78 Of the Complication tmder the peftilential Contagion at its firft Stroke } and it was common to find the venereal Buboes, by a very eafy Tranfitioiij changed into peftilential Carbuncles, except in a few Instances where Nature found out an uncommon Artifice againft thefe united Powers, by endeavouring an Ejedment of their joint Malignities by Salivation, where- by fometimes the Patient was brought in ; ;6 fome Chance for his Life 3 both the Poifons being in a great Meafure caft o.f together that Way. BUT here it may not be improper to adnionilh the young Phyficians not to be too forward Imitators of Nature in fuch a Circumfiance ; unlefs they will run the fame Hazard with a certain Empirick, who crouded his Powders upon the Sick that, railed an untimely Spitting, and brought a great many into a dangerous Condition, which by a regular Practice might have been, though with Difficulty j faved. YET to fet this whole Affair in a clear Light, there is great Reafon to fufpeft, that in many Cafes Mercury had for fome Time remained in the Body, which,* like
