
           ,
           may
           have
           enough
           to
           be
           a
           Physician
           ,
           if
           he
           apply
           himself
           to
           that
           Study
           :
           But
           he
           that
           has
           not
           enough
           ,
           I
           think
           is
           never
           the
           rather
           to
           be
           trusted
           with
           ones
           Life
           ,
           
             till
             by
             a
             Demonstration
             he
             proves
             ,
             that
             tho'
             a
             correct
             Canto
             will
             not
             cure
             a
             Disease
             ,
          
           as
           the
           Gent.
           says
           ,
           yet
           
             
               A
               dull
               Assertion
               that
               he
               can
               do
               more
               ,
            
             
               Than
               all
               the
               Doctors
               that
               have
               gone
               before
               ,
            
          
           will
           do
           the
           business
           .
           But
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           'll
           never
           trust
           my
           Life
           in
           a
           Man's
           hands
           that
           hath
           nothing
           sharp
           but
           Medicines
           .
        
         
         
           But
           what
           has
           Poetry
           to
           do
           with
           the
           pretended
           new
           Hypothesis
           of
           Acids
           ,
           or
           the
           Dialogue
           between
           Alkali
           and
           Acid
           ?
           What
           unlucky
           Wag
           has
           thrown
           a
           Distich
           at
           Mr.
           Colebatch
           ,
           and
           hit
           a
           Gentleman
           also
           ?
           And
           why
           must
           I
           answer
           for
           it
           ?
        
         
           But
           the
           Gent.
           comes
           to
           talk
           of
           Experiments
           ,
           pag.
           5.
           
           He
           follows
           Mr.
           
           Acid's
           method
           ,
           first
           he
           plays
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           comes
           to
           work
           .
           And
           he
           says
           ,
           
             I
             have
             not
             given
             one
             Experiment
             ,
             or
             laid
             down
             the
             process
             of
             any
             one
             Medicine
             I
             would
             recommend
             to
             the
             World
             for
             the
             good
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             or
             that
             might
             overthrow
             the
             Hypothesis
             of
             Acids
             .
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           as
           for
           Experiments
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Hypothesis
           of
           Acids
           ,
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           intelligent
           Reader
           ,
           whether
           there
           are
           not
           enough
           to
           do
           it
           in
           my
           Dialogue
           ;
           tho'
           some
           of
           them
           I
           find
           the
           Hypothetick
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           make
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           shame
           ,
           whilst
           he
           professes
           himself
           a
           Philosopher
           and
           a
           Chymist
           :
           But
           he
           may
           have
           more
           before
           we
           have
           done
           .
           But
           as
           for
           commending
           my
           Medicines
           or
           self
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           manner
           some
           do
           ,
           I
           count
           it
           but
           Quacking
           ,
           and
           like
           it
           not
           ,
           nor
           have
           any
           necessity
           so
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           are
           fond
           of
           
           Recipe's
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctor
           knows
           't
           is
           not
           against
           his
           Interest
           to
           let
           them
           have
           some
           ,
           his
           Books
           will
           sell
           the
           better
           ;
           and
           if
           he
           does
           not
           tell
           them
           they
           are
           to
           be
           had
           at
           reasonable
           rates
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           prescribe
           the
           making
           them
           a
           more
           chargeable
           way
           than
           he
           himself
           makes
           them
           ,
           the
           indiscreet
           administration
           some
           Dablers
           make
           of
           them
           ,
           does
           but
           breed
           business
           for
           the
           Doctor
           ;
           but
           the
           rich
           and
           cautious
           will
           have
           Advice
           ,
           and
           who
           so
           sit
           to
           advise
           with
           ,
           as
           that
           honest
           Gentleman
           who
           is
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           let
           them
           know
           with
           what
           Instruments
           he
           does
           their
           business
           .
           I
           do
           not
           esteem
           it
           impolitick
           in
           Physicians
           to
           publish
           some
           Medicines
           
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           to
           permit
           Horse-Doctors
           ,
           or
           licence
           other
           ignorant
           Fellows
           ,
           since
           they
           so
           frequently
           make
           work
           for
           one
           another
           .
           And
           I
           believe
           Mr
           
             Colebatch
             did
             not
             offer
             his
          
           unreasonable
           
             method
             of
             pr●●●
             〈◊〉
             point
             of
             Honour
             ,
             that
             the
             Learned
             might
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             observe
             it
             ,
          
           with
           any
           hopes
           they
           would
           do
           so
           ,
           but
           
             that
             he
             might
             get
             Money
          
           (
           of
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           )
           which
           he
           has
           profess'd
           is
           
             the
             only
             thing
             he
             cares
             for
             .
          
           Neither
           do
           I
           think
           the
           Learned
           will
           spend
           their
           time
           in
           his
           trivial
           Books
           ;
           nor
           should
           I
           ,
           had
           not
           Philanthropy
           ,
           and
           my
           Duty
           to
           Mankind
           (
           not
           commanding
           Requests
           )
           engag'd
           me
           to
           oppose
           what
           I
           saw
           was
           likely
           to
           be
           dangerous
           to
           those
           who
           should
           have
           so
           little
           Judgment
           as
           to
           admire
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           says
           ,
           pag.
           5.
           
           
             He
             hath
             confirm'd
             his
             Arguments
             for
             Mr.
          
           Colebatch
           '
           
             s
             Doctrine
             with
             variety
             of
             Experiments
             ,
             but
             he
             reserves
             a
             far
             greater
             number
             for
             his
             Service
             ,
             if
             I
             ,
             or
             any
             for
             me
             ,
             think
             fit
             to
             answer
             .
          
           'T
           is
           well
           he
           has
           a
           Reserve
           ,
           for
           his
           variety
           is
           small
           ,
           and
           not
           much
           to
           his
           purpose
           ,
           as
           we
           shall
           see
           by
           and
           by
           .
           But
           let
           us
           have
           them
           that
           are
           ready
           ,
           and
           I
           'll
           promise
           him
           I
           'll
           never
           request
           any
           Gentleman
           to
           answer
           for
           me
           ,
           being
           old
           enough
           to
           speak
           for
           my self
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           the
           Gent.
           comes
           first
           ,
           pag.
           6.
           
             to
             consider
             my
             Arguments
             ,
             whereby
             ,
          
           he
           says
           ,
           
             I
             endeavour
             to
             defend
             Alkali
             as
             not
             being
             the
             Cause
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             for
             th●…
             other
             Causes
             that
             are
             not
             Alkalies
             may
             be
             assign'd
             .
          
           But
           I
           must
           tell
           the
           Gent.
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Argument
           in
           my
           Dialogue
           ;
           and
           had
           there
           been
           such
           ,
           I
           should
           have
           been
           asham'd
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           of
           saying
           so
           .
           It
           would
           be
           but
           a
           poor
           Argument
           ,
           that
           Alkali
           cannot
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           Diseases
           ,
           because
           other
           Causes
           may
           be
           assign'd
           :
           But
           that
           Alkali
           cannot
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           
             all
             Diseases
          
           ,
           when
           other
           Causes
           must
           be
           assign'd
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           I
           think
           I
           have
           demonstrated
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Gent.
           says
           ,
           my
           
             Definition
             of
             the
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             tho'
             granted
             ,
             no
             way
             militates
             against
             the
             Hypothesis
             of
             Acids
             .
             For
             when
             we
             speak
             of
             the
             Cause
             of
             a
             Disease
             ,
             which
             Physicians
             are
             said
             to
             discover
             and
             remove
             ,
             we
             always
             suppose
             the
             proximate
             Cause
             ,
             which
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             can
             never
             be
             .
          
           But
           the
           Gent.
           almost
           perswades
           me
           here
           that
           he
           is
           more
           like
           to
           be
           a
           Gentleman
           than
           a
           Physician
           ,
           because
           he
           says
           ,
           
             we
             always
             suppose
             the
             proximate
             Cause
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           we
           Gentlemen
           ,
           when
           as
           Physicians
           know
           well
           that
           the
           Proximate
           Cause
           is
           not
           the
           only
           Cause
           to
           be
           discover'd
           and
           remov'd
           :
           Of
           which
           I
           need
           not
           give
           many
           instances
           .
           The
           various
           Aporrhea
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           of
           themselves
           innoxious
           by
           undue
           retention
           ,
           are
           often
           alter'd
           and
           become
           hostile
           ,
           which
           ill
           qualities
           are
           the
           Proximate
           Causes
           of
           divers
           Diseases
           ;
           the
           alterations
           of
           which
           ill
           Qualities
           are
           far
           from
           being
           the
           only
           things
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           nor
           is
           it
           enough
           for
           a
           Physician
           to
           endeavour
           even
           the
           Ejection
           of
           the
           peccant
           Matter
           ,
           but
           the
           faults
           of
           the
           Instruments
           of
           Secretion
           are
           to
           be
           amended
           ,
           as
           the
           prime
           Causes
           of
           the
           Diseases
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           Alkali
           it self
           unduly
           retain'd
           or
           abounding
           ,
           were
           suppos'd
           the
           Proximate
           Cause
           of
           some
           Disease
           ,
           yet
           there
           would
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           that
           Retention
           or
           Abounding
           ,
           as
           the
           chief
           Cause
           to
           be
           known
           and
           taken
           away
           by
           the
           Physician
           .
           But
           I
           fancy
           the
           Gent.
           if
           not
           a
           Physician
           ,
           is
           so
           much
           a
           Friend
           to
           the
           Practice
           ,
           he
           would
           willingly
           have
           the
           proximate
           Causes
           only
           meddled
           with
           ;
           have
           the
           Pump
           plyed
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           Leak
           stop'd
           ,
           lest
           the
           Crew
           should
           want
           Employment
           .
           The
           Gent.
           lets
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           rest
           here
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           we
           will
           see
           what
           he
           has
           farther
           to
           say
           that
           it
           can't
           be
           the
           Proximate
           Cause
           of
           a
           Disease
           ,
           and
           so
           dispatch
           the
           Subject
           all
           together
           ,
           we
           must
           go
           to
           the
           10th
           .
           page
           ,
           where
           he
           falls
           on
           him
           again
           for
           contending
           to
           have
           a
           share
           with
           Alkali
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           
           Diseases
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
             I
             should
             have
             told
             them
             what
             these
             exorbitant
             Desires
             of
             the
             Will
             of
             Man
             were
             ,
             whether
             Desire
             of
             Money
             ,
             Women
             ,
             Revenge
             ,
             or
             popular
             Applause
             :
             If
             I
             mean
             these
             ,
          
           Tyburn
           
             gives
             proofs
             that
             by
             them
             the
             Blood
             comes
             to
             be
             retarded
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             subtile
             Liquors
             disorder'd
             .
          
           And
           I
           am
           of
           the
           opinion
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Desire
           of
           these
           would
           produce
           or
           retain
           such
           malign
           Particles
           ,
           as
           he
           believes
           Alkalies
           to
           be
           ,
           Mr.
           Acid
           had
           been
           mortally
           sick
           of
           them
           e're
           now
           ▪
           and
           if
           simple
           Man-slaying
           were
           Death
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           some
           Acid
           Practitioners
           might
           e're
           now
           have
           been
           unable
           to
           secrete
           their
           own
           mortal
           Alkali
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           astringency
           of
           their
           Collars
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           sourness
           of
           the
           Crab-tree
           .
        
         
           
             But
             the
             Gent.
             says
             ,
             pag.
             11.
          
           he
           will
           not
           affirm
           the
           production
           of
           Alkali
           by
           the
           Operation
           of
           the
           Mind
           ;
           but
           a
           disappointment
           of
           the
           Mind
           he
           knows
           will
           of
           a
           sudden
           cause
           a
           Relaxation
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Systema
             Nervosum
          
           ,
           whereby
           Perspiration
           and
           all
           Secretions
           are
           obstructed
           ,
           &c.
           which
           often
           happens
           to
           Women
           :
           And
           by
           such
           Relaxation
           of
           the
           Nerves
           ,
           and
           Constipation
           of
           the
           Pores
           ,
           there
           are
           frequently
           induced
           Convulsions
           ,
           &c.
           and
           the
           Disappointment
           is
           but
           an
           antecedent
           Cause
           ,
           which
           Medicine
           meddles
           not
           with
           ;
           but
           the
           
             Materia
             ex
             qua
          
           is
           Alkali's
           malign
           Particles
           ,
           whose
           Secretion
           is
           thereby
           prevented
           ,
           which
           retain'd
           is
           sufficient
           to
           produce
           the
           most
           dismal
           Symptoms
           .
        
         
           Here
           the
           Gent.
           is
           profound
           !
           But
           I
           would
           know
           of
           him
           ,
           whether
           a
           Relaxation
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Systema
             Nervosum
          
           ,
           which
           he
           says
           is
           caus'd
           by
           a
           sudden
           Passion
           ,
           be
           not
           a
           Disease
           .
           But
           that
           a
           Relaxation
           of
           the
           Nerves
           should
           cause
           such
           universal
           Obstructions
           ,
           yea
           Constipations
           and
           Convulsions
           ,
           must
           be
           found
           out
           by
           some
           new
           light
           in
           Philosophy
           ,
           that
           can
           demonstrate
           ,
           that
           loosing
           is
           binding
           and
           plucking
           together
           :
           But
           if
           he
           had
           consider'd
           that
           some
           
           sudden
           Passions
           of
           the
           Mind
           have
           not
           only
           let
           go
           into
           the
           Breeches
           that
           which
           should
           have
           been
           deposited
           in
           some
           more
           convenient
           Receptacle
           ,
           but
           produced
           universal
           Sweats
           ,
           he
           would
           hardly
           have
           been
           of
           that
           Opinion
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Gent.
           
             defies
             me
             to
             prove
             that
             Nature
             ever
             secretes
             any
             thing
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Health
             ,
             that
             will
             come
             under
             the
             denomination
             of
             an
             Acid.
             A
             Morbid
             Body
             ,
          
           says
           he
           ,
           
             when
             the
             Nerves
             are
             relax'd
             ,
             will
             sometimes
             eject
             the
             most
             benign
             Juices
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             as
             in
             Scrophulous
             ,
             Cancerous
             ,
             Venereal
             ,
             and
             Cachectical
             Bodies
             .
          
           Here
           the
           Gent.
           has
           caught
           himself
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           prove
           by
           
             Argumentum
             ad
             hominem
          
           .
           Nature
           secretes
           common
           Salt
           in
           the
           Urine
           plentifully
           ,
           and
           Saliva
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Health
           ,
           both
           which
           he
           has
           asserted
           to
           be
           Acids
           ever
           since
           he
           has
           been
           a
           Proselyte
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           ;
           therefore
           Nature
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Health
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           own
           Opinion
           ,
           secretes
           things
           that
           will
           come
           under
           the
           denomination
           of
           Acids
           .
           What
           's
           become
           of
           his
           Defiance
           ?
           But
           if
           he
           recants
           ,
           and
           says
           these
           things
           are
           not
           Acids
           ,
           then
           he
           loses
           as
           much
           another
           way
           ,
           and
           I
           'll
           ask
           him
           what
           he
           thinks
           of
           the
           
             Succus
             Pancreaticus
          
           ,
           which
           is
           secreted
           into
           the
           same
           place
           the
           wicked
           Bile
           is
           unloaden
           .
           But
           he
           stumbles
           as
           bad
           in
           what
           follows
           .
           The
           Relaxation
           of
           the
           Nerves
           before
           caus'd
           Obstructions
           ,
           and
           retain'd
           the
           malign
           Alkali
           ;
           but
           now
           it
           ejects
           the
           most
           benign
           Juices
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           Scrophulous
           ,
           Cancerous
           ,
           Venereal
           ,
           and
           Cachectical
           Bodies
           ,
           whose
           Recrements
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Gentleman
           ,
           are
           the
           most
           benign
           Juices
           :
           But
           I
           believe
           these
           Patients
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           have
           been
           too
           familiar
           with
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           sometimes
           have
           not
           found
           them
           so
           friendly
           .
           But
           the
           Gent.
           takes
           no
           notice
           that
           the
           too
           rapid
           motion
           of
           the
           Blood
           was
           assign'd
           as
           another
           morbous
           effect
           of
           sudden
           Passion
           of
           the
           Mind
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           we
           must
           go
           back
           to
           the
           7th
           .
           Page
           ,
           where
           the
           Gent.
           gives
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           
             That
             the
             undue
             Conformation
             of
             the
             solid
             parts
             is
             no
             Disease
          
           ;
           but
           to
           make
           his
           Opinion
           good
           ,
           he
           will
           suppose
           
             that
             they
             retain
             their
             due
             Texture
             ,
             and
             duly
             perform
             their
             Offices
          
           ;
           he
           's
           a
           cunning
           Man
           !
           
             he
             instances
             the
             Organs
             of
             Hearing
             ,
             Seeing
             ,
             Smelling
             ,
             and
             Tasting
             ,
             being
             disproportionate
             as
             to
             size
             and
             shape
             ,
             are
             not
             call'd
             Diseases
             .
          
           But
           if
           he
           had
           consider'd
           a
           little
           ,
           or
           askt
           some
           Physician
           ,
           methinks
           he
           might
           have
           understood
           ,
           or
           been
           inform'd
           ,
           that
           an
           Eye
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           being
           unduely
           form'd
           ,
           too
           flat
           or
           too
           protuberant
           ,
           the
           Humours
           too
           much
           or
           too
           little
           ,
           too
           thick
           or
           too
           thin
           ,
           are
           the
           Causes
           of
           divers
           Defects
           of
           Sight
           ,
           a
           great
           Tongue
           a
           hindrance
           to
           the
           Speech
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           enquires
           
             whether
             a
             cartilaginous
          
           Aorta
           ,
           which
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             is
             what
             Physitians
             call
             the
             Bone
             of
             a
             Stag's
             Heart
             ,
             did
             ever
             cause
             a
             Distemper
             ?
          
           He
           might
           as
           well
           have
           askt
           Physicians
           ,
           whether
           ever
           they
           heard
           the
           Stag
           complain
           of
           it
           .
           But
           he
           is
           ill
           inform'd
           by
           those
           that
           tell
           him
           that
           a
           gristly
           Artery
           is
           a
           bone
           in
           the
           Heart
           .
           And
           now
           I
           am
           speaking
           of
           the
           great
           Artery
           ,
           it
           brings
           into
           my
           Mind
           an
           Observation
           I
           have
           read
           ,
           of
           divers
           Persons
           that
           died
           with
           very
           odd
           Symptoms
           ,
           whose
           Disease
           could
           not
           be
           found
           out
           or
           remedied
           ,
           'till
           by
           dissecting
           one
           ,
           there
           was
           sound
           a
           large
           Worm
           in
           the
           great
           Artery
           near
           the
           Heart
           ;
           which
           I
           think
           was
           very
           unlikely
           to
           be
           produc'd
           by
           Alkali
           or
           Acid
           either
           .
           This
           case
           was
           very
           uncommon
           ,
           but
           Worms
           in
           some
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           are
           very
           frequent
           ,
           producing
           bad
           Effects
           ,
           and
           very
           unlikely
           to
           be
           caus'd
           by
           Acid
           or
           Alkali
           ,
           both
           of
           which
           given
           are
           very
           effectual
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           He
           says
           ,
           
             I
             cannot
             assert
             that
             ever
             any
             Man
             was
             diseased
             ,
             or
             died
             ,
             because
             of
             narrow
             Veins
             or
             small
             Lungs
             .
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           narrow
           Veins
           must
           needs
           contain
           less
           Blood
           ,
           and
           if
           disproportionate
           
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           (
           otherwise
           I
           don't
           call
           them
           narrow
           )
           little
           Blood
           must
           needs
           give
           little
           Heat
           and
           Vigour
           ,
           and
           small
           Lungs
           must
           needs
           receive
           but
           little
           Air
           ,
           and
           drive
           on
           the
           Circulation
           of
           the
           Blood
           more
           slowly
           ,
           which
           enclines
           to
           divers
           Diseases
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           says
           farther
           ,
           
             he
             hath
             often
             observed
             in
             dissecting
             Bodies
             who
             have
             had
             one
             Kidney
             obstructed
             by
             Stones
             ,
             Gravels
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             that
             the
             sound
             Kidney
             hath
             been
             enlarg'd
             considerably
             ,
             and
             hath
             perform'd
             the
             Office
             peculiar
             to
             both
             ;
             and
             to
             prove
             the
             distemper'd
             Kidney
             caus'd
             by
             an
             Alkali
             in
             such
             cases
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             the
             Stones
             ,
             Gravel
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             examin'd
             ,
             which
             will
             give
             the
             Phoenomena
             of
             the
             most
             fixt
             Alkali
             .
          
           Here
           the
           Gent.
           asserts
           himself
           an
           Anatomist
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           often
           made
           Dissections
           ,
           where
           one
           of
           the
           Kidneys
           hath
           been
           useless
           ;
           whereby
           he
           would
           seem
           something
           besides
           a
           Gentleman
           .
           'T
           is
           no
           very
           common
           thing
           to
           find
           one
           Kidney
           useless
           :
           not
           one
           Dissection
           perhaps
           in
           a
           hundred
           gives
           such
           a
           Case
           ,
           yet
           he
           has
           often
           observ'd
           it
           :
           I
           confess
           I
           never
           dissected
           such
           a
           Body
           but
           once
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Kidney
           was
           no
           larger
           than
           ordinary
           ,
           but
           that
           affected
           was
           nothing
           but
           a
           Bag
           of
           Stones
           ,
           and
           Matter
           ,
           of
           which
           Stones
           would
           have
           been
           generated
           ,
           which
           was
           white
           and
           soft
           like
           a
           Pap
           or
           thin
           Mortar
           ,
           full
           of
           Stones
           and
           Grit
           ,
           not
           Alkali
           Salt.
           But
           how
           one
           Kidney
           should
           perform
           the
           Office
           peculiar
           to
           both
           ,
           I
           don't
           understand
           ;
           or
           how
           an
           Alkali
           should
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           a
           Kidney
           :
           I
           rather
           guess
           it
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Gentleman
           to
           talk
           so
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           examination
           of
           the
           Stones
           will
           no
           more
           prove
           an
           Alkali
           the
           Efficient
           either
           of
           the
           Kidney
           ,
           or
           Stones
           in
           it
           ,
           than
           the
           Pyrotechnical
           Analysis
           of
           Bones
           will
           demonstrate
           that
           any
           one
           of
           the
           Products
           made
           them
           .
           The
           Calculus
           will
           not
           give
           the
           Phoenomena
           of
           the
           most
           sixt
           Alkalies
           ,
           as
           he
           says
           ,
           but
           yielding
           a
           volatile
           Salt
           and
           Oyl
           ,
           leaves
           a
           
             Caput
             
             Mort.
          
           insipid
           ,
           having
           no
           signs
           of
           a
           fix'd
           saline
           Body
           in
           it
           .
           Nor
           have
           we
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           a
           sixt
           Alkali
           in
           Animal
           or
           Vegetable
           Substances
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           produced
           by
           burning
           those
           things
           that
           contain
           the
           Materials
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           are
           Alkalies
           coagulable
           into
           Stones
           ,
           without
           meeting
           with
           larger
           quantities
           of
           other
           Matter
           ,
           which
           with
           more
           reason
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           unhappy
           Concrete
           .
        
         
           Our
           Gent.
           tells
           us
           ,
           pag.
           8.
           
           
             That
             a
             large
             Liver
             is
             no
             more
             a
             Disease
             than
             a
             large
             Nose
             ,
             but
             of
             excellent
             use
             to
             secrete
             the
             Bile
             ,
             that
             most
             pernicious
             Excrement
             of
             the
             Body
             ;
             and
             the
             larger
             the
             Liver
             ,
             the
             more
             Bile
             it
             will
             secrete
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             the
             more
             we
             are
             benefitted
             .
             But
             a
             large
             morbid
             Liver
             he
             would
             have
             granted
             to
             be
             caus'd
             by
             a
             superabundance
             of
             Gall.
          
           The
           Gent.
           is
           resolved
           the
           Gall
           shall
           be
           an
           Excrement
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           pernicious
           one
           ,
           forgetting
           
             Alkali
             it self
          
           ,
           while
           the
           Gall
           is
           but
           a
           compound
           .
           But
           methinks
           ,
           whoever
           considers
           the
           place
           into
           which
           it
           is
           discharged
           ,
           must
           be
           of
           another
           Opinion
           ,
           or
           believe
           the
           Animal
           Oeconomy
           very
           ill
           contriv'd
           .
           If
           this
           Liquor
           had
           no
           use
           ,
           but
           were
           to
           be
           rejected
           as
           a
           mere
           and
           pernicious
           Excrement
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           it
           in
           vain
           separated
           out
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           to
           be
           poured
           into
           the
           nutritious
           Juice
           before
           it
           enters
           the
           lacteal
           Veins
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           on
           't
           the
           better
           would
           be
           very
           strange
           .
           One
           would
           have
           thought
           a
           Gentleman's
           Nose
           might
           have
           been
           large
           enough
           to
           smell
           out
           some
           use
           for
           the
           Bile
           ,
           better
           than
           to
           make
           a
           large
           Liver
           ;
           and
           for
           a
           large
           Liver
           ,
           better
           than
           to
           make
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Bile
           .
        
         
           But
           pag.
           9.
           he
           shews
           admirable
           Sense
           ,
           for
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             It
             is
             from
             Particles
             of
             Matter
             admitted
             into
             the
             Blood
             ,
             that
             is
             both
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             Disease
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             thickness
             or
             thinness
             of
             the
             Blood
          
           ;
           and
           the
           reason
           he
           gives
           is
           ,
           
             If
             there
             were
             not
             a
             retention
             of
             some
             Particles
             
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             carried
             off
             ,
             or
             admission
             of
             others
             that
             should
             be
             prevented
             ,
             the
             Blood
             would
             be
             neither
             too
             thick
             nor
             too
             thin
             ,
             but
             always
             the
             same
             .
          
           The
           thickness
           and
           thinness
           of
           the
           Blood
           then
           are
           both
           from
           Particles
           admitted
           into
           it
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           be
           neither
           too
           thick
           nor
           too
           thin
           ,
           were
           there
           not
           a
           Retention
           of
           some
           that
           should
           be
           carried
           off
           ,
           or
           an
           Admission
           of
           some
           that
           should
           be
           prevented
           .
           But
           what
           's
           this
           to
           prove
           Alkali
           the
           Cause
           of
           all
           Diseases
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           to
           good
           sense
           ?
           But
           what
           comes
           after
           is
           profound
           ,
           that
           
             in
             Physick
             it
             may
             pass
             for
             a
             Demonstration
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             find
             the
             Blood
             of
             one
             that
             has
             the
             Rheumatism
             ,
             Scurvey
             ,
             or
             Gout
             ,
             to
             abound
             with
             Alkali
             ,
             and
             be
             viscous
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             is
             cur'd
             by
             the
             use
             of
             Acids
             ,
             you
             find
             it
             yield
             less
             Alkali
             ,
             and
             be
             florid
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             good
             Consistence
             ,
             it
             is
             to
             him
             a
             Demonstration
             ,
             the
             Diseases
             came
             not
             from
             Acids
             but
             from
             Alkalies
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           if
           the
           Blood
           have
           indeed
           too
           much
           Alkali
           ,
           and
           thence
           be
           viscous
           ,
           and
           the
           Person
           be
           cured
           by
           Acids
           driving
           out
           and
           diminishing
           the
           Alkali
           ,
           and
           reducing
           the
           Blood
           to
           its
           due
           Consistence
           ,
           the
           Disease
           was
           caus'd
           by
           Alkali
           ,
           and
           cur'd
           by
           Acids
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           If
           the
           Disease
           was
           caus'd
           by
           Alkalies
           and
           cur'd
           by
           Acids
           ,
           it
           was
           caus'd
           by
           Alkalies
           and
           cur'd
           by
           Acids
           ;
           a
           Wit
           !
           But
           there
           's
           an
           If
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Argument
           worth
           nothing
           :
           For
           if
           this
           cannot
           be
           found
           (
           as
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           has
           not
           yet
           by
           any
           certain
           Experiments
           the
           Acidists
           have
           given
           us
           )
           we
           are
           never
           the
           better
           for
           the
           Supposition
           .
           But
           he
           says
           ,
           
             it
             will
             appear
             that
             this
             is
             matter
             of
             Fact
             to
             any
             that
             will
             make
             the
             Experiments
             .
             And
             he
             dares
             affirm
             ,
             that
             I
             can't
             produce
             one
             instance
             of
             a
             Person
             cured
             of
             those
             Distempers
             by
             Alkalies
             .
          
           But
           I
           say
           he
           should
           not
           be
           so
           confident
           that
           it
           will
           appear
           so
           to
           any
           Man
           ,
           unless
           it
           had
           appear'd
           to
           some
           one
           that
           hath
           try'd
           it
           .
           And
           
           as
           for
           his
           daring
           Affirmation
           ,
           I
           dare
           affirm
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           says
           again
           ,
           pag.
           12.
           
           
             That
             I
             suppose
             there
             should
             be
             10
             or
             20
             parts
             of
             Alkali
             to
             one
             of
             Acid
             ,
             and
             from
             either
             of
             these
             exceeding
             their
             Proportion
             ,
             the
             Acid
             or
             the
             Alkali
             may
             be
             said
             to
             abound
             ,
             but
             while
             they
             keep
             to
             that
             Standard
             ,
             neither
             can
             be
             suppos'd
             the
             Cause
             of
             a
             Disease
             .
          
           I
           say
           still
           ,
           that
           whatever
           the
           Proportions
           are
           ,
           either
           may
           exceed
           and
           cause
           a
           Disease
           ,
           the
           one
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           their
           exceeding
           ;
           but
           when
           in
           due
           proportion
           ,
           neither
           can
           be
           thought
           so
           to
           do
           while
           duely
           mix'd
           ,
           but
           if
           separated
           and
           lodged
           apart
           in
           some
           place
           ,
           tho'
           there
           is
           no
           more
           than
           there
           was
           in
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           yet
           the
           Part
           where
           the
           separated
           Acid
           or
           Alkali
           is
           lodged
           ,
           may
           soon
           suffer
           their
           bad
           Effects
           .
           But
           if
           there
           may
           be
           suppos'd
           20
           parts
           of
           Alkali
           to
           one
           of
           Acid
           in
           a
           Man
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Health
           ,
           (
           tho'
           I
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           greater
           difference
           )
           yet
           it
           may
           well
           be
           thought
           that
           the
           Proportion
           differs
           in
           divers
           Persons
           ,
           though
           all
           in
           Health
           ,
           yea
           in
           the
           same
           Person
           at
           divers
           times
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           well
           ;
           wherefore
           his
           Inferences
           that
           these
           Proportions
           are
           constantly
           to
           be
           found
           is
           not
           natural
           ,
           nor
           does
           he
           imagine
           how
           hard
           it
           will
           prove
           to
           find
           them
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           attempt
           it
           .
           But
           he
           says
           ,
           
             he
             has
             been
             in
             Health
             for
             some
             Years
             ,
             and
             so
             his
             Blood
             must
             ,
             on
             this
             Supposition
             ,
             have
             abounded
             with
             such
             like
             Proportions
             of
             Acid
             and
             Alkali
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           suppose
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Health
           a
           Man's
           Blood
           should
           have
           20
           parts
           of
           Alkali
           to
           one
           of
           Acid
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           being
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Health
           must
           have
           his
           Blood
           abound
           with
           Acid
           and
           Alkali
           ;
           he
           abounds
           in
           Acid
           Discourse
           !
           and
           supposes
           they
           are
           in
           due
           proportion
           ,
           yet
           he
           says
           it
           follows
           they
           abound
           ,
           yea
           and
           both
           at
           the
           same
           time
           .
           
             He
             ought
          
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             therefore
             to
             have
             a
             care
             that
             what
             he
             eats
             and
             
             drinks
             should
             have
             but
             one
             part
             of
             Acid
             ,
             to
             10
             or
             20
             of
             Alkali
             ,
             but
             he
             has
             taken
             other
             Measures
             ,
             for
             he
             has
             drank
             within
             this
             Year
             one
             quart
             of
             Crab
             Verjuice
             in
             24
             hours
             ,
             which
             was
             sufficient
             to
             impregnate
             his
             Blood
             with
             six
             times
             the
             quantity
             .
          
           He
           's
           a
           crabbed
           Gentleman
           ,
           I
           believe
           ;
           but
           I
           suppose
           he
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           drink
           a
           quart
           every
           Day
           for
           this
           twelve
           Months
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           one
           Day
           within
           the
           time
           ;
           however
           we
           don't
           know
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           may
           have
           a
           very
           large
           Liver
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           may
           abound
           with
           the
           pernicious
           Alkalous
           Excrement
           Gall
           ,
           and
           that
           must
           meet
           with
           his
           Verjuice
           before
           it
           get
           into
           the
           Blood
           ,
           unless
           it
           has
           discover'd
           a
           way
           through
           the
           
             undiscover'd
             passages
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             Stomach
          
           ;
           or
           his
           Blood
           may
           abound
           with
           Alkali
           ,
           and
           so
           he
           may
           bear
           more
           sharp
           Doses
           than
           some
           Folks
           can
           .
           Besides
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           believe
           what
           Dr.
           John
           his
           Master
           hath
           taught
           him
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             the
             Blood
             can't
             ever
             abound
             with
             Acids
             ,
             either
             in
             a
             morbid
             or
             healthy
             State
             ;
             for
             the
             Stomach
             will
             reject
             whatever
             is
             too
             much
             ,
             but
             is
             often
             defective
             in
             conveying
             in
             enough
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             is
             never
             any
             Acid
             in
             the
             Blood
             but
             in
             a
             state
             of
             perfect
             Health
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           he
           believes
           this
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           do
           ,
           all
           the
           store
           at
           the
           
             Verjuice
             Coffee-House
          
           will
           neither
           hurt
           him
           ,
           nor
           help
           him
           .
           But
           on
           the
           contrary
           to
           what
           he
           asserts
           ,
           I
           my self
           ,
           and
           many
           others
           are
           as
           healthy
           as
           he
           ,
           
             as
             vegete
             and
             sprightly
          
           ,
           and
           yet
           eat
           mostly
           things
           abounding
           with
           Alkalies
           ,
           as
           fresh
           Meat
           ,
           Fowls
           ,
           Fish
           ,
           Milk
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           neither
           love
           nor
           want
           sour
           Sauces
           to
           help
           the
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           find
           nothing
           so
           hurtful
           as
           Acids
           .
           But
           the
           Gentleman
           I
           am
           perswaded
           commends
           Acids
           rather
           for
           the
           Wealth
           they
           bring
           the
           Doctor
           ,
           than
           the
           Health
           they
           bring
           the
           Patient
           ;
           for
           the
           Doctor
           seldom
           takes
           Physick
           .
           
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             he
             could
             give
             a
             multitude
             of
             Instances
             ,
             where
             Gentlemen
             have
             complain'd
             of
             their
             Diseases
             being
             exasperated
             by
             taking
             
             Medicines
             ,
             Phisicians
             call
             Alkalies
             ,
             but
             soon
             wonderfully
             reliev'd
             by
             Acids
             ,
             the
             truth
             of
             which
             a
             multitude
             of
             Apothecaries
             in
             this
             City
             will
             inform
             you
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Gentleman
           I
           find
           is
           a
           fellow
           Citizen
           with
           his
           Physician
           ,
           and
           needs
           not
           much
           Epistolary
           conversation
           with
           him
           .
           And
           we
           cannot
           but
           think
           he
           would
           now
           be
           thought
           some
           man
           of
           great
           Practice
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           shy
           at
           first
           ,
           and
           call'd
           himself
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           when
           a
           multitude
           of
           Gentlemen
           make
           their
           complaints
           to
           him
           .
           But
           he
           would
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           have
           Gentlemen-Patients
           ,
           to
           whom
           there
           is
           little
           odds
           whether
           he
           speak
           sense
           or
           no
           ;
           if
           he
           be
           but
           confident
           ,
           and
           so
           professes
           himself
           a
           Gentleman
           .
           But
           those
           Medicines
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           they
           complain
           of
           ,
           tho'
           Physicians
           call
           them
           Alkalies
           ,
           possibly
           Gentlemen
           may
           call
           Acids
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           do
           Cures
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           relieve
           the
           Patients
           :
           For
           I
           believe
           ,
           I
           shall
           find
           the
           Gentleman
           but
           an
           ill
           judge
           before
           I
           have
           done
           .
           But
           we
           are
           to
           be
           inform'd
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Gentleman's
           Assertion
           ,
           by
           a
           multitude
           of
           Apothecaries
           .
           I
           confess
           ,
           I
           never
           thought
           it
           worth
           while
           to
           enquire
           ,
           but
           I
           never
           heard
           any
           one
           such
           story
           related
           by
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           or
           his
           Boy
           ,
           tho'
           I
           have
           been
           in
           Town
           ever
           since
           the
           wonders
           of
           Acids
           have
           been
           talk'd
           of
           ;
           but
           I
           have
           been
           told
           of
           divers
           mortal
           Cures
           soon
           done
           by
           the
           Acid
           method
           ,
           even
           in
           Diseases
           that
           seldom
           use
           to
           kill
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           Patients
           as
           have
           often
           been
           recover'd
           by
           Alkalies
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           says
           ,
           pag.
           13.
           
           
             That
             I
             assert
             there
             may
             be
             Acid
             enough
             in
             the
             Blood
             to
             cause
             a
             Disease
             ,
             tho'
             it
             will
             not
             turn
             the
             Syrup
             of
             Violets
             green
             ,
             but
             have
             not
             proved
             it
             .
          
           No
           truly
           ,
           I
           have
           not
           proved
           it
           ,
           nor
           ever
           was
           such
           a
           Fool
           as
           to
           assert
           that
           Acid
           would
           turn
           the
           Syrup
           of
           Violets
           green
           .
           But
           if
           he
           will
           try
           ,
           I
           'll
           warrant
           him
           he
           may
           inject
           Acid
           enough
           into
           the
           Blood
           to
           cause
           a
           Disease
           ,
           and
           kill
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           he
           shall
           not
           find
           the
           Serum
           of
           the
           diseased
           Blood
           turn
           Syrup
           of
           Violets
           red
           .
        
         
           The
           Gent.
           saith
           ,
           pag.
           14.
           
           
             That
             from
             the
             24
             page
             of
             my
             Dialogue
             to
             the
             29
             ,
             there
             's
             nothing
             but
             scurrility
             ,
             and
             quotations
             out
             of
          
           Etmuller
           ,
           Hossman
           ,
           Helmont
           and
           Hypocrates
           ,
           
             so
             that
             the
             strength
             of
             my
             Arguments
             depend
             altogether
             upon
             an
          
           ipse
           dixit
           .
           As
           for
           what
           he
           calls
           Scurrility
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           excuse
           it
           ,
           the
           recitation
           of
           
           John's
           panegyrical
           abuse
           of
           the
           College
           ,
           and
           dull
           praise
           of
           his
           own
           admired
           self
           ,
           must
           needs
           bring
           some
           ill
           Language
           into
           the
           pages
           ;
           nor
           did
           I
           ,
           without
           the
           advise
           of
           the
           wisest
           Man
           ,
           answer
           a
           Fool
           according
           to
           his
           folly
           ,
           lest
           he
           be
           wise
           in
           his
           own
           Eyes
           .
           But
           the
           Gent.
           seeing
           something
           he
           did
           not
           like
           ,
           or
           care
           any
           more
           to
           stir
           in
           ,
           makes
           too
           much
           hast
           over
           the
           5
           pages
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           might
           have
           seen
           some
           notable
           Quotations
           out
           of
           
             Colbatch
             de
             Assheadis
          
           ,
           viz.
           
             That
             the
             Blood
             has
             never
             any
             Acid
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             state
             of
             perfect
             Health
             .
             That
             all
             Persons
             have
             some
             degree
             of
             Sickness
             .
             That
             overmuch
             fatness
             ,
             if
             it
             may
             be
             call'd
             a
             Disease
             ,
             is
             caus'd
             by
             Acids
             .
          
           Yet
           that
           Acids
           
             (
             tho'
             never
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             but
             in
             perfect
             Health
             )
          
           mortifie
           and
           expel
           the
           Luxuriant
           Alkalous
           Particles
           ,
           
             make
             the
             thick
             Blood
             thin
             ,
             and
             the
             thin
             Blood
             thick
             :
             But
             that
             he
             that
             can
             shew
             how
             this
             is
             done
             ,
             must
             be
             as
             wise
             as
             the
             wisest
             Man
             that
             ever
             was
             ,
             or
             shall
             be
             ;
             but
             yet
             he
             tells
             us
             how
             Acids
             do
             these
             things
             ,
             by
             being
             differently
             specified
             with
             other
             things
             .
          
           Therefore
           the
           Gentleman
           has
           not
           done
           genteely
           by
           me
           ,
           in
           saying
           ,
           there
           was
           nothing
           in
           the
           5
           pages
           but
           scurrility
           ,
           and
           quotations
           out
           of
           
             Helmont
             ,
             Hoffman
             ,
             Hypocrates
          
           ,
           and
           Etmuller
           ,
           whose
           
             ipse
             dixit's
          
           I
           hope
           are
           yet
           as
           good
           Arguments
           with
           the
           Physical
           World
           ,
           as
           
           Colbatch's
           ,
           or
           any
           small
           Author
           's
           of
           greater
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           little
           time
           ,
           and
           Practice
           .
           
             He
             says
             also
             that
             I
             have
             
             falaciously
             taught
             a
             wrong
             way
             of
             experimenting
             ,
             whether
             Acids
             will
             thicken
             and
             coagulate
             the
             Blood
             ;
             for
             he
             understands
             that
             I
             made
             my
             Experiments
             on
             Blood
             that
             had
             stood
             ,
             when
             the
             grumous
             part
             was
             coagulated
             ,
             which
             is
             a
             very
             irrational
             way
             .
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           his
           understanding
           is
           too
           short
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           make
           a
           few
           Experiments
           on
           Blood
           ,
           or
           a
           few
           ways
           ;
           I
           have
           not
           only
           tryed
           Blood
           when
           cold
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           Porringer
           ,
           but
           let
           it
           run
           out
           of
           the
           Vein
           unto
           Acid
           ,
           and
           other
           Liquors
           ,
           and
           that
           diluted
           ,
           and
           with
           warm
           Water
           .
           If
           the
           Acid
           be
           much
           it
           will
           make
           a
           great
           alteration
           ;
           if
           little
           ,
           proportionally
           ;
           but
           tho'
           it
           be
           so
           little
           as
           to
           make
           no
           alteration
           sensible
           to
           the
           Eye
           ,
           yet
           the
           Acid
           particles
           may
           pin
           together
           some
           of
           the
           Globules
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           make
           a
           Figure
           ,
           and
           size
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           pass
           some
           small
           Vessel
           or
           other
           ,
           and
           that
           stop
           more
           ,
           and
           that
           stagnated
           Blood
           may
           corrupt
           ,
           and
           get
           a
           peregrine
           ferment
           ,
           and
           either
           produce
           some
           topical
           Maladie
           ,
           or
           excite
           some
           disorderly
           fermentation
           in
           the
           Blood
           that
           presses
           upon
           it
           .
           But
           as
           to
           the
           Gentleman's
           question
           ,
           
             whether
             Acids
             diluted
             and
             taken
             inwardly
             will
             coagulate
             the
             Blood
             when
             its
             warm
             ,
             fluid
             ,
             and
             perpetually
             circulating
             through
             it's
             Channels
             ,
             and
             a
             due
             commixture
             made
             of
             all
             its
             parts
             with
             whatever
             is
             ingested
             ?
          
           I
           answer
           ,
           This
           Question
           amounts
           to
           this
           ,
           whether
           the
           Blood
           will
           be
           coagulated
           by
           Acids
           while
           it
           retains
           its
           due
           Motion
           and
           Consistence
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           whether
           the
           Blood
           will
           be
           coagulated
           while
           it
           is
           uncoagulated
           ?
           A
           wise
           Question
           !
        
         
           But
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             to
             convince
             us
             ,
             that
             Acids
             will
             not
             coagulate
             the
             Blood
             when
             judiciously
             used
             ,
             (
             judiciously
             ,
          
           that
           is
           I
           suppose
           by
           the
           prescription
           of
           an
           Acid
           ,
           Dr.
           or
           else
           they
           may
           .
           )
           
             We
             may
             take
             4
             or
             5
             drops
             of
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             or
             Sp.
             of
             Niter
             in
             3
             or
             4
             spoonfuls
             of
             Water
          
           ;
           &c.
           
           
             Such
             a
             proportion
             of
             Acid
             is
             as
             much
             ,
             or
             
             more
             than
             can
             be
             admitted
             into
             the
             Blood
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             when
             taken
             inwardly
             .
          
           But
           how
           does
           the
           Gentleman
           know
           that
           no
           more
           can
           be
           admitted
           ?
           Why
           he
           says
           so
           ,
           and
           he
           'd
           have
           us
           believe
           him
           .
           Well
           we
           will
           for
           once
           ;
           but
           then
           say
           I
           ,
           I
           doubt
           Acids
           will
           do
           no
           wonders
           in
           casting
           out
           the
           Devil
           Alkali
           :
           For
           suppose
           a
           Man
           should
           have
           12
           Ounces
           of
           Alkali
           in
           him
           (
           which
           is
           a
           small
           quantity
           to
           what
           may
           well
           be
           supposed
           ,
           )
           but
           by
           some
           error
           in
           Diet
           ,
           or
           by
           some
           other
           means
           he
           has
           13
           or
           14
           Ounces
           ;
           4
           or
           5
           drops
           of
           Oyl
           of
           Vitriol
           ,
           or
           Sp.
           of
           Niter
           will
           do
           very
           little
           towards
           expelling
           ,
           or
           mortifying
           an
           Ounce
           or
           2
           of
           Alkali
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           may
           see
           by
           mixing
           such
           Quantities
           ;
           nor
           can
           the
           Gentleman
           ensure
           that
           small
           Cargo
           of
           Acid
           to
           arrive
           safe
           into
           the
           designed
           port
           ,
           but
           ten
           to
           one
           some
           part
           of
           it
           may
           be
           lost
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           splitting
           on
           some
           Alkalous
           Rock
           in
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           or
           be
           pyrated
           by
           the
           Gall
           ,
           and
           so
           carried
           another
           way
           out
           of
           the
           body
           .
           But
           tho'
           there
           is
           great
           doubt
           what
           may
           become
           of
           it
           if
           given
           inwardly
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           certain
           it
           may
           be
           mixt
           in
           what
           quantity
           one
           pleases
           in
           a
           Porringer
           ;
           but
           then
           whether
           the
           Porringer
           would
           not
           borrow
           a
           little
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           lend
           it
           some
           Matter
           to
           make
           
             Sacch
             .
             Saturni
          
           of
           ,
           I
           suppose
           the
           Gent.
           never
           enquired
           ,
           or
           whether
           the
           Goose
           Quill
           he
           stirs
           it
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           Water
           does
           not
           do
           more
           to
           hinder
           its
           Coagulation
           ,
           than
           the
           Acids
           did
           to
           hinder
           or
           promote
           it
           .
           But
           we
           come
           to
           the
           Gentleman's
           Experiments
           .
        
         
           
             He
             tells
             us
          
           ,
           the
           way
           to
           make
           
             Experiments
             on
             Blood
             is
          
           ,
           having
           open'd
           a
           Vein
           ,
           begin
           to
           drop
           your
           Acid
           mixture
           into
           the
           Porringer
           ,
           and
           agitate
           it
           with
           a
           Goose
           Quill
           till
           the
           Blood
           is
           cold
           .
           And
           by
           this
           method
           ,
           be
           says
           ,
           he
           has
           with
           Oyl
           of
           Vitriol
           ,
           and
           Sp.
           of
           Niter
           ,
           &c.
           preserved
           Blood
           fluid
           ,
           and
           also
           free
           from
           Putrefaction
           ,
           the
           last
           of
           which
           ,
           is
           what
           neither
           Volatil
           ,
           nor
           sixt
           
           Alkalies
           will
           do
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           seen
           by
           the
           following
           Experiments
           .
        
         
           
             EXPERIMENT
             1.
             
          
           
             He
             mix'd
             with
             5
             or
             6
             Ounces
             of
             Blood
             ,
             6
             Drops
             of
             🝆
             of
             🜖
             diluted
             in
             2
             Ounces
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             it
             preserved
             the
             Blood
             fluid
             ,
             gave
             it
             a
             better
             colour
             and
             consistency
             than
             some
             of
             the
             same
             he
             mix'd
             nothing
             with
             ,
             he
             kept
             it
             in
             a
             Viol
             18
             Days
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             equally
             free
             from
             any
             smell
             ,
             or
             signs
             of
             Putrefaction
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             stream'd
             from
             the
             Vein
             .
          
           
             In
             Answer
             to
             which
             I
             say
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             sure
             that
             the
             2
             Ounces
             of
             Water
             would
             not
             do
             more
             towards
             keeping
             the
             Blood
             fluid
             ,
             thin
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             bright
             colour
             ,
             than
             the
             6
             Drops
             of
             🝆
             of
             🜖
             could
             do
             one
             way
             or
             other
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             do
             the
             Gent.
             all
             right
             ,
             and
             to
             Answer
             fairly
             to
             his
             Experiments
             ,
             I
             try'd
             them
             more
             nicely
             than
             he
             did
             :
             For
             I
             took
             the
             same
             Proportion
             of
             🝆
             of
             🜖
             and
             Water
             that
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             having
             made
             it
             just
             blood-warm
             in
             the
             Viol
             ,
             I
             let
             the
             Blood
             of
             a
             healthy
             young
             Man
             run
             from
             the
             Vein
             into
             it
             ,
             till
             I
             had
             that
             just
             quantity
             by
             weight
             in
             proportion
             to
             the
             🝆
             of
             🜖
             and
             Water
             ,
             and
             shaking
             them
             well
             together
             ,
             and
             stoping
             the
             Viol
             with
             a
             Cork
             ,
             I
             set
             it
             by
             :
             It
             soon
             look'd
             of
             a
             muddy
             black
             Colour
             ,
             and
             being
             open'd
             at
             14
             Days
             it
             began
             to
             stink
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXPERIMENT
             2.
             
          
           
             The
             like
             proportion
             of
             Blood
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             he
             mix'd
             with
             30
             Drops
             of
             Oyl
             of
             Tartar
             ,
             in
             2
             Ounces
             of
             Water
             ,
             it
             seem'd
             to
             remain
             fluid
             in
             the
             Porringer
             ;
             but
             having
             let
             it
             stand
             close
             stop'd
             in
             a
             Viol
             3
             or
             4
             days
             ,
             the
             grumous
             part
             was
             precipitated
             ,
             and
             it
             stunk
             most
             intollerably
             ,
             and
             the
             smell
             was
             like
             that
             proceeding
             from
             a
             dead
             Body
             ,
             whose
             Lungs
             or
             other
             Vicera
             have
             been
             Vlcerated
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Gentleman
             has
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             in
             this
             Experiment
             ,
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             Blood
             was
             like
             that
             of
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             have
             been
             exulce●●●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             doubtless
             ,
             that
             can
             dis●●●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             parts
             from
             that
             of
             all
             〈◊〉
             flesh
             corrup●●…
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             wonder
             if
             he
             don't
             conclude
             the
             exulceration
             of
             the
             Lungs
             proceeds
             from
             Oyl
             of
             Tartar
             !
          
           
             But
             I
             try'd
             this
             Experiment
             also
             ,
             after
             the
             same
             manner
             I
             did
             the
             former
             ;
             I
             open'd
             it
             at
             4
             Days
             ,
             and
             it
             had
             no
             more
             ill
             smell
             than
             when
             it
             came
             from
             the
             Vein
             ;
             at
             8
             Days
             I
             open'd
             it
             again
             ,
             it
             was
             likewise
             free
             from
             any
             ill
             smell
             ;
             so
             again
             at
             12
             Days
             ,
             at
             14
             ,
             and
             at
             18
             ,
             and
             at
             23
             ,
             and
             at
             28
             Days
             ,
             it
             look'd
             well
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             ill
             smell
             ,
             when
             some
             Blood
             that
             had
             nothing
             but
             the
             proportion
             of
             Water
             stunk
             in
             half
             the
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             EXPERIMENT
             3.
             
          
           
             He
             mix'd
             ,
             
               he
               says
            
             ,
             with
             the
             like
             quantity
             of
             Blood
             ,
             20
             Drops
             of
             Sp.
             of
             🜖
             ,
             dulc
             .
             in
             2
             Ounces
             of
             Water
             ,
             and
             it
             preserv'd
             the
             Blood
             fluid
             ,
             gave
             it
             a
             better
             colour
             ,
             hindering
             its
             parts
             from
             subsiding
             ,
             nor
             did
             it
             stink
             in
             the
             least
             while
             he
             kept
             it
             ,
             which
             was
             20
             or
             30
             Days
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Experiment
             the
             20
             drops
             of
             Sp.
             of
             🜖
             dulc
             .
             must
             have
             at
             least
             10
             of
             Sp.
             of
             Wine
             ,
             which
             we
             know
             will
             preserve
             Blood.
             But
             I
             tryed
             this
             also
             as
             I
             did
             the
             foregoing
             ,
             and
             having
             kept
             it
             14
             Days
             it
             stunk
             much
             ,
             and
             look'd
             no
             better
             than
             that
             in
             which
             was
             nothing
             but
             Water
             .
             But
             in
             his
          
        
         
           
             4
             EXPERIMENT
          
           
             He
             says
             he
             mixed
             30
             Drops
             of
             Sp
             of
             🜖
             ,
             with
             4
             Ounces
             of
             Blood
             ,
             and
             it
             preserv'd
             it
             fluid
             ;
             but
             after
             7
             or
             8
             Days
             he
             open'd
             the
             Viol
             ,
             and
             it
             sent
             forth
             a
             very
             offensive
             Stink
             .
          
           
             I
             also
             try'd
             this
             Experiment
             ,
             as
             I
             did
             the
             others
             ,
             and
             open'd
             the
             Viol
             at
             8
             Days
             ,
             at
             12
             Days
             ,
             at
             16
             
             Days
             ,
             and
             at
             20
             Days
             ,
             and
             it
             had
             no
             ill
             smell
             at
             all
             ,
             lastly
             at
             28
             Days
             was
             thin
             ,
             and
             of
             better
             colour
             and
             consistence
             than
             the
             Blood
             in
             any
             of
             the
             other
             Experiments
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             ill
             smell
             ;
             but
             that
             with
             the
             🝆
             of
             🜖
             look'd
             worst
             of
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Gent.
             adds
             ,
             
               If
               these
            
             four
             
               Experiments
               are
               not
               enough
               to
               convince
               the
               Dr.
               of
               the
               falsehood
               of
               my
               Assertion
               ,
               he
               has
               variety
               of
               others
               at
               his
               Service
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             he
             whose
             commanding
             Requests
             oblig'd
             the
             Gentleman
             to
             write
             ,
             needs
             no
             more
             to
             convince
             him
             .
             But
             I
             think
             if
             they
             will
             serve
             him
             no
             better
             than
             these
             have
             done
             ,
             he
             will
             do
             better
             to
             keep
             his
             service
             to
             himself
             .
          
           
             The
             Gent.
             says
             ,
             pag.
             17.
             that
             whereas
             
               I
               argue
            
             a
             juvantibus
             &
             ledentibus
             ,
             
               and
               say
               that
               Acids
               are
               seen
               often
               to
               hurt
               in
               Hypochondriack
               ,
               Hysterick
               and
               Scor●utical
               Cases
               ,
               and
               in
               Vlcers
               ,
               Issues
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               which
               on
               the
               contrary
               are
               relieved
               by
               Alkalies
               ,
               but
               he
               has
               〈◊〉
               my
               bare
               word
               for
               it
               .
            
             I
             say
             my
             Word
             is
             as
             good
             as
             anothers
             ;
             but
             I
             could
             give
             Observations
             not
             only
             of
             my
             own
             ,
             but
             of
             divers
             famous
             Physicians
             :
             But
             no
             Authorities
             ,
             but
             those
             of
             Acid
             Doctors
             ,
             are
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             Acid
             Gentleman
             ;
             who
             farther
             says
             ,
             
               should
               he
               undertake
               effectually
               to
               prove
               that
               Acids
               are
               the
               only
               Medicines
               which
               cure
               those
               Diseases
               I
               have
               named
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               by
               enumerating
               observations
               of
               Cures
               perform'd
               by
               them
               ,
               which
               would
               make
               his
               Epistle
               too
               long
               .
            
             Here
             the
             Gentleman
             speaks
             well
             ;
             for
             if
             he
             should
             prove
             that
             Acids
             ,
             are
             the
             only
             Medicines
             that
             cure
             these
             Diseases
             ,
             he
             must
             not
             only
             enumerate
             all
             the
             Acid
             Doctors
             Cures
             ,
             (
             who
             I
             am
             well
             inform'd
             often
             Cure
             
               sine
               recidiva
            
             )
             but
             he
             must
             enumerate
             all
             the
             Cures
             that
             have
             been
             done
             in
             the
             World
             of
             these
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             ascertain
             us
             that
             all
             of
             them
             were
             done
             by
             Acids
             ,
             which
             would
             indeed
             be
             too
             long
             for
             a
             Letter
             to
             a
             Man
             of
             
             business
             .
             But
             I
             believe
             he
             would
             in
             his
             own
             Practice
             hardly
             be
             able
             to
             give
             us
             many
             instances
             of
             Ulcers
             cur'd
             with
             nothing
             but
             Acids
             ,
             or
             be
             willing
             to
             be
             dress'd
             with
             nothing
             else
             himself
             .
             But
             to
             save
             the
             vast
             labour
             ,
             he
             gives
             us
             a
             Catalogue
             of
             some
             of
             the
             most
             
               celebrated
               Medicines
               used
               in
               curing
               those
               distempers
               ,
               as
               steel
               in
               its
               best
               Preparations
               ,
               all
               the
               Acid
               Spirits
               and
               Elixirs
               ,
            
             Crem
             .
             Tart.
             Tart.
             Vitriolat
             .
             Sal.
             Succini
             ,
             
               &c.
               and
               refers
               to
               Dr.
            
             Colbatch
             
               his
               Authority
            
             .
             But
             I
             must
             tell
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             Dr.
             Colbatch
             his
             Authority
             ,
             and
             his
             reasoning
             ,
             are
             no
             better
             one
             than
             the
             other
             .
             Steel
             ,
             Acid
             Spirits
             ,
             &c.
             he
             says
             are
             the
             most
             celebrated
             Medicines
             in
             use
             ,
             in
             the
             cure
             of
             the
             foremention'd
             Diseases
             .
             Ergo
             ,
             those
             Diseases
             are
             cur'd
             by
             nothing
             else
             :
             And
             would
             that
             be
             good
             Logick
             ,
             yet
             the
             Medicines
             enumerated
             are
             not
             all
             Acids
             ,
             or
             cure
             as
             such
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             have
             occasion
             to
             shew
             before
             we
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             But
             our
             Gent.
             says
             ,
             pag.
             18.
             
             
               He
               won't
               believe
               me
               that
               an
               Acid
               can
               be
               got
               from
               Blood
               or
               Vrine
               ,
               of
               either
               healthy
               ,
               or
               diseased
               Persons
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               not
               told
               him
               the
               process
               .
            
             Answer
             ,
             I
             thought
             I
             had
             told
             it
             plain
             enough
             to
             any
             one
             that
             understands
             a
             little
             Chymistry
             :
             And
             I
             can
             make
             him
             believe
             it
             very
             easily
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             don't
             write
             to
             teach
             Gentlemen
             Chymistry
             ,
             but
             to
             shew
             them
             the
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             groundless
             Confidence
             and
             danger
             of
             Acid
             Quacks
             .
             But
             he
             complains
             farther
             ,
             
               that
               I
               will
               not
               teach
               him
               the
               Legerdemain
               of
               mixing
               Alk.
               and
               Acid
               ,
               so
               that
               no
               Acid
               ,
               but
               an
               Alka●ous
               Liquor
               shall
               be
               distill'd
               from
               it
               .
               An
               Alk.
               and
               Acid
               ;
               so
               that
               neither
               Alk.
               nor
               Acid
               ,
               shall
               be
               obtain'd
               ,
               but
               a
               Salsum
               .
               Again
               an
               Alk.
               and
               Acid
               ,
               so
               that
               neither
               Alk.
               Acid
               ,
               nor
               Salsum
               shall
               be
               obtain'd
               ,
               but
               an
               Oleum
               .
            
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             
               these
               tricks
               are
               Legerdemain
            
             ,
             and
             till
             he
             understands
             a
             little
             Chymical
             Legerdemain
             ,
             he
             will
             never
             
             comprehend
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             beg
             his
             excuse
             for
             not
             teaching
             them
             ,
             there
             is
             something
             more
             than
             ordinary
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             must
             not
             be
             profaned
             .
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             will
             demonstrate
             the
             truth
             of
             any
             of
             these
             Operations
             ,
             when
             ever
             I
             shall
             have
             a
             sufficient
             Reason
             for
             so
             doing
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             also
             says
             ,
             
               The
               natural
               or
               artificial
               Conjunction
               of
               an
               Acid
               and
               an
               Alkali
               ,
               which
               I
               say
               will
               make
               a
               Salsum
               ,
               he
               calls
               an
               Acid
               ,
               because
               the
               Acid
               is
               most
               predominant
               ,
               and
               does
               operate
               as
               such
               ;
               for
               Tartar
               Vitriolat
               .
               which
               I
               call
               a
               Salsum
               ,
               dissolved
               in
               Water
               ,
               will
               work
               upon
               Steel
               as
               manifestly
               as
               Sp.
               of
               🜖
               ,
               which
               is
               allow'd
               to
               be
               an
               Acid.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             he
             may
             call
             it
             an
             Ass-head
             ,
             if
             he
             will
             ;
             but
             I
             say
             ,
             where
             the
             Ass-head
             is
             predominant
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             the
             true
             Salt
             savour
             ;
             and
             Tartar
             Vitriolat
             .
             if
             it
             be
             a
             Salsum
             as
             it
             should
             ,
             be
             has
             neither
             the
             Ac.
             nor
             Al.
             predominate
             ;
             nor
             does
             its
             working
             on
             Steel
             prove
             it
             to
             be
             an
             Acid
             ,
             or
             to
             Operate
             as
             such
             ;
             as
             the
             Gentleman
             himself
             ,
             being
             better
             inform'd
             ,
             and
             forgetting
             what
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             asserts
             ,
             pag.
             43.
             
             Iron
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               will
               be
               dissolv'd
               by
               Acid
               ,
               Alkali
               ,
               or
               Sal
               nutrum
               ,
            
             and
             instances
             in
             Sp.
             of
             
               Vrin
               ,
               Sp
            
             of
             🜖
             ,
             
               Crem
               .
               Tartar
               ,
               Tartar
               Vitriolat
               .
            
             and
             
               Com.
               Salt.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Gent.
             asserts
             farther
             ,
             pag.
             19.
             
             
               That
               common
               Salt
               ,
               by
               often
               dissolving
               and
               crystalizing
               ,
               will
               be
               so
               deprived
               of
               its
               Bittern
               ,
               as
               to
               act
               as
               an
               Acid
               by
               dissolving
               Steel
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               But
               if
               you
               would
               do
               it
               at
               once
               ,
               you
               must
               put
               an
               Ounce
               of
               Sp
               of
            
             🜖
             
               into
               2
               Quarts
               of
               solution
               of
               Salt
               ,
               and
               then
               evaporate
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               and
               you
               will
               have
               the
               Salt
               much
               more
               wholesome
               ,
               and
               useful
               in
               all
               Cases
               ;
               and
               pag.
               20.
               having
               thus
               proved
               Sea
               Salt
               to
               be
               an
               Acid
               ,
               he
               cannot
               imagine
               how
               it
               should
               be
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               when
               there
               's
               scarce
               a
               better
               Medicine
               
               known
               for
               its
               Cure
               than
               Sp.
               of
            
             🜖
             .
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             having
             quitted
             his
             Opinion
             ,
             (
             as
             before
             said
             )
             pag.
             43.
             that
             the
             solution
             of
             Steel
             is
             an
             Argument
             of
             the
             dissolvents
             being
             an
             Acid
             ,
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             alter
             his
             Opinion
             in
             other
             things
             where
             he
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             see
             he
             hath
             contradicted
             himself
             ,
             as
             his
             Master
             Acid
             used
             to
             do
             .
             But
             if
             he
             adds
             Sp.
             of
             🜖
             to
             his
             Com.
             🜖
             ,
             I
             confess
             that
             may
             work
             as
             an
             Acid
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             do
             what
             the
             Salt
             would
             not
             do
             ,
             but
             it
             will
             not
             be
             more
             wholesome
             or
             better
             in
             all
             Cases
             ;
             for
             Bittern
             it self
             is
             good
             for
             something
             ,
             tho'
             the
             Gentleman's
             Master
             Colbatch
             hath
             Damn'd
             it
             .
          
           
             So
             if
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             were
             a
             Medicine
             ,
             good
             for
             the
             Scurvy
             ,
             it
             does
             not
             follow
             that
             common
             Salt
             too
             much
             eaten
             may
             not
             cause
             it
             .
             And
             as
             to
             the
             Gentleman's
             Assertion
             ,
             that
             there
             's
             scarce
             a
             better
             Medicine
             known
             for
             the
             Scurvy
             than
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             ,
             I
             say
             he
             talks
             as
             old
             Wives
             use
             to
             do
             ;
             whatever
             they
             have
             heard
             commended
             ,
             they
             will
             say
             is
             the
             best
             thing
             in
             the
             World.
             But
             let
             it
             be
             good
             ;
             yet
             ,
             if
             I
             thought
             he
             would
             not
             be
             angry
             ,
             because
             I
             don't
             tell
             what
             ,
             I
             would
             affirm
             ,
             I
             know
             2
             or
             3
             better
             Medicines
             for
             the
             Scurvy
             .
             But
             he
             adds
             ,
             
               The
               Scurvy
               being
               the
               Symptom
               of
               a
               Putrefaction
               of
               the
               Juices
               of
               our
               Bodies
               ,
               it
               will
               still
               look
               more
               like
               a
               Paradox
               ,
               that
               Salt
               which
               is
               the
               known
               preservative
               of
               dead
               Flesh
               ,
               should
               be
               the
               cause
               of
               Putrefaction
               in
               that
               which
               is
               alive
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             a
             Putrefaction
             in
             the
             Juices
             of
             living
             Bodies
             ,
             except
             in
             Sores
             and
             Ulcers
             ,
             has
             not
             I
             think
             been
             shewn
             :
             But
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             which
             will
             preserve
             dead
             Bodies
             ,
             would
             kill
             living
             ones
             ;
             as
             drying
             ▪
             for
             instance
             :
             and
             I
             believe
             even
             an
             Acid
             Doctor
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             Sous'd
             ,
             or
             hang'd
             up
             in
             a
             Chimney
             a
             little
             while
             with
             Bacon
             ,
             (
             tho'
             he
             were
             very
             well
             salted
             first
             )
             would
             soon
             be
             of
             this
             Opinion
             .
             So
             
             Sp.
             of
             Wine
             ,
             tho'
             it
             preserves
             Flesh
             ,
             being
             drunk
             in
             too
             large
             a
             quantity
             will
             make
             corrupt
             Work
             ,
             in
             the
             vital
             oeconomy
             ;
             yea
             ,
             I
             don't
             question
             but
             🝆
             of
             🜖
             Crab
             Verjuice
             ,
             or
             Lemons
             ,
             and
             Oranges
             themselves
             ,
             may
             be
             taken
             in
             quantities
             large
             enough
             to
             kill
             a
             Man
             ,
             as
             I
             believe
             some
             Persons
             have
             experimented
             .
             Nor
             is
             the
             Gentleman
             's
             reasoning
             more
             sharp
             ,
             in
             saying
             ,
             
               Nor
               will
               the
               want
               of
               the
               spiritual
               Parts
               of
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               Fish
               ,
               appear
               to
               be
               the
               cause
               of
               any
               Disease
               ,
               when
               Physicians
               prescribe
               to
               venerial
               Patients
               ,
               Flesh
               roasted
               or
               boyled
               to
               driness
               ,
               and
               such
               other
               food
               as
               yields
               the
               least
               of
               spirituous
               ,
               and
               volatile
               Alkalous
               Parts
               ;
               as
               Water-gruel
               ,
               Bisket
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             Physicians
             (
             whether
             they
             do
             wisely
             or
             no
             't
             is
             no
             matter
             )
             prescribe
             things
             that
             yield
             the
             least
             volatile
             alkalous
             ,
             and
             spiritual
             Parts
             in
             the
             Pox
             ,
             Ergo
             the
             want
             of
             spirituous
             and
             volatile
             parts
             in
             our
             Meat
             ,
             can't
             be
             the
             cause
             of
             any
             Disease
             .
             But
             I
             believe
             the
             Gentleman's
             Physician
             never
             prescrib'd
             him
             Flesh
             boyl'd
             to
             dryness
             .
             But
             he
             rejoyns
             as
             sharply
             ,
             that
             
               if
               he
               did
               not
               design
               brevity
               ,
               he
               could
               bring
               instances
               to
               prove
               that
               Acids
               are
               not
               the
               cause
               of
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               but
               the
               only
               salubrious
               Medicines
               in
               use
               against
               that
               Distemper
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             to
             be
             brief
             ;
             but
             I
             don't
             know
             that
             I
             ever
             said
             Acids
             are
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Scurvy
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             says
             nothing
             against
             me
             .
             But
             to
             prove
             they
             are
             the
             only
             salubrious
             Medicines
             in
             use
             for
             this
             Disease
             ,
             he
             must
             know
             all
             the
             Medicines
             that
             are
             in
             use
             ,
             and
             their
             success
             .
             But
             instead
             of
             this
             ,
             he
             gives
             us
             only
             a
             Story
             that
             another
             worthy
             
               Gentleman
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               having
               been
               long
               troubl'd
               with
               the
               Scurvy
               ,
               by
               reading
               Doctor
            
             Colbatch
             '
             
               s
               Tracts
               ,
               he
               was
               prevail'd
               upon
               to
               eat
               Lemons
               stoutly
               ,
               by
               which
               method
               he
               recover'd
               ,
               after
               the
               ineffectual
               use
               of
               the
               Prescripts
               of
               the
               Physicians
               of
               the
               best
               repute
               .
            
          
           
           
             This
             is
             what
             the
             Gent.
             has
             to
             say
             ,
             to
             perswade
             us
             that
             Acids
             are
             not
             the
             Cause
             ,
             but
             the
             only
             Medicines
             in
             the
             Cure
             of
             the
             Scurvy
             .
             One
             Gentleman
             told
             another
             ;
             but
             were
             Gentlemen
             infallible
             in
             connecting
             Causes
             ,
             and
             Effects
             (
             as
             Physicians
             are
             not
             )
             yet
             the
             single
             matter
             of
             Fact
             comes
             to
             us
             but
             upon
             the
             word
             of
             an
             unknown
             Gentleman
             ,
             who
             't
             is
             said
             was
             so
             lucky
             as
             to
             meet
             with
             Mr.
             Colbatch
             his
             Tracts
             ,
             whereby
             (
             not
             to
             omit
             the
             best
             of
             the
             Story
             )
             he
             became
             such
             a
             
               prodigious
               Lemon
               Eater
            
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             soon
             arriv'd
             to
             the
             perfection
             of
             eating
             30
             in
             a
             Day
             ,
             this
             was
             a
             perfection
             the
             Quaker
             never
             attain'd
             ,
             't
             is
             pity
             he
             conceals
             his
             Name
             ,
             I
             believe
             he
             might
             make
             himself
             as
             famous
             as
             
               Will.
               Joy
            
             ,
             or
             the
             great
             Cock-eater
             .
          
           
             The
             Gent.
             shews
             ,
             pag.
             21.
             that
             he
             has
             misapprehended
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             said
             as
             he
             would
             make
             me
             ;
             
               That
               we
               lose
               more
               in
               weight
               ,
               sitting
               still
               in
               a
               frosty
               Morning
               ,
               than
               if
               we
               were
               in
               the
               Bagnio
               ,
               or
               that
               the
               coldness
               and
               moisture
               of
               the
               Air
               opens
               the
               Pores
               to
               promote
               Perspiration
               .
            
             But
             I
             say
             still
             ,
             there
             is
             certainly
             more
             matter
             carried
             off
             by
             insensible
             Perspiration
             ,
             than
             by
             sweating
             ,
             taking
             one
             time
             with
             another
             ;
             and
             that
             a
             fresh
             air
             promotes
             Perspiration
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             proved
             by
             Seamens
             eating
             more
             ,
             and
             voiding
             less
             other
             Excrements
             than
             those
             at
             Land
             ,
             but
             is
             reasonably
             concluded
             from
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             dissolving
             Power
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             whereby
             any
             tenacious
             Matter
             in
             the
             surface
             of
             the
             Body
             stopping
             the
             Pores
             is
             removed
             ;
             and
             perhaps
             this
             is
             a
             chief
             Reason
             that
             a
             clear
             Air
             is
             so
             beneficial
             to
             divers
             sick
             Persons
             ;
             and
             tho'
             the
             Air
             at
             Sea
             may
             be
             suppos'd
             more
             moist
             than
             the
             Air
             at
             Land
             ,
             yet
             the
             Sea
             certainly
             sends
             up
             fewer
             clammy
             Effluvia
             than
             the
             Land
             ,
             that
             abounds
             with
             so
             many
             sulphurous
             Matters
             .
          
           
           
             Again
             he
             says
             ,
             pag.
             22.
             
             That
             
               I
               confess
               I
               can't
               see
               how
               an
               Acid
               can
               be
               separated
               from
               Sea
               Salt
               when
               in
               the
               Blood
               ,
               and
               yet
               I
               affirm
               in
               the
               next
               page
               ,
               that
               Acids
               are
               found
               separated
               in
               farther
               recesses
               than
               the
               Stomach
               and
               Guts
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             then
             only
             confess
             ,
             but
             do
             profess
             still
             ,
             I
             don't
             see
             how
             an
             Acid
             can
             be
             distill'd
             from
             Sea
             Salt
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             &c.
             
             Yet
             I
             affirm
             that
             Acids
             have
             been
             found
             in
             farther
             recesses
             than
             the
             Stomach
             and
             Guts
             ;
             as
             the
             Gent.
             also
             does
             ,
             pag.
             33.
             instancing
             the
             Pancreatick
             Juice
             .
             But
             I
             did
             not
             say
             from
             Sea
             Salt
             ;
             for
             there
             are
             divers
             other
             things
             eaten
             and
             drank
             ,
             that
             are
             indeed
             Acid
             ,
             or
             capable
             of
             being
             made
             so
             ,
             without
             the
             help
             of
             a
             strong
             Fire
             .
             And
             I
             affirm
             (
             as
             all
             Physicians
             that
             consider
             will
             acknowledge
             )
             contrary
             to
             the
             inconsiderate
             Assertion
             of
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             there
             are
             other
             separations
             to
             be
             made
             of
             our
             Food
             ,
             (
             tho'
             not
             of
             Sea
             Salt
             ,
             which
             is
             ejected
             as
             it
             went
             in
             )
             requisite
             besides
             a
             dissolution
             of
             their
             Texture
             ,
             or
             else
             the
             various
             Juices
             of
             our
             Bodies
             could
             not
             be
             maintained
             and
             repaired
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             ,
             pag.
             23.
             talks
             of
             the
             relation
             I
             gave
             of
             Mr.
             
             Smith's
             Death
             ,
             by
             tasting
             an
             Acid
             Liquor
             in
             a
             Cistus
             of
             a
             cancerous
             Breast
             ,
             more
             like
             a
             Gentleman
             than
             a
             Physician
             .
             For
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               a
               Man
               that
               is
               poisoned
               is
               commonly
               delirious
               on
               his
               death-bed
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               not
               unusual
               to
               hear
               such
               accuse
               the
               most
               proper
               Medicine
               as
               the
               cause
               of
               their
               Death
               .
            
             If
             he
             had
             been
             a
             little
             inform'd
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             Poison
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             learnt
             that
             Poison
             is
             a
             general
             name
             common
             to
             many
             different
             and
             opposite
             things
             ,
             that
             kill
             in
             small
             quantity
             with
             various
             and
             opposite
             Symptoms
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             always
             make
             Men
             delirious
             ,
             neither
             can
             he
             suppose
             this
             Cancerous
             Liquor
             was
             given
             Mr.
             Smith
             as
             a
             Medicine
             .
             
               But
               supposing
               Mr.
            
             Smith
             
               was
               poison'd
            
             ,
             (
             adds
             he
             )
             
               it
               will
               
               follow
               according
               to
               my
               Assertion
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               done
               by
               an
               Acid
               ,
               because
               I
               could
               not
               see
               how
               an
               Acid
               Spirit
               can
               be
               separated
               from
               any
               thing
               while
               in
               the
               Blood.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             don't
             know
             where
             I
             said
             an
             Acid
             could
             not
             be
             separated
             from
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             but
             that
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             could
             not
             be
             distill'd
             there
             ;
             but
             had
             I
             said
             so
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             follow
             that
             Mr.
             Smith
             was
             not
             poison'd
             by
             that
             Liquor
             ,
             or
             that
             it
             was
             not
             an
             Acid
             ;
             for
             that
             Liquor
             doubtless
             was
             produced
             in
             the
             part
             by
             a
             preternatural
             Fermentation
             ,
             after
             whatever
             was
             the
             matter
             of
             it
             was
             separated
             from
             the
             Blood.
             
               But
               he
               adds
               ,
               granting
               it
               a
               strong
               Acid
               ,
               how
               will
               you
               account
               for
               its
               not
               making
               way
               throw
               the
               Breast
               before
               amputation
               ?
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             very
             easily
             ;
             no
             dissolvent
             tho'
             ever
             so
             strong
             acts
             in
             an
             instant
             ,
             but
             must
             have
             time
             ;
             that
             had
             not
             time
             enough
             to
             do
             it
             .
             I
             will
             hold
             
               Aq.
               Fortis
            
             ,
             or
             a
             stronger
             Liquor
             in
             my
             Hand
             without
             dissolving
             it
             .
             But
             he
             says
             farther
             ,
             
               if
               it
               had
               been
               an
               Acid
               it
               could
               not
               fail
               of
               raising
               an
               Escar
               on
               Mr.
            
             Smith
             '
             
               s
               Tongue
               ,
               and
               that
               would
               have
               fill'd
               his
               Mouth
               with
               a
               stink
               ,
               far
               surpassing
               that
               of
               any
               Acid
               Liquor
               .
            
             Here
             the
             Gent.
             forgets
             himself
             ,
             and
             contradicts
             what
             he
             endeavour'd
             before
             to
             prove
             ,
             viz.
             That
             Acids
             preserve
             from
             Corruption
             and
             Stink
             ;
             but
             he
             shews
             himself
             but
             a
             
               Small
               Surgeon
            
             ,
             and
             little
             acquainted
             with
             Chymical
             Liquors
             .
             For
             an
             Escar
             does
             not
             stink
             so
             soon
             ,
             tho'
             made
             with
             Acids
             ,
             nor
             do
             the
             strongest
             Acids
             make
             them
             so
             hastily
             :
             I
             will
             taste
             
               Aq.
               Fortis
            
             ,
             or
             any
             common
             Acid
             at
             any
             time
             without
             hurting
             my
             Tongue
             ,
             but
             I
             can
             shew
             him
             an
             Acid
             Liquor
             that
             stinks
             ,
             worse
             than
             any
             mortified
             Flesh
             he
             ever
             saw
             .
             But
             he
             presumes
             
               that
               the
               Physician
               who
               told
               me
               this
               Story
               had
               the
               care
               of
               Mr.
            
             Smith
             ,
             
               and
               fail'd
               not
               in
               giving
               the
               most
               celebrated
               Alkalies
               ,
               which
               ,
               it
               appears
               did
               him
               no
               Service
               ,
               wherefore
               he
               believes
               
               the
               Liquor
               be
               tasted
               did
               not
               kill
               him
               ,
               without
               other
               help
               .
            
             But
             to
             shew
             that
             all
             this
             is
             indeed
             presumption
             ,
             I
             will
             bring
             the
             Gentleman
             to
             the
             Physician
             ,
             if
             he
             pleases
             ,
             before
             whom
             I
             am
             perswaded
             he
             will
             not
             so
             presume
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gent.
             says
             ,
             pag.
             24.
             
             
               That
               my
               supposition
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Blood
               in
               the
               small
               Pox
               ,
               Scurvy
               ,
               and
               Gout
               ,
               yields
               more
               Alkali
               ,
               it
               is
               hence
               that
               the
               Acid
               is
               precipitated
               and
               fix'd
               in
               the
               extremities
               by
               meeting
               Alkalies
               ,
               is
               overthrown
               by
               analyzing
               the
               Chalkey
               substance
               in
               the
               Gout
               ,
               which
               exhibits
               the
               Phenomena
               of
               Alkalies
               .
            
             I
             rejoyn
             ,
             I
             hope
             the
             Gent.
             will
             not
             any
             more
             urge
             that
             the
             Chalkey
             substance
             in
             the
             Gout
             ,
             yielding
             the
             Phenomena
             of
             Alkalies
             ,
             overthrows
             what
             I
             said
             in
             the
             small
             Pox
             ,
             and
             Scurvy
             ;
             nor
             does
             it
             ,
             say
             I
             ,
             necessarily
             disprove
             my
             Assertion
             even
             in
             the
             Gout
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             told
             him
             that
             an
             Acid
             and
             an
             Alkali
             joyn'd
             ,
             will
             sometimes
             yield
             no
             Acid
             in
             distillation
             ,
             but
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             as
             I
             can
             demonstrate
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             tho'
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             thought
             sit
             to
             teach
             proud
             Empyricks
             ,
             or
             all
             sorts
             of
             Gentlemen
             the
             Art
             of
             Chymical
             Legerdemain
             ,
             whereby
             I
             can
             demonstrate
             that
             all
             the
             Experiments
             the
             Gentleman
             builds
             upon
             are
             fallacious
             .
             
               He
               says
               also
               that
               he
               knows
               't
               is
               difficult
               to
               give
               judgment
               to
               a
               grain
               in
               the
               distillation
               of
               Blood
               ,
               yet
               the
               difference
               is
               so
               manifest
               between
               morbid
               and
               sound
               Blood
               ,
               that
               60
               or
               more
               grains
               may
               be
               allow'd
               for
               Perspiration
               ,
               deficiency
               of
               fire
               ,
               or
               waste
               in
               large
               Glasses
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             But
             I
             tell
             him
             ,
             neither
             he
             nor
             his
             Doctor
             have
             made
             Experiments
             enough
             ,
             or
             nice
             enough
             ,
             to
             find
             a
             certain
             Difference
             .
             But
             if
             we
             should
             suppose
             that
             the
             Blood
             does
             in
             some
             Diseases
             yield
             by
             distillation
             more
             Alkali
             than
             in
             Health
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             follow
             that
             the
             Disease
             was
             caus'd
             by
             Alkali
             ,
             but
             the
             Alkali
             may
             rather
             be
             suppos'd
             the
             effect
             of
             the
             Disease
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             well
             
             known
             ,
             that
             even
             Bodies
             that
             will
             yield
             large
             quantities
             of
             Acid
             in
             Distillation
             and
             no
             Alkali
             ,
             will
             by
             a
             fermentative
             Heat
             be
             so
             alter'd
             ,
             as
             to
             yield
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Alkali
             and
             no
             Acid
             ;
             and
             in
             like
             manner
             the
             preternatural
             Ferment
             in
             some
             Diseases
             may
             so
             alter
             the
             Liquors
             of
             our
             Bodies
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             may
             yield
             more
             Alkali
             ,
             and
             less
             or
             no
             Acid.
             
          
           
             
               But
               the
               Gentleman
               says
               ,
               pap
               .
               25.
               
            
             My
             Experiment
             of
             the
             Saliva's
             turning
             the
             Syrup
             of
             Violets
             green
             ,
             does
             not
             prove
             that
             it
             is
             not
             impregnated
             with
             a
             manifest
             Acid
             ,
             which
             is
             what
             Dr.
             Colebatch
             asserts
             ;
             for
             there
             are
             a
             multitude
             of
             other
             Bodies
             which
             will
             turn
             the
             Syrup
             green
             ,
             yet
             have
             in
             them
             a
             manifest
             Acid
             ,
             as
             Oyls
             and
             vinous
             Spirits
             ,
             which
             tho'
             they
             have
             a
             manifest
             Acid
             ,
             yet
             it
             s
             so
             sheath'd
             in
             the
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             fluid
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             unlock'd
             or
             set
             at
             liberty
             ,
             to
             exert
             it self
             by
             so
             dammy
             a
             Body
             as
             Syr.
             of
             Violets
             ,
             yet
             they
             operate
             on
             other
             Bodies
             by
             vertue
             of
             their
             Acid
             ,
             as
             Oyl
             of
             Turpentine
             will
             dissolve
             Copper
             ,
             the
             Acid
             in
             Sulphur
             ,
             Turpentine
             ,
             Spittle
             makes
             Quicksilver
             easily
             embody
             with
             them
             ;
             
               and
               because
               I
               say
            
             ,
             it
             s
             from
             the
             Turpentine's
             consisting
             of
             ramous
             and
             flexible
             parts
             ,
             he
             thinks
             it
             is
             the
             same
             with
             saying
             ,
             they
             consist
             of
             nothing
             at
             all
             ;
             for
             'till
             I
             shew
             him
             those
             ramous
             and
             flexible
             parts
             ,
             he
             must
             belive
             it
             is
             from
             the
             Acid
             that
             they
             embody
             with
             Mercury
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             Gentleman
             says
             now
             is
             much
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             help
             to
             bring
             the
             Acidists
             to
             sense
             .
             For
             if
             the
             Saliva's
             turning
             the
             Syrup
             green
             ,
             does
             not
             prove
             that
             it
             is
             not
             impregnated
             with
             ,
             and
             does
             not
             act
             as
             a
             manifest
             Acid
             ,
             then
             the
             Serum
             of
             Blood
             's
             turning
             Syrup
             of
             Violets
             green
             ,
             does
             not
             prove
             that
             to
             abound
             with
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             an
             Acid
             ;
             and
             so
             what
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             asserts
             is
             a
             Mistake
             ,
             and
             his
             Criterion
             fallible
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             ground
             of
             his
             Hypothesis
             is
             gone
             ,
             and
             the
             Gentleman
             must
             take
             his
             Doctrine
             merely
             upon
             his
             Word
             .
             
               And
               if
               there
               are
               a
               multitude
               of
               other
               Bodies
               
               which
               turn
               Syr.
               of
               Violets
               green
               ,
               that
               are
               to
               be
               denominated
               Acids
               from
               their
               quality
               ,
               of
               which
               if
               they
               were
               divested
               ,
               they
               would
               fail
               of
               their
               Intension
               which
               they
               perform
               with
               it
               ,
            
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             pag.
             26.
             
             Then
             Gentlemen
             can
             be
             no
             more
             Judges
             of
             his
             Master
             
             Colebatch's
             Hypothesis
             .
             But
             how
             the
             Gentleman
             should
             assert
             that
             vinous
             Spirits
             and
             Oyl
             of
             Turpentine
             ,
             &c.
             have
             manifest
             Acids
             ,
             I
             can't
             tell
             ,
             unless
             the
             constant
             use
             of
             Crab
             Verjuce
             makes
             all
             things
             relish
             so
             with
             him
             ,
             for
             I
             am
             sure
             he
             never
             made
             it
             manifest
             to
             any
             that
             was
             not
             an
             Acidist
             ;
             and
             that
             Oyl
             of
             Turpentine's
             Acid
             can't
             be
             unlockt
             by
             the
             clammy
             Body
             of
             Syr.
             of
             Violets
             ,
             and
             yet
             that
             it
             works
             upon
             the
             much
             more
             tough
             body
             of
             Copper
             ,
             is
             very
             strange
             if
             true
             ;
             but
             it
             's
             stranger
             that
             things
             consisting
             of
             ramous
             parts
             should
             be
             consisting
             of
             nothing
             ,
             or
             that
             whatever
             is
             not
             done
             by
             Particles
             a
             Gentleman
             can
             see
             must
             be
             done
             by
             Acid
             ;
             
               but
               the
               Gentleman
               must
               believe
               it
               ,
            
             and
             who
             can
             help
             it
             ?
             
               But
               he
               professes
               he
               will
               not
               believe
               me
               ,
               that
               insipid
               Calxes
               will
               kill
               Quicsiklver
               ,
               till
               I
               tell
               him
               more
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               he
               knows
               none
               that
               will
               hold
               it
               so
               long
               as
               Saline
               or
               Acid
               Bodies
               .
            
             Well
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             now
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             I
             will
             tell
             him
             more
             of
             it
             than
             I
             did
             before
             .
             I
             did
             not
             say
             that
             Calxes
             indifferently
             will
             hold
             Quicksilver
             so
             long
             as
             any
             saline
             or
             Acid
             Bodies
             ,
             what
             the
             Calxes
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             may
             do
             ,
             I
             will
             leave
             to
             them
             
               that
               have
               made
               all
               the
               enquiry
               into
               the
               nature
               of
               Metals
               Human
               Industry
               is
               capable
               of
               .
            
             I
             know
             it
             will
             amalgam
             with
             Metals
             that
             destroy
             Acids
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             take
             almost
             any
             Calx
             ,
             or
             Earth
             not
             too
             dry
             ,
             you
             may
             rub
             Mercury
             in
             it
             so
             as
             to
             lose
             sight
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             as
             you
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             separate
             it
             but
             by
             Fire
             :
             Yea
             Mercury
             is
             so
             ready
             to
             be
             concern'd
             with
             things
             that
             are
             no
             Acids
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             become
             invisibly
             embodied
             with
             common
             Water
             ,
             and
             the
             Parts
             and
             Humours
             of
             a
             Man's
             Body
             ,
             notwithstanding
             all
             his
             Alkalies
             in
             Sickness
             and
             in
             Health
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Gentleman
             says
             ,
             
               the
               Trials
               I
               made
               on
               Saliva
               being
               of
               that
               taken
               from
               sound
               Persons
               often
               eating
               and
               drinking
               Acids
               ,
               he
               understands
               Acids
               did
               not
               impair
               their
               Health
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             he
             does
             understand
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             for
             Acid
             did
             often
             so
             much
             towards
             impairing
             ,
             that
             had
             they
             not
             used
             alkalous
             things
             to
             over
             balance
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             have
             been
             sound
             long
             .
             And
             tho'
             in
             the
             distillation
             ,
             as
             he
             minds
             me
             ,
             I
             found
             a
             Salsum
             in
             the
             
               Cap.
               Mort.
            
             from
             which
             an
             Acid
             might
             be
             got
             ,
             yet
             that
             Salsum
             I
             take
             to
             be
             nothing
             but
             Sea
             Salt
             ,
             which
             would
             not
             be
             turned
             into
             an
             Acid
             otherwise
             than
             by
             a
             strong
             Fire
             .
          
           
             Our
             Gentleman
             remarks
             also
             ,
             that
             I
             say
             ,
             
               Saliva
               when
               evaporated
               yielded
               a
               grateful
               Smell
               :
               But
               his
               Dr.
               knows
               that
               Nutmegs
               ,
               Cinnamon
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               and
               all
               odoriferous
               Vegetables
               abound
               with
               Acid
               and
               Sulphur
               ,
               from
               whence
               proceed
               their
               grateful
               Smells
               ;
               It
               is
               not
               then
               reasonable
               to
               conclude
               ,
               that
               that
               pleasant
               Smell
               in
               the
               Saliva
               came
               from
               Acid
               and
               Sulphur
               ?
            
             I
             reply
             ,
             the
             Dr.
             knows
             no
             such
             thing
             ,
             he
             never
             saw
             Sulphur
             in
             ,
             or
             got
             from
             aromatick
             or
             odoriferous
             Plants
             ,
             nor
             does
             their
             Smell
             proceed
             from
             Sulphur
             and
             Acid
             ,
             but
             from
             pure
             Oyls
             ;
             the
             smell
             of
             Sulphur
             every
             body
             knows
             is
             not
             pleasant
             ,
             but
             mixed
             with
             Oyls
             both
             become
             abominable
             Stinkers
             .
             But
             he
             gives
             a
             reason
             ,
             such
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             
               for
               all
               animal
               Substances
               when
               tending
               to
               Corruption
               ,
               emitting
               a
               noxious
               Smell
               ,
               and
               from
               them
               in
               that
               state
               he
               cannot
               find
               a
               Salsum
               as
               I
               did
               from
               Saliva
               .
            
             But
             I
             say
             ,
             That
             from
             Animal
             Substances
             in
             a
             state
             of
             Corruption
             I
             can
             find
             a
             Salsum
             ,
             as
             from
             Blood
             ,
             Urine
             ,
             &c.
             tho'
             he
             can't
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             in
             Answer
             to
             what
             I
             said
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             that
             there
             's
             no
             need
             of
             an
             Acid
             there
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             Stomach
             is
             best
             when
             there
             's
             not
             so
             much
             as
             to
             curdle
             Milk
             ;
             replies
             ,
             
               that
               there
               may
               be
               an
               Acid
               in
               the
               Stomach
               ,
               tho'
               not
               so
               much
               as
               to
               curdle
               Milk
               ;
               for
               a
               small
               quantity
               of
               Wine
               ,
               nay
               Vinegar
               diluted
               in
               Water
               ,
               pour'd
               
               slowly
               into
               Milk
               will
               not
               curdle
               it
               ,
               and
               Wines
               have
               in
               them
               a
               manifest
               Acid
               ;
               and
               Vegetables
               ,
               in
               whom
               Acid
               abounds
               ,
               decocted
               in
               Milk
               will
               not
               coagulate
               it
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             A
             small
             quantity
             of
             Acid
             ,
             tho'
             not
             enough
             to
             coagulate
             Milk
             pour'd
             into
             it
             slowly
             ,
             will
             yet
             do
             it
             if
             digested
             in
             a
             heat
             like
             that
             of
             the
             Stomach
             ;
             but
             Wines
             are
             not
             manifestly
             Acid
             ,
             unless
             they
             taste
             four
             ;
             and
             the
             Vegetables
             he
             talks
             of
             are
             nameless
             .
          
           
             He
             says
             farther
             ,
             pag.
             27.
             
               to
               convince
               me
               that
               the
               Saliva
               acts
               as
               an
               Acid
               ,
               he
               will
               enquire
               what
               Juices
               are
               brought
               into
               the
               Stomach
               to
               cause
               Hunger
               ,
               and
               he
               can
               find
               none
               but
               the
               Saliva
               ;
               therefore
               he
               concludes
               Hunger
               is
               caus'd
               by
               the
               Juice
               strain'd
               from
               the
               salival
               glands
               ,
               and
               in
               Fevers
               ,
               when
               that
               Moisture
               is
               deficient
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               desire
               of
               Food
               ;
               and
               also
               that
               Lemons
               and
               Oranges
               cause
               Hunger
               ;
               and
               if
               Hunger
               is
               caus'd
               only
               by
               Acids
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               me
               prove
               what
               Juice
               is
               brought
               into
               the
               Stomach
               from
               any
               other
               Part
               that
               yields
               more
               Acid.
            
             The
             Gentleman
             is
             so
             profound
             at
             Reasoning
             ,
             one
             must
             sometimes
             have
             a
             long
             Line
             to
             fish
             for
             his
             Arguments
             .
             Come
             on
             then
             ,
             let
             us
             try
             to
             catch
             this
             .
             The
             Saliva
             acts
             as
             an
             Acid
             ;
             and
             why
             ?
             because
             he
             can
             find
             no
             other
             Juice
             brought
             into
             the
             Stomach
             to
             cause
             Hunger
             ;
             and
             if
             Hunger
             is
             caus'd
             only
             by
             Acids
             ,
             I
             must
             prove
             some
             other
             Juice
             brought
             in
             from
             some
             other
             Part
             that
             yields
             more
             .
             Well
             ,
             but
             if
             Hunger
             is
             not
             caus●d
             by
             Acids
             ,
             or
             by
             Juices
             ,
             and
             he
             has
             prov'd
             neither
             ,
             then
             the
             Argument
             is
             gone
             .
             Yes
             ,
             but
             Lemons
             and
             Oranges
             cause
             Hunger
             ;
             then
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             the
             Saliva
             may
             be
             excus'd
             from
             that
             Office
             ,
             since
             Acid
             Doctors
             are
             so
             ready
             to
             convey
             them
             in
             .
             I
             wish
             they
             don't
             breed
             a
             Famine
             .
             But
             in
             Fevers
             ,
             when
             the
             Saliva
             is
             wanting
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             Appetite
             .
             But
             't
             is
             no
             matter
             ,
             since
             Lemons
             and
             Oranges
             are
             more
             sharp
             than
             the
             Saliva
             it self
             ,
             for
             the
             very
             thoughts
             of
             them
             ,
             will
             put
             a
             Man's
             Mouth
             in
             disorder
             .
             But
             if
             one
             may
             speak
             freely
             
             to
             a
             Gentle
             man
             ,
             I
             must
             tell
             him
             ,
             a
             Clown
             would
             have
             given
             a
             better
             Reason
             of
             Hunger
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             caus'd
             most
             commonly
             by
             want
             of
             Victuals
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             swallowing
             ones
             Spittle
             ,
             or
             eating
             Lemons
             and
             Oranges
             ;
             for
             if
             one
             do
             neither
             ,
             yet
             Fasting
             will
             bring
             that
             sense
             ;
             and
             if
             one
             can
             get
             neither
             Lemons
             nor
             Oranges
             ,
             the
             want
             of
             a
             Breakfast
             or
             two
             ,
             will
             make
             one
             have
             a
             Stomach
             to
             ones
             Dinner
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             comes
             to
             prove
             Mr.
             
             Colebatch's
             Opinion
             ,
             
               that
               there
               are
               some
               Vessels
               passing
               from
               the
               bottom
               of
               the
               Stomach
               to
               the
               Kidneys
               ;
               and
               he
               confesses
               he
               could
               never
               find
               them
               in
               all
               the
               Bodies
               he
               hath
               dissected
               .
            
             I
             believe
             so
             .
             Gentlemen
             don't
             use
             to
             dissect
             Bodies
             very
             oft
             ;
             but
             yet
             to
             
               prove
               these
               undiscover'd
               Canula's
            
             ,
             he
             gives
             us
             the
             Authority
             of
             several
             Stories
             ;
             
               one
               of
               a
               Man
               that
               voided
               by
               Urine
               great
               quantities
               of
               Herbs
               ,
               and
               two
               Pills
               .
               Of
               another
               that
               voided
               a
               leaden
               Bullet
               the
               same
               way
               .
               And
               of
               a
               third
               ,
               that
               pissed
               the
               Stones
               of
               Raisins
               .
               Of
               others
               that
               piss'd
               Needles
               ,
               Alkekengi
               ,
               and
               Melon-Seeds
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               besides
               he
               has
               observed
               the
               Urine
               has
               been
               perfum'd
               in
               10
               or
               12
               Minutes
               ,
               by
               eating
               Asparagus
               ,
               or
               taking
               Oyl
               of
               Turpentine
               .
            
             Now
             ,
             say
             I
             ,
             if
             we
             admit
             these
             Stories
             to
             be
             true
             as
             to
             matter
             of
             fact
             ,
             it
             does
             not
             prove
             these
             undiscover'd
             Passages
             ,
             unless
             the
             Gentleman
             could
             prove
             that
             these
             things
             could
             pass
             no
             other
             way
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             those
             things
             that
             may
             be
             suppos'd
             to
             pass
             through
             very
             small
             Passages
             ,
             there
             are
             such
             discover'd
             ,
             thro'
             which
             they
             are
             more
             like
             to
             pass
             ,
             than
             thro'
             these
             that
             are
             so
             very
             small
             ,
             if
             any
             ,
             that
             no
             Body
             could
             ever
             see
             them
             .
             But
             perhaps
             there
             is
             some
             Law
             in
             Nature
             ,
             that
             those
             Passengers
             that
             are
             permitted
             to
             go
             the
             short
             way
             to
             the
             Kidneys
             ,
             must
             shut
             the
             Door
             after
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Gent.
             is
             not
             pleas'd
             ,
             pag
             30
             ,
             and
             31.
             that
             I
             assign
             a
             considerable
             use
             to
             the
             Gall
             ;
             but
             he
             has
             either
             not
             considerately
             read
             ,
             or
             mis-represented
             what
             I
             said
             
             of
             it
             .
             He
             says
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Dung
               affording
               a
               fixt
               Salt
            
             (
             as
             I
             told
             him
             )
             
               like
               that
               obtain'd
               from
               the
               Bile
               ,
               and
               the
               Chyle
               not
               appearing
               ting'd
               with
               Greenness
               ,
               nor
               Milk
               yielding
               any
               such
               fixt
               Salt
               ,
               are
               indications
               that
               the
               Gall
               is
               carried
               down
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Excrements
               ,
               but
               not
               mix'd
               with
               the
               Chyle
               ;
               neither
               ,
               thinks
               he
               ,
               will
               the
               narrowness
               of
               the
            
             Venae
             Lacteae
             
               admit
               so
               thick
               a
               Liquor
               as
               the
               Gall.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             say
             that
             the
             Gall
             was
             carried
             into
             the
             
               Venae
               Lecteae
            
             ,
             and
             mix'd
             with
             the
             Chyle
             there
             ,
             tho'
             it
             must
             be
             thought
             to
             receive
             its
             supply
             that
             way
             ;
             as
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             Juices
             of
             the
             Body
             do
             .
             But
             any
             one
             will
             confess
             (
             except
             he
             that
             thinks
             himself
             bound
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             to
             defend
             a
             senseless
             Error
             )
             that
             the
             Gall
             cannot
             issue
             forth
             into
             the
             Duodenum
             ,
             without
             being
             mixed
             with
             the
             Chyle
             ,
             where
             it
             may
             very
             profitably
             seize
             the
             inimical
             Acid
             ,
             and
             carry
             it
             out
             at
             the
             Back-door
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gent.
             goes
             on
             to
             defame
             this
             notable
             Part
             in
             the
             vital
             Machine
             ,
             and
             if
             what
             he
             says
             of
             it
             were
             true
             ,
             one
             might
             think
             the
             Body
             might
             have
             been
             contriv'd
             better
             ,
             than
             that
             such
             an
             Enemy
             should
             be
             placed
             in
             so
             inward
             a
             Recess
             ,
             at
             liberty
             to
             disgorge
             its
             Venom
             into
             the
             nutritious
             Juice
             .
             And
             he
             possitively
             affirms
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Gall●s
               presence
               in
               the
               Guts
               can
               be
               of
               no
               use
               ,
               but
               to
               be
               in
               a
               way
               of
               being
               ejected
               by
               Stool
               .
            
             If
             it
             
               can
               be
            
             of
             no
             use
             we
             can●t
             help
             it
             .
             But
             the
             Gent.
             hath
             not
             proved
             it
             usless
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               If
               it
               be
               detain'd
               in
               the
               Guts
               ,
               the
               consequences
               are
               dismal
               ,
               yet
               if
               any
               quantities
               pass
               downwards
               ,
               a
               ▪
               Diarrhea
               ensues
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             'T
             is
             dismal
             indeed
             ,
             that
             whether
             it
             stay
             or
             go
             its
             morbous
             effects
             are
             inevitable
             .
             I
             thought
             he
             said
             't
             was
             all
             to
             be
             ejected
             by
             Stool
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             go
             that
             way
             we
             must
             have
             a
             Flux
             .
             When
             the
             Bile
             is
             brought
             into
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             I
             agree
             with
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             it
             causes
             Disorders
             ;
             but
             Viscera
             ,
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ,
             I
             think
             is
             a
             new
             name
             for
             the
             Stomach
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               it
               may
               be
               known
               that
               the
               Colick
               ,
            
             
             Iliaca
             Passio
             ,
             
               Diarrhea
               ,
               are
               Symptoms
               produced
               from
               that
               Juice
               by
               the
               Excrements
               being
               ting'd
               therewith
               .
            
             But
             I
             say
             that
             is
             not
             a
             sufficient
             Argument
             ,
             but
             these
             Symptoms
             may
             be
             caus'd
             by
             too
             much
             Acid
             ,
             wherewith
             it
             is
             loaded
             ,
             and
             he
             should
             have
             used
             another
             Sense
             beside
             Seeing
             ,
             to
             know
             whether
             the
             Gall
             were
             too
             much
             in
             the
             mixture
             ;
             I
             believe
             he
             would
             hardly
             taste
             it
             bitter
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             goes
             on
             to
             accuse
             the
             wickedness
             of
             the
             Gall
             ,
             pag.
             32.
             in
             two
             instances
             ,
             
               One
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               he
               help'd
               to
               dissect
               ,
               having
               many
               defects
               in
               him
               ,
               but
               particularly
               that
               the
               Gall-Bladder
               was
               empty
               .
               Another
               of
               a
               Child
               ,
               who
               had
               the
               same
               Defects
               .
            
             But
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             the
             Relations
             ,
             if
             true
             ,
             that
             will
             prove
             that
             those
             Defects
             found
             in
             the
             Bodies
             were
             caus'd
             by
             too
             much
             Gall
             ,
             rather
             than
             that
             they
             were
             occasion'd
             by
             too
             little
             ;
             so
             I
             shall
             pass
             it
             ,
             only
             taking
             notice
             of
             two
             things
             remarkable
             .
             1.
             
             That
             Gentlemen
             may
             dissect
             one
             another
             .
             2.
             
             That
             if
             it
             be
             true
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             
               that
               those
               Bodies
               stink
               soonest
               ,
               in
               whom
               the
               Gall
               Bladder
               is
               found
               empty
               ,
            
             then
             the
             Gall
             must
             needs
             be
             allow'd
             to
             be
             at
             least
             a
             preservative
             against
             Corruption
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             comes
             to
             Arguments
             ,
             
               to
               convince
               us
               that
               Acids
               are
               admitted
               into
               the
               Blood
            
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             does
             ,
             by
             
               putting
               us
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               Pancreatick
               Juice
               ,
               which
               ,
            
             he
             says
             ,
             
               is
               manifestly
               acid
               to
               the
               tast
               .
               And
               the
               Chyle
               taken
               from
               the
            
             Venae
             Lactae
             
               of
               a
               Dog
               he
               tasted
               manifestly
               Acid
               ,
               when
               it
               has
               been
               kept
               some
               time
               ;
               and
               from
               Milk's
               turning
               sour
               .
            
             But
             he
             had
             no
             need
             to
             prove
             that
             against
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             said
             the
             Gall
             kept
             out
             all
             the
             Acid
             ,
             but
             only
             hindred
             that
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             otherwise
             would
             ,
             goes
             not
             in
             .
             But
             as
             for
             discerning
             the
             acidity
             of
             the
             Pancreatick
             Juice
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Dog
             's
             Chyle
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             had
             stood
             ,
             (
             and
             turned
             sour
             )
             by
             his
             Taste
             ;
             it
             is
             no
             good
             evidence
             ,
             because
             he
             takes
             so
             many
             Acid
             Draughts
             in
             a
             day
             ,
             that
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             I
             doubt
             ,
             can
             hardly
             
             ever
             be
             free
             from
             a
             sour
             relish
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             had
             not
             better
             reason
             than
             his
             Evidence
             ,
             we
             should
             doubt
             of
             the
             Pancreatick
             Juices
             Acidity
             .
          
           
             The
             Gent.
             has
             a
             farther
             attempt
             ,
             pag.
             35.
             to
             take
             off
             what
             I
             said
             ,
             as
             to
             Acids
             coagulating
             and
             corrupting
             Blood
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             Skin
             ,
             Tendons
             ,
             &c.
             and
             he
             tells
             us
             again
             ,
             
               my
               Experiments
               were
               tryed
               a
               fallacious
               way
               ,
               for
               the
               Oyl
               of
               Vitriol
               alone
               will
               coagulate
               Blood
               when
               it
               's
               cold
               ,
               and
               a
               separation
               made
               of
               its
               grumous
               Parts
               from
               the
               Serum
               ,
               yet
               if
               it
               be
               diluted
               in
               a
               proper
               quantity
               of
               an
               aqueous
               Vehicle
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               method
               of
               giving
               such
               Acids
               ,
               it
               will
               preserve
               the
               Blood
               fluid
               ,
               and
               free
               from
               Putrefaction
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             will
             coagulate
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             alter
             its
             due
             Texture
             ,
             before
             there
             is
             a
             separation
             made
             of
             the
             Serum
             ,
             yea
             ,
             while
             in
             the
             Veins
             ,
             if
             injected
             ;
             and
             in
             all
             reason
             that
             which
             will
             coagulate
             much
             in
             such
             or
             such
             a
             quantity
             ,
             will
             do
             it
             a
             little
             in
             a
             small
             quantity
             .
             But
             Water
             will
             certainly
             dilute
             and
             make
             thin
             the
             Blood
             ;
             and
             perhaps
             two
             ounces
             of
             Water
             will
             do
             more
             to
             thin
             the
             Blood
             ,
             than
             two
             or
             three
             drops
             of
             oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             to
             thicken
             it
             ,
             if
             they
             always
             accompany
             one
             another
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             think
             it
             possible
             to
             give
             so
             much
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             in
             at
             the
             Mouth
             as
             is
             enough
             to
             coagulate
             the
             mass
             of
             Blood
             in
             the
             Veins
             ,
             without
             killing
             by
             something
             it
             will
             do
             before
             it
             comes
             there
             ;
             but
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             things
             ,
             being
             not
             subject
             to
             the
             ferments
             of
             our
             Bodies
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             easily
             carried
             off
             by
             our
             Heat
             as
             Water
             ,
             if
             they
             come
             into
             the
             Blood
             ,
             must
             have
             their
             Being
             some
             where
             or
             other
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             six
             and
             adhere
             to
             any
             particular
             Part
             ,
             may
             cause
             a
             small
             Coagulation
             there
             ,
             or
             by
             thickning
             the
             Blood
             retard
             its
             motion
             ,
             or
             by
             retarding
             its
             motion
             thicken
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             give
             occasion
             to
             some
             stoppage
             in
             some
             small
             Veins
             ;
             and
             wherever
             the
             Blood
             stagnates
             it
             will
             be
             coagulated
             and
             corrupted
             ,
             tho'
             the
             thing
             that
             caus'd
             the
             Stagnation
             were
             not
             the
             immediate
             cause
             of
             
             the
             Coagulation
             and
             Corruption
             .
             But
             if
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             and
             such
             Acids
             be
             so
             excellent
             to
             thin
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             consequently
             accellerate
             its
             Motions
             ,
             I
             would
             know
             what
             Gentlemen
             give
             it
             for
             in
             Feavers
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Distempers
             ,
             rather
             than
             Sp.
             of
             Sal.
             Armon
             .
             which
             will
             do
             so
             ;
             if
             it
             cools
             ,
             I
             should
             think
             it
             is
             by
             retarding
             the
             rapid
             Motion
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             Blood
             run
             slow
             it
             is
             more
             apt
             to
             Coagulate
             .
             But
             perhaps
             Gentlemen
             Acidists
             give
             it
             not
             ,
             because
             it
             retards
             ,
             or
             accelerates
             the
             Blood
             ,
             thickens
             it
             ,
             or
             thins
             it
             ,
             cools
             it
             or
             heats
             it
             ,
             but
             merely
             because
             it
             is
             an
             Acid
             ,
             and
             will
             do
             every
             thing
             ,
             and
             that
             because
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             says
             ,
             Acids
             are
             the
             only
             Medicines
             that
             cure
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             he
             is
             sure
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             tho'
             he
             does
             no
             more
             Cures
             ,
             except
             deadly
             ones
             ,
             than
             others
             )
             and
             his
             little
             Satelites
             must
             say
             so
             ,
             tho'
             neither
             he
             nor
             they
             can
             tell
             how
             it
             Operates
             ,
             or
             why
             they
             give
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gent.
             urges
             farther
             ,
             
               that
               2
               Ounces
               of
               Sp.
               of
               Niter
               in
               a
               convenient
               quantity
               of
               Water
               ,
            
             (
             what
             that
             is
             he
             wont
             tell
             us
             )
             
               preserved
               an
               Embrio
               .
               And
               't
               is
               the
               Acid
               of
               Salt
               preserves
               Flesh
               and
               Fish
               from
               Putrefaction
               :
               For
               if
               you
               divest
               the
               Salt
               of
               its
               Acid
               ,
               what
               remains
               will
               never
               do
               the
               business
               .
               Vinegar
               and
               Salt
               preserve
               Cucumbers
               ,
               Capers
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             I
             answer
             ,
             2
             Ounces
             of
             Sp.
             of
             Sal.
             Armon
             or
             of
             a
             ●ixivium
             ,
             yea
             or
             Bittern
             ,
             that
             wicked
             thing
             ,
             in
             a
             convenient
             quantity
             of
             Water
             ,
             will
             do
             as
             much
             ,
             or
             more
             ;
             but
             why
             ?
             Not
             because
             they
             are
             call'd
             Acid
             or
             Alkali
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             are
             saline
             Bodies
             ,
             which
             in
             such
             quantities
             hinder
             Fermentation
             .
             So
             Sea
             Salt
             ,
             not
             because
             it
             is
             call'd
             an
             Acid
             ,
             or
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             or
             a
             S●●sum
             ,
             but
             because
             it
             hinders
             that
             inward
             motion
             of
             the
             particles
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             &c.
             that
             would
             bring
             it
             to
             Corruption
             .
             But
             whether
             what
             remains
             ,
             will
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             when
             Sea
             Salt
             is
             divested
             of
             its
             Acid
             ,
             Mr.
             Acid
             ,
             nor
             his
             Gentleman
             ever
             tryed
             :
             For
             I
             must
             tell
             them
             what
             I
             find
             they
             are
             ignorant
             of
             ,
             
             that
             Sea
             Salt
             will
             be
             distill'd
             all
             into
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             be
             reduced
             all
             into
             Sea
             Salt
             again
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             homogeneous
             a
             Body
             .
             But
             perhaps
             he
             means
             the
             Earth
             ,
             with
             which
             it
             is
             distill'd
             ,
             will
             not
             do
             .
             It
             is
             from
             the
             same
             reason
             that
             Salt
             and
             Vinegar
             preserve
             Cucumbers
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             yet
             I
             believe
             ,
             if
             the
             Gentleman
             or
             his
             Physician
             either
             ,
             were
             kept
             a
             little
             while
             in
             such
             pickle
             ,
             he
             would
             find
             it
             not
             very
             friendly
             to
             the
             vital
             Frame
             ,
             tho'
             it
             might
             keep
             them
             from
             stinking
             .
          
           
             Our
             Gentleman
             ,
             pag.
             36.
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             I
             said
             ,
             
               that
               Animals
               that
               yield
               half
               their
               weight
               of
               Acid
               Liquor
               ,
               will
               putrefie
               sooner
               than
               others
               ,
               that
               abound
               with
               more
               Alkali
               .
               But
               he
               can't
               conceive
               what
               Animals
               these
               should
               be
               .
            
             No
             wonder
             a
             Gentlemen
             is
             unacquainted
             with
             the
             
               Materia
               Medica
            
             ,
             that
             can't
             recite
             what
             I
             said
             :
             For
             I
             did
             not
             say
             sooner
             than
             others
             ,
             but
             as
             soon
             ,
             or
             sooner
             than
             some
             others
             ;
             not
             that
             abound
             with
             more
             Alkali
             ,
             but
             that
             abound
             with
             Alkali
             ;
             for
             those
             Animals
             don't
             abound
             with
             Alkali
             ,
             but
             with
             Acid.
             But
             tho'
             he
             grants
             what
             I
             said
             ,
             it
             won't
             follow
             says
             he
             ,
             
               That
               their
               Putrefaction
               is
               caus'd
               by
               the
               great
               quantity
               of
               Acids
            
             ;
             true
             ,
             I
             never
             argued
             so
             ,
             for
             Acid
             is
             their
             proper
             Nature
             ;
             but
             notwithstanding
             they
             are
             such
             sour
             Fellows
             ,
             they
             will
             corrupt
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             his
             Assertion
             ,
             
               that
               it
               were
               impossible
               that
               Bodies
               full
               of
               Acid
               shuld
               putrifie
               .
            
             But
             
               he
               thinks
               the
               Animals
               putrified
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               deprivation
               of
               their
               Acid
               ,
               it
               going
               off
               in
               Effluvia
               .
            
             But
             he
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             crose
             stopp'd
             in
             a
             Glass
             ,
             and
             perspire
             much
             more
             when
             alive
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             goes
             on
             to
             make
             the
             same
             mistakes
             ,
             asserting
             
               that
               I
               said
               Vegetabl●s
               that
               yield
               most
               Acid
               ,
               and
               Oyl
               ,
               will
               rot
               sooner
               than
               others
            
             ;
             when
             I
             said
             as
             soon
             ,
             or
             sooner
             than
             some
             others
             ;
             
               and
               that
               Crabs
               ,
               Oranges
               and
               Lemons
               will
               rot
               sooner
               than
               Apples
               ,
               that
               are
               not
               so
               sour
            
             ;
             when
             I
             said
             sooner
             than
             some
             Apples
             that
             are
             not
             
             sour
             ▪
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Experience
               informs
               us
               how
               false
               this
               Assertion
               is
               ;
               for
               Lemons
               are
               preserved
               longer
               than
               Apples
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               putrifie
               but
               when
               bruised
               ;
               and
               Lemon-pill
               will
               be
               preserved
               many
               Years
               by
               drying
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             Lemons
             are
             preserved
             longer
             than
             some
             Apples
             ,
             but
             not
             than
             others
             ;
             and
             thanks
             to
             their
             Peel
             ,
             which
             according
             to
             the
             Acid
             Doctors
             should
             rot
             first
             ,
             being
             less
             Acid.
             He
             adds
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             kept
             a
             Vegetable
             2
             Years
             in
             Water
             ,
             acidulated
             with
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             ,
             sound
             and
             entire
             .
             I
             believe
             it
             may
             be
             true
             ,
             if
             try'd
             on
             some
             sort
             of
             Vegetables
             .
             But
             he
             concludes
             ,
             
               with
               a
               defiance
               to
               shew
               him
               an
               Alkali
               ,
               Volatile
               or
               fixt
               ,
               that
               will
               preserve
               Animals
               ,
               or
               Vegetables
               from
               Putrefaction
               ,
            
             tho'
             I
             gave
             him
             2
             or
             3
             in
             the
             same
             Leaf
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             give
             him
             another
             ,
             if
             I
             thought
             he
             would
             still
             believe
             Bittern
             ,
             that
             wicked
             thing
             ,
             to
             be
             an
             Alkali
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             comes
             ,
             pag.
             37.
             at
             length
             to
             Alum
             ,
             and
             he
             is
             not
             contented
             ,
             that
             I
             said
             Alum
             is
             not
             an
             Acid
             ,
             nor
             has
             the
             effects
             of
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             it
             turns
             Syr.
             of
             Violets
             green
             ,
             and
             that
             Alum
             is
             us'd
             in
             making
             Leather
             ,
             on
             the
             account
             of
             its
             astringency
             .
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             is
             of
             another
             Opinion
             ,
             
               for
               he
               finds
               't
               is
               the
               Chalky
               substance
               in
               Alum
               turns
               the
               Syr.
               green
               :
            
             But
             his
             reason
             is
             no
             better
             than
             this
             ,
             
               that
               the
               Acid
               Sp.
               will
               turn
               the
               Syr.
               red
            
             ;
             very
             good
             ;
             but
             I
             spake
             of
             the
             whole
             compound
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             it
             turns
             the
             Syr.
             green
             ,
             and
             the
             Gentleman
             says
             it
             is
             ,
             because
             one
             part
             of
             the
             product
             turns
             it
             red
             .
             But
             I
             have
             Master
             Colebatch
             on
             my
             side
             ,
             who
             says
             ,
             
               those
               things
               that
               turn
               the
               Syr.
               green
               are
               manifest
               Alkalies
               ,
               or
               abound
               with
               Alkalies
               .
            
             But
             as
             for
             the
             Leather-dressing
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             '
             
               t
               is
               the
               Acid
               part
               in
               Alum
               ,
               makes
               the
               Skins
               compact
               ,
               because
               if
               the
               Acid
               be
               separated
               ,
               the
               remaining
               part
               will
               be
               of
               no
               such
               use
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             if
             these
             parts
             be
             separated
             ,
             neither
             will
             be
             of
             use
             ,
             the
             
               Caput
               Mort.
            
             will
             do
             nothing
             ,
             and
             the
             Acid
             will
             spoil
             the
             Skins
             .
             I
             'll
             appeal
             to
             
             our
             Country-man
             ,
             Mr.
             Yardly
             ,
             the
             Philosophical
             Glover
             whether
             ever
             he
             dress'd
             Leather
             with
             Spirit
             of
             Alum
             .
          
           
             He
             says
             ,
             
               he
               can
               easily
               answer
               for
               the
               rotting
               of
               Coffins
               ,
               when
               the
               Bones
               that
               abound
               with
               Alkali
               remain
               firm
               ;
               the
               rottenness
               is
               produced
               by
               the
               Alkalous
               Flesh
               ,
               and
               Juices
               of
               the
               Cadaver
               ,
               entring
               the
               Pores
               of
               the
               Wood
               ,
               but
               the
               hardness
               of
               the
               Cortex
               of
               the
               Bones
               ,
               having
               smaller
               Pores
               than
               Wood
               ,
               will
               not
               so
               readily
               admit
               the
               Alkalous
               Essluvia
               .
            
             But
             I
             answer
             ,
             if
             Bones
             had
             any
             thing
             call'd
             a
             Cortex
             ,
             and
             that
             were
             so
             compact
             ,
             and
             there
             were
             not
             very
             large
             and
             numerous
             Pores
             in
             the
             Bones
             ,
             yet
             one
             would
             think
             the
             Alkali
             already
             in
             their
             most
             intmate
             recesses
             ,
             and
             wherein
             they
             are
             digested
             from
             without
             ,
             should
             rot
             them
             sooner
             than
             the
             Coffins
             that
             have
             it
             on
             one
             side
             only
             ,
             and
             are
             guarded
             within
             and
             without
             ,
             with
             the
             mighty
             preserver
             Acid.
             
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             replies
             to
             what
             I
             asserted
             ,
             that
             Acids
             are
             not
             the
             only
             things
             that
             will
             quench
             thirst
             in
             Diseases
             ,
             for
             Niter
             will
             sooner
             do
             it
             .
             
               That
               he
               knows
               by
               Experience
               if
               you
               take
               from
               Niter
               what
               is
               Acid
               ,
               the
               remaining
               substance
               will
               not
               quench
               Thirst
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             ,
             the
             Earth
             with
             which
             Niter
             is
             distill●d
             will
             not
             quench
             Thirst
             .
             If
             you
             take
             from
             Niter
             ,
             what
             will
             by
             distillation
             be
             made
             an
             Acid
             ,
             you
             take
             all
             away
             ;
             for
             it
             will
             all
             come
             over
             in
             Spirit
             ,
             but
             Niter
             given
             in
             a
             proper
             Vehicle
             will
             quench
             Thirst
             much
             better
             than
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             Pag.
             39.
             
             The
             Gentleman
             has
             done
             ungenteelly
             by
             me
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             in
             several
             other
             places
             ,
             for
             he
             says
             ,
             that
             I
             say
             ,
             
               Oyl
               of
               Vitriol
               is
               a
               noble
               Medicine
               in
               Feavers
               ,
               and
               he
               agrees
               with
               me
            
             ;
             when
             as
             I
             said
             to
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             grant
             that
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             might
             be
             ,
             the
             best
             Medicine
             in
             continual
             Feavers
             he
             knew
             ;
             but
             I
             knew
             a
             better
             ,
             and
             that
             an
             Alkali
             .
          
           
             He
             makes
             me
             agree
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             says
             he
             agrees
             with
             me
             ,
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             is
             far
             from
             
             a
             noble
             Medicine
             ,
             so
             is
             Com.
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             from
             what
             may
             be
             made
             of
             Vitriol
             .
             
               But
               he
               will
               believe
               that
               the
               Medicine
               ,
               I
               say
               I
               have
               that
               is
               better
               ,
               is
               an
               Acid
               ;
               unless
               I
               will
               produce
               it
               .
            
             But
             truly
             I
             can't
             help
             it
             if
             he
             will
             believe
             so
             ;
             for
             I
             suppose
             good
             Medicine
             ,
             and
             Acid
             are
             Synonymous
             with
             him
             :
             and
             whatever
             is
             proved
             to
             be
             good
             ,
             is
             to
             him
             sufficiently
             proved
             to
             be
             an
             Acid.
             But
             my
             Medicine
             is
             already
             produced
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             or
             any
             other
             civil
             Gentleman
             will
             come
             to
             me
             ,
             he
             shall
             taste
             it
             .
             The
             Gentleman
             says
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             Page
             ,
             
               That
               the
               use
               of
               Acids
               in
               the
               small
               Pox
               is
               now
               so
               generally
               believed
               and
               practis'd
               ,
               that
               he
               need-not
               trouble
               us
               with
               Arguments
               from
               that
               Topick
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             very
             poor
             Topick
             to
             prove
             the
             goodness
             of
             a
             thing
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             generally
             used
             ,
             (
             but
             I
             suppose
             he
             means
             by
             the
             Acid
             Doctors
             )
             and
             he
             might
             have
             told
             us
             Whores
             are
             now
             generally
             used
             for
             the
             great
             Pox
             ,
             and
             have
             added
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             seldom
             cured
             without
             them
             .
             
               His
               story
               which
               he
               subjoyns
               of
               the
               success
               of
               Acids
               in
               the
               small
               Pox
               ,
            
             I
             shall
             believe
             to
             be
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ,
             a
             Storys
             not
             questioning
             the
             veracity
             of
             his
             Author
             ,
             or
             his
             skill
             ,
             who
             never
             imagin'd
             that
             Acids
             would
             cure
             a
             Disease
             .
          
           
             In
             answer
             to
             my
             Assertion
             ,
             That
             Alkalies
             ,
             when
             in
             Solution
             ,
             are
             not
             coagulated
             alone
             ,
             but
             by
             meeting
             with
             Acids
             ;
             and
             so
             that
             the
             Chalky
             Matter
             in
             the
             Gout
             will
             not
             prove
             the
             Disease
             caus'd
             by
             Alkali
             ,
             rather
             than
             Acid
             ;
             he
             replys
             ,
             pag.
             81.
             
             
               That
               alkalous
               Salts
               ,
               when
               insolution
               are
               coagulated
               with
               what
               I
               call
               Alkalies
               ;
               for
               Volatile
               Alkalies
               will
               embody
               with
               Copper
               ,
               and
               make
               what
               is
               call'd
               Salt
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               if
               suffered
               to
               stand
               in
               the
               cold
               for
               a
               Month.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             This
             instance
             is
             not
             a
             thing
             whereof
             he
             informs
             us
             ,
             only
             I
             was
             used
             to
             think
             Copper
             dissolved
             was
             not
             Salt
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             but
             if
             he
             has
             found
             Copper
             enough
             in
             gouty
             Persons
             to
             coagulate
             the
             Alkali
             in
             their
             Blood
             ;
             we
             will
             acknowledge
             
             he
             hath
             discover'd
             a
             Mine
             ;
             but
             I
             am
             apt
             to
             think
             he
             can
             find
             nothing
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             Man
             that
             is
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             that
             will
             coagulate
             the
             Spirit
             of
             his
             Blood.
             But
             he
             says
             farther
             ,
             
               That
               Sp.
               of
               Sal.
               Armon
               .
               being
               an
               Alkali
               in
               solution
               ,
               will
               in
               distillation
               so
               unite
               it self
               with
               Lime
               a
               fixt
               Alkali
               ,
               that
               he
               shall
               never
               be
               able
               to
               separate
               any
               Volatile
               Alkali
               Salt
               from
               it
               again
               .
               Indeed
               it
               may
               have
               the
               smell
               of
               a
               Volatile
               Alkali
               ,
               but
               no
               Salt
               is
               to
               be
               got
               from
               it
               ,
               as
               may
               be
               seen
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               be
               3
               or
               4
               times
               distill'd
               from
               Lime
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               so
               far
               from
               what
               we
               call
               an
               Alkali
               ,
               that
               it
               shall
               make
               no
               ebullition
               with
               a
               manifest
               Acid.
            
             I
             answer
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             the
             Volatile
             Alkali
             does
             not
             unite
             it self
             with
             Lime
             ;
             if
             it
             did
             ,
             it
             would
             either
             become
             a
             fixt
             ,
             or
             the
             Lime
             a
             Volatile
             ;
             neither
             of
             which
             is
             done
             ,
             but
             the
             Vol.
             Alkali
             is
             so
             alter'd
             by
             the
             Lime
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             better
             united
             with
             its
             Phlegm
             that
             holds
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             both
             rise
             together
             .
             But
             I
             will
             teach
             the
             Gentleman
             how
             to
             separate
             a
             dry
             Salt
             from
             them
             again
             ,
             when
             ever
             he
             is
             willing
             to
             practise
             Chymistry
             ,
             and
             thinks
             it
             will
             do
             him
             a
             kindness
             .
             But
             he
             gives
             an
             odd
             reason
             of
             this
             his
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             if
             3
             or
             4.
             times
             distill'd
             from
             Lime
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             so
             far
             from
             what
             we
             call
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             make
             an
             ebullition
             with
             Acids
             .
             But
             I
             say
             ,
             tho'
             it
             be
             so
             far
             from
             what
             Acid
             Gentlemen
             ,
             who
             don't
             believe
             their
             Senses
             call
             Alkali
             ,
             yet
             others
             will
             call
             it
             Alkali
             ,
             who
             know
             that
             ebullition
             with
             Acids
             is
             not
             the
             only
             thing
             that
             shews
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             for
             that
             very
             Sp.
             will
             destroy
             his
             Acids
             ,
             and
             be
             destroy'd
             so
             far
             as
             to
             make
             a
             Nuter
             ,
             but
             will
             not
             be
             irrecoverably
             lost
             .
          
           
             He
             says
             ,
             pag.
             42.
             
               that
               I
               grosly
               mistake
               what
            
             Offa
             alba
             is
             ,
             because
             I
             said
             it
             is
             a
             precipitation
             of
             the
             urinous
             Salt
             ,
             not
             a
             Coagulation
             of
             the
             urinous
             Spirit
             ,
             whereas
             
               it
               is
               as
               much
               in
               a
               Coagulum
               at
               the
               top
               ,
               as
               at
               the
               bottom
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             takes
             the
             notion
             of
             Precipitation
             only
             from
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             Word
             .
             But
             a
             thing
             is
             said
             to
             be
             insolution
             
             when
             the
             Particles
             are
             invisible
             in
             the
             Dissolvent
             ,
             but
             precipitated
             when
             they
             coalesce
             so
             as
             to
             be
             seen
             ,
             tho'
             being
             light
             they
             may
             not
             presently
             fall
             to
             the
             bottom
             .
             But
             a
             Coagulum
             of
             a
             vinous
             Sp.
             and
             urinous
             Salt
             into
             one
             Body
             he
             never
             saw
             ,
             or
             any
             such
             Union
             but
             what
             is
             separable
             .
          
           
             But
             however
             ,
             this
             
               Offa
               alba
            
             can't
             be
             made
             in
             the
             Veins
             ,
             to
             coagulate
             into
             Chalk
             in
             gouty
             Persons
             ,
             as
             his
             Master
             teaches
             him
             .
             He
             asks
             
               what
               I
               'll
               think
               of
               some
               he
               has
               seen
               drink
               high
               rectified
               Sp.
               of
               Wine
               ?
            
             I
             'll
             tell
             him
             ,
             they
             are
             no
             strange
             Fellows
             ,
             nor
             more
             gouty
             than
             others
             ;
             I
             have
             often
             done
             it
             ,
             and
             never
             had
             the
             Gout
             .
             The
             Blood
             is
             not
             an
             Alkalous
             Spirit
             to
             coagulate
             it
             ,
             nor
             can
             it
             be
             carried
             in
             through
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             without
             being
             weakned
             too
             much
             to
             do
             the
             feat
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             such
             a
             Spirit
             within
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             tells
             us
             a
             great
             Secret
             in
             Chymistry
             ,
             viz.
             That
             if
             the
             Alkalous
             Sp.
             be
             distill'd
             from
             testaceous
             Pouders
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             destroy'd
             .
             But
             I
             tell
             him
             he
             is
             mistaken
             ,
             he
             never
             saw
             the
             Alkalous
             Salt
             destroy'd
             in
             his
             Life
             .
             But
             then
             he
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               it
               will
               fix
               it self
            
             ;
             but
             I
             tell
             him
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             fixt
             it
             is
             not
             destroy'd
             ;
             if
             destroy'd
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             fix'd
             ;
             but
             I
             tell
             him
             he
             is
             mistaken
             in
             both
             ,
             and
             never
             saw
             a
             volatil
             Alkali
             fixt
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             a
             fixt
             one
             volatilized
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             comes
             ,
             pag.
             42.
             to
             something
             more
             weighty
             ,
             a
             very
             grand
             point
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             to
             do
             what
             his
             Master
             Colebatch
             could
             never
             do
             ,
             and
             yet
             it
             must
             be
             done
             ,
             or
             the
             Acidists
             must
             knock
             under
             board
             ,
             viz.
             to
             prove
             Iron
             an
             Acid.
             Iron
             they
             professedly
             use
             ,
             and
             nothing
             can
             be
             a
             good
             Medicine
             but
             an
             Acid
             they
             say
             ,
             therefore
             they
             are
             cast
             by
             their
             own
             Verdict
             ,
             unless
             Iron
             can
             be
             made
             an
             Acid
             ;
             help
             Neighbours
             !
             a
             Gentleman
             had
             need
             of
             commanding
             Requests
             to
             put
             him
             on
             this
             difficulty
             .
             Well
             let
             's
             see
             what
             Efforts
             he
             makes
             .
             Iron
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               making
               an
               Effervescence
               with
               
               an
               Acid
               ,
               is
               no
               more
               an
               argument
               that
               it
               is
               an
               Alkali
               ,
               than
               that
               Butter
               of
               Antimony
               (
               which
               is
               allow'd
               to
               be
               a
               strong
               Acid
               )
               is
               an
               Alkali
               ,
               because
               it
               makes
               an
               Effervescence
               with
               Sp.
               of
               Nitre
               or
               Vitriol
               ,
               which
               are
               Acids
               .
            
             I
             fancy
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             learnt
             Logick
             of
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             ,
             (
             altho'
             he
             would
             be
             thought
             to
             converse
             with
             him
             only
             in
             an
             epistolary
             way
             )
             he
             argues
             so
             like
             him
             .
             Let
             us
             feel
             the
             strength
             of
             this
             Argument
             .
             Butter
             of
             Antimony
             an
             allow'd
             Acid
             ,
             making
             an
             Effervescence
             with
             Sp.
             of
             Niter
             an
             Acid
             ,
             don't
             prove
             it
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             therefore
             Iron
             making
             an
             Effervescence
             with
             an
             Acid
             ,
             don't
             prove
             it
             an
             Alkali
             .
             But
             I
             say
             it
             don't
             follow
             ,
             but
             the
             Gentleman
             is
             to
             prove
             Iron
             an
             Acid
             ,
             and
             it
             s
             not
             being
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             not
             ,
             don't
             prove
             it
             an
             Acid
             ,
             unless
             there
             were
             nothing
             but
             Alkali
             and
             Acid
             ;
             and
             if
             its
             Effervescence
             don't
             prove
             it
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             much
             less
             does
             it
             prove
             it
             an
             Acid
             ;
             but
             I
             tell
             him
             Butter
             of
             Antimony
             does
             not
             effervesce
             with
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             of
             its
             Acidity
             ,
             but
             because
             of
             the
             Antimony
             in
             it
             not
             wholly
             dissolved
             ;
             the
             Butter
             is
             nothing
             but
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             ,
             and
             the
             body
             of
             the
             more
             metalline
             part
             of
             Antimony
             ,
             mixed
             by
             an
             imperfect
             Dissolution
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             Sp.
             of
             Nitre
             comes
             and
             dissolves
             it
             wholy
             ,
             it
             makes
             an
             Effervescence
             in
             dissolving
             it
             ,
             but
             with
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             alone
             it
             will
             not
             do
             so
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Iron
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             
               is
               not
               properly
               an
               absorber
               of
               Acids
               ,
               but
               of
               Salts
               in
               general
               ,
               for
               it
               will
               be
               dissolved
               by
               Acid
               ,
               Alkali
               ,
               or
            
             Sal
             nutrum
             .
             But
             I
             answer
             ,
             this
             don't
             prove
             it
             an
             Acid
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             so
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               if
               you
               put
               upon
               Filings
               of
               Iron
               a
               volatil
               Alkali
               ,
               there
               will
               a
               gentle
               Ebullition
               ensue
               .
            
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             very
             gentle
             certainly
             ,
             for
             I
             could
             never
             see
             it
             ,
             tho'
             I
             try'd
             it
             on
             purpose
             ;
             but
             perhaps
             't
             was
             an
             Ebullition
             caus'd
             by
             the
             Fire
             ,
             upon
             which
             Acid
             ,
             Alkali
             ,
             vinous
             ,
             oleous
             ,
             or
             watery
             Liquors
             ,
             yea
             or
             metalline
             ,
             will
             boyl
             .
             
               But
               to
               go
               a
               little
               farther
               ,
               in
               the
               matter
               ,
            
             says
             he
             ,
             
               and
               do
               something
               towards
               proving
               that
               Steel
               abounds
               with
               Acid
               and
               Sulphureous
               
               Particles
               ,
               which
               ,
            
             he
             says
             ,
             
               I
               deny
               ,
               and
               not
               with
               alkalous
               ,
               and
               so
               consequently
               ought
               to
               be
               call'd
               an
               Acid.
            
             The
             Gentleman
             here
             confesses
             he
             hath
             done
             nothing
             to
             it
             yet
             ,
             but
             now
             he
             is
             resolved
             to
             prove
             Iron
             abounds
             with
             Acid
             ,
             and
             sulphureous
             Particles
             ;
             but
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             the
             consequence
             will
             not
             be
             that
             it
             is
             an
             Acid
             if
             it
             do
             ,
             unless
             those
             Acid
             Particles
             are
             more
             than
             the
             rest
             .
             Well
             ,
             but
             first
             
               he
               will
               shew
               that
               Iron
               is
               very
               much
               impregnated
               with
               Sulphur
               ;
               and
               then
               prove
               ,
            
             contrary
             to
             my
             Assertion
             ,
             
               that
               there
               is
               a
               burning
               Brimstome
               to
               be
               obtain'd
               from
               it
               .
            
             Well
             this
             is
             a
             secret
             in
             Chymistry
             ,
             I
             long
             to
             be
             at
             it
             ;
             how
             is
             it
             done
             ?
             Why
             
               Filings
               of
               Steel
               flung
               through
               the
               Flame
               of
               a
               Candle
               will
               take
               fire
               sooner
               than
               Gunpowder
               ,
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               common
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               the
               violent
               motion
               of
               a
               Flint
               and
               Steel
               will
               do
               the
               same
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             shewn
             his
             Ignorance
             sufficiently
             here
             ;
             these
             Phaenomena
             are
             not
             the
             firing
             of
             any
             thing
             combustible
             in
             the
             Steel
             ,
             but
             only
             the
             heating
             small
             particles
             of
             the
             Mettal
             red
             hot
             ;
             the
             first
             by
             the
             flame
             of
             the
             Candle
             ,
             the
             second
             by
             the
             rapid
             stroke
             of
             the
             Flint
             ,
             striking
             off
             a
             particle
             of
             the
             Metal
             red
             hot
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             melted
             ,
             as
             it
             may
             be
             seen
             ,
             if
             caught
             on
             a
             piece
             of
             white
             Paper
             ,
             and
             viewed
             in
             a
             Microscope
             ;
             but
             the
             Metal
             will
             be
             found
             unaltered
             ;
             which
             ,
             if
             it
             were
             burnt
             ,
             would
             be
             otherwise
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Steel
             be
             softned
             it
             will
             not
             do
             ,
             the
             blow
             not
             meeting
             with
             so
             much
             resistance
             ,
             the
             Flint
             will
             strike
             off
             too
             much
             to
             take
             the
             heat
             .
          
           
             But
             again
             he
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             say
             ,
             
               that
               when
               the
               filings
               of
               Iron
               are
               in
               dissolution
               in
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               ,
               the
               Fumes
               that
               arise
               will
               take
               fire
               ;
               and
               if
               done
               in
               a
               convenient
               Glass
               ,
               and
               a
               lighted
               Paper
               held
               to
               the
               Fumes
               ,
               it
               will
               fulminate
               as
               loud
               as
               a
               Musquet
               ;
               and
               he
               hopes
               I
               am
               satisfied
               by
               this
               time
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               common
               Brimstone
               in
               Iron
               .
            
             Truly
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             yet
             satisfied
             ;
             I
             could
             never
             see
             the
             Fumes
             of
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             take
             fire
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             did
             ,
             it
             could
             be
             nothing
             of
             the
             Iron
             ,
             which
             won't
             rise
             in
             Fumes
             ,
             as
             any
             one
             may
             see
             by
             distilling
             the
             matter
             .
             An
             Explosion
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             may
             be
             ,
             if
             the
             Mouth
             of
             the
             Glass
             
             be
             too
             small
             ,
             or
             stopt
             ;
             and
             so
             there
             may
             be
             of
             any
             rarifiable
             Liquor
             .
             But
             if
             this
             won't
             do
             ,
             he
             is
             so
             kind
             as
             to
             give
             us
             a
             process
             to
             make
             Brimstone
             out
             of
             ron
             .
             Now
             he
             comes
             to
             something
             like
             a
             Tansie
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             write
             it
             down
             ▪
             Recip
             .
             Sal
             Martis
             ,
             
               dissolve
               it
               in
               common
               Water
               ,
               add
               Oyl
               of
               Tartar
               more
               than
               will
               precipitate
               the
               Iron
               ,
               evaporate
               all
               to
               dryness
               ,
               flux
               it
               with
               Carcoal
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               have
               a
               sulphureous
               Salt
               ,
               dissolve
               in
               Water
               ,
               and
               filter
               ,
               and
               with
               distill'd
               Vinegar
               ,
               or
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               ,
               you
               may
               precipitate
               a
               Sulphur
               that
               will
               burn
               and
               stink
               like
               common
               Sulphur
               .
            
             I
             thank
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             tell
             him
             ,
             this
             Sulphur
             comes
             not
             at
             all
             from
             the
             Iron
             .
             For
             first
             ,
             if
             his
             
               Sal
               Martis
            
             be
             that
             made
             with
             Spirit
             of
             Wine
             and
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             they
             will
             yield
             Sulphur
             enough
             without
             the
             Iron
             ;
             the
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             will
             coagulate
             the
             inflamable
             part
             of
             the
             Sp.
             of
             Wine
             into
             Brimstone
             .
             If
             it
             comes
             not
             hence
             ,
             the
             Oyl
             of
             Tartar
             has
             a
             Sulphur
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             all
             fixt
             Alkalies
             have
             more
             or
             less
             .
             If
             this
             won't
             do
             ,
             the
             Charchoal
             has
             enough
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             uses
             Vinegar
             to
             precipitate
             it
             ,
             that
             can
             spare
             a
             little
             .
             But
             let
             him
             take
             Iron
             ,
             and
             work
             on
             it
             how
             he
             will
             without
             any
             thing
             that
             can
             supply
             a
             combustible
             Body
             ,
             I
             defy
             him
             ,
             or
             a
             Horse
             with
             a
             bigger
             Head
             ,
             to
             get
             me
             a
             grain
             of
             Sulphur
             .
             So
             in
             his
             process
             of
             Tartar
             Vitriolat
             .
             and
             filings
             of
             Iron
             ,
             if
             true
             ,
             the
             Sulphur
             comes
             from
             the
             other
             things
             ,
             not
             the
             Iron
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               he
               has
               not
               mentioned
               the
               proportions
               of
               his
               Ingredients
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               talking
               to
               a
               Chymist
               .
            
             It
             seems
             he
             takes
             the
             Physician
             he
             writes
             to
             for
             a
             Chymist
             ,
             but
             he
             talks
             not
             like
             one
             ;
             for
             proportions
             of
             things
             necessary
             in
             order
             to
             divers
             resulting
             Products
             in
             Chymistry
             ,
             that
             a
             Man
             has
             not
             tried
             and
             observed
             ,
             are
             not
             hit
             easily
             by
             any
             Rules
             in
             Chymistry
             ,
             and
             in
             many
             Operations
             much
             depends
             on
             proportion
             .
             
               But
               if
               these
               Experiments
               won't
               prove
               a
               Sulphur
               in
               Iron
               ,
            
             he
             says
             ,
             
               he
               may
               chance
               to
               produce
               20
               more
               ,
               but
               these
               ,
               he
               supposes
               ,
               will
               satisfie
               the
               reasonable
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             suppose
             these
             were
             not
             his
             worst
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             produces
             no
             better
             ,
             40
             won't
             do
             to
             satisfie
             the
             skilful
             ,
             whatever
             the
             reasonable
             may
             think
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
             
               he
               must
               conclude
               Steel
               to
               be
               rather
               an
               Acid
               than
               an
               Alkali
               .
            
             That
             's
             his
             Misery
             ,
             that
             he
             must
             conclude
             it
             an
             Acid
             ,
             tho'
             none
             ever
             got
             an
             Acid
             from
             it
             .
             
               But
               if
               he
               can
               get
               a
               Sulphur
               from
               it
               ,
               he
               hopes
               none
               will
               doubt
               but
               he
               may
               also
               get
               an
               Acid
               in
               quantity
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             to
             conclude
             this
             mighty
             point
             ,
             if
             the
             Sulphur
             he
             supposes
             he
             gets
             from
             it
             ,
             were
             indeed
             from
             it
             ,
             t
             is
             so
             little
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             not
             denominate
             Steel
             a
             Sulphur
             ,
             and
             that
             Acid
             in
             the
             Sulphur
             is
             much
             less
             ,
             and
             would
             much
             less
             give
             Iron
             the
             title
             of
             an
             Acid.
             But
             let
             an
             honest
             Country
             man
             (
             Mr.
             Yardly
             if
             you
             please
             )
             taste
             filings
             of
             Steel
             ,
             not
             knowing
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             indeed
             produced
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             says
             it
             tastes
             sour
             ,
             I
             'll
             be
             an
             Assheadist
             .
          
           
             I
             thought
             I
             had
             done
             with
             Steel
             for
             this
             bout
             ,
             because
             something
             else
             comes
             next
             ,
             but
             I
             find
             there
             's
             another
             touch
             upon
             Steel
             afterwards
             ,
             so
             I
             'll
             go
             to
             that
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             dispatch
             all
             the
             martial
             Man's
             business
             together
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Gentleman
               tells
               us
               ,
               pag.
               46.
               
            
             I
             say
             the
             Doctor
             's
             Preparation
             of
             Steel
             with
             Sal
             Armon
             ▪
             is
             not
             made
             with
             an
             Acid
             ,
             and
             he
             thinks
             it
             is
             ;
             and
             to
             prove
             it
             ,
             
               says
               he
            
             ,
             if
             you
             make
             it
             in
             a
             Retort
             and
             a
             strong
             Fire
             ,
             nothing
             but
             an
             Alkali
             will
             rise
             ,
             and
             the
             Acid
             will
             remain
             with
             the
             Steel
             ;
             for
             if
             you
             take
             the
             
               Cap.
               Mort.
            
             and
             distill
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             nothing
             come
             over
             but
             a
             pure
             Acid
             ,
             of
             great
             use
             in
             Physick
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             at
             a
             little
             loss
             to
             know
             who
             he
             means
             by
             
               the
               Doctor
            
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             some
             body
             sure
             that
             is
             a
             Doctor
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             as
             Aristotle
             was
             known
             formerly
             by
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Philosopher
             ;
             but
             the
             Gentleman
             being
             one
             that
             loves
             Verjuice
             well
             ,
             I
             guess
             he
             means
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             ;
             but
             I
             'd
             faign
             know
             what
             made
             him
             a
             Doctor
             ,
             whether
             Ignorance
             ,
             Confidence
             ,
             or
             a
             Licence
             to
             kill
             ,
             or
             all
             together
             .
             But
             now
             I
             think
             on
             't
             ,
             Doctor
             is
             a
             Teacher
             ,
             and
             he
             teaches
             the
             abuse
             of
             Crabs
             ,
             Oranges
             ,
             and
             Lemons
             ,
             therefore
             he
             is
             a
             Doctor
             .
             But
             the
             Doctor
             's
             Preparation
             of
             Steel
             must
             be
             with
             an
             Acid.
             If
             it
             be
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             't
             is
             because
             the
             Doctor
             is
             an
             Acid
             ;
             for
             Sal
             Armon
             is
             not
             ,
             being
             a
             compound
             of
             com
             .
             Salt
             and
             Vol
             Salt
             of
             Urin
             ,
             
             neither
             of
             which
             is
             an
             Acid
             ;
             and
             tho
             com
             .
             Salt
             may
             be
             distill'd
             into
             an
             Acid
             ,
             yet
             't
             is
             not
             an
             Acid
             before
             Distillat
             on
             ,
             any
             more
             than
             Lead
             ,
             for
             instance
             ,
             is
             Glass
             ,
             because
             it
             may
             be
             turn'd
             into
             Glass
             .
             But
             when
             Salt
             is
             turn'd
             into
             an
             Acid
             Liquor
             ,
             it
             then
             ceases
             to
             be
             a
             Salsum
             ,
             tho'
             it
             may
             be
             brought
             back
             again
             very
             easily
             into
             its
             old
             and
             natural
             Form
             ;
             as
             the
             Glass
             of
             Lead
             may
             likewise
             soon
             be
             reduced
             into
             Lead
             again
             .
             And
             the
             Doctor
             's
             Preparation
             is
             made
             with
             it
             before
             distill'd
             .
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             adds
             ,
             
               if
               we
               dissolve
               Filings
               of
               Steel
               in
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               ,
               and
               distill
               as
               before
               ,
               we
               shall
               find
               the
            
             Cap.
             Mort.
             
               the
               same
               as
               that
               made
               with
               Sal
               Armon
               .
               And
               farther
               ,
            
             says
             he
             ,
             '
             
               t
               is
               not
               the
               com
               .
               Salt
               ,
               but
               the
               Acid
               Spirit
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               is
               one
               part
               of
               the
               compound
               of
               Sal
               Armon
               .
               and
               Vol.
               Alkali
               the
               other
               ;
               for
               a
               mixture
               of
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               and
               Vol.
               Alkali
               will
               produce
               good
               Sal
               Armon
               .
            
             Right
             ,
             but
             these
             Alkalous
             Bodies
             change
             the
             acidity
             of
             the
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             into
             a
             body
             not
             Acid
             ,
             but
             a
             Salsum
             ,
             its
             natural
             old
             Form
             ;
             and
             in
             that
             form
             it
             works
             ,
             not
             in
             that
             it
             has
             not
             when
             so
             changed
             .
          
           
             But
             not
             to
             let
             go
             what
             the
             Gentleman
             says
             ,
             pag.
             46.
             without
             a
             Remark
             ;
             he
             there
             tells
             us
             ,
             
               he
               is
               sure
               a
               Disease
               caus'd
               by
               Acids
               may
               be
               cured
               by
               Acids
               .
            
             But
             here
             he
             unwittingly
             gives
             away
             the
             Cause
             ,
             by
             confessing
             a
             Disease
             may
             be
             caus'd
             by
             Acids
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             very
             thing
             I
             would
             prove
             ;
             and
             there
             are
             divers
             kinds
             of
             Acids
             having
             different
             Effects
             ,
             therefore
             Acids
             may
             cause
             divers
             Diseases
             .
             But
             still
             he
             holds
             fast
             to
             one
             part
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             ,
             that
             all
             Diseases
             ,
             even
             those
             caus'd
             by
             Acids
             ,
             may
             be
             cured
             (
             he
             should
             have
             said
             must
             )
             by
             Acids
             .
             And
             how
             proves
             he
             this
             ?
             
               Why
               Acids
               operate
               upon
               ,
               or
               alter
               the
               texture
               of
               one
               another
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               texture
               be
               alter'd
               its
               qualities
               must
               be
               alter'd
               ;
               and
               it
               must
               act
               differently
               from
               what
               it
               did
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             whatever
             change
             Acids
             make
             on
             one
             another
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             change
             one
             another
             from
             being
             Acids
             ;
             and
             the
             Disease
             being
             caus'd
             by
             the
             Acid
             ,
             as
             Acid
             ,
             the
             change
             of
             the
             Acid
             will
             but
             change
             the
             Disease
             ,
             not
             cure
             it
             ;
             that
             must
             be
             done
             ,
             by
             taking
             away
             
             its
             Acidity
             ,
             or
             expelling
             the
             Acid
             ;
             and
             if
             Acid
             could
             be
             supposed
             to
             expel
             Acid
             ,
             't
             would
             be
             but
             one
             Devil
             entring
             to
             cast
             out
             the
             other
             ,
             this
             being
             as
             troublesome
             a
             Guest
             as
             that
             disposs'd
             ;
             and
             the
             Experiment
             the
             Gentleman
             brings
             to
             confirm
             his
             Opinion
             ,
             is
             nothing
             pertaining
             to
             Medicine
             or
             Man's
             Body
             :
             
               For
               Sp.
               of
               Nitre
               ,
               or
            
             Aq.
             fort
             .
             says
             he
             ,
             
               dissolves
               Silver
               ,
               but
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               mixed
               with
               them
               ,
               makes
               it
               it
               shall
               never
               dissolve
               Silver
               as
               it
               did
               .
            
             But
             our
             Bowels
             are
             not
             Silver
             ,
             to
             be
             dissolved
             in
             Sp.
             of
             Nitre
             ,
             that
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             should
             be
             a
             Medicine
             to
             render
             ineffectual
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             ▪
             says
             ,
             pag
             47.
             
               that
               I
               am
               very
               angry
               with
               Doctor
            
             Colebath
             
               for
               saying
               Cinnabar
               is
               an
               Acid
               ,
               but
               have
               not
               proved
               ,
               or
               said
               it
               is
               an
               Alkali
               .
            
             To
             which
             I
             tell
             him
             ,
             I
             was
             never
             angry
             with
             Doctor
             Colebatch
             in
             my
             Life
             ,
             nor
             with
             his
             Gentleman
             ,
             but
             I
             think
             I
             said
             enough
             to
             prove
             that
             Cinnabar
             is
             not
             an
             Acid
             ,
             much
             less
             running
             Mercury
             13
             sixteenths
             of
             it
             .
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             
               refers
               to
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               whether
               running
               Mercury
               will
               act
               as
               Cinnabar
               does
               ;
               if
               not
               ,
               then
               Cinnabar
               does
               all
               by
               vertue
               of
               the
               Sulphur
               embodied
               with
               it
               .
            
             But
             I
             'll
             refer
             it
             even
             to
             the
             Acidists
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Argument
             ,
             whether
             common
             Sulphur
             will
             act
             as
             Cinnabar
             does
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             then
             Cinnabar
             does
             all
             by
             vertue
             of
             the
             Mercury
             embodied
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             if
             the
             Argument
             be
             good
             ,
             it
             is
             13
             to
             3
             on
             my
             side
             .
             But
             I
             tell
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             to
             leave
             these
             Logical
             Depths
             for
             Experience
             ,
             Cinnabar
             acts
             as
             Cinnabar
             ,
             and
             not
             as
             Mercury
             ,
             or
             as
             Sulphur
             ,
             otherwise
             we
             need
             not
             be
             at
             the
             trouble
             to
             compound
             them
             .
             And
             the
             Gentleman
             goes
             on
             with
             his
             Argument
             ,
             
               Sulphur
               is
               an
               Acid
            
             ;
             why
             ?
             
               Because
               I
               allow
               it
               to
               be
               compounded
               of
               an
               Acid
               and
               an
               Oyl
               ,
               but
               not
               of
               an
               Acid
               and
               an
               Alkali
               .
            
             The
             Argument
             runs
             thus
             in
             the
             whole
             latitude
             of
             it
             .
             Sulpur
             is
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             compounded
             of
             a
             little
             Acid
             and
             an
             Oyl
             ;
             and
             Cinnabar
             is
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             it
             has
             a
             little
             of
             that
             that
             has
             a
             little
             Acid
             in
             it
             .
             By
             the
             same
             Logick
             I
             may
             prove
             the
             Gentleman
             is
             a
             Calf
             ,
             because
             he
             dined
             upon
             Veal
             ,
             and
             has
             a
             little
             of
             a
             Calf
             in
             him
             .
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             talks
             on
             ,
             shewing
             more
             Ignorance
             ,
             
             saying
             ,
             
               he
               believes
               Mercury
               an
               absorber
               of
               all
               kind
               of
               Salts
               ,
               Alkalies
               or
               Acids
               ,
               rather
               than
               of
               Acids
               .
            
             But
             I
             must
             tell
             him
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             an
             Absorber
             of
             Alkalies
             ,
             for
             they
             revive
             it
             ,
             and
             disengage
             it
             from
             Acids
             which
             it
             hath
             absorb'd
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               it
               will
               dissolve
               Mettals
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               Argument
               I
               often
               use
               to
               prove
               the
               Acidity
               of
               a
               Body
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             truly
             dissolve
             Metals
             ,
             it
             only
             pulverises
             them
             .
             But
             he
             continues
             to
             abuse
             me
             ,
             so
             as
             a
             Gentleman
             can't
             be
             thought
             to
             do
             ;
             for
             I
             never
             ,
             that
             I
             know
             of
             ,
             much
             less
             often
             ,
             made
             it
             an
             Argument
             to
             prove
             the
             Acidity
             of
             a
             Body
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             dissolve
             a
             Mettal
             ;
             tho'
             he
             would
             be
             contented
             it
             should
             be
             took
             for
             one
             .
             I
             suppose
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             should
             be
             convinc'd
             that
             Sp.
             of
             Sal
             Armon
             .
             is
             a
             good
             Medicine
             ,
             he
             would
             prove
             it
             an
             Acid
             by
             its
             dissolving
             Copper
             .
             But
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Mercury
               will
               ferment
               with
               Gold
               if
               well
               managed
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               heat
               not
               to
               be
               endured
               by
               the
               Hand
               .
            
             But
             this
             is
             no
             Argument
             that
             Mercury
             is
             an
             Acid
             ;
             and
             tho
             this
             story
             he
             has
             heard
             be
             true
             ,
             he
             knows
             not
             what
             the
             well
             managing
             of
             the
             Mercury
             is
             ,
             or
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Heat
             .
             He
             says
             ,
             
               he
               has
               often
               met
               with
               two
               Acids
               that
               will
               ferment
               with
               one
               another
            
             ;
             but
             he
             has
             given
             no
             instance
             ,
             but
             what
             he
             is
             mistaken
             in
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             pag
             48.
             
               wishes
               I
               had
               told
               them
               how
               to
               make
               the
               Quintessence
               of
               Wine
               an
               Alkali
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               said
               I
               would
               oppose
               to
               all
               the
               Acids
               in
               the
               World
               )
               that
               it
               might
               be
               us'd
               ,
               and
               judged
               whether
               it
               be
               so
               noble
               an
               Alkali
               or
               not
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             this
             Alkali
             has
             been
             us'd
             ,
             and
             is
             us'd
             ,
             and
             judg'd
             ,
             and
             found
             to
             be
             a
             noble
             Alkali
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             cured
             considerable
             Diseases
             with
             one
             small
             Dose
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             have
             had
             a
             Patient
             sick
             in
             bed
             ,
             and
             fear
             of
             Death
             one
             day
             ,
             and
             up
             ,
             and
             pretty
             well
             on
             the
             morrow
             ,
             by
             the
             use
             of
             this
             Alkali
             .
             But
             I
             did
             not
             say
             ,
             I
             would
             oppose
             it
             to
             all
             the
             Acids
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             to
             Mr.
             
             Colebatch's
             Acids
             ;
             for
             there
             are
             better
             Acids
             than
             he
             is
             aware
             of
             ,
             useful
             in
             some
             ,
             tho
             not
             in
             all
             Cases
             .
             But
             if
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             a
             mind
             to
             see
             the
             effects
             of
             this
             Medicine
             ,
             I
             say
             still
             ,
             let
             there
             be
             a
             number
             of
             Patients
             ,
             sick
             
             of
             such
             Diseases
             wherein
             I
             think
             it
             useful
             ,
             divided
             between
             Mr.
             Colebath
             and
             I
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Acidist
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             use
             the
             Quintescence
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             use
             what
             Acid
             he
             pleases
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             don't
             recover
             more
             than
             he
             ,
             I
             'll
             be
             an
             Acidist
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             
               can
               guess
               what
               this
               Quintescence
               of
               Wine
               is
            
             ;
             and
             he
             supposes
             
               it
               is
               the
               finest
               rectified
               Sp.
               of
               Wine
               ,
               talk●d
               of
               by
               some
               ,
               that
               is
               so
               subtile
               a
               Drop
               will
               not
               fall
               to
               the
               Ground
               .
               Such
               an
               Essence
               of
               Wine
               he
               has
               seen
               ,
               and
               can
               make
               at
               any
               time
               ;
               but
               he
               affirms
               it
               will
               come
               under
               the
               denomination
               of
               an
               Acid.
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             confess
             such
             an
             Essence
             of
             Wine
             will
             come
             under
             the
             denomination
             of
             an
             Acid
             ,
             if
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             says
             't
             is
             an
             Acid
             ,
             (
             as
             he
             must
             do
             if
             he
             should
             use
             it
             )
             or
             if
             it
             be
             found
             in
             the
             ingenious
             Mr.
             
             Stringer's
             Catalogue
             of
             Acids
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             no
             better
             Argement
             for
             its
             Acidity
             .
             But
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             I
             tell
             him
             this
             Alkali
             is
             as
             much
             an
             Alkali
             ,
             as
             any
             thing
             he
             ever
             saw
             ;
             and
             't
             is
             not
             his
             supposed
             Essence
             of
             Wine
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Essence
             ,
             but
             a
             Quintessence
             ,
             if
             he
             knows
             what
             that
             means
             .
             But
             yet
             to
             satisfie
             him
             sufficiently
             ,
             (
             if
             he
             be
             
               a
               Philosopher
               as
               well
               as
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               as
               ,
            
             he
             says
             ,
             
               Physicians
               are
            
             )
             I
             'll
             tell
             him
             why
             this
             is
             call'd
             a
             Quintescence
             ,
             and
             what
             it
             is
             .
             The
             Quintessence
             is
             the
             fifth
             state
             or
             being
             of
             Wine
             .
             The
             first
             is
             in
             the
             Must
             or
             Juice
             of
             Grapes
             .
             The
             second
             ,
             in
             the
             Wine
             when
             fermented
             and
             brought
             to
             its
             perfection
             ,
             as
             an
             inflamable
             Spirit
             ;
             (
             and
             in
             this
             state
             the
             Gentleman's
             Essence
             is
             found
             .
             )
             The
             third
             ,
             when
             this
             second
             inflamable
             Spirit
             is
             turn'd
             into
             an
             incombustible
             Salt
             The
             fourth
             ,
             when
             this
             Salt
             is
             mortified
             and
             seemingly
             destroy'd
             .
             The
             fifth
             is
             its
             change
             and
             resurrection
             into
             a
             noble
             Alkalous
             and
             green
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             The
             Gent
             says
             ,
             pag.
             49.
             
             
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               diluted
               in
               a
               convenient
               quantity
               of
               an
               aqueous
               Vehicle
               ,
               is
               better
               to
               preserve
               Flesh
               than
               com
               Salt
               ;
               and
               com
               Salt
               ,
               by
               an
               addition
               of
               a
               proper
               quantity
               of
               Sp.
               of
               Salt
               ,
               will
               be
               more
               useful
               in
               all
               respects
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             told
             us
             his
             convenient
             and
             proper
             quantities
             ,
             the
             Tryal
             of
             the
             matter
             
             might
             soon
             have
             been
             made
             .
             But
             if
             you
             take
             a
             piece
             of
             Meat
             season'd
             as
             the
             Gentleman
             prescribes
             ,
             and
             another
             after
             the
             ordinary
             way
             ,
             I
             'll
             engage
             ,
             on
             Tryal
             ,
             the
             last
             shall
             eat
             best
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             himself
             would
             say
             so
             ,
             if
             he
             knew
             nothing
             of
             their
             seasoning
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Gentleman
               adds
            
             ,
             that
             in
             Opposition
             to
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             ,
             I
             affirm
             that
             Bittern
             is
             not
             an
             Alkali
             but
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             is
             to
             be
             obtain'd
             from
             it
             in
             Distillation
             ;
             but
             I
             have
             not
             told
             in
             what
             quantity
             ,
             for
             I
             knew
             the
             proportion
             is
             inconsiderale
             to
             what
             remains
             after
             Distillation
             ,
             there
             being
             at
             least
             four
             parts
             of
             Alkali
             in
             Bittern
             to
             one
             of
             Acid
             ,
             which
             turns
             Syr.
             Viol.
             green
             ,
             and
             answers
             the
             intentions
             of
             a
             strong
             Alkali
             ;
             and
             he
             has
             known
             Soap
             made
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             done
             without
             a
             great
             quantity
             of
             Alkali
             :
             And
             tho'
             Sp.
             of
             Salt
             may
             be
             obtain'd
             from
             Bittern
             ,
             yet
             this
             will
             not
             prove
             it
             an
             Acid
             ,
             or
             that
             the
             Sp.
             is
             any
             part
             of
             the
             Bittern
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             but
             some
             remains
             of
             the
             Acid
             part
             of
             the
             Salt
             ;
             for
             the
             Bittern
             ,
             after
             Distillation
             ,
             will
             cause
             Thirst
             more
             than
             it
             did
             before
             ,
             and
             the
             Spirit
             will
             allay
             Thirst
             if
             judiciously
             used
             .
          
           
             I
             answer
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             has
             so
             often
             ,
             unbecoming
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             made
             me
             say
             what
             I
             never
             said
             ,
             that
             I
             now
             can
             hardly
             believe
             he
             is
             indeed
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             but
             rather
             some
             little
             Medicaster
             ,
             or
             very
             small
             Surgeon
             .
             I
             never
             said
             Bittern
             was
             an
             Acid
             ,
             because
             Spirit
             of
             Salt
             may
             be
             distill'd
             from
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             said
             Bittern
             in
             its
             natural
             form
             is
             but
             a
             Salsum
             ;
             and
             by
             skill
             in
             Chymistry
             Mr.
             Colbatch
             his
             damn'd
             ●ixt
             Alkali
             (
             as
             he
             call'd
             it
             )
             becomes
             a
             blessed
             Volatil
             Acid.
             But
             the
             Gentleman
             cannot
             conceive
             the
             Chymical
             Metamorphosis
             of
             Bodies
             ,
             his
             Pyrotechny
             is
             only
             separatory
             .
             I
             told
             the
             Gentleman's
             Physician
             also
             ,
             that
             Bittern
             would
             rise
             in
             the
             Fire
             ,
             and
             come
             over
             (
             I
             did
             not
             say
             yeild
             )
             good
             Spirit
             of
             Salt.
             And
             the
             Gent.
             is
             much
             mistaken
             in
             supposing
             the
             Spirit
             is
             inconsiderable
             to
             what
             remains
             ,
             or
             that
             Bittern
             has
             4
             parts
             of
             Alkali
             to
             one
             of
             Acid.
             For
             ,
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             it
             leaves
             nothing
             behind
             but
             an
             insipid
             white
             Earth
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             inconsiderable
             to
             what
             comes
             over
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             skilfully
             distill'd
             ;
             
             nor
             will
             that
             Earth
             cause
             thirst
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             Sa
             it
             in
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Bittern
             .
             I
             do
             not
             believe
             he
             ever
             saw
             Soap
             made
             of
             Bittern
             ,
             as
             he
             says
             ,
             but
             I
             know
             Soap
             may
             be
             made
             with
             a
             very
             little
             Alkali
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Gent.
             concludes
             ,
             
               he
               is
               of
               the
               Opinion
               that
               I
               cannot
               produce
               a
               Catalogue
               of
               Medicines
               equaly
               efficacious
               in
               the
               Cure
               of
               Diseases
               with
               Mercur.
               dule
               .
               Turpeth
               .
               Min.
               Red
               precip
               .
               Cinnabar
               .
               Sal
               Succini
               .
               Sal
               Martis
               En.
               Veneris
               .
               Oyl
               of
               Vitriol
               ,
               Sp.
               of
               Nitre
               ,
               Oyl
               of
               Sulphur
               ,
               and
               Dr.
            
             Colebatch
             '
             
               s
               Elixir
               Vitrioli
               ;
               all
               which
               operate
               by
               vertue
               of
               their
               Acids
               :
               for
               if
               they
               be
               divested
               of
               their
               Acid
               Particles
               they
               will
               never
               produce
               those
               effects
               .
               And
               if
               the
               use
               of
               Alkalies
               cannot
               be
               thus
               demonstrated
               ,
               he
               shall
               remain
               a
               Proselyte
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Acids
               .
               And
               thus
               ,
            
             says
             he
             ,
             
               he
               has
               given
               his
               Thoughts
               in
               answer
               to
               those
               Objections
               that
               seem
               most
               material
               in
               the
               Dialogue
               ,
               but
               has
               omitted
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               what
               has
               not
               a
               relation
               to
               Acids
               and
               Alkalies
               ,
               being
               the
               Cause
               or
               Cure
               of
               Diseases
               ,
               and
               in
               so
               doing
               ,
               hopes
               he
               has
               answer'd
               the
               Doctor
               's
               Request
               .
            
             I
             answer
             ,
             I
             can
             produce
             the
             same
             Catalogue
             ,
             and
             a
             better
             .
             But
             the
             Medicines
             named
             are
             not
             the
             invention
             of
             any
             Acid
             Doctor
             ,
             but
             were
             common
             to
             all
             Physicians
             ,
             before
             any
             such
             sharp
             Fancy
             had
             turn'd
             the
             Brains
             of
             any
             Pretenders
             to
             Physick
             ;
             nor
             are
             they
             all
             Acids
             ,
             nor
             do
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             except
             the
             Spirits
             ,
             operate
             by
             vertue
             of
             their
             Acids
             .
             But
             I
             might
             say
             ,
             if
             I
             could
             allow
             my self
             to
             reason
             as
             the
             Gentleman
             does
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             their
             Alkalies
             ;
             for
             if
             you
             take
             away
             ☿
             ,
             ♀
             ,
             and
             ♂
             ,
             the
             Acids
             now
             joined
             with
             them
             ,
             will
             never
             produce
             the
             Effects
             alone
             .
             But
             I
             know
             better
             ,
             they
             operate
             by
             vertue
             of
             their
             Texture
             resulting
             from
             their
             Conjuction
             ;
             even
             as
             Gun-powder
             does
             not
             operate
             by
             vertue
             of
             Sulphur
             ,
             or
             either
             of
             its
             Ingredients
             ,
             but
             by
             Nitre
             ,
             Sulphur
             ,
             and
             Charcoal
             all
             together
             .
             And
             if
             the
             use
             of
             Acids
             (
             or
             Alkalies
             either
             )
             cannot
             be
             better
             demonstrated
             than
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             or
             his
             Master
             Colebatch
             ,
             have
             demonstrated
             their
             pretended
             Hypothesis
             of
             Acids
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             a
             Proselyte
             to
             either
             ,
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             has
             at
             last
             answer'd
             his
             Doctors
             request
             ,
             and
             pick'd
             out
             here
             ,
             and
             there
             an
             expression
             in
             
             my
             Dialogue
             ,
             which
             he
             thought
             he
             could
             say
             some
             thing
             to
             ,
             but
             how
             well
             he
             has
             answered
             what
             was
             indeed
             Material
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             he
             has
             Omitted
             ,
             I
             must
             yet
             leave
             to
             the
             judicious
             Reader
             of
             my
             Dialogue
             ,
             wherein
             I
             think
             stands
             unanswer'd
             enough
             to
             shew
             
               the
               groundlessness
               and
               danger
               of
               the
               pretended
               new
               Hypothesis
               of
               Acid
               and
               Alkali
               ;
               as
               well
               as
               the
               immodest
               self
               applause
               ,
               shameful
               contempt
               ,
               and
               abuse
               of
               all
               Physicians
               ,
               gross
               mistakes
               ,
               and
               great
               ignorance
               of
               the
               Pretender
               :
            
             Which
             want
             of
             Learning
             and
             Vertue
             the
             Gentleman
             in
             his
             Letter
             ,
             has
             not
             so
             much
             as
             excus'd
             ;
             wherefore
             I
             hope
             his
             Master
             is
             also
             Conscious
             thereof
             ,
             and
             will
             amend
             .
             And
             the
             Gentleman
             perhaps
             in
             a
             little
             time
             may
             see
             ,
             that
             he
             is
             a
             Proselyte
             to
             so
             very
             sensless
             ,
             and
             mean
             a
             Sect
             ,
             he
             may
             be
             asham'd
             on
             't
             ,
             or
             he
             may
             be
             blown
             with
             some
             less
             biting
             or
             dangerous
             Maggot
             ,
             or
             become
             fond
             of
             some
             newer
             Fancy
             ;
             since
             Gentlemen
             are
             inclinable
             it
             seems
             ,
             to
             be
             as
             well
             pleas'd
             with
             their
             Physicians
             for
             imposing
             new
             Fashion'd
             sufferings
             upon
             them
             ,
             as
             with
             their
             Taylors
             for
             putting
             them
             into
             new
             fashion'd
             Cloaths
             :
             And
             for
             such
             Gentlemens
             sakes
             I
             have
             a
             good
             mind
             ,
             before
             I
             Conclude
             ,
             to
             start
             a
             yet
             newer
             Hypothesis
             that
             may
             serve
             them
             ,
             when
             that
             of
             Acids
             is
             out
             of
             Fashion
             ,
             which
             when
             it
             shall
             be
             strongly
             asserted
             by
             some
             Man
             of
             Confidence
             ,
             I
             don't
             question
             but
             it
             will
             take
             ,
             please
             as
             well
             ,
             be
             more
             effectual
             ,
             and
             le●s
             dangerous
             than
             the
             practice
             of
             Acids
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             inform'd
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Credit
             ,
             that
             a
             certain
             Doctor
             in
             France
             ,
             who
             was
             fam●d
             for
             his
             Cures
             ,
             gave
             nothing
             to
             his
             Patients
             but
             Brick-dust
             .
             And
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             another
             of
             considerable
             repute
             in
             another
             Place
             ,
             who
             ,
             as
             a
             Panacea
             ,
             gave
             all
             that
             came
             to
             him
             convenient
             quantities
             of
             common
             Water
             .
             These
             Doctors
             wanting
             a
             more
             generous
             Principle
             ,
             both
             disguised
             their
             Medicines
             ;
             they
             seem
             to
             have
             acted
             contrary
             ,
             but
             which
             appear'd
             to
             have
             the
             better
             success
             ,
             I
             was
             not
             well
             inform'd
             ;
             but
             some
             of
             the
             Patients
             of
             both
             no
             doubt
             recover'd
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             died
             ,
             those
             that
             lived
             would
             
             swear
             the
             Doctor
             heald
             them
             ,
             but
             those
             that
             pack'd
             off
             were
             left
             out
             of
             the
             Catalogue
             of
             his
             Cures
             .
             But
             let
             it
             be
             how
             it
             will
             ,
             the
             hint
             gives
             me
             ground
             enough
             to
             build
             a
             new
             Hypothesis
             upon
             ,
             now
             that
             of
             Acids
             grows
             old
             .
             Brick-dust
             and
             Water
             then
             shall
             be
             two
             Principals
             ,
             into
             which
             bodies
             may
             be
             resolved
             .
             Distillation
             and
             Transmutation
             reduces
             all
             into
             them
             .
             Whatever
             is
             Liquid
             comes
             over
             either
             in
             the
             form
             of
             Water
             ,
             the
             one
             principle
             required
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             form
             of
             Oyl
             ,
             or
             of
             a
             saline
             Spirit
             .
             The
             Oyl
             's
             Unctuosity
             and
             Inflamableness
             may
             soon
             be
             changed
             ,
             and
             the
             sapor
             of
             the
             Salts
             be
             destroyed
             ;
             the
             
               Vita
               Media
            
             of
             both
             may
             be
             soon
             took
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             Liquor
             reduced
             into
             common
             insipid
             Water
             .
             But
             whatever
             is
             solid
             may
             be
             by
             the
             Fire
             reduced
             either
             to
             a
             Liquid
             ,
             to
             be
             wrought
             on
             as
             before
             said
             ,
             or
             by
             burning
             will
             be
             reduced
             to
             a
             
               Caput
               Mort.
            
             which
             expos'd
             to
             the
             action
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             will
             be
             rotted
             and
             turn'd
             into
             common
             Earth
             ,
             which
             then
             by
             art
             may
             be
             made
             into
             Brick
             ,
             and
             then
             easily
             pulverised
             (
             if
             you
             will
             follow
             the
             French
             Man
             )
             fine
             enough
             for
             the
             Stoma●h
             of
             a
             Lady
             .
             How
             these
             two
             Principles
             are
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Life
             and
             Death
             of
             all
             things
             in
             the
             Macrocosm
             ,
             I
             could
             readily
             teach
             ,
             if
             an
             exact
             Physiology
             were
             thought
             necessary
             to
             a
             Doctor
             .
          
           
             Now
             let
             these
             two
             Principles
             be
             taken
             ,
             instead
             of
             Acid
             and
             Alkali
             ,
             for
             the
             Life
             and
             Death
             of
             things
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Cause
             and
             Cure
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             (
             it
             shall
             be
             all
             one
             to
             me
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Killer
             ,
             and
             which
             is
             the
             Curer
             )
             and
             I
             will
             make
             out
             the
             Aitiologie
             of
             all
             Deseases
             ,
             and
             their
             Cures
             from
             them
             .
             But
             forasmuch
             as
             Gentlemen
             now-a-days
             are
             generally
             great
             lovers
             of
             the
             Bottle
             ,
             and
             will
             rather
             cause
             a
             dose
             from
             the
             Glass
             ,
             than
             from
             the
             Trowel
             ,
             and
             a
             Physicians
             business
             is
             to
             humour
             them
             ,
             Brick-dust
             shall
             be
             the
             cause
             ,
             and
             Water
             the
             cure
             of
             all
             Diseases
             .
             But
             because
             we
             will
             recommend
             our selves
             by
             talking
             learnedly
             as
             Physicians
             ought
             ,
             that
             is
             so
             as
             our
             Grand-mothers
             may
             not
             readily
             understand
             us
             ,
             we
             will
             call
             them
             Arid
             ,
             and
             Humid
             ,
             and
             say
             Arid
             is
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             Humid
             the
             Cure
             of
             all
             Diseases
             .
          
           
           
             Let
             us
             begin
             at
             the
             Mouth
             ,
             as
             Physicians
             commonly
             do
             ,
             at
             which
             death
             is
             so
             often
             let
             in
             ,
             in
             this
             our
             luxurious
             and
             Pharmacutick
             Age.
             It
             is
             apparent
             that
             no
             Food
             ,
             if
             it
             abound
             with
             Arid
             ,
             can
             agree
             well
             with
             us
             ;
             therefore
             nature
             has
             placed
             certain
             Cataracts
             under
             the
             Tongue
             pouring
             out
             their
             Humid
             Saliva
             ,
             which
             tempers
             the
             Arid
             and
             carries
             it
             along
             ;
             without
             which
             even
             deglutition
             cannot
             be
             performed
             ,
             without
             soon
             terminating
             our
             Life
             by
             choaking
             .
             This
             Humid
             accompanying
             our
             Food
             down
             into
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             there
             digests
             our
             Food
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             by
             its
             Acid
             ,
             or
             Alkali
             ,
             bitterness
             or
             sweetness
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             affected
             relish
             ,
             but
             by
             vertue
             of
             its
             self
             ,
             as
             Humid
             .
             The
             truth
             of
             which
             any
             Man
             may
             be
             satisfied
             with
             ,
             if
             he
             but
             considers
             how
             Water
             is
             necessary
             for
             the
             macerating
             of
             all
             things
             fermentable
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             a
             separation
             of
             their
             parts
             ,
             the
             Humid
             from
             the
             Arid
             ,
             the
             profitable
             from
             the
             unprofitable
             .
             Now
             when
             a
             due
             quantity
             of
             Humid
             is
             administer'd
             by
             the
             Salivia
             ,
             which
             carries
             our
             Food
             down
             ,
             mixes
             and
             ferments
             it
             ,
             and
             Drink
             being
             added
             in
             a
             convenient
             quantity
             ,
             (
             the
             more
             watry
             the
             better
             )
             farther
             to
             dilute
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             supply
             Matter
             for
             more
             Saliva
             ,
             the
             mixture
             passes
             the
             Pylorus
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             small
             Guts
             is
             farther
             altered
             ;
             whence
             the
             Humid
             Chyle
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             fine
             Arid
             to
             increase
             or
             supply
             the
             defects
             of
             the
             solid
             parts
             ,
             is
             separaby
             the
             Lacteals
             ;
             but
             most
             of
             the
             Arid
             inviscated
             by
             the
             Gall
             and
             Pancreatick
             Juice
             ,
             (
             which
             make
             a
             tough
             slimy
             Matter
             ,
             )
             is
             carried
             down
             as
             noxious
             through
             the
             Guts
             ,
             and
             turn'd
             out
             at
             the
             back
             Door
             .
             Now
             if
             for
             want
             of
             a
             sufficient
             quantity
             of
             Humid
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             due
             natural
             Fermentation
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             the
             Particles
             in
             the
             compound
             have
             not
             liberty
             to
             move
             without
             breaking
             their
             Figures
             against
             one
             another
             ,
             or
             that
             they
             ad-here
             and
             combine
             ,
             and
             remain
             not
             enough
             separated
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             only
             unfit
             to
             supply
             the
             defect
             of
             the
             Vital
             Juices
             ,
             but
             lying
             heavy
             in
             the
             Ventricle
             they
             don't
             work
             up
             ,
             and
             pass
             out
             of
             the
             Pylorus
             as
             they
             ought
             ;
             whence
             proceed
             lothings
             ,
             pains
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             and
             
             Spontaneous
             Vomitings
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             remedy
             which
             ,
             some
             large
             draughts
             of
             Humid
             being
             given
             ,
             the
             indigested
             matter
             is
             easily
             ejected
             ,
             the
             Stomach
             washed
             clean
             ,
             and
             render'd
             fit
             for
             its
             office
             again
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             again
             over-charg'd
             with
             Arid
             ,
             or
             defrauded
             of
             its
             due
             quantity
             of
             Humid
             .
             But
             if
             the
             abounding
             Arid
             ,
             be
             not
             so
             much
             as
             totally
             to
             hinder
             the
             fermentation
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             but
             yet
             the
             Humid
             be
             not
             such
             as
             is
             sufficient
             for
             the
             due
             performance
             thereof
             ,
             then
             a
             gross
             Chyle
             ,
             wherein
             Arid
             does
             abound
             ,
             is
             retain'd
             ,
             inseparable
             from
             it
             in
             the
             Duodenum
             :
             The
             grosser
             part
             of
             which
             being
             not
             able
             to
             enter
             the
             Lacteals
             ,
             is
             carried
             downwards
             ;
             which
             being
             too
             tough
             and
             clammy
             adheres
             to
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             Colon
             ,
             and
             lies
             too
             long
             in
             its
             Cells
             ,
             causing
             the
             Cholick
             ,
             dry
             Gripes
             ,
             and
             divers
             mischiefs
             of
             that
             nature
             ,
             till
             by
             the
             Irritation
             and
             Excoriation
             of
             the
             Latera
             of
             the
             Guts
             ,
             nature
             pours
             forth
             the
             Lymphatick
             Juice
             ,
             and
             so
             there
             are
             produced
             Fluxes
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             greater
             or
             less
             disorder
             and
             irritation
             of
             the
             rough
             Arid
             Particles
             .
             But
             that
             part
             ,
             which
             being
             not
             so
             gross
             ,
             is
             carried
             into
             the
             Lacteal
             Veins
             ,
             sometimes
             adheres
             there
             ,
             in
             the
             small
             ramifications
             of
             those
             Vessels
             ,
             causing
             Obstructions
             ;
             whence
             the
             nutricious
             Juice
             being
             not
             plentifully
             carried
             into
             the
             Blood
             ,
             a
             Tabes
             or
             Aridura
             must
             needs
             follow
             .
             But
             by
             the
             due
             and
             timely
             administration
             of
             Humid
             ,
             these
             Arid
             Particles
             are
             washed
             out
             into
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             separated
             thence
             by
             Urine
             ,
             and
             the
             Chyle
             again
             freely
             distributed
             to
             the
             recovery
             and
             health
             of
             the
             Body
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             these
             Arid
             particles
             are
             too
             abundant
             in
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             not
             duely
             separated
             by
             Urine
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             only
             render
             the
             Blood
             too
             thick
             ,
             and
             so
             retar'd
             its
             due
             Motion
             ,
             but
             after
             sticking
             in
             the
             capillary
             Arteries
             and
             Veins
             ,
             hinder
             its
             Motion
             in
             divers
             particular
             Places
             ,
             whence
             the
             Blood
             stagnating
             there
             ,
             a
             preternatual
             Ferment
             is
             excited
             ,
             and
             the
             Blood
             put
             into
             an
             intestine
             Motion
             ,
             and
             thence
             come
             Feavers
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             differing
             according
             to
             the
             different
             Circumstances
             of
             places
             obstructed
             ,
             and
             of
             more
             or
             less
             Arid
             Matter
             .
             But
             by
             a
             proper
             adhibition
             of
             the
             friendly
             Humid
             ,
             these
             rough
             
             Arid
             particles
             are
             made
             flow
             ,
             and
             carried
             off
             by
             Urine
             or
             Sweat
             ,
             and
             the
             heat
             alay'd
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Patient
             recovers
             .
          
           
             But
             sometimes
             when
             those
             abounding
             Arid
             particles
             ,
             are
             not
             carried
             off
             by
             a
             sufficient
             quantity
             of
             the
             Humid
             ,
             either
             by
             Urine
             or
             insensible
             Perspiration
             ,
             then
             they
             fix
             in
             the
             Limbs
             and
             outward
             parts
             from
             whence
             there
             follow
             Gouts
             ,
             Rhumatisms
             ,
             &c.
             which
             by
             a
             large
             administration
             of
             Humid
             ,
             (
             if
             the
             Disease
             be
             not
             too
             stubbornly
             fixt
             )
             are
             carried
             off
             ,
             or
             their
             rough
             Acrimony
             attemper'd
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Patient
             enjoys
             Ease
             and
             Health
             .
             And
             I
             challenge
             all
             the
             Acid
             Doctors
             in
             England
             ,
             even
             Alkins
             himself
             ,
             could
             we
             have
             him
             again
             from
             the
             lower
             World
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Lemons
             and
             Oranges
             in
             Spain
             ,
             or
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             ,
             in
             Europe
             ,
             to
             cure
             half
             the
             Patients
             I
             will
             cure
             of
             the
             Gout
             ,
             by
             a
             regular
             course
             of
             pure
             Humid
             .
             But
             if
             I
             should
             go
             from
             the
             Blood
             to
             the
             
               succus
               Nervosus
            
             ,
             I
             could
             abundantly
             shew
             what
             dismal
             effects
             the
             abounding
             pernicious
             Arid
             does
             ,
             in
             thickning
             and
             in
             stoping
             the
             animal
             Spirits
             ,
             and
             so
             causing
             Apoplexies
             ,
             Palseys
             ,
             Megrims
             ,
             Deliriums
             ,
             &c.
             
             Yea
             I
             could
             shew
             you
             how
             these
             rough
             Arid
             particles
             fixing
             in
             the
             membranes
             ,
             and
             other
             parts
             that
             are
             tense
             ,
             cause
             Pains
             ;
             but
             that
             this
             specimen
             would
             swell
             into
             a
             large
             Book
             :
             and
             I
             could
             give
             so
             rational
             an
             account
             of
             the
             matter
             that
             most
             Gentleman
             that
             love
             new
             Discoveries
             might
             readily
             believe
             it
             the
             very
             truth
             ,
             and
             be
             fond
             on
             't
             ,
             unless
             some
             one
             or
             other
             that
             should
             chance
             to
             have
             a
             Dropsie
             ,
             should
             object
             against
             my
             new
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             what
             ,
             will
             this
             fellow
             pretend
             his
             Aridum
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             that
             ,
             where
             it
             is
             Water
             which
             apparently
             abounds
             ?
             I
             answer
             ,
             let
             the
             Gent.
             have
             a
             little
             Patience
             ,
             if
             I
             make
             out
             this
             Point
             ,
             I
             hope
             he
             will
             believe
             I
             am
             able
             to
             account
             for
             all
             the
             rest
             that
             may
             be
             explain'd
             on
             the
             same
             Hypothesis
             ,
             and
             I
             need
             not
             proceed
             any
             farther
             in
             this
             Specimen
             .
             The
             Dropsie
             it self
             ,
             say
             I
             ,
             is
             caus'd
             by
             the
             Pernicious
             abounding
             Arid
             ,
             and
             cured
             by
             the
             due
             administration
             of
             the
             friendly
             Humid
             .
             For
             the
             demonstration
             of
             which
             let
             it
             be
             consider'd
             ,
             that
             even
             the
             Humid's
             unequal
             and
             undue
             distribution
             and
             stagnation
             
             is
             a
             Disease
             ;
             even
             as
             in
             the
             Body
             politick
             the
             setling
             or
             stagnation
             of
             the
             Vital-blood-mony
             in
             any
             of
             the
             members
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             in
             the
             Head
             ,
             is
             not
             without
             very
             many
             bad
             effects
             .
             So
             when
             the
             Humid
             stagnates
             in
             the
             Legs
             ,
             Head
             ,
             Cods
             ,
             Abdomen
             ,
             or
             habit
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             it
             gives
             names
             to
             divers
             sorts
             of
             Dropsies
             ;
             for
             I
             will
             not
             say
             of
             the
             blessedest
             Humid
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             does
             of
             his
             Acid
             ,
             there
             can
             never
             be
             to
             much
             of
             it
             .
             But
             nevertheless
             Arid
             ,
             with
             his
             rough
             and
             harsh
             particles
             ,
             I
             affirm
             is
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             Humids
             abounding
             ,
             wherever
             it
             is
             unduely
             distributed
             ;
             for
             if
             a
             Man
             Perspire
             well
             ,
             and
             Piss
             well
             ,
             he
             will
             never
             have
             a
             Dropsie
             .
             But
             when
             the
             Arid
             particles
             abound
             ,
             and
             obstruct
             the
             natural
             Course
             of
             the
             Humid
             ,
             which
             is
             ordain'd
             to
             dilute
             ,
             separate
             ,
             and
             waft
             them
             off
             ,
             the
             Humid
             it self
             by
             its
             pressure
             breaks
             some
             Vessels
             ,
             or
             passes
             through
             outlets
             corroded
             by
             the
             Arid
             ,
             and
             so
             falls
             into
             the
             cavity
             of
             the
             Abdomen
             ,
             or
             is
             extravasated
             into
             some
             other
             part
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             which
             effect
             we
             call
             a
             Dropsy
             .
             But
             now
             for
             the
             Cure
             of
             it
             ,
             by
             Humid
             you
             'll
             say
             it
             is
             impossible
             ,
             this
             is
             not
             adding
             Oyl
             to
             the
             Fire
             ,
             but
             as
             bad
             ,
             Water
             to
             a
             deluge
             .
             Have
             a
             little
             patience
             Gent.
             and
             I
             'll
             warrant
             you
             I
             'll
             demonstrate
             it
             ,
             better
             than
             Mr.
             Colebatch
             did
             the
             cure
             of
             four
             Stomachs
             by
             Oyl
             of
             Vitriol
             .
          
           
             Let
             it
             therefore
             be
             consider'd
             .
             That
             the
             extravasated
             Humid
             cannot
             be
             discharg'd
             the
             way
             it
             came
             ,
             not
             only
             because
             the
             passages
             it
             should
             have
             went
             are
             stop't
             for
             want
             of
             its
             due
             Course
             in
             the
             Vessels
             ,
             but
             because
             it
             has
             lost
             its
             Motion
             ,
             and
             so
             lying
             long
             soaking
             the
             more
             fleshy
             parts
             ,
             dissolves
             somewhat
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             becomes
             clammy
             :
             Now
             the
             obstructing
             Arid
             must
             be
             carried
             off
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             done
             but
             by
             a
             Humid
             ,
             thinning
             the
             blood
             which
             is
             in
             Motion
             ,
             and
             tho
             the
             stagnated
             Humid
             may
             be
             somewhat
             increas'd
             by
             the
             addition
             of
             more
             Humid
             ,
             yet
             it
             will
             be
             render'd
             more
             thin
             ,
             and
             apt
             to
             flow
             when
             the
             obstructing
             and
             corroding
             ,
             Arid
             is
             washed
             away
             ,
             and
             there
             will
             be
             nothing
             to
             hinder
             Nature
             :
             but
             by
             the
             Motion
             of
             the
             Parts
             ,
             the
             Humid
             is
             press'd
             out
             into
             the
             Vessels
             ,
             and
             carried
             off
             
             again
             And
             now
             I
             think
             I
             have
             sufficiently
             shewn
             how
             the
             hardest
             part
             of
             this
             new
             Doctrine
             may
             be
             accounted
             for
             ;
             but
             yet
             I
             must
             needs
             ,
             as
             a
             Friend
             to
             the
             Faculty
             ,
             insinuate
             something
             of
             the
             necessity
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             ,
             conveniency
             of
             the
             direction
             of
             a
             Physician
             to
             order
             proper
             Times
             ,
             Quantities
             ,
             Diet
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             Exercise
             ,
             &c.
             in
             this
             easie
             Course
             of
             Physick
             ;
             for
             tho'
             I
             don't
             question
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             little
             discretion
             a
             Man
             may
             cure
             or
             prevent
             most
             Diseases
             by
             this
             new
             method
             ,
             chiefly
             by
             washing
             the
             Pot
             ,
             viz
             the
             Stomach
             clean
             when
             ever
             it
             is
             foul
             ;
             yet
             I
             must
             warn
             my
             Readers
             (
             which
             let
             be
             a
             caution
             to
             Drunkards
             ,
             who
             may
             think
             they
             can't
             hurt
             themselves
             at
             all
             with
             humid
             )
             that
             some
             humids
             ,
             as
             sophisticated
             Wines
             ,
             and
             unripe
             Mault
             Drinks
             ,
             have
             a
             gross
             and
             noxious
             Arid
             swimming
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             apt
             to
             Precipitate
             ,
             and
             cause
             divers
             ill
             effects
             in
             the
             Body
             :
             And
             that
             any
             Man
             may
             do
             himself
             a
             mischief
             ,
             even
             by
             the
             most
             wholsome
             and
             innocent
             things
             indiscreetly
             used
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Physician
             by
             slighting
             his
             advice
             ,
             which
             he
             is
             always
             ready
             to
             give
             on
             advantagious
             Conditions
             .
             I
             could
             also
             confirm
             this
             Hypothesis
             by
             a
             large
             account
             of
             Cases
             in
             Practice
             ,
             but
             I
             shall
             forbear
             at
             present
             ,
             only
             offering
             one
             Consideration
             ,
             viz.
             That
             all
             the
             real
             benefit
             received
             by
             Drinking
             the
             Waters
             ,
             comes
             merely
             by
             the
             large
             quantities
             of
             Water
             taken
             ,
             washing
             the
             Bowels
             and
             diluting
             the
             Blood
             and
             other
             humours
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             nasty
             Minerals
             they
             are
             impregnated
             with
             ,
             which
             Nature
             abhorring
             rejects
             with
             disturbance
             ;
             and
             I
             would
             advise
             Persons
             hereafter
             to
             repair
             to
             some
             pure
             Spring
             ,
             and
             there
             Drink
             as
             at
             the
             usually
             frequented
             places
             ,
             and
             if
             they
             don't
             receive
             more
             than
             usual
             benefit
             ,
             I
             will
             recant
             and
             turn
             an
             Aridist
             ,
             and
             be
             as
             ready
             to
             assist
             John
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Hypothetick
             in
             the
             Doctine
             of
             Arid
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             now
             farther
             to
             demonstrate
             that
             of
             Humid
             ,
             as
             that
             which
             I
             think
             will
             be
             the
             most
             safe
             ,
             and
             likely
             to
             do
             my
             Friends
             a
             kindness
             ,
             now
             the
             dangerous
             Doctrine
             of
             Acids
             begins
             to
             go
             out
             of
             Fashion
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
           
        
      
    
     
  

