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the_o bowel_n that_o it_o breed_v other_o incurable_a disease_n as_o the_o leprie_n a_o sort_n of_o leprie_n elephantiasis_n i_o deny_v not_o but_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o disease_n in_o the_o beginning_n be_v easy_a enough_o yet_o such_o as_o require_v the_o care_n of_o the_o physician_n the_o obedience_n and_o patience_n of_o the_o sick_a and_o heedful_a diligence_n to_o be_v have_v in_o his_o diet_n sure_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v a_o very_a light_a disease_n which_o any_o one_o can_v cure_v in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n without_o regard_v any_o course_n of_o live_v with_o liberal_a and_o jocund_a feast_n walk_v abroad_o and_o use_v other_o such_o recreation_n of_o the_o mind_n regiment_n it_o require_v a_o strict_a regiment_n nevertheless_o the_o remedy_n that_o be_v convenient_a for_o this_o disease_n do_v not_o promiscuous_o admit_v or_o what_o course_n of_o live_a man_n please_v for_o it_o may_v perhaps_o be_v such_o as_o do_v resist_v the_o remedy_n and_o abate_v their_o virtue_n again_o as_o in_o other_o disease_n the_o diversity_n of_o temperament_n be_v to_o be_v regard_v so_o also_o in_o this_o and_o therefore_o a_o strict_a choice_n of_o remedy_n be_v to_o be_v make_v which_o thing_n if_o any_o man_n do_v not_o consider_v and_o weigh_v it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o he_o undo_v many_o sick_a person_n wherefore_o he_o that_o be_v trouble_v with_o this_o disease_n pox_n caution_n so_o such_o as_o be_v â—ll_o of_o the_o â—rench_n pox_n lethim_v not_o trust_v himself_o but_o to_o a_o physician_n that_o be_v a_o skilful_a artist_n unless_o he_o desire_v to_o lose_v both_o his_o labour_n and_o his_o money_n too_o which_o many_o time_n man_n both_o promise_n and_o bestow_v more_o free_o on_o those_o knave_n then_o on_o a_o learned_a and_o faithful_a physician_n but_o enough_o of_o this_o for_o it_o be_v not_o my_o purpose_n in_o this_o book_n to_o handle_v the_o manner_n of_o
afraid_a lest_o the_o sick_a dye_n with_o hunger_n yet_o i_o do_v not_o altogether_o disallow_v of_o meat_n for_o by_o it_o alone_o be_v the_o strength_n preserve_v but_o i_o have_v in_o this_o chapter_n insinuate_v that_o the_o quantity_n quality_n and_o time_n of_o use_v it_o aught_o to_o be_v prescribe_v by_o the_o advice_n and_o counsel_n of_o physician_n chap._n v._o of_o the_o quality_n of_o meat_n about_o the_o sick_n it_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n likewise_o for_o they_o to_o err_v not_o only_o in_o quantity_n but_o in_o quality_n also_o for_o they_o be_v often_o wont_a to_o offer_v to_o the_o sick_a yea_o to_o such_o as_o be_v sick_a of_o fever_n divers_a strengthen_v meat_n as_o they_o call_v they_o as_o ale_z boil_a with_o egg_n mace_n nutmeg_n and_o cinnamon_n and_o other_o meat_n which_o they_o call_v by_o sundry_a name_n yea_o and_o they_o urge_v they_o sometime_o to_o take_v solid_a meat_n but_o all_o this_o very_o foolish_o and_o first_o it_o be_v certain_a that_o solid_a meat_n be_v unfit_a for_o the_o sick_a see_v they_o can_v be_v well_o concoct_v by_o the_o stomach_n meat_n sup_v meat_n soon_o nourish_v then_o solid_a meat_n but_o those_o meat_n that_o be_v to_o be_v sup_v be_v more_o easy_o overcome_v by_o the_o stomach_n and_o do_v soon_o nourish_v and_o therefore_o hypocrates_n in_o divers_a place_n persuade_v to_o nourish_v the_o sick_a with_o sup_v meat_n rather_o than_o with_o solid_a meat_n for_o by_o such_o a_o diet_n nature_n be_v soon_o strengthen_v and_o be_v not_o hinder_v from_o the_o conflict_n which_o it_o have_v begin_v with_o the_o disease_n 2._o aph._n 11._o lib._n 2._o it_o be_v more_o easy_a to_o be_v fill_v with_o drink_n than_o with_o meat_n where_o by_o drink_v he_o mean_v whatsoever_o be_v take_v by_o sup_v as_o interpreter_n observe_v second_o it_o be_v to_o observe_v that_o in_o the_o healthful_a meat_n ought_v to_o be_v alike_o because_o the_o natural_a state_n do_v require_v to_o be_v preserve_v but_o every_o thing_n be_v preserve_v by_o thing_n that_o be_v alike_o but_o in_o the_o sick_a the_o quality_n of_o meat_n ought_v to_o resist_v the_o disease_n that_o there_o may_v be_v medicine_n in_o meat_n for_o to_o every_o disease_n its_o contrary_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o a_o hot_a nature_n 6._o 6_o epid._n sect_n 6._o cool_v drink_v of_o water_n rest_n from_o whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o they_o that_o go_v about_o to_o strengthen_v the_o sick_a with_o such_o a_o diet_n do_v oftentimes_o more_o hurt_v to_o they_o and_o more_o increase_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o disease_n and_o so_o the_o strength_n be_v more_o impair_v therefore_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o physician_n be_v always_o to_o be_v use_v nor_o ought_v the_o bystander_n rash_o to_o exhibit_v any_o thing_n which_o otherwise_o be_v profitable_a to_o the_o healthful_a for_o the_o same_o do_v prove_v many_o time_n very_o hurtful_a to_o the_o sick_a and_o let_v this_o suffice_v to_o be_v say_v in_o this_o place_n for_o the_o large_a explication_n of_o this_o subject_n belong_v to_o they_o that_o write_v of_o the_o matter_n of_o physic_n for_o it_o be_v not_o my_o purpose_n to_o teach_v physic_n but_o only_o to_o show_v to_o the_o people_n their_o error_n as_o i_o have_v say_v in_o another_o place_n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o time_n of_o use_v meat_n a_o physician_n ought_v also_o to_o be_v consult_v withal_o at_o what_o time_n meat_n may_v most_o fit_o be_v administer_v otherwise_o a_o pernicious_a error_n may_v happen_v to_o the_o sick_a and_o at_o this_o day_n this_o error_n be_v too_o familiar_a for_o the_o bystander_n especial_o the_o woman_n do_v usual_o offer_v meat_n to_o the_o sick_a at_o inconvenient_a season_n where_o they_o must_v know_v fit_a not_o good_a to_o easin_n fit_a that_o in_o the_o fit_v they_o shall_v altogether_o abstain_v from_o meat_n as_o hypocrates_n teach_v in_o the_o fit_v it_o be_v good_a to_o abstain_v 1._o aph._n 11._o lib._n 1._o for_o to_o give_v meat_n then_o be_v hurtful_a and_o they_o to_o who_o the_o fit_n do_v come_v by_o circuit_n must_v abstain_v in_o the_o fit_a and_o in_o the_o nineteenth_o aphorism_n of_o the_o second_o book_n it_o be_v good_a to_o give_v nothing_o to_o they_o that_o have_v fit_n by_o circuit_n nor_o to_o compel_v they_o to_o eat_v but_o to_o withdraw_v from_o their_o ordinary_a diet_n till_o after_o the_o crisis_n wherein_o they_o err_v not_o a_o little_a in_o hypocrates_n his_o time_n as_o also_o in_o this_o our_o age_n in_o which_o there_o be_v many_o that_o without_o difference_n do_v feed_v the_o sick_a have_v no_o regard_n to_o the_o time_n now_o he_o do_v not_o here_o only_o forbid_v to_o give_v meat_n in_o the_o fit_a but_o also_o to_o compel_v the_o sick_a to_o take_v it_o for_o it_o be_v the_o fashion_n of_o many_o to_o urge_v they_o to_o eat_v for_o while_o nature_n in_o the_o fit_n wrestle_v against_o the_o disease_n it_o be_v but_o little_a intent_n upon_o digest_v the_o meat_n whereby_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o it_o be_v unconcocted_a do_v increase_v the_o disease_n and_o the_o symptom_n thereof_o now_o what_o what_o harm_n come_v by_o the_o unseasonable_a eat_n of_o meat_n acut_fw-la 4._o de_fw-fr acut_fw-la the_o same_o hypocrates_n teach_v the_o first_o be_v the_o suffocation_n of_o heat_n for_o in_o the_o paroxysm_n the_o morbous_a humour_n return_v into_o the_o inward_a part_n and_o oppress_v natural_a heat_n but_o much_o more_o after_o the_o take_n of_o meat_n the_o second_o be_v the_o increase_n and_o lengthen_v of_o the_o paroxysme_n and_o the_o disease_n for_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o disease_n and_o the_o meat_n can_v be_v well_o concoct_v together_o and_o therefore_o excrement_n be_v necessary_o increase_v which_o do_v afterward_o increase_v inflammation_n heat_n and_o other_o symptom_n of_o the_o disease_n itself_o but_o because_o there_o be_v a_o certain_a case_n wherein_o it_o be_v not_o only_o lawful_a sick_a in_o what_o case_n it_o may_v do_v good_a to_o nourish_v the_o sick_a but_o also_o necessary_a to_o nourish_v the_o sick_a in_o the_o paroxysm_n to_o wit_n when_o the_o sick_a be_v of_o a_o hot_a and_o dry_a temper_n have_v the_o mouth_n of_o of_o his_o stomach_n feeble_a and_o of_o a_o most_o exquisite_a sense_n so_o that_o it_o be_v easy_o offend_v by_o every_o humour_n and_o cause_n danger_n of_o swoon_v at_o that_o time_n to_o nourish_v with_o those_o thing_n which_o corroborate_v the_o stomach_n galen_n judge_v it_o to_o be_v most_o profitable_a 10._o method_n cap._n 3._o where_o he_o tell_v the_o story_n of_o a_o young_a man_n who_o in_o summer_n lie_v sick_a of_o a_o tertian_n unless_o he_o do_v eat_v meat_n in_o his_o fit_n he_o fall_v into_o a_o syncope_n but_o this_o case_n be_v very_o rare_a and_o require_v not_o a_o little_a skill_n and_o judgement_n in_o the_o physician_n and_o exceed_v the_o capacity_n of_o the_o vulgar_a and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o safe_a to_o imitate_v this_o without_o the_o advice_n of_o a_o prudent_a physician_n all_o which_o i_o have_v say_v that_o man_n may_v serious_o consider_v that_o they_o ought_v not_o adventurous_o to_o use_v those_o remedy_n which_o otherwise_o seem_v to_o be_v most_o familiar_a with_o nature_n for_o in_o the_o application_n of_o every_o remedy_n many_o thing_n be_v to_o beloonsiderect_v which_o the_o skilful_a physician_n alone_o do_v know_v but_o many_o that_o adveaturouf_o practise_v physic_n be_v ignorant_a of_o they_o who_o take_v care_v only_o that_o they_o may_v get_v popular_a applause_n and_o please_v the_o people_n that_o they_o may_v seem_v to_o be_v solicitous_a for_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o sick_a the_o confervation_n of_o which_o nevertheless_o do_v not_o depend_v on_o word_n but_o on_o the_o seasonable_a administration_n of_o remedy_n let_v all_o man_n know_v therefore_o that_o the_o sick_a ought_v not_o always_o to_o be_v obey_v as_o if_o he_o desire_v that_o which_o be_v hurtful_a to_o he_o 7._o 6._o epid._n sect_n 4._o text_n 7._o but_o in_o these_o thing_n say_v hypocrates_n the_o sick_a be_v to_o be_v obey_v namely_o that_o their_o meat_n and_o drink_v be_v clean_o dress_v sick_a when_o good_a to_o obey_v the_o sick_a that_o those_o thing_n be_v pleasant_a which_o they_o see_v and_o soft_a which_o they_o touch_v provide_v they_o hurt_v not_o too_o much_o and_o that_o they_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v amend_v as_o the_o administer_a of_o cold_a water_n when_o there_o be_v need_n and_o such_o like_a so_o avicenne_n in_o the_o three_o section_n of_o his_o first_o book_n will_v that_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v desire_v of_o the_o sick_a be_v grant_v so_o as_o no_o harm_n come_v to_o the_o body_n 2._o aph_n 38._o lib_n 2._o and_o hypocrates_n say_v meat_n and_o drink_v a_o little_a worse_o but_o please_v
needful_a to_o be_v do_v he_o ought_v not_o to_o recoil_v from_o it_o that_o physician_n go_v wise_o to_o work_v who_o have_v full_o find_v out_o the_o diagnostick_n and_o prognostic_n of_o a_o disease_n do_v apply_v remedy_n convenient_a in_o quantity_n time_n manner_n and_o place_n but_o if_o he_o be_v mistake_v in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o disease_n as_o sometime_o it_o happen_v it_o be_v lawful_a to_o change_v not_o only_o the_o remedy_n but_o also_o the_o physician_n himself_o or_o at_o least_o to_o call_v another_o to_o he_o that_o consult_v together_o they_o may_v diligent_o seek_v out_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n which_o when_o they_o have_v well_o and_o perfect_o find_v out_o the_o patient_a commit_n himself_o to_o they_o aught_o to_o hold_v on_o in_o the_o use_n of_o remedy_n charge_v how_o to_o know_v when_o remedy_n be_v to_o be_v charge_v now_o that_o he_o may_v know_v when_o the_o remedy_n be_v to_o be_v change_v this_o be_v to_o be_v note_v first_o if_o the_o remedy_n that_o have_v be_v administer_v do_v help_v a_o little_a it_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o that_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v thorough_o know_v and_o those_o must_v not_o be_v change_v for_o physician_n do_v gather_v the_o sign_n of_o disease_n even_o from_o those_o thing_n which_o do_v good_a and_o harm_n cure_n say_v hypocrates_n do_v show_v the_o nature_n of_o disease_n cornelius_n celsus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o three_o book_n say_v that_o in_o acute_a disease_n remedy_n that_o help_v not_o aught_o present_o to_o be_v change_v but_o in_o long_a disease_n of_o which_o we_o speak_v in_o this_o chapter_n not_o so_o for_o we_o must_v persist_v so_o long_o in_o the_o use_n of_o remedy_n until_o their_o operation_n be_v often_o frustrate_a we_o perceive_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v not_o well_o know_v second_o if_o by_o the_o administration_n of_o the_o remedy_n the_o symptom_n be_v exasperate_v it_o be_v a_o sign_n they_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o disease_n and_o be_v therefore_o to_o be_v change_v to_o wit_n in_o cronicall_a disease_n for_o in_o acute_a disease_n if_o the_o exasperation_n of_o the_o symptom_n do_v happen_v with_o sign_n of_o concoction_n it_o be_v a_o token_n of_o a_o disease_n tend_v to_o a_o crisis_n thus_o antonius_n musa_n physician_n to_o augustus_n caesar_n when_o he_o perceive_v the_o pain_n of_o caesar_n stomach_n to_o become_v worse_o by_o the_o use_n of_o hot_a thing_n he_o apply_v cold_a remedy_n and_o so_o cure_v he_o but_o some_o will_v say_v ob._n remedy_n by_o daily_a use_n do_v become_v at_o length_n familiar_a to_o nature_n and_o so_o be_v unprofitable_a i_o answer_v sol._n the_o remedy_n may_v be_v change_v and_o their_o quantity_n but_o not_o the_o manner_n of_o cure_v so_o long_o as_o the_o disease_n remain_v the_o same_o and_o yield_v the_o same_o indication_n for_o if_o the_o disease_n itself_o be_v change_v as_o if_o of_o a_o tertian_n be_v make_v a_o quartane_a or_o the_o patient_a become_v weak_a or_o there_o be_v a_o flit_a of_o the_o humour_n from_o one_o part_n unto_o another_o or_o the_o like_a not_o only_o the_o remedy_n but_o also_o the_o method_n of_o cure_v aught_o to_o be_v change_v therefore_o i_o think_v good_a to_o annex_v this_o chapter_n because_o it_o often_o fall_v out_o that_o the_o patient_a which_o have_v use_v perhaps_o a_o good_a physician_n if_o the_o success_n which_o he_o expect_v do_v not_o present_o follow_v abjure_v the_o physician_n consult_v with_o empirics_n and_o silly_a woman_n now_o those_o medicine-monger_n do_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o andabatie_n that_o be_v to_o say_v blindfold_a at_o adventure_n fight_v with_o disease_n try_v divers_a remedy_n and_o never_o hold_v on_o in_o the_o use_n of_o that_o in_o which_o they_o shall_v have_v persist_v usual_o the_o last_o remedy_n be_v applaud_v &_o those_o that_o go_v before_o be_v of_o no_o moment_n with_o the_o people_n as_o let_v of_o blood_n purgation_n 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than_o it_o hypocrates_n 2._o de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la use_v henbane_n and_o mandrake_n for_o a_o quartane_a ague_n aetius_n for_o the_o same_o purpose_n prescribe_v opium_n with_o a_o equal_a quantity_n of_o myrrh_n pepper_n and_o castoreum_n but_o we_o now_o adays_o do_v with_o more_o security_n use_v opium_n better_o prepare_v and_o correct_v by_o chemical_a extraction_n as_o landanum_n two_o or_o three_o grain_n of_o which_o or_o at_o the_o most_o four_o be_v a_o sufficient_a dose_n where_o notwithstanding_o there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o grain_n of_o opium_n although_o it_o be_v right_o prepare_v dioscorides_n opium_n the_o same_o with_o meconium_n of_o dioscorides_n see_v then_o our_o opium_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n no_o other_o than_o meconium_n of_o dioscorides_n which_o be_v far_o more_o slow_a in_o operation_n then_o opium_n and_o therefore_o may_v be_v preseribe_v in_o a_o great_a quantity_n the_o quantity_n of_o one_o or_o two_o grain_n can_v do_v no_o harm_n 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in_o another_o there_o be_v many_o corrective_n add_v as_o the_o fault_n of_o pearl_n coral_n the_o tincture_n of_o gold_n and_o many_o such_o unprofitable_a thing_n which_o add_v to_o the_o price_n not_o to_o the_o virtue_n of_o it_o as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o that_o large_a description_n of_o laudanum_n which_o quercetanus_n have_v indiscreet_o commit_v to_o writing_n but_o in_o that_o which_o i_o have_v speak_v of_o it_o i_o understand_v that_o laudanum_n which_o be_v prepare_v according_a to_o the_o description_n of_o the_o dispensatory_a set_v forth_o by_o the_o college_n of_o physician_n at_o london_n which_o be_v not_o so_o large_a as_o the_o other_o and_o withal_o the_o best_a chap._n xlv_o of_o remedy_n that_o provoke_v sleep_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o head_n they_o that_o be_v so_o fearful_a of_o opium_n do_v think_v it_o enough_o if_o to_o provoke_v sleep_n they_o use_v external_a remedy_n aply_v to_o the_o head_n and_o nostril_n frontlet_n and_o ointment_n mnesidemus_fw-la say_v diofcorides_n as_o we_o intimate_v before_o do_v only_o allow_v of_o opium_n to_o be_v smell_v at_o not_o to_o be_v take_v inward_o enough_o outward_a application_n many_o time_n not_o forcible_a enough_o but_o here_o they_o must_v know_v that_o these_o external_a remedy_n do_v not_o always_o produce_v the_o wish_a for_o effect_n because_o they_o can_v scarce_o convey_v their_o virtue_n and_o strength_n to_o the_o brain_n be_v only_o apply_v to_o the_o forehead_n first_o because_o they_o be_v not_o so_o often_o renew_v as_o they_o ought_v insomuch_o as_o they_o grow_v hot_a upon_o the_o forehead_n and_o so_o do_v afterward_o heat_v the_o head_n more_o and_o rather_o hinder_v sleep_n than_o provoke_v it_o sleep_n the_o often_o do_v hinder_v sleep_n and_o therefore_o galen_n give_v good_a counsel_n in_o divers_a place_n of_o his_o book_n of_o method_n that_o these_o refrigerate_n and_o cool_a topic_n be_v often_o renew_v lest_o when_o they_o be_v once_o heat_v by_o the_o body_n 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