Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects / 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On various absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction. 5. On the comparative antiseptic powers of vegetable infusions prepared with lime, &c. 6. On the sweetening properties of fixed air.

by Thomas Henry

[g] Alston's Materia Medica, Vol. I. p. 164.

[h] Ibid.

[i] Essays Physical and Literary, p. 163.

[j] Vide Percival's Essays, 2d. Edit. p. 321.

[k] Ibid. p. 87.

[l] Hactenus monstravimus, sicut cordis, musculorumque vires debiles erant, ita et solidorum quoque statum necessario imbecillem fuisse, et succos tenues, dilutosque; ut natura ampliationem vasculorum facilius efficeret, et incrementum animale minori cum molestiâ perageret. Sed ne status iste tonusque partium debilis laxusque ultra modum procederet (quod sæpe accidit, morbosque excitare solet) acidum quoddam juvenilium animalium stomachis datum est, quod quamvis aluminis instar, lac coagulat, atque ob eam causam aliquando morbum procreat, tamen fibrarum tonum astringet confirmatque, et putredinem omnem alkalinam, a qua alioquin periculum esset, reprimit. Quod quidem videri est, vel in coagulo stomachi vitulini, vel in aliis animalibus: sed istud tamen acidum, quod infantibus tarn idoneum est, redundat fortasse nonnumquam, et vel per testaceas pulveres, vel per medicamenta antiacida, ut supra dixi, corrigi debet.

Russelli Œconomia Naturæ, p. 56.

[m] Medical Observations and Inquiries, Vol. III. p. 335.

[n] Neque enim tantum absorbentem et catharticam, si acidum primâ in regione stabulatur, virtutem exserit; verum etiam si in remissiore dosi, ad grana xv. vel xx. usurpatur, diaphoreticum et diureticum effectum sequi, non semel observavimus.

Hoffman. circa Magnesiam. Oper.
Tom. 4. p. 481.