(1685) Conglomeration of salts in the stomach .These observations strengthen the conviction I have long felt that when the numerous subtile sharp particles of salt present in various fluids enter our stomach , they coalesce to such a degree that none , if any , pass into the blood or other parts of the body , for I am convinced that , were it not true that several particles of salt contained in wines and vinegars conglomerate in the stomach , or change shape , they would cause insupportable irritation and stinging pains in our blood and other vessels - nay , more , would cause our death ; furthermore , that at some time I should have seen them in sweat , blood or urine , the more so as not only do the particles of salt in vinegar or wine cluster or grow in size in damp weather , but none , to my knowledge , once having become coalesced or enlarged ( to the extent of becoming perceptible to me ) have ever been transformed afterwards into watery matter , however wet and cold the weather .They are , therefore , more solid than our common salt , for that liquefies again as soon as the weather becomes in the least degree damp and cold .