We took two †several deleted ounces of the Fibrous part of Human Blood, carefully separated from the Serum, & dry'd them severally in 2 clear cak'd Glasses, the one in a South Window in the room over our Laboratory, & the other †on the top deleted upon the Sand of our digestive furnace in a part remote from the Focus where the Heat is alwayes very gentle. The'se' at end of word deleted †two parcels deleted former when it was dry enough to be <easily> pulverable, weighed {drachm} iii + 5 g. & the latter {drachm} ii + 43 gr.

Oyster shells free'd from their external scurf, were by being kept above two hours <in the fire> reduc'd (after some blackness) to a pure white Calx, which discover'd it self to be much of the nature of common Lime, not only by the Tast, but †fi deleted by these Marks 1. The powder of it being rub'd with Syrup of Violets soon turn'd the Liquor green. 2. Some of the same Powder being strow'd upon a Solution of Sublimate, presently afforded an Orange Precipitate.

Two half pounds of Oyl of Dantsic Vitriol, having been distill'd at two several times with an equal weight of Spirits totally Ardent, afforded about {ounce} ii of a cole-black Caput mortuum, which being put into a Crucible & kept an hour in the fire, wasted to <somewhat less than> half an ounce.     space of 1/4 of page

We took about the bigness of a walnut of clean cotton, & having moisten'd it throughly with Chymical †( deleted or (as Artists call it) Essential †) deleted Oyl of Carvi, & then a little press'd it together, we put it into a clean Copper Spoon, (because we had one at hand, & would avoid spoiling a