A treatise on the virtues and efficacy of a crust of bread, eat early in a morning fasting, to which are added some particular remarks concerning the great cures accomplished by the saliva or fasting spittle, as well when externally applied, as when internally given, in the scurvy, gravel, stone, rheumatism, and divers other diseases, arising from obstructions. With ... observations concerning the recrements of the blood ... / By a physician [i.e. Nicholas Robinson].

  • Robinson, Nicholas, 1697?-1775
Date:
1756
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the virtues and efficacy of a crust of bread, eat early in a morning fasting, to which are added some particular remarks concerning the great cures accomplished by the saliva or fasting spittle, as well when externally applied, as when internally given, in the scurvy, gravel, stone, rheumatism, and divers other diseases, arising from obstructions. With ... observations concerning the recrements of the blood ... / By a physician [i.e. Nicholas Robinson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    * ated, frothy Humour 5 the Mixture then appears from Experiments, to conftitute a fine, thin, volatile, filver-coloured Fluid, and which is fecreted from the arterial Blood in the caroted Arteries, and called the Saliva or Spittle. Upon Examination, it appears to be a Compofition of Salt, Oil, and Sulphur, dif- folved in a pretty large Quantity of a fine, thin, attenuated Phlegm, very nearly re- fembling the Confidence of Soap Wa¬ ter, to which it is very nearly related by the Virtues of its Qualities. Under a found State of Health, it is without Smell, perfectly infipid, or if it has any Tafte, it may properly be faid to refemble the White of an Egg : To the Touch it is extremely vifcid ; eafily mixes with Oil, and therefore is oleofe ; it readi¬ ly evaporates with the lead Force of Fire, and therefore contains a large Portion of volatile Parts; and in its Nature is mightily pene-