Volume 1

Experiments and observations upon oriental and other bezoar-stones, which prove them to be of no use in physick. Gascoin's powder, distinctly examin'd in its seven ingredients, censur'd and found imperfect : dedicated to the Royal Society to which is annex'd, a vindication of sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, other physicians, and common prejudices dedicated to the ladies. Together with further discoveries and remarks / By Frederick Slare.

  • Frederick Slare
Date:
1715
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Credit: Experiments and observations upon oriental and other bezoar-stones, which prove them to be of no use in physick. Gascoin's powder, distinctly examin'd in its seven ingredients, censur'd and found imperfect : dedicated to the Royal Society to which is annex'd, a vindication of sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, other physicians, and common prejudices dedicated to the ladies. Together with further discoveries and remarks / By Frederick Slare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ < 3 A N ' : ' EXAMEN ► '• ■ f f O F V ■ ' ' • ' ]\ Oriental Bezoar B Y CHYMICAL FIRES, &c. ^ Took a Dram of Bezoar, and put jST t 12 k in a Retort> with a Receitvef weR luted ta it* l kept the Glafs in a naked Fire, ( for. the milder Heat in Sand would not touch it ), the Mat¬ ter being all the while ignited , I kept it half an Hour in this State ^ we had a Drop or two at moft, of a fubacid Liquor, with fome fmall Effltarefcence or Flowers in the B Neck