[166] Ibid., p. 409.
[167] In his Magnum Oportet, sect. 39, p. 151, he gives an account of the origin of metals in the earth, and in that section there is a description of bur, which those who are anxious to understand the ideas of the author on this subject may consult.
[168] As an example of the prescriptions of Sylvius, we give the following for malignant fever: R. Theriac. veter. ᴣij Antim. diaphor. ᴣj Syrup. Card. Benedic. ℥ij Aq. prophylact. ℥j — Cinnam. ℥ss — Scabios. ℥ij M. D.
[169] Shaw’s Boyle, iii, 424.
[170] De Ortu et Progressu Chemiæ. Hafniæ, 1674.
[171] While travelling in a tract-boat, one of his fellow-travellers more orthodox than well informed, attacked the system of Spinoza with so little spirit, that Boerhaave was tempted to ask him if he had ever read Spinoza. The polemic was obliged to confess that he had not; but he was so much provoked at this public exposure of his ignorance, that he propagated the report of Boerhaave’s attachment to Spinozism, and thus blasted his intention of becoming a clergyman.
[172] Mem. Paris, 1734, p. 539.
[173] Phil. Trans. 1733. No. 430, p. 145.
[174] It is entitled, “El Arte de los Metales, en que se ensena el verdadero beneficio de los de oro y plata por azoque,” &c.
[175] Born’s New Process of Amalgamation, translated by Raspe, p. 11.