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amend_v of_o corrupt_a blood_n the_o physician_n call_v in_o greek_a epicrasis_n and_o to_o this_o alexander_n tralleanus_n subscribe_v lib._n 9_o ca._n 2._o the_o reason_n why_o this_o be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v at_o once_o be_v for_o that_o the_o power_n of_o the_o body_n will_v relent_v &_o give_v over_o and_o although_o that_o which_o be_v evacuate_v be_v superfluous_a yet_o by_o a_o sudden_a &_o thorough_a mutation_n it_o do_v more_o hurt_n than_o good_a it_o be_v better_a therefore_o to_o empty_a the_o body_n safe_o and_o by_o little_a at_o once_o than_o by_o make_v haste_n to_o dispatch_v both_o the_o disease_n &_o the_o party_n disease_v and_o here_o it_o appear_v how_o much_o they_o abuse_v phlebotomy_n which_o detract_v the_o ill_a blood_n so_o long_o till_o the_o good_a also_o begin_v to_o come_v whereas_o it_o may_v fall_v out_o that_o all_o the_o blood_n will_v flow_v forth_o of_o the_o body_n before_o that_o the_o good_a will_v appear_v it_o behove_v therefore_o the_o 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find_v out_o yet_o the_o same_o may_v not_o be_v use_v the_o reason_n be_v for_o that_o such_o a_o medicine_n special_o or_o rather_o altogether_o respect_v the_o blood_n will_v neither_o evacuate_v nor_o attract_v blood_n as_o the_o other_o humour_n be_v evacuate_v with_o their_o own_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a receipt_n yea_o if_o it_o happen_v that_o it_o do_v evacuate_v blood_n as_o pulpa_fw-la colocynthidis_fw-la do_v according_a to_o avicen_n without_o doubt_n it_o evacuate_v thaâ—_n blood_n which_o shall_v be_v still_o retain_v for_o the_o good_a health_n of_o man_n body_n serapio_n say_v that_o the_o impropriate_a or_o improper_a humour_n of_o a_o receipt_n be_v soon_o thereby_o evacuate_v then_o the_o proper_a humour_n whereof_o he_o render_v a_o reason_n namely_o that_o the_o proper_a humour_n to_o a_o receipt_n be_v the_o best_a belove_a to_o the_o receipt_n whereby_o say_v he_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o improper_a humour_n be_v soon_o for_o saken_a of_o nature_n than_o the_o proper_a the_o humour_n improper_a be_v quick_o draw_v to_o the_o receipt_n and_o thereby_o soon_o expel_v whereas_o the_o humour_n call_v proper_a which_o the_o medicine_n most_o proper_o respect_v be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o most_o belove_a friend_n and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o most_o natural_a child_n to_o the_o evacuate_a receipt_n and_o therefore_o be_v still_o rather_o retain_v than_o expel_v by_o this_o reason_n oâ—_n serapio_n forasmuch_o as_o blood_n be_v nature_n darling_n &_o more_o help_a than_o the_o other_o humour_n which_o be_v but_o superfluity_n in_o respect_n of_o the_o blood_n if_o there_o be_v a_o receipt_n evacuate_v &_o respect_v blood_n &_o that_o the_o same_o be_v administer_v the_o other_o humour_n will_v be_v attract_v &_o cuacuate_v before_o the_o blood_n and_o so_o great_a hurt_n ensue_v to_o the_o body_n and_o if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o only_a blood_n offend_v which_o be_v not_o perhaps_o altogether_o true_a yet_o neither_o shall_v the_o bloâ—_n alone_o be_v evacuate_v as_o now_o it_o have_v be_v declare_v again_o according_a to_o the_o philosopher_n 4._o de_fw-la animalibus_fw-la we_o be_v to_o make_v choice_n of_o the_o right_a way_n and_o not_o to_o seek_v crooked_a way_n now_o open_v a_o vein_n be_v the_o right_a &_o safe_a way_n to_o evacuate_v blood_n than_o medicine_n for_o phlebotomy_n evacuate_v all_o humour_n at_o once_o &_o principal_o the_o blood_n which_o most_o of_o all_o abound_v in_o the_o vein_n and_o this_o thing_n medicine_n can_v do_v again_o evacuation_n be_v do_v for_o two_o cause_n either_o for_o to_o remove_v the_o abundance_n of_o the_o humour_n or_o to_o take_v away_o the_o corrupt_a quality_n of_o the_o homor_n so_o evacuation_n of_o blood_n be_v practise_v either_o because_o it_o abound_v in_o quantity_n or_o offend_v in_o quality_n if_o we_o open_v a_o vein_n because_o blood_n abound_v in_o quantity_n then_o in_o like_a sort_n there_o be_v also_o abundance_n of_o other_o humour_n for_o abundanceof_o blood_n come_v through_o good_a nutriment_n cause_v bonum_fw-la chymun_n i_o good_a â—uce_n proceed_v of_o meat_n digest_v which_o do_v not_o only_o bring_v repletion_n of_o blood_n but_o also_o of_o other_o humour_n as_o helper_n unto_o blood_n therefore_o when_o blood_n thus_o abound_v in_o quantity_n with_o other_o humour_n it_o be_v better_a to_o evacuat_v they_o by_o phlebotomy_n than_o by_o receipt_n if_o evacuation_n of_o blood_n be_v make_v for_o that_o it_o corrupt_v in_o the_o vein_n then_o by_o reason_n it_o corrupt_v the_o other_o humour_n also_o see_v blood_n be_v more_o abound_v in_o quantity_n than_o be_v the_o other_o humour_n whereupon_o galen_n say_v that_o in_o the_o fever_n sinocha_n there_o be_v corruption_n of_o all_o the_o humour_n &_o in_o all_o the_o vein_n &_o therefore_o blood_n be_v never_o to_o be_v evacuate_v without_o the_o other_o humour_n together_o now_o other_o humour_n may_v superfluous_o abound_v &_o be_v corrupt_v in_o quality_n without_o the_o blood_n and_o so_o consequent_o may_v be_v evacuate_v without_o blood_n by_o inward_a medicine_n so_o that_o it_o be_v natural_a for_o the_o other_o humour_n in_o this_o sort_n to_o be_v evacuate_v and_o unnatural_a so_o to_o evacuate_v blood_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o haly_n upon_o galens_n authority_n affirm_v that_o galen_n cause_v one_o to_o be_v hang_v which_o evacuate_v blood_n by_o inward_a receipt_n to_o the_o former_a objection_n therefore_o we_o answer_v thus_o isaac_n his_o say_n quod_fw-la prodest_fw-la choleri_fw-la prodest_fw-la sanguini_fw-la be_v to_o be_v understand_v not_o of_o evacuate_a medicine_n but_o of_o alter_v receipt_n as_o thus_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v profitable_a to_o alter_v choler_n and_o to_o extinguish_v the_o amity_n thereof_o they_o work_v the_o same_o effect_n in_o alteration_n of_o the_o blood_n or_o we_o may_v understand_v it_o of_o evacuation_n and_o expound_v it_o thus_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v profitable_a to_o evacuate_v choler_n be_v profitable_a to_o mundefie_v the_o blood_n because_o by_o evacuation_n of_o choler_n blood_n be_v mundefy_v and_o cleanse_v to_o the_o second_o we_o answer_v that_o this_o argument_n blood_n be_v naught_o and_o offend_v as_o do_v other_o humour_n therefore_o it_o be_v good_a to_o evacuate_v the_o same_o by_o medicine_n as_o other_o homor_n offend_v be_v evacuate_v this_o be_v a_o fallax_fw-la of_o the_o consequent_a or_o rather_o figurae_fw-la dictionis_fw-la for_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o if_o blood_n offend_v it_o must_v be_v evacuate_v by_o inward_a medicine_n because_o the_o same_o may_v better_o and_o more_o safe_o be_v do_v otherwise_o namely_o by_o phlebotomy_n and_o this_o may_v serve_v for_o answer_v to_o the_o second_o doubt_v before_o move_v in_o like_a manner_n to_o the_o three_o may_v be_v say_v that_o pulpa_fw-la be_v forcible_a it_o great_o debilitate_v the_o member_n and_o therefore_o when_o blood_n be_v superfluous_a it_o lose_v and_o evacuate_v the_o same_o and_o let_v the_o blood_n contain_v in_o the_o member_n to_o pass_v away_o but_o it_o do_v not_o attract_v the_o blood_n and_o this_o be_v very_o pernicious_a to_o the_o body_n of_o man_n the_o answer_n to_o the_o four_o be_v plain_a in_o the_o premise_n where_o note_n that_o although_o it_o have_v be_v declare_v in_o this_o chapter_n that_o blood_n be_v not_o to_o be_v evacuate_v by_o siege_n as_o other_o humour_n be_v which_o flux_n of_o blood_n that_o way_n we_o rather_o account_v a_o disease_n than_o a_o remedy_n as_o in_o dysenteria_fw-la &_o such_o like_a yet_o this_o notwithstanding_o we_o do_v not_o deny_v but_o medicine_n may_v be_v very_o profitable_o give_v and_o receive_v to_o mundify_v &_o to_o purge_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o impediment_n or_o let_n of_o phlebotomy_n and_o of_o the_o cause_n require_v and_o further_a the_o same_o chap._n 8._o there_o be_v certain_a thing_n which_o put_v off_o bleed_v for_o a_o while_n and_o other_o thing_n which_o altogether_o hinder_v &_o forbid_v this_o practice_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v indigestion_n of_o the_o meat_n receive_v as_o when_o a_o man_n have_v eat_v much_o overnight_o and_o in_o the_o morning_n feel_v himself_o pain_v thereby_o feel_v still_o as_o it_o be_v the_o send_v &_o savour_n of_o the_o meat_n which_o he_o have_v eat_v remain_v still_o in_o his_o stomach_n whereby_o the_o crudity_n plain_o appear_v in_o this_o case_n except_o urgent_a necessity_n otherwise_o require_v we_o must_v forbear_v bleed_v till_o the_o digestion_n be_v accomplish_v that_o be_v till_o the_o raw_a humour_n be_v concoct_v &_o also_o the_o excrement_n descend_v the_o reason_n why_o crudity_n and_o rawness_n of_o humour_n through_o too_o much_o ingorge_v of_o meat_n stay_v bleed_v for_o the_o time_n may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o avicen_n 1._o doctri_fw-la 6._o cap._n 3._o for_o that_o there_o be_v three_o thing_n which_o attract_v matter_n unto_o they_o that_o be_v emptiness_n of_o the_o place_n heat_n of_o the_o member_n the_o habit_n and_o state_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n if_o therefore_o the_o body_n thus_o affect_v we_o chance_v to_o open_v a_o vein_n the_o blood_n untimely_o will_v be_v draw_v by_o the_o vein_n first_o part_n of_o this_o crudity_n of_o humour_n and_o the_o vein_n be_v destitute_a of_o their_o proper_a and_o convenient_a nourishment_n will_v draw_v unto_o they_o that_o which_o be_v not_o as_o yet_o concoct_v in_o the_o stomach_n &_o liver_n which_o unconcoct_v matter_n send_v abroad_o to_o the_o other_o member_n of_o the_o body_n will_v not_o easy_o be_v amend_v for_o as_o galen_n say_v the_o three_o dgestion_n do_v not_o remedy_v the_o fault_n of_o the_o second_o nor_o the_o second_o the_o curl_n of_o the_o first_o si_fw-mi magnum_fw-la sit_fw-la peccatum_fw-la as_o he_o say_v if_o the_o evil_n be_v great_a so_o that_o now_o if_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o matter_n be_v turn_v into_o the_o member_n
there_o must_v in_o the_o mean_a season_n of_o necessity_n be_v abundance_n of_o excrement_n remain_v in_o the_o body_n as_o the_o occasion_n of_o sickness_n and_o so_o at_o length_n sickness_n may_v ensue_v yea_o it_o be_v far_o better_a as_o it_o seem_v to_o galen_n lib._n de_fw-fr curand_n ratio_fw-la per_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la missionem_fw-la cap._n 6._o altogether_o to_o abstain_v from_o bleed_v in_o untemperat_a drinker_n &_o gluttonous_a person_n as_o from_o such_o as_o can_v be_v cure_v either_o by_o purge_v or_o bleed_v for_o by_o their_o untemperat_a life_n they_o gather_v in_o short_a time_n again_o great_a abundance_n of_o raw_a &_o unconcoct_v humour_n with_o such_o it_o be_v not_o best_o to_o deal_v for_o to_o what_o purpose_n be_v it_o to_o have_v the_o excellent_a use_n of_o this_o practice_n by_o these_o man_n intemperancy_n deface_v among_o the_o common_a people_n which_o have_v be_v so_o present_a a_o help_n to_o diverse_a see_v galen_n lib._n 11_o cap._n 9_o method_n meden_n the_o second_o matter_n put_v off_o this_o practice_n for_o a_o time_n be_v the_o excrement_n of_o the_o belly_n therefore_o first_o exonerate_v the_o womb_n before_o bleed_v if_o it_o be_v not_o soluble_a of_o itself_o with_o a_o clyster_n of_o decoction_n of_o mallow_n put_v thereto_o oil_n and_o salt_n or_o with_o a_o suppository_n or_o with_o eat_v a_o little_a cassia_n fistula_n the_o third_o impediment_n be_v some_o other_o voluntary_a evacuation_n that_o may_v be_v at_o that_o present_a time_n as_o in_o flux_n of_o term_n in_o woman_n and_o in_o flux_n of_o the_o hemorroid_v whereunto_o gaelen_fw-mi likewise_o consent_v lib._n 9_o cap._n 5._o method_n meden_n in_o these_o word_n if_o say_v he_o in_o time_n of_o bleed_a it_o happen_v that_o the_o term_n do_v flow_v or_o that_o the_o vein_n call_v haemorrhois_n be_v open_a if_o the_o force_n of_o the_o same_o flux_n seem_v sufficient_a so_o that_o it_o alone_o may_v evacuate_v that_o which_o thou_o require_v thou_o shall_v 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