For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.

The Ishikawa diagram is used extensively in what is termed root cause analysis, meaning the development of hypotheses of why an event occurred.

The dipping of a spoon into a springful of water.

The reading of this Paper put Mrs. Bull in such a Passion, that she fell downright into a Fit, and they were forc’d to give her a good quantity of the Spirit of Hartshorn before she recover’d.