from a Teftilence* 1 1 9 Prefervation, and brought themfelves into great Hazard of their Lives by wearing them •, a remarkable Inftance of which I met with in an elderly Lawyer, who upon wearing an Arfenical Amulet upon his Breaft had a pefHlential Carbuncle rife under it, •the third Day after which he died. In fome others large Vesications appeared, not from any Venom drawn out, but from the Cauftick Quality of the Charm it felf^ and the Communication of its own Poifon to the Part: What Madnefs was it, in •fiich a terrible Calamity, to put the Hazard of Life upon fiich idle and ridiculous Ex- periments ? BUT to pafs over fiich Baubles, and pro- ceed to Means that are conformable to Reafon, and the Rules of Medicine, Ijfues are not to be forgot ^ for by thefe all kinds of Impurities are allowed to flow out along with the pellilential Poifon, as through an open and ready Paflage j and the more of thefe little Ulcers are made, the better, al- though their Largenefs may anfwer as well as more in Number j that is, if they are big enough to hold 4, 6 or 8 Peas together. If any one hath a Mind for two IfTues, let one be made in the left Arm, and the other in
