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disease_n he_o reckon_v up_o the_o opinion_n both_o of_o the_o ancient_n and_o modern_a writer_n concern_v the_o cause_n of_o these_o hysterical_a fit_n but_o not_o one_o syllable_n of_o windiness_n in_o the_o matrix_fw-la to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o they_o at_o last_o he_o conclude_v of_o two_o principal_a cause_n from_o whence_o they_o proceed_v ordinary_o p._n 207._o frequenter_a itaque_fw-la causa_fw-la est_fw-la seminis_fw-la corruptio_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o viduis_fw-la &_o libidinosis_n mulieribus_fw-la si_fw-la viri_fw-la amplexibus_fw-la fraudentur_fw-la contingit_fw-la and_o this_o he_o show_v to_o agree_v with_o what_o hypocrates_n galen_n epicurus_n democritus_n rondeletius_n and_o other_o have_v write_v another_o cause_n which_o he_o assign_v p._n 209._o be_v quilibet_fw-la humour_n in_fw-la utero_fw-la putrescens_fw-la tetrum_fw-la venenatumque_fw-la vaporem_fw-la
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as_o i_o shall_v see_v cause_n pro_fw-la re_fw-la nata_fw-la even_o as_o i_o have_v do_v all_o the_o while_n and_o herein_o i_o follow_v the_o counsel_n of_o hypocrates_n 2_o lib._n aph._n 52._o si_fw-mi medico_fw-la secundum_fw-la rectam_fw-la rationem_fw-la facienti_fw-la curatio_fw-la non_fw-la statim_fw-la succedat_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la tamen_fw-la mutanda_fw-la methodus_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la id_fw-la restat_fw-la quod_fw-la a_o principio_fw-la visum_fw-la est_fw-la viz._n if_o while_o a_o physician_n do_v act_n according_a to_o right_a reason_n the_o cure_n do_v not_o present_o succeed_v he_o ought_v not_o yet_o to_o change_v his_o method_n so_o long_o as_o that_o remain_v which_o be_v see_v from_o the_o beginning_n and_o whereas_o w._n s._n urge_v that_o all_o this_o while_n i_o give_v he_o not_o one_o good_a diaphoretic_n p._n 175._o though_o i_o be_o not_o bind_v to_o be_v accountable_a to_o he_o yet_o on_o this_o occasion_n i_o will_v endeavour_v to_o set_v he_o right_n 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pretend_v so_o high_o shall_v respect_v his_o credit_n no_o more_o but_o impose_v upon_o the_o reader_n who_o perhaps_o not_o see_v my_o book_n will_v be_v induce_v to_o give_v he_o credit_n viz._n scarbrough_n spa_n second_o edition_n from_o p._n 97._o to_o 119._o beside_o that_o be_v pinch_v with_o a_o argument_n of_o demonstration_n which_o i_o deduce_v from_o dr._n heylin_n in_o his_o cosmography_n he_o call_v in_o question_n the_o honour_n and_o honesty_n of_o that_o learned_a and_o reverend_a gentleman_n p._n 301._o in_o the_o mean_a time_n he_o establish_v his_o own_o opinion_n upon_o a_o mere_a naked_a supposition_n p._n 317._o which_o he_o ought_v necessary_o to_o have_v prove_v or_o else_o his_o superstruction_n will_v fall_v to_o the_o ground_n for_o want_v of_o a_o solid_a foundation_n yet_o in_o that_o discourse_n all_o he_o have_v be_v from_o kircherus_n in_o his_o mundus_fw-la subterraneus_fw-la concern_v his_o ternary_n of_o medicine_n which_o next_o to_o his_o oppose_v 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two_o mineral_n of_o his_o spa_n viz._n vitriol_n and_o iron_n as_o to_o the_o body_n of_o they_o ☞_o ☞_o to_o which_o i_o reply_v i_o have_v one_o argumentum_fw-la ad_fw-la hominem_fw-la still_o leave_v if_o i_o point_v out_o mr._n s._n contradict_v himself_o in_o this_o assertion_n and_o confess_v both_o these_o mineral_n to_o be_v there_o than_o i_o hope_v the_o reader_n will_v be_v satisfy_v that_o what_o i_o affirm_v in_o my_o book_n concern_v they_o be_v true_a and_o all_o this_o ill_a language_n ought_v to_o have_v be_v spare_v habemus_fw-la reum_fw-la confitentem_fw-la turn_v to_o p._n 39_o his_o word_n be_v nor_o be_v this_o variation_n of_o colour_n by_o gall_n a_o sufficient_a argument_n of_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o minera_n of_o iron_n iron_n he_o confess_v iron_n although_o i_o do_v not_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v a_o ingredient_n now_o turn_v to_o p._n 44._o where_o he_o grant_v that_o there_o be_v a_o solution_n of_o the_o minera_n of_o iron_n in_o this_o spa_n his_o word_n be_v for_o this_o mineral_n acidity_n be_v the_o very_a solvent_a in_o the_o water_n which_o pervade_v a_o minera_n of_o iron_n make_v a_o slight_a solution_n of_o it_o and_o be_v equal_o contemper_v together_o make_v up_o the_o body_n of_o the_o spa_n etc._n etc._n so_o concern_v vitriol_n p._n 359._o where_o he_o say_v vitriol_n â—nd_v vitriol_n that_o he_o may_v inform_v himself_o more_o satisfactory_o of_o the_o true_a constituent_a part_n of_o the_o water_n at_o scarbrough_n he_o ☜_o send_v for_o 3_o gallon_n and_o 3_o pint_n which_o he_o let_v stand_v a_o while_n to_o settle_v who_o first_o precipitation_n be_v a_o reddish_n sediment_n from_o which_o i_o filter_v the_o water_n say_v he_o and_o this_o dry_a in_o the_o sun_n prove_v to_o be_v a_o red_a earth_n or_o kind_n of_o ochre_n or_o rather_o terra_fw-la vitrioli_fw-la by_o this_o time_n the_o reader_n discern_v the_o folly_n of_o the_o young_a gentleman_z and_o the_o injustice_n of_o his_o quarrel_n against_o i_o thus_o far_o i_o suppose_v wherever_o i_o find_v he_o dispute_v any_o more_o as_o i_o pass_v against_o these_o two_o mineral_n i_o may_v spare_v to_o rehearse_v what_o have_v already_o be_v say_v by_o i_o to_o prove_v they_o unless_o his_o expression_n do_v administer_v new_a matter_n vitriol_n of_o the_o property_n of_o vitriol_n p._n 20._o the_o doctor_n proceed_v to_o tell_v we_o the_o nature_n and_o virtue_n of_o these_o mineral_n first_o of_o vitriol_n he_o say_v it_o be_v eminent_o hot_a of_o a_o bite_a and_o adust_a quality_n etc._n etc._n according_a to_o the_o account_n he_o receive_v from_o galen_n dioscorides_n &c._n mr_n s._n impatient_a to_o hear_v of_o galen_n shall_v &c._n &c._n etc._n etc._n enough_o to_o tire_v one_o in_o the_o read_n etc._n etc._n but_o methinks_v the_o doctor_n long_a experience_n in_o re_fw-mi medica_fw-la shall_v ever_o this_o have_v furnish_v he_o with_o plenty_n of_o observation_n of_o the_o worth_n and_o virtue_n of_o so_o noble_a a_o mineral_n will_v not_o a_o little_a more_o modesty_n well_o become_v this_o young_a man_n than_o thus_o to_o fly_v in_o my_o face_n without_o a_o cause_n i_o have_v already_o declare_v my_o design_n in_o write_v that_o book_n be_v not_o to_o make_v long_a discourse_n either_o philosophical_a or_o medicinal_a since_o it_o will_v not_o have_v suit_v vulgar_a reader_n to_o who_o i_o be_v to_o write_v and_o therefore_o it_o will_v have_v be_v abs_fw-la re_fw-mi to_o have_v discourse_v concern_v the_o analytical_a part_n of_o vitriol_n or_o any_o other_o of_o the_o material_n find_v in_o the_o water_n or_o their_o preparation_n he_o can_v but_o think_v my_o experience_n in_o re_fw-mi medica_fw-la may_v minister_v to_o i_o some_o observation_n concern_v the_o nature_n of_o they_o all_o but_o i_o think_v it_o most_o proper_a brief_o as_o i_o can_v to_o give_v the_o sense_n of_o our_o principal_a author_n that_o treat_v of_o they_o and_o particular_o of_o vitriol_n as_o galen_n dioscorides_n serapio_n etc._n etc._n who_o he_o have_v not_o the_o patience_n to_o hear_v name_v i_o know_v paracelsus_n in_o many_o place_n of_o his_o work_n extol_v it_o to_o the_o star_n and_o count_v all_o the_o medicine_n in_o the_o world_n in_o ordinary_a use_n trifle_n in_o comparison_n of_o it_o but_o such_o rancour_n do_v he_o show_v in_o all_o his_o write_n where_o he_o treat_v of_o it_o that_o i_o do_v not_o think_v it_o worth_a the_o while_n to_o trouble_v the_o reader_n with_o what_o he_o say_v nor_o to_o put_v he_o in_o the_o same_o rank_n with_o those_o prince_n in_o physic_n that_o i_o here_o mention_v especial_o since_o i_o do_v in_o that_o short_a rehearsal_n of_o its_o quality_n comprise_v all_o the_o eminent_a property_n of_o natural_a vitriol_n concern_v which_o i_o be_v to_o speak_v refer_v the_o learned_a reader_n to_o the_o author_n themselves_o concern_v their_o further_a satisfaction_n yet_o because_o i_o will_v please_v mr._n simpson_n ☜_o ill_n now_o refer_v he_o to_o paracelsus_n who_o will_v tell_v he_o that_o i_o have_v do_v but_o as_o i_o ought_v i_o mention_v this_o before_o consult_v he_o therefore_o lib._n 3._o de_fw-fr aq._n medicine_n summum_fw-la ergo_fw-la studium_fw-la esse_fw-la debet_fw-la ut_fw-la natura_fw-la lapidum_fw-la metallicorum_fw-la &_o similium_fw-la exact_v teneatur_fw-la fic_z enim_fw-la fiet_fw-la ut_fw-la aquarum_fw-la ex_fw-la illis_fw-la genitarum_fw-la conditio_fw-la ac_fw-la vis_fw-la probe_n cognita_fw-la sit_fw-la great_a care_n ought_v to_o be_v have_v that_o the_o nature_n of_o stone_n metal_n and_o such_o like_a be_v exact_o observe_v for_o so_o the_o condition_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o water_n that_o have_v imbibe_v they_o will_v be_v best_a understand_v and_o in_o what_o part_n or_o respect_n soever_o the_o virtue_n of_o vitriol_n consist_v it_o matter_n not_o much_o it_o be_v enough_o that_o we_o be_v sure_a that_o though_o full_a
shall_v thus_o contradict_v himself_o in_o his_o epilogue_n and_o so_o plain_o recant_v what_o he_o have_v say_v in_o the_o foregoing_a discourse_n recantation_n mr._n s._n force_v to_o make_v this_o recantation_n to_o which_o thus_o mr._n samuel_n johnston_n of_o beverley_n who_o i_o mention_v before_o a_o very_a ingenious_a chemist_n meet_v he_o show_v he_o the_o red_a earth_n which_o he_o mention_n in_o p._n 359._o and_o tell_v he_o it_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n than_o terra_fw-la vitrioli_fw-la as_o also_o the_o nitre_n which_o have_v shoot_v in_o stiria_n above_o a_o inch_n long_o this_o be_v matter_n of_o fact_n he_o can_v not_o deny_v especial_o see_v they_o both_o so_o plain_o make_v out_o now_o his_o book_n be_v then_o well-nigh_o print_v so_o as_o he_o can_v not_o recall_v it_o and_o therefore_o be_v force_v to_o bring_v it_o in_o a_o appendix_n at_o the_o latter_a end_n and_o study_v out_o word_n to_o blind_v the_o unwary_a and_o ignorant_a reader_n this_o relation_n i_o have_v from_o the_o gentleman_n himself_o when_o yet_o mr._n s._n be_v not_o so_o ingenuous_a as_o to_o acknowledge_v his_o director_n for_o he_o teach_v he_o the_o whole_a process_n that_o he_o lay_v down_o in_o the_o epilogue_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a fall_n into_o a_o simple_a rant_n p._n 361._o as_o if_o he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o have_v make_v so_o many_o separation_n of_o the_o mineral_n yea_o and_o i_o can_v say_v he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o deny_v they_o of_o the_o gentleman_n of_o art_n that_o ever_o come_v to_o the_o water_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o i_o meet_v with_o that_o canted_a and_o recant_v at_o this_o rate_n but_o the_o very_a truth_n be_v i_o myself_o have_v do_v enough_o that_o way_n have_v all_o the_o part_n by_o i_o of_o several_a year_n keep_v though_o i_o think_v it_o impertinent_a to_o make_v so_o many_o separation_n sea_n mr_n s._n his_o opinion_n whence_o the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n p._n 54._o he_o undertake_v to_o tell_v whence_o the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n proceed_v viz._n from_o the_o salt_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o with_o great_a dash_v of_o water_n pass_v through_o the_o subterraneal_a channel_n become_v dissolve_v and_o carry_v into_o the_o ocean_n which_o have_v its_o minera_n from_o fossil_a salt_n from_o which_o also_o some_o spring_n be_v saturate_a as_o the_o sulphur_n well_o at_o knaresbrough_n now_o let_v we_o turn_v to_o p._n 303._o and_o he_o tell_v we_o of_o a_o circulation_n of_o the_o sea_n water_n from_o the_o sea_n to_o the_o head_n of_o spring_n by_o subterraneal_a channel_n and_o these_o spring_n be_v fresh_a the_o salt_n of_o the_o sea_n be_v deposit_v in_o the_o channel_n how_o these_o two_o assertion_n can_v stand_v together_o i_o can_v discern_v contradiction_n a_o contradiction_n that_o the_o same_o channel_n shall_v convey_v a_o salt_n into_o the_o sea_n and_o also_o convey_v the_o sea_n water_n to_o the_o spring_n here_o be_v a_o contrary_a current_n in_o the_o same_o channel_n for_o the_o same_o convey_v salt_n from_o the_o earth_n to_o the_o sea_n and_o lay_v down_o its_o salt_n in_o its_o passage_n to_o the_o spring_n i_o confess_v this_o be_v above_o my_o reason_n to_o conceive_v i_o shall_v leave_v it_o to_o the_o reader_n to_o believe_v as_o he_o see_v cause_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o think_v both_o part_n of_o his_o assertion_n be_v doubtful_a though_o indeed_o it_o be_v brave_o resolve_v of_o the_o gentleman_n on_o the_o sudden_a to_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o sea_n saltness_n which_o have_v in_o all_o age_n put_v the_o most_o grave_a philosopher_n to_o a_o puzzle_n i_o do_v very_o think_v that_o all_o the_o fossil_a salt_n in_o the_o body_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o we_o see_v be_v very_o rare_o find_v if_o it_o be_v dissolve_v will_v not_o serve_v to_o supply_v a_o twenty_o part_n of_o the_o salt_n that_o be_v in_o the_o sea_n the_o sixteenth_o part_n whereof_o be_v a_o body_n of_o salt_n as_o i_o have_v try_v at_o scarbrough_n every_o pint_n have_v about_o one_o ounce_n in_o this_o our_o northern_a sea_n and_o in_o the_o southern_a sea_n it_o be_v far_o more_o strong_a of_o the_o salt_n beside_o the_o peripatetic_n think_v this_o come_v far_o short_a of_o a_o adequate_a cause_n and_o thereupon_o they_o fly_v to_o the_o torrefaction_n of_o the_o sun_n moreover_o if_o the_o saltness_n of_o the_o sea_n shall_v proceed_v from_o the_o fossil_a salt_n of_o the_o earth_n then_o be_v a_o extraneous_a quality_n to_o the_o sea_n it_o will_v destroy_v the_o fish_n of_o the_o sea_n as_o we_o see_v fresh_a water_n make_v sâ—lt_v by_o fossil_a salt_n kill_v all_o manner_n of_o sea_n fish_n as_o well_o as_o other_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o sea_n of_o the_o plain_n call_v the_o salt_n sea_n josh_n 12.3_o which_o have_v its_o saltness_n from_o the_o earth_n for_o it_o be_v former_o no_o sea_n but_o the_o vale_n of_o siddim_n and_o have_v its_o original_a from_o jordan_n and_o the_o sea_n of_o galilee_n which_o be_v both_o fresh_a water_n beside_o that_o commentator_n and_o traveller_n do_v unanimous_o report_v the_o country_n about_o to_o be_v full_a of_o salt-pit_n be_v observe_v to_o kill_v all_o manner_n of_o fish_n that_o fall_v into_o it_o from_o jordan_n and_o be_v therefore_o call_v mare_n mortuum_n so_o that_o i_o suspect_v mr._n s._n be_v much_o mistake_v in_o his_o assignment_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o sea_n saltness_n again_o as_o to_o the_o latter_a part_n of_o his_o contradiction_n viz._n that_o the_o sea_n water_n be_v convey_v to_o the_o head_n of_o spring_n by_o the_o subterraneal_a channel_n we_o must_v imagine_v that_o these_o subterraneal_a channel_n must_v be_v sometime_o 2_o or_o 300_o mile_n long_o or_o more_o which_o how_o that_o shall_v be_v credat_fw-la judaeus_n apella_n but_o this_o i_o shall_v reserve_v till_o i_o come_v to_o examine_v his_o original_a of_o spring_n contradiction_n a_o contradiction_n but_o there_o be_v another_o thing_n which_o here_o i_o may_v not_o pass_v by_o he_o tell_v we_o now_o that_o the_o sulphur_n well_o at_o knaresbrough_n be_v saturate_a from_o fossil_a salt_n and_o yet_o if_o we_o turn_v to_o p._n 143._o treat_v of_o that_o well_o he_o determine_v ☞_o ☞_o that_o a_o salt_n marine_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o sulphureous_a spring_n i_o wish_v the_o young_a man_n will_v reconcile_v these_o contradiction_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n till_o we_o understand_v the_o ground_n of_o they_o it_o may_v suffice_v that_o we_o understand_v a_o little_a what_o reason_n there_o be_v in_o the_o man_n yet_o this_o make_v i_o remember_v the_o story_n that_o i_o read_v in_o quintilian_n of_o didymus_n chalcenterus_fw-la the_o famous_a grammarian_n of_o alexandria_n a_o man_n with_o bowel_n of_o brass_n so_o they_o name_v he_o because_o of_o his_o indefatigable_a pain_n in_o write_v for_o he_o write_v say_v sentca_n 4000_o book_n 3500_o say_v suidas_n now_o one_o tell_v he_o a_o historical_a relation_n which_o he_o dislike_v and_o disapprove_v as_o vain_a and_o frivolous_a the_o party_n bring_v out_o one_o of_o his_o own_o book_n and_o show_v he_o the_o story_n which_o make_v didymus_n look_v blank_a truly_n the_o old_a man_n deserve_v some_o indulgence_n but_o for_o a_o young_a man_n to_o be_v so_o forgetful_a and_o contradict_v himself_o so_o often_o to_o become_v a_o didymus_n or_o rather_o a_o dithymus_n double-minded_n as_o that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o book_n nay_o within_o a_o few_o leaf_n shall_v bring_v forth_o didymos_n twin_n one_o very_a unlike_o the_o other_o as_o if_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o father_n i_o be_o very_o sorry_a to_o see_v it_o in_o any_o one_o that_o pretend_v to_o be_v a_o scholar_n p._n 55._o he_o pass_v on_o to_o st._n mungo_n well_o at_o cockgrave_n which_o though_o to_o the_o touch_n it_o be_v extreme_o cold_a yet_o by_o a_o intrinsic_a sulphurous_a warm_a quality_n it_o open_v the_o pore_n etc._n etc._n i_o believe_v he_o never_o see_v that_o well_o for_o if_o he_o have_v he_o can_v not_o have_v any_o ground_n to_o think_v it_o have_v any_o thing_n of_o nitre_n or_o sulphur_n in_o it_o but_o to_o be_v a_o simple_a water_n and_o a_o excellent_a spring_n operate_n only_o by_o its_o excessive_a coldness_n whereby_o it_o sudden_o repel_v the_o blood_n and_o inward_a heat_n to_o the_o inward_a part_n from_o whence_o it_o return_v after_o bathe_v while_o the_o patient_n lie_v in_o a_o warm_a bed_n more_o strong_o invigorate_v with_o spirit_n and_o so_o concoct_v the_o crudity_n that_o be_v in_o the_o weak_a part_n increase_v new_a strength_n and_o overcome_v the_o lameness_n of_o the_o joint_n and_o the_o rickets_o concern_v which_o i_o have_v treat_v more_o at_o large_a in_o my_o second_o edition_n of_o scarbrough_n