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# Title: Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 105, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 105)
# Folio 35, page id 859264114:0045
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and very fat man, irho by cakcino spirit oF Virioi
in his morninss draustts (to Wrhrich he ras adviled
25 a remedy to altrase the exriberance oF his belly)
Found that it had no effect on his body; but that a
bundle oF Keys, Wrhich heuled to carry alirays about
him, and chat monted to be verr smooch and brioht,
ot a ludden became black and rustr, thouxh he ne-
ver handledche Spirit, nor carried ic in his pocket, (0
that re concurred in opinion thar che lUdOrOuS P Mu-
via oEhisbody, impregnated rith che Acid Spirit, hact
Occationed it.
IF (0, IEs very wondertul, chac so maII a quantier
thereot, irhen diluced wich so much juice as is con-
tained in luch a corpulent man, Bould even insteam
and che insensible lmanations mate imprestions on
Smoothtron, mauser theperpecual actrition, by car-
rying them in his Pocket, Wrhereby luch an effect
(onc rould think) Mould be prevented, orCoonrab.
Bed oF. Trras roine to makce lome reflections on
ehis notable accident, butL consider, ec.-
Plimmoncte
May. 5, 1678.
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