bottome there is none, for all the ſalt in the Lixivium is vapoured away, and the more the Liquor is evaporated the weaker the Lixivium becomes, which is contrary to other Lixiviums: Alſo if you take Spirit of vinegar, and evaporate it you ſhall finde no ſalt at the bottome. Now if you take the cleare Lixivium of Lime, and Spirit of Vinegar, of each a like quantity, and mixe them together, and evaporate the humidity thereof, you ſhall finde a good quantity of ſalt at the bottome, which taſts partly hot, and partly acid.
This ſalt being ſet in a cold cellar on a marble ſtone, and diſſolved into an Oil, is as good as any Lac virginis to clear, and ſmooth the face, and dry up any hot puſtles in the skin, as alſo againſt the itch, and old ulcers to dry them up.
Take Lapis inſernalis, mixe therewith of diſtilled Oil of Tobacco as much as will make an ointment: Keep it in a dry place.
If you would provoke vomiting, anoint the pit of the ſtomacke with five or ſixe graines thereof, and the party will preſently vomit, and as much as with taking of a vomit.
If you would provoke to looſneſſe anoint about the navell therewith, and the patient will preſently fall into a looſneſſe.
Note that you muſt give the patient ſome warme ſuppings all the time this medicine is working.
Note alſo, and that eſpecially, that you let not the ointment lye ſo long as to cauterize the part to which it is applyed.
