1000000030

(

ol.cd,

il i. nidcnl lhal lhe ,ilriolie acid in lhe (elenitu,

huing a greater .flinilY Wilh lhe fixed alkali o( lhe (uap

lhan Wilh itl own eanhy

b~fis,

will quil lhe Iwer lO

U·

níte ",ilh lhe (ormer; and lhul lhe (oap will be deeom·

pouodtd innrad o( being dilfolved. Aeeurdingly we (ee,

tlm,

\l/hen we anempllo d,lfolve

(o~p

in our well.wmr,

Ihe (u,(aee o( lhe liquo, is in a Olon lime comed Wilh a

(l!

oily pelhc\e. Howe,er, lh" decompofil ion o( (oap

il nOl complete;

lu n bUl a

(m~1I

pan o( il is pe,·

(elllydecompounded ; benu(e lhe greal quanlily o( (e–

lenllCl, \l/ilh \l/hieh lhe water is impregnmd, hinden

lhe foap from míxínc

lho,oughly wllh il, as ís requi·

Gle lOprOlluee a 101.1deeompofilion lhereo(.

AII nlineral walm

are

likewi(e ha,d, Wilh regard lO

(oap

(or,

moll o( lhcmowe lheir vinues lO ,heemo·

refeeneín lhey have IVa/he.!

olf,

(,om pyrilCl lhal have

"own hOl and begun lO be decompo(ed, lhey are im·

pregnaled with lhe (allOe manm produeed by pyrilel in

Ihu natc; lhal is, Wilh aluminous, . ilriolie, and fui·

phu,eous

(ubn~nCCl,

whieh

it~Ye

lhe (ame efTell

(o~p

lhe (deniles

h~lh.

M,ne,~1

Wllerl eonníning neul,,1

ItI only, (ueh as

(u ·fah. prom fJh, Glauber', (ah,

Irc

nevrnhelds

h.,d IVllh regud to (oap, 'hough the .ciels o( tho(e

(¡lit,

bc,ng uniled wllh

6~eJ

alkalis, are inupable of deeom·

pounJin~

il. T he rufon is, lhu lhofe

neulr~1

(.1" are

more foluble in wmr lhan

fo~p

is ; (o mueh indeed as

nen lOexelude il : becau(e eJeh of the tWOprincipies

Ih 1eompofe lhem halh a m y g,eat aflinilY with wmr;

",herw only one of lhe principies of foap, namc\y, itl

llkali, hath thal lflinilY; Ihe olher,

vi:.

the oily prin.

ciple, hning none

¡l1,

Thu. wmr impregnmd Wilh

ln aeid, or w"h aoyneulr I fah. is hard with n:gard to

(oap, lnd 'ne pable o( .!ilfol

'"1

il ; and hence il (01·

10111', lhal

(o~p

(on of 10uehnoDe (or uying lh. pu·

,il o( WlIer.

W,ne dílfol... fo¡p; bOl impe,fellly, beeau(e il cpn·

IIlnS

an aeul or

1~'t.UOU'

pan.

plfil o( ine alfo eli(–

(ohes it : bUl nenher 1I 1bll dilfulution pcr(.ll ; becau(e

onla,", lOO Inde wm, : (or ilt (pirituous pan can

d,ffol,e nOlmog bUl the 0,1o( lhe (oap; and lhe .Ikal,

o 1

.11,

lun

'0 '

ery (mall quanl1ly, (oluble 10

Ih" menO,uum.

e Irue Tol.enl of foap il Ihm(ore

hquM lhll is pmly rpirituou., p rtly aqueous, and

001 aflJ.

Bundy hu Ihr(e quali".. : anJ accordinl\ly il

Ihe

(ohenl lhu unile bell \\ith

diITolm th.

g'wcll

~uanlll

, lnd m.

Ihe mull

hmpod

(o\uuon lhereof.

tI CHn lhi, rOIUlion hath (omcthtng of

mil y

un,

o.:ufioned by

111

nOl beiog enlird frce (,om In aCld, o,

\he IUUfOU. pnnclple.

n "

fau ll ma be ufilr

eor–

col,

by "" ,ng IIt"h " a

\in

¡I

.h la ab(o,b Ihe

,d.

dum

C') OaM.,1 (.11 o( elp mi ed \'"h

Ih'ee oune

anJ .

h.lf

ood

bnndy, rroJen"

ble of d,ITul.D.lI1

.mJ

dr¡m, of

uoJ

hud

,nlO '

pe'

c¿tl

~mp,d

Irq1lOf.

me cm

'&o

d'(,utcrcd lhal (Olp

mi~11

~r"l

"h are.u

cr,

m.dlCloe,

lllJ

lh>!

f"lITelfC)

Ih. rroren of d,ITol

,he Oon

COIIClClIO

Ih 1form

111

Cuut! P

lb,

~Uh

lbe IJar))

15 1

and

bladder. SOlp illhe bafis o( lhe compo61ioo known

by lhe name of

JIt"

Sltphw',

rtmtJ,;

and in lhis one

ingredien! ilS whole ,irtue refidel.

F,om what hath been faid on lhe nature o( lhis eom–

pound, as well as on the eau(e and phenomeoa of iu dir·

(olulion, il plainly appem lO be of lhe lan eoo(equeoce,

in ldminiflering il lO a patient, lhal hi, connilulion be

confidered, and a proper regimen ordered. AII aeid.

/hould be ab(oluldy (o,bid him ; as weknow lheyhinder

l~e

foap from diffol,iog, and deeompound il : and i( Ihe

patien! have any .cidi"e, in Ihe firn paITage" mmCII ca.

p~bre

o( nenmJifing lhem /hould be pre(erihed him;

prepared erab, eyes, and otller ab(orbenu known in me–

dicine

In (uch cafe, lhofe Wilh which lhe

(o~p

is com–

pounded in

Mil

Slephen's remedy OIay be of ufe.

Cfmhint

F.,

011, 'UJíth SI/lphur.

PUT lny

f~l

oil whale'er in10 In eanhen .effel; acld

¡bOUl a founh pan of in ",cíehl o( Bower of (ul–

phor, lnd (el lhe veffel in

(urom, Wilh lighled coajs

unde, it. When lhe oil halh aequi,ed a cenain degree

o( heal, lhe fulphur will mell, lnd )'OU will

(ce

il (an

immediately lOlhe bOllomof lhe oil, in lhe fo,m of.

ge,y red Buid. The llVOfubnanees IVill remaio lhus (e–

paraled, WilhoUl mixing loge!he" while lhe

i, DO

gremr Ihan is neCtITuy lOkeep lhe (ulphur in (ufion.

Increa(e il lhere(ore; bUl Oowly, and Wilh eireum(pee·

lion, len Ihe maller uke fire. When lhe oil begin, lO

fmoke, lhe 1100 liquon will

b~gin

lO mix aod look lUC–

bid : al lan lheywill unile (O

lO appear one homo,e.

neous whole. I( you keep up !he hw, (o lhu !he

mi~

lure /hall alway' eonlinue (moking and rudy lO boil,

you may add more fulphur, wbich will perrelllr. ineor–

pome with il : and Ihul maya prmyeoor,derab e quan·

"'ylhereo( he introdueed inlo lhis compofition.

w n6in.

F~/

Oil,

'UJi/h

L••

J, .nJ

/ •

C.IJlu

LIIJ.

rAt

enjÍl

PI.Jlm.

TAt Dmmp>j/i.n

th;.

C'/n6/n.llon.

I Toan wlhen .elfcl. pur granubloc! lud, lilhuge,

ce,u(e, or minlum; ¡nd pour Ihcreon lwiee ill wcíghl of

any

(a!

011 ",hm,er. Ir you fel lhe \'tifc\ o' e' a brifk

fire, lhe lead

bOllom",ill meh befo

Ihe oil begin tO

boil. ' heo it boil.,

ni,

Ihe matl.. Wilh a fliek : Ihe

lead, or Ihe

C11~

of lud,

gradu.U d,(appcar,

I.od

al lan be lotally diITol'ed by lhe oil, lO "bicb lt wul Ife

• 'e'J Ihiek confinenee.

Fat oils diITohe nOl only lead, bUl iu al"..,

¡I(o:

nl)', they J,fful.c lhe lalter more rnd,ly lhan lud il)

(ubllanee ; proba Iy beuu(e lhey lIe more d"ided. Tbe

re(uh

comb,natioo or there manen i.

lhick, lena–

ClOUI mar., lhJI

G"'''

in rome deg,ee hlld ,n the cold,

n fO(1 by hm.

compofition il no"'n in phar.

nue .

the name of

,/JJ/u.

muir

gp ilb ("e·

ni d,u& In

rl.llm, ",h,cb pln-Ke of 1

.ir,

lho(e d,ug'; ro lh 1il i, Ibe b.fis o( almo al1 pi

n .

LuJ

u(clf

(cldom ured tO makc

plallcrs:

(eru(r,

lilbu e, or mimum, lIe p,cfmerl

11; be ure lbefc

mlnm

Ullllt

111 l .