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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39637	The art of preserving and restoring health explaining the nature and causes of the distempers that afflict mankind : also shewing that every man is, or may be his own best physician : to which is added a treatise of the most simple and effectual remedies for the diseases of men and women / written in French by M. Flamand ; and faithfully translated into English.	Flamant, M., fl. 1692-1699.	1697 (1697)	Wing F1129; ESTC R24327	46,472	140

an Infant assoon as 't is born applies it self to the Nipple which is presented to it by the Mother or Nurse and sucks out the Milk without considering that it wants it for its Nourishment And soon after when the Organs of his Senses are strengthen'd and when he begins to fix his Eyes upon such Objects as present themselves to his sight do not we see that he endeavours to avoid those that are disagreeable to him that he cries and is troubled when an unknown or deform'd Person takes him out of his Nurse's Arms And is it not plain that these are the Effects of Instinct since Beasts do the same without the Light of Reason But we are not only guided by Instinct during our Infancy for we are sensible of it even in the Vigour of our Age. How often does it happen that while our Thoughts are ●ntent upon some important Affair we approach the Fire in the Winter or eat a hearty Meal and do several other things without thinking on them Cato the Censor one of the wisest Persons among the Romans was Physician to himself and to his whole Family and he who writes his Life tells us that that Illustrious Roman was wont to boast that he always kept himself and his Family in per●ect Health by the help of such Physick as he prepar'd himself which is as much as ●f he had intimated to us that he was a di●igent Observer of the Dictates of Nature Montaigne one of the most refin'd Wit● of our Age relates the same of his Ancestors in the Second Book of his Essays Chap. 3● My Father says he liv'd seventy four Years my Grand-father sixty nine and my Great Grandfather near eighty without so much as tasting any Medicines for whatsoever was not commonly us'd serv'd them instead of Drugs Nevertheless 't is certain that he did no● write this because he had an Aversion to Physick for he was too wise and judicious no● to have a particular value for so useful a● Art as appears by another Passage of hi● Works where he expresses himself in the●● Words Health is a precious thing which rea● deserves that a Man shou'd employ not only b● time but every thing else for its Preservation If Men will join Reason to their Natural Instinct they may know themselves be●ter than the Beasts can possibly do whic● perhaps have no Knowledge or at le●●● are incapable of Reflexion I am not ignorant that Monsieur de 〈◊〉 Chambre a very Learned and Eminent Physician hath written a particular Treatise co●cerning the Reasoning of Beasts But t●● Reader will give me leave to own that 〈◊〉 am neither of his Opinion nor of that 〈◊〉 some other Philosophers who affirm th●● Beasts act formally and directly for the a●taining of their End tho' in an imperfe●● manner since according to the Philosopher● the distinction of Degrees or More and Le●● does not imply a special Difference and since there is no Effect that does not depend upon or proceed from an Internal Cause which can hardly be allow'd to Beasts Besides Reason enables a Man to choose out of many Remedies that which he knows to be the most proper for himself whereas all other Animals of the same Species use the same Remedies because they are not capable of making so nice a Distinction To conclude as 't is plain that certain Junctures of Time and other Circumstances have a considerable influence upon the Effect of Medicines it must also be acknowledged as wholly owing to Reason that a Man who has made use of the same Remedies at different times when he comes to reflect upon their various Effects is able with more exactness and Judgment to choose fit Opportunities to secure or promote their Success 'T is thus that many Husbandmen Labourers and other Country People preserve their Health for the space of seventy or eighty Years and live to a great Age without having need of any but their own Internal Physician that is their natural Instinct and the Light of their Reason which admonishes 'em to avoid Debauchery Excess and Ambition 'T is certain then that we can make use of no better Physicians than our selves provided we wou'd seriously apply our selves to the Preservation of our Health and Strength and di●igently follow our Instinct and the Light of our Reason OBSERVATION II. Of the Temperaments or Constitution● of Bodies and of the Causes of Diseases in general 'T WOU'D be needless to trouble th● Reader with the Definition or Etymology of the Word Temperament or Constitution and its Division into nine different Species which are the common Subjects of Disputation in the Schools since there are ver● few who know not that a Temperament ● nothing else but a Mixture of the four Qualities viz. Heat Coldness Moisture and Dryness And on the other Hand tho' a Man shou●● know that there are nine Species of Temperaments viz. one temperate and the other eight intemperate he wou'd not perhaps b● the more Learned Nevertheless lest my Silence shou'd be imputed to Ignorance I wi●● give such an account of 'em as may in som● measure satisfie the Reader 's Curiosity The Temperate Constitution is that which is composed of a due and convenient Mixture of the four first Qualities either according to the Quantity which we call a Temperate Constitution ad pondus i. e. to weight or according to the Quality ad justitiam fit for every Faculty to perform its Operations aright I leave it to be decided by my more Learned and Experienc'd Brethren whether they ever met with such a Constitution in their Practice An Intemperate Constitution is that in which there is an Excess of one or more Qualities above the Temperate and it is twofold viz. Simple and Compound The Simple is that which is caused by the Excess of any one Quality viz. Hot Cold Dry or Moist separately The Compound is that which is produc'd by the Excess of two or more Qualities Thus Heat and Moisture conjunctly make a Sanguine Constitution which answers to Adolescency and the Spring Heat and Dryness agree with Youth Choler and the Summer and so of the rest An Intemperate Constitution as well Simple as Compound may be either Healthful or Sickly Equal or Unequal with or without Matter c. But since these Distinctions wou'd engage me in unprofitable Debates I refer the Reader to those Authors who have treated on that Subject And tho' the Knowledge of the Constitutions may be of some use to discover the Inclinations of Men and many Diseases to which they are subject I will chuse rather to say with a late Author that there are but two sorts of Persons one that are endow'd with a healthy and strong Constitution and the other with a feeble and weak Constitution who are almost always sick and enjoy but very little Health 'T is a great Advantage to be naturally well-disposed both in Body and Mind for such a Person may enjoy a perfect Health by leading a regular