THE ROYAL CHEMISTRY

in time, namely before the seventh day, and usually without bloodletting the practice of withdrawing blood to cure illness, which was common in the 17th century. Thus, in the future, when the use of remedies of this kind is perhaps required, he is satisfied with his stated emetic a medicine that induces vomiting purgative water, or his "ruptory emetic," as he calls it. Elsewhere, the same Blessed Water original: "aqua Benedicta"; a famous antimonial preparation used by Martin Ruland successfully cures many very serious diseases, such as pains and inflammations of the stomach, Jaundice, and Tertian and Quotidian fevers fevers that recur every third day or every day, respectively. See Century 1, Chapter 8 and Century 2, Chapters 31, 34, and 65 these refer to Ruland’s published "Centuries" of medical case studies. One can also see in Century 9, Chapter 51 how wonderfully he praises this same Blessed Water and similar emetic purgatives, both for the prevention and for the cure of Gout original: "Podagra" itself.

The Golden Spirit.

Furthermore, he uses another emetic which he calls the Golden Spirit original: "Spiritus Aureus", with which he cured two women very easily and with praiseworthy success: one of whom was about sixty years old, the other fifty. The first suffered from Dropsy swelling caused by fluid retention, Jaundice, and Asthma; the second was struggling with a suffocating and lethal asthma. He records these cures in Century [blank], Chapters 25 and 35.

Water of the Holy Land.

The Emetic Cup.

In the works of the same Ruland, there is yet another kind of emetic which is sudorific induces sweating, and he calls this the Water of the Holy Land original: "aquam Terræ sanctæ". He achieved elegant and singular experimental results with it in cases of Epilepsy, and in Strangury painful, frequent urination and Ischuria the inability to pass urine. See Century 4, Chapters 31 and 33. In the same place, for the cure of all intermittent fevers, a certain Chemical Cup original: "calix Chymicus" is found. It is to be prepared (as I judge) from Glass of Antimony original: "vitro Antimonii", or from lead-ash vitrified with flints, which, being poured into a mold, is shaped into a cup or a small vessel. In this, four or five ounces of wine or some other liquor are left to soak overnight; this potion is then given to be drunk in the morning. Once swallowed, it provokes a vomit much gentler than that caused by the powder of the Glass of Antimony. And it should be noted that a vessel of this kind remains always fit and suitable for the same use, without any loss of its weight or its power a phenomenon that fascinated early chemists: the metal "infused" the liquid with its properties without the metal itself appearing to dissolve or diminish. Finally, another emetic presents itself in the same Ruland, which is his Saffron of Metals original: "crocus metallorum"; an oxysulfide of antimony. Of this he takes only a portion the size of a pea, which he soaks for 24 hours in 4 or 5 ounces of white wine; he strains everything and administers it. He calls this the Pantagogum from Greek, meaning "driver of all things"; a medicine intended to purge all harmful humors from the body emetic purgative. He uses it against loss of appetite, indigestion, and spasms. Century 5, Chapter 13. This Saffron of Metals listed here is, unless I am mistaken, the basis of his Blessed Water. Indeed, I am accustomed to prepare my own from it—