and Pulses LIB II. Of the Doctrine of Pulses 1 PUlse hath his Original First From the Motion of the Heart Secondly Of the Arteries by Distention and Contraction which Physitians call Systolae and Diastolae and their use is to preserve Vital heat in the Body 2 In the Pulse are four things to be considered 1 The Reason and knowledg of them 2 Their Differences 3 Their Causes 4 Their Significations 1 The Reason of observing and knowing the Pulse 1 In this consider First The Precepts of Feeling the Pulse of which some concern the sick Body others the means of its cure Secondly The Principles which are necessary to distinguish the Pulse 2 The Difference of Pulses 1 Of Pulses some are absolutely 〈◊〉 others relatively such 2 Absolutely such are either Simple or Compound 3 Of simple are six kinds 1 In the quantity of Distention as great mean smal 2 In the quantity of the Force as vehement moderate weak 3 In Motion of Time as swift mean slow 4 In quantity of Time and Rest as often Mean seldom 5 In quantity of the Artery as soft mean hard 6 In perfusion of the Artery as full mean empty 4 Compound are such as consist of the mixture of some of these simples 5 Relatively such are reduced either to Order or Disorder Equality or In quality 3 The Causes of Pulses 1 The Causes of Pulses some are Primary 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Pulse some secundary changing and altering the Pulse 2 The Primary or Efficient Causes of the Pulse are 1 The Vital spirit either strong or weak 2 The Instruments are the Arteries either wide or narrow soft or hard 3 The use of the Pulse is the conservation of vital heat in the Body 3 The secundary causes which change the Pulse are 1 Natural as the Temperament Habit sex and age of the Body 2 Nor Natural as air meat and drink exercise and rest sleeping and watching fulness and emptiness and affections of the Mind 3 Things against Nature as Diseases and their symptomes 4 Prognosticks by the signification of the pulse 1 Greatness of the Pulse shews Heat 2 Vehemency shews strength of the Faculties 3 A weak Pulse shews weakness of Nature 4 Diseases of Love give an unequal and inordinate Pulse But herein let none mistake my Author for though Diseases of Love give alwaies such a 〈◊〉 it doth not therfore of necessity follow That such a Pulse alwaies shews Diseases of Love An Hermetical Consideration of the pulse 1 The Pulse is felt in five several places for it is not enough to feel it in the Wrest as Physitians now a daies do that care not how little they do for their money Let it be felt then first in the Hands and Feet then in the Breast then under the Armpits and last of all in the Temples If these agree together all wil go wel enough if not mind these things that follow 2 The Pulse hath four Vertues 1 Of Tartar which causeth a Pulse either hard circular or slow 2 Mineral which is either subtil or obscure 3 Of Health which is equal and mean 4 Of Disease which shews either Tartar or Mineral 5 Strange giving signs either of Heat or Coldness NOTE 1 When all the Pulse beat at one and the same time it is a laudible sign 2 Health is not only found out by the feeling of the Pulse but also by the color of them 3 When the Pulses are wel color'd it is a good 〈◊〉 Evil if discolor'd 4 When the place of the Pulse is hotter than the rest of the skin the Body is diseased 5 If the Pulse be Mineral put a little cold water upon the place and if the Pulse stop for a while it is a good sign 6 If the Disease come of heat of Blood you may know it thus Wet a piece of Silk in Role-water and lay it upon the Pulse that part of it upon the Pulse will sooner dry than the other part 7 If the Pulse be hard in one place and soft in another the Disease is Chronical 8 When the Body is near Death the Pulse is strongest in the Fore-head not so strong at the Neck weaker in the Hands and weakest of all in the Feet for the lower parts of Men die first 9 IN al Apoplexies the stronger the Pulse is the worse 10 In Frenzies Falling-sickness and Madness it is a good sign when the Pulse is the same out of the Fit that it is in the Fit 11 In Bloody Fluxes and all other Fluxes of the Belly though the Pulse remain as it did in Health give no credit to it for in such Diseases the Pulse remains til Death and somtimes a quarter of an hour after You have the Consideration of the Pulse The Consideration of the Urine follows LIB III. Of Vrine 1 URine is the Wheyish part of the Blood separated by the Vertue of the Reins 2 In it consider the Inspection Signification and Difference 3 In the Inspection of Urine consider the Acception and Caution 4 Cautions are 1 The Causes changing the Urine as Temperament Sex Age and Diet. 2 The Urines of Beasts or somthing else brought for the Urine of Men which is easily known by Smel The Significations and Differences of Vrine 1 It discovers the Constitution of the Parts by which it flows as the Reins Ureters Bladder and 〈◊〉 2 It shews the disposition which is in the Liver and Veins 3 It shews the disposition of those parts by which the peccant matter can be sent to the Veins or Urine 4 In Urine consider the Liquor it self and the things contained in it In the Liquor it self consider the substance quality and quantity 5 In the substance consider the Body and cleerness 6 The Body of the Urine is either 1 Thin in color white Saffron like Gold or Reddish 2 Mean of the color of Gold Saffron or reddish 3 Thick which is a Mixture of al colors and somtimes Oyly 7 The Perspicuity of the Urine is either cleer or troubled and it is of three sorts 1 Such as is cleer when 't is made and troubled afterwards 2 Such as is troubled when 't is made and cleer afterwards 3 Such as is troubled when 't is made and so continues 〈◊〉 The quantity of Urine is either Moderate Much or Little 9 The quality consists in smel or Color The smel of Urine is either sweet or stinking 10 In the Color consider the Causes and Difference 11 The Cause of the Color of Urine is the heat of the Bowels and mixture of other Humors and it is either white citrine subcitrine of the color of Gold or Saffron red and bloody green blue and black which is the worst of al. 12 Things contained in the Urine are either Essential or Accidental 13 Essential is 1 Towards the bottom of the Urine which being white light and equal is very good but being black is very bad 2 In the middle of the Urine which being white light and equal is indifferent if it
18 An Intermitting Feaver which is that 〈◊〉 we usually call an Ague proceeds of thin Choller mixed in smal Veins Indeed though my Author do not say so much the cause of an Ague is Choller within those veins appropriated to the Circulation of Blood 19 Agues are Simple or Compound Simple are Quotidian Tertian and Quartan Compound are compounded of them 20 A not Primary or Symptomatical Feaver ariseth from putrefaction without the Vessels and is incident only to some particular part 21 You have the Universal Affects in Feavers the singular follow which are either Internal or External LIB VIII Of Internal Affections 1 THe Internal Affects are those which are under the inward skin and for the most part proceed from an inward cause 2 They are such as belong to the Head Jaws Breast inferior Ventricle and Habit of Body 3 Those in the Head are either in the principal part thereof as the Brain in the Skin Substance Ventricles or passages thereof 4 The Affects of the Skins of the Brain are 〈◊〉 in the Head the pains of the Head which are called 1 Cephalagia or a pain that comes but 〈◊〉 and that upon occasion given 2 〈◊〉 or an usual or inveterate Head-ach 3 Hemicrania or the Megrim which is a painful evil occupying only but one 〈◊〉 of the Head 5 The Asslictions of the substance of the Brain are either of the Functions of the Mind or else the Sleep The Functions of the Mind are either Weakness or Alienation 6 The Species of weakness of Mind are 1 〈◊〉 of the Mind 2 Slowness of Wit 3 Want of Judgment 4 Forgetfulness 7 Alienation of Mind is either without a Feaver or with a Feaver Without a Feaver 〈◊〉 Folly Fantasticalness rashness Melancholly which is two-fold 1 Hypochondriacal proceeding of Wind from the Hypochondria and causeth idle fancies and as foolish as idle Or 2 Without Wind as Madness Fury and such things as 〈◊〉 like to it which 〈◊〉 usually called Witchcraft and 〈◊〉 with Devils 8 Alienation of Mind with a Feaver is called a Phrensie 9 The Affects of Sleep are in quantity or quality In quantity when it is too much or too little 10 Sleep exceeding in quantity is either of such persons as are in Health or such as are not in Health Of such as are not in Health it is called 〈◊〉 Coma or with a Feaver as 〈◊〉 or with Madness as Cataphora 11 Sleep 〈◊〉 in quality is when 〈◊〉 is unquiet either by 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 up and 〈◊〉 snorting gnashing the Teeth or talking with the Mouth or Eyes open 12 The afflictions of the 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 are 〈◊〉 Falling 〈◊〉 Catalepsis which is the disease old doting 〈◊〉 cal Planet struck the Mare Apoplexy Palsey Convulsion Trembling Rhewm 13 〈◊〉 either comes by 〈◊〉 or is continual That which comes by 〈◊〉 is either Universal as the Falling-sickness or particular as that which we usually cal Convulsions Afflictions of the Eyes 1 The Afflictions of parts of the Head 〈◊〉 principal are of the Eyes Ears Nose and Mouth 2 The Afflictions of the Eyes are either in the Globe of the Eye or without it In the Globe are either Diseases or Symptoms 3 Diseases occupy the three Tunicles of the Eyes The Uvea Cornea and Adnata 4 In the Uvea happens a dilation diminution divulsion and breaking of the Pupilla Puosis and Suffusion 5 In the Cornea are such afflictions as obscure it make it stick out or dissolve it 6 Afflictions which obscure the Cornea are thickness whiteness redness or yellowness 7 Such as cause sticking out in the Cornea are Pustules like the smal Pox. 8 Such as cause Solution of Unity are Ulcers or 〈◊〉 9 Rhexis is a Rupture of the Cornea which is caused either by cutting or corroding and le ts out the watery Humors wherby the Eye is made less and the Sight taken away 10 Ulcers of the Eyes are either Superficial or deep which though they have gotten many names yet they are all but Ulcers 11 Afflictions in the Adnata are Ferngion and Opthalmia 12 The Symptomes in the Eyes are fault in the Motion Pains and 〈◊〉 of sight 13 Dulness of the Sight is when the Sight is either weakned or quite lost 14 Dulness of sight is when things are either seen darkly or in false colors 15 Diminution of sight is either weakness as in old men or in yong men that are 〈◊〉 blind or cannot see well in the light 16 Diseases without the Eye are either in the corners of the Eye or in the Eye-lids 17 Diseases in the corners of the Eyes are Ulcers Imposthumes waterings of the Eyes wheals little knobs 18 Diseases in the Eye-lids are Pseudopthalmia Scabs failings in motion and in the hairs 19 Failings in Motion are in opening and 〈◊〉 of them 20 Faults in the Hairs are when they fal down into the Eyes moistness sticking together 〈◊〉 c. The Afflictions of the Ears 1 The Afflictions of the Ears are either Diseases 〈◊〉 Symptomes Diseases are either of Blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Symptomes of the 〈◊〉 are Excrements contained in the Ears pain faults in hearing Excrements are immoderate Earwax and 〈◊〉 3 〈◊〉 in Hearing are falsness of hearing dulness of hearing and deafness Falsness of Hearing is buzzing singing or noise in the Ears The Afflictions of the Nostrils 1 The 〈◊〉 of the Nose are Ulcers failings in the Smelling and failings in the 〈◊〉 2 Ulcers are either Simple or else Excrescent 〈◊〉 are Polipus or Noli me tangere 3 Failings in the Smelling are either a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Nose badness or absolute deprivation of smel 4 Failings of the Excrements are sneezing 〈◊〉 and bleeding of the Nostrils Afflictions of the Mouth 1 The Afflictions of the Mouth are either of certain parts of it or else of the whol Of certain parts are either of the Lips Cheeks Teeth Gums or Tongue 2 Vices of the Lips are wry Mouthes 〈◊〉 c. 3 Vices of the 〈◊〉 are Convulsions 〈◊〉 c. 4 〈◊〉 of the Teeth are over longness or shortness growing out of order too many or too few loosness black or other color pain in breeding Teeth or Toothach 5 Vices of the Gums are swelling consumption Imposthumes and Ulcers 6 The Afflictions of the Tongue are either Diseases or Symptomes Diseases are roughness swellings under the Tongue 7 Symptomes of the Tongue are vices either of motion of the Tongue Speech or Tast. 8 Vices of Speech are stuttering lisping Vices of Tast are either weakness or loss of Tast. 9 The afflictions of the whol Mouth are yawning stink and thrushes Afflictions of the Jaws 1 The afflictions of the Jaws are either in the 〈◊〉 or Colnmella or in the top or parts of the Throat 2 The afflictions of the 〈◊〉 are Paristhmia Antiades Imposthumes and Ulcers 3 The afflictions of the Columella are falling down of the Pallat Inflamations and Ulcers 4 Such 〈◊〉 as occupy the parts of the Throat are Quinsies or 〈◊〉 Ulcers and Compression The
or according to place 5 The cause which stirs up a Disease by it self are either through fault of Quantity or Quality Through fault of Quantity is either a want of Blood and Spirits or a superabounding of Blood which is called Plethora 6 Want of Blood and Spirits proceeds 1 From the Constitution of the Body 2 From outward heat as of the Air Fire c. 3 From fasting 4 From Purging 5 From Watching 6 From Labor 7 From Joy 7 A Redundance of Blood or a Plethora distempers both Heart and Liver and is most incident to people of idle lives 8 The fault of the quality is called Cacochymia which is either 9 Confusedly of all things contained or particularly of some of them as 1 Of Humors as a hot cold moist or dry distemper 2 Of Matter when the Humors are too thick or too thin hard or turbulent 3 Of the Form when the Blood or Spirits are corrupted by putrefaction of humors 10 Cacochymia of certain things contained is of Choller Melancholly Flegm Watry Humors and Wind. 11 The Causes of Choller are 1 A hot and dry Temperament of the Liver and Heart 2 A frequent concourse of cool Air. 3 Hot and dry Nourishment 4 The Evacuations of Choller stopped 5 Vehement Exercise 6 Immoderate Watching 7 Anger 12 Choller is either Natural or against Nature Natural is either Nourishing or Excrementitious Against Nature is either in the Liver or in the Vessels 13 The Causes of Melancholly are 1 A dry Liver and Heart and a stopped Spleen 2 Cold and dry Air. 3 Much feeding upon gross food 4 Usual Evacuation stopped 5 Care and much Watching 6 A sad life 14 Melancholly is either Natural or against 〈◊〉 Natural is either Nourishing or Excrementitious Against Nature is hot and sharp 15 The Causes of a Cacochymia of Flegm are these 1 A moist Temperature of the Heart and Liver 2 A cold and moist Stomach 3 Cold and moist Air. 4 The use of cold and moist food 5 The avoiding of Flegm by the Mouth and Fundament stopped 6 An idle lazy life 7 Much sleep 8 Leading a life without Care 16 Flegm is either within the Veins or without Within the Veins it is either Natural or against Nature Natural is either more or less Nourishing 17 The Causes of a Cacochymia of Water are 1 The Stomach cold the Liver and Spleen stopped 2 Cold and moist Air. 3 Moist Food 4 Retention of usual sweating or urine or accustomed Evacuation 5 An idle life 6 Immoderate sleep 7 Sadness 18 The Causes of a Cacochymia of Wind are 1 A cold and moist Stomach 2 Cold Air. 3 Windy Meat 4 Retention of Excrements 5 Idleness 19 The Internal Causes of Diseases by Accident or according to the seat of the Body are either in the first second or third Region A Cacochymia may occupy al the Regions of the Body or but one of them A Plethora is conversant in the second and third Regions only or in but one of them What my Author means by Region here I know not unless he mean the Ventricles 20 The humor is gathered together in any part either by Congestion or by 〈◊〉 21 In every Fluxion are four things to be considered 1 The matter which is moved 2 The way by which it is moved 3 The part sending it 4 The part receiving it 22 The Matter flows either by Transmission or Attraction 23 The Causes of Transmission are either the violence of the Matter or the plenty of it stirring up the Expulsive Faculty 24 The Causes of Attraction is unnatural heat Grief Motion Rubbing Consent of Parts 25 You have the Universal Causes both Internal and External The Particular follow The Causes of the Diseases of the Parts both Similar Organical and Common 1 The Causes of the Diseases of the Similar parts are either Evident or Antecedent and Consequent 2 Evident are such as make a desperate attempt upon al the Body and afflict the Spirits the Humors and Substance of the parts if they be strong there wil be some quoil to get them out again 3 Antecedent and Consequent though they be of another temper and quality yet they afflict the parts of the Body by Contagion 4 The Cause of Organical Diseases are of Conformation Magnitude Number or Place 5 Of Conformation are the Figures of the Parts Passages Cavities or Superficies 6 The Figures of the Parts are inverted either through the fault of the Seed or Womens Blood in the Womb or default of the Midwife at the Delivery or by the fault of the Physitian in giving Physick after the delivery or by accident as blood-letting Convuisions c. 7 The Causes of 〈◊〉 of the Passages and Cavities are either of too much dilation or too much straitness 8 The Causes of Dilation are either opening Medicines or the Expulsive Faculty strong and the Retentive weak 9 Dilation of the Vessels proceeds either from the plenty and quantity of Humors or else from their quality 10 Diseases of straitness proceed either from Obstruction or Constipation Contraction or Compression 11 The Causes of Superficial Diseases are roughness and smoothness Of roughness are such things as are sharp clensing and corroding Of smoothness such things as are Glutinous 12 The Causes of the greatness of the Disease are either encrease as plenty of Matter strength of Nature Wind c. Or decrease as weakness of the Spirits defect of Matter Wounds Bleeding Putrefaction 13 The Causes of accidental Diseases and their Symptomes are understood by themselves but of Compound Diseases by the Causes of the Simple 14 Thus-much of Aethiologie Nosologie follows which is either General or Special LIB VI. Of General Nosologie 1 GEneral Nosologie is that Art which sheweth the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 of Diseases 2 A Disease is an Affect against Nature wherby the Actions of the Body are viciated 3 A Disease is Essential or Accidental 4 An Essential Disease is Particular or Common Particular are either Similary Organical or Dissimilary 5 Similar is 1 A Distemper either Simple as Hot Cold Moist or Dry or Compound as Cold and Moist Cold and Dry Hot and Moist Hot and Dry. 2 Immoderation of the Matter as when the Part is either too hard or too soft too loose or too much bound too thick or too thin 3 A Corruption of the whol Substance which is either Infectious or Venemous 6 An Organical 〈◊〉 is either of the Conformation Number and Bigness or Place 7 A Disease of Conformation is either in the Form or passages of the Body 8 A Disease of Bigness is when the Members of the Body are either bigger or less than they should be 9 A Disease of the Number is when the Members are either more or less than they should be 10 A Disease of the place is when Members are not in their right places as in Ruptures and Dislocations Accidental Diseases 1 Accidental Diseases are either in respect of Number or Composition and both of them are either Singular or
making Gold and that the golden Apples of the Hesperides were neither better nor worse than the very same To let Passe other Fables as that of Atlanta and Hipomanes of Cadmus and the Dragon of Argus his Eyes c. After the Birth of Christ Alchymie flourisht much in Egipt and Histories this day to be had witnes that they got that Treasure by Alchymie wherewith they defended themselves against all their enimyes and relying vpon that only was the reason of their so often vexing the Romans Therfore as Suidas reports when Dioclesian had conquered them he commanded all the Bookes of Alchymie and Transmutation of Mettalls into Gold of which Egipt had some store to be sought out and burnt lest the Egiptians making themselves rich by their Art should rebel againe In after Ages the light of Alchymie shone brightest among the Arabians as he may se that takes but the pains to read Mesue who desires such as are studious in Physick to be much conversant with Alchymists if by any meanes they might learn of them to seperate the hidden quality from the Concrete by the force of fire And that it flourished many yeares amongst the Arabians appeares by their owne writers as Geber Avicenna Rhasis Arnoldus de villa nâ—va c. In this latter age of the world it turn'd Monk and was seldom seene out of a Monastarie amongst which some were famous as Raymundus Lullius Albertus Magnus Johannes de Rupe feissa Savanorola Morienus Trithemius Frier Bazil Valentine and there it had dyed had it not been for Paracelsus who in the yeare 1493. by care and industry brought it again to the Light of the Sunne which else had been suffocated in a Monastarie Him all the later writers follow Thus you have the Original of Medecine and Alchymie Chap 8. How the beginings of Medicine and Alchymie were drawn from Nature 1. THat the beginings of Medicine are drawn from nature may be proved by Arguments enough As Mechanicks learned all their Arts and Sciences from the Creatures as the Art of Swimming from the Geese of weaving and Hunting with Nets from the spider just so for al the world Physitians Chyrurgeons learned many remedies for diseases and vertues of many things from the Creatures also For all creatures are Physitians by natural instinct take a few Exampls in lieu of many 1. The Goates and Stagges of Creet shake out the Arrowes that are fastned in them by eating Dittanie 2. The Sea Horse was the first author of leting Blood for when he hath gotten a Plethora of blood by much eating he goes out upon the shore and having found a sharp Stake lets himself blood with it in the leg and when he thinks he hath bled enough closeth the Orifice with slyme 3. The wild Goates by lying long upon the Hills and stones in the sun cause themselves to vomit 4. The Egiptian bird Ibis not much unlicke the Storke when it cannot avoid the excrements of it's belly as it would fills his bill full of sea water and casts it up his fundament and so was the use of Clysters first found out 5. The Serpent having over dryed his skin by his winters rest casts it of by eating the juyce of fennel 6. The same creature cures his Eyes when they are ill affected with Fennell his wounds with Bistort which is therefore called snakeweed and with comfrey 7. Cats strengthen their sight by eating Valerian and so was Valerian first found out to be good for the Eyes 8. If you prick out the eyes of young Swallowes The old one wil bring them to their sights again with Celondine 9. Goats will take away a Caterract from their owne eye with a thorne and from thence was invented the art of Couching the eye with a needle 10. The Hungarian Horses when they need bleeding doe let themselves Bloud with their own teeth 11. The Lyzard using the Hearb Galega or Goats Rue mocks at the deadly poyson of the Viper 12. The Dog by eating Dog-Grass cures himself of the infirmites of his stomeck by Vomiting 13 Hogs by eating Ceterach ease themselves of the infirmites of the Spleen 14. That Mullein is an Antidote against Poyson and the Pestlence a Weasel will teach you by eating of it when she goes to fight with a Serpent Neither is there a better remedie for the Pestilence than the juyce thereof drunk in wine 15. The Hind a little before shee brings forth young eats Heartwort which opens her Womb. After shee hath brought forth by eating the same hearb again shee closeth it 16. The storke cures poyson with Origanum The weasell with Rue 17 Boares cure themselves of almost al diseases by eating Ivie 18. The Bear after he hath layen a long time in his Den moves himself to stoole by eating Arum or Cuckoopints 19. Laro a certain water foul when he hath eaten more than doth him good creepes between two boughs of a tree which grow close together and preseth the victualls out of his body 20. Ringdoves Dawes Partridges Blackbirds Cure themselves by bay leaves and other remidies well knowne to themselves II. Alchymists and hermeticall Phylosophers learnt the way of renewing youth from the Creatures So they observed the manner of renewing Man by Hearbs and Mettalls from the kingfisher Eagle Crab Serpents c. which almost yearely renew their youth And pray tell me you that cavill at this if this be granted to Birds and Beasts by the Eternall God is it impossible for man that is made after the Image of God For so 1. The Eagle by casting her Bil casteth away her old age and takes up youth againe 2. The Serpents in spring time leave their old skinnes and their old age together with them 3. The Heart perseving himself to be well striken in age drawes serpents out of their holes whith the breath of his Nostrills whether they will or no by a wonderfull gift of nature and having kiled them with his feet eates them having first seperated the poyson and having eaten them grows yong again thereby In the same manner the Toad draws weasells and the Weasell mice 4. The Crab grows yong by eating Frogs 5. The Hens by eating spiders 6. The Eagles by eating Tortels 7. The serpents by eating Toads 8. The tongue of a serpent being pulled out when the Serpent is alive about the full Moon for some Magicall use or another the Serpent recovers it againe by eating Nettles 9. So the Elements themselves puting off their drosse seem young againe and so doth nature her self every Spring 10. The Creatures give Arguments enough of a future Resurrection if men have but witt enough to see them or Honesty enough to confess them First So the King-fisher yearly changing her skin and feathers seemes like one risen again from the dead Secondly The silke worme having made it self a silken nest dyes in it and after putrification leaves both the propertie and forme of a worm and comes forth a Fly Thirdly The Emmet Ant or
be black it is dangerous 3 Clouds on the top of the Urine are but 〈◊〉 seen and when they are seen they portend but little good and the blacker they are the 〈◊〉 they are because they carry the Image of Death 14 Accidental is double for either it 〈◊〉 an incertain or certain place in the Urinal 15 Such as occupy an incertain place and somtimes fly up and down in the Urine and somtimes settle in the bottom are somtimes like Bran somtimes like scales of fish and somtimes like thrids 16 Such as keep one certain place are either in the bottom as red and white gravel little clods of blood worms thick flegm like snot or else in the top as wind fat and things like Cobwebs Hermetical 〈◊〉 of Vrine 1 Urine is Salt separated from undigested 〈◊〉 2 Of Urine some is Exterior some of Blood and others Mixed 3 Exterior Urine is that which comes of what we eat or drink that is of our Nourishment neither hath it any other Indication than what belongs to the Stomach Liver or Reins It is called also the Urine of Tartar because it comes of congealed Tartar or 〈◊〉 4 It is two-fold Sound or unsound Sound is when there is a Tincture of Sulphur with it and yet notwithstanding it is not alwaies of a Gold Color but somtimes redder and somtimes paler 5 The Urine of Tartar is known by the Circle which if it be only of a 〈◊〉 color it shews Tartar and the separation which is made in the three Members Stomach Liver and Reins 6 The Salt Sulphur and Mercury may 〈◊〉 be discerned in Waters For the Bottom shews the Mercury The Settling neer the Bottom the 〈◊〉 And the Tincture the Sulphur 7 The Urine of an unsound Man is two-fold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and of Nourishment 8 The 〈◊〉 of Tartar is three-fold 1 Alcolita which signifies Congealation and the Tartar of the Stomach 2 Scatea signifies Putrefaction and the Tartar of the Liver 3 Tremula which signifies stopping and the Tartar of the Reins 9 The Urine of Nourishment is Dreggy and signifies a failing in the Attractive Vertue 10 The Urine of Blood is when a Circle is in the 〈◊〉 of a different Color and it tends commonly to Redness and is the messenger of grievous 〈◊〉 11 The substance of Urine is three fold Thick Cleer and Diaphanous or like Cristal You have the 〈◊〉 the Symptomes follow LIB IV. Of Symptomes 1 SYmptomes taken more generally are an effect shewing the strength of Nature More specially they are an Accident proceeding from the Disease 2 In Symptomes we are to consider the 〈◊〉 and Causes A Symptome is either Primary or Secundary 3 Primary is a hurting of the Actions or Functions 1 Either of the Animal in respect of sence or motion 2 A lessening or depravation of the Vital in Quantity or Quality 3 A corrupting of the Natural 4 Secundary is either a change of the Quality or a vice of the Excrements The change of the quality is two-fold either Common to al the Sences or Proper to one Common to al are the Bigness Number Figure Motion or Rest changed 5 Proper are the Simple Effects of the Body and they are either to be seen as the color in the yellow Jaundice or to be smelt as a stinking Breath or to be heard as noise in the Ears or to be tasted as bitterness and saltness in the Throat or to be felt as the heat in a Feaver 6 Excrements offend either in substance or in quality or in quantity in manner or in time 7 The Causes of Symptomes are either the first or arising 〈◊〉 the first The first are a hurt of the Functions either of the Animal as the Brain Sences and their Organs or of the Vital as Diseases that afflict the Heart and Lungs or of the Natural as such Diseases as afflict Nourishment and Generation 8 Arising from these are the change of qualities whether arising from the Simple Affects or the vice of the Excrements 9 The Causes of the Simple affects of the Body are the hurting of the Natural Functions namely Attraction Retention Digestion Expulsion from whence vicious humors arise 10 The Cause of vicious Excrements is these vicious Humors which offend in quantity quality or substance 11 Thus you have the Common Affection of Pathalogia The Special remains which are Aethiologia and Nosologia LIB V. Of the Aethiologie of Diseases 1 AEThiologia is that Art which declareth the Causes of Diseases 2 The Causes of Diseases are either General or Particular 3 The General are the Theological or Physical 4 The Physical are either bred with us or come afterwards 5 Those that are bred with us are either Natural or against Nature through fault either of the Seed or of the Mothers Blood 6 Those which come afterward are either External or Internal The External Causes of Diseases 1 The External Causes are either more necessary or less necessary 2 More necessary are the six things not Natural namely Air Meat and Drink Sleeping and Watching Exercise and Rest Fulness and Emptiness and Affections of the Mind 3 Air begets Diseases either by Inspiration or Respiration and changeth our Bodies by a Quality manifest or hidden and that according either to the Heaven or the Wind. 4 Nourishment changeth our Body according to its Quality Quantity and convenient Use. According to its Quality Intemperancy Matter or Substance 1 According to Intemperancy when it is hotter colder dryer or moister than agrees with our Bodies 2 According to Matter when it is either too thick or too thin of Juyce 3 According to Substance when it is 〈◊〉 before it is eaten 5 According to quantity when we eat so much that we over power the Vessels or so little that our Bodies want Nourishment 6 Sleeping and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 when they are 〈◊〉 or not taken at 〈◊〉 times 7 Exercise and Rest 〈◊〉 1 In Quantity when they are either too much or too little 2 In Time when they are taken 〈◊〉 8 Fulness and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Emptying offends either when it is 〈◊〉 or when it is too much 2 Retention offends the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and that in respect of either 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Seed 9 Affections of the Mind stir up 〈◊〉 when they grow immoderate as Anger joy 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 10 Causes of Diseases less 〈◊〉 are four 1 〈◊〉 things as compass us about as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 2 〈◊〉 things as we take in as Minerals 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Living Creatures not wel prepared 3 〈◊〉 Evacuation of Blood and immoderate 〈◊〉 4 External Motion as Running Riding c. Internal Causes of Diseises 1 〈◊〉 and all his Apes deny any containing 〈◊〉 of a Disease 2 Internal Causes are either Containing Contained or such as cause violence but most properly things contained 3 All Heredetary Diseases come from Causes containing Things contained as they are causes of Diseases are against Nature as Humors Vapors or Wind. 4 The Internal causes are either by themselves or by accident
Manifold 2 Singular is either Simple or Compound Simple is either by it self or with company 3 Manifold is either Implicite Joyned or Disjoyned 4 Joyned is when the Effect of one is the Cause of another 5 Disjoyned are such as lie in 〈◊〉 parts 6 Implicite Diseases are when divers parts conspire together to afflict one Function as a Pleuresie and an Asthma both afflict the Lungues and by the Lungues the Breathing 7 The Substance of some Diseases is like a Tenant at will quickly removed the Cause being taken away as Feavers Others by tract of time are become Habitual to the Body as Hectick Feavers Diseases according to the Place 1 According to the Place they are taken either from the Subject or adjunct Those which are taken from the Subject are taken either from the Parts or from the Constitution of Man Those which are taken from the Adjunct are taken in respect of the Region and Air. 2 The Diseases of the Body are either Universal or Particular Universal as Feavers or Particular to some parts of the Body as pain in some particular Member c. 3 A Disease by reason of the Constitution of a Man is taken 1 From the Nature of the Man and so is more familiar to one Complexion than another 2 From the Age and so is most familiar to Child-hood Youth Manhood old age 3 From Sex and so is most familiar to Men or Women 4 In respect of the Region 1 Some are scattered up and down here and there and are called Sporadical 2 Others are Common and are called Pandemical 3 Some are proper to one place as Agues to Fenny Countreys and are called Endemical 4 Others rage at some particular times and are called Epidemical Diseases according to Time 1 They are taken in respect of the Time of the Disease or the Time of the Yeer 2 The time of the Disease is taken according to the parts of the Disease or the Disease it self 3 The parts of a Disease are the Beginning Encrease Station and Declination 4 The Disease it self is to be taken in respect of its Continuing 5 The Continuing of a Disease is either short Long or Chronical Short is either with danger or without danger and in both it is either very Acute or Acute and in these either Symply or by Degeneration 6. In respect of the Continuance of it it is either Continual or Intermitting 7 In both these consider their Beginning Encrease Station and Declination 8 In respect of time some Diseases are most frequent in the Spring some in Autumn some in Summer some in Winter Diseases according to Custom 1 They are taken according to the Nature or according to the Event of the Disease According to the Nature it is either Gentle or Malignant 2 According to Event it is either Healthful or deadly curable incurable or threatning relapse Diseases according to Magnitude 1 A Disease is either great or smal 2 A Disease is great either by it self or by accident By it sesf three waies 1 In respect of its kind proper Essence or Cause 2 In-respect of its active Power 3 In respect of its ill Conditions or ill Symptomes A Disease is great by Accident 1 In respect of the part afflicted if that be Noble as a Disease in the Head is greater than one of the Toe 2 In respect of the Faculty of the Body that is hurt by the Disease and so deprivation of Sences is greater than the Tooth-ach Diseases according to Cause 1 They are caused either Essentially or according to Consent 2 Some are inbred or Hereditary others not Hereditary but advantitious 3 Advantitious are of Blood Choller Flegm Melancholly and each of these are either Internal or External 4 Thus much of Nosologia in the General the Special follows 5 Special Nosologie is that which Numbers up al the special Diseases which afflict Nature 6 These arise either from Natural Causes or External 7 From Natural Causes are either Universal which occupy the whol Body as Feavers Or such as occupy only particular parts of the Body Of both which in order LIB VII Of Feavers A Feaver is a heat against Nature proceeding from the Heart to the rest of the Body 2 Its Considerations are 1 The common Affections namely the disposition of the Body and the Signs 2 The Differences of the Feavers 3 The Disposition of the Body is either Internal or External Internal in respect of Temperament Sex and Age. External in respect of Heat either of the Fire Sun or Bath drinking Wine use of Spice and hot Meats or heat of Air. 4 The Signs are General as swift Pulse and frequent heat of Body and failing of strength 5 The Differences of Feavers are taken 1 From the Quality of the Subject 2 From the Quantity 3 From the Essence 6 Feavers from the quality of the Subject are taken 1 From the Feeling as such as come with cold fits at the first or without cold fits 2 From the Sight as with red high color or swarthy color 3 From the Tast as such as proceed of salt Flegm 7 Feavers from the Quantity are either continually great mean or but light short or long most violent in the night or in the day 8 A Feaver from the Essence of the Subject is either common to al as Pestilential Feavers Or 9 Proper only to those that keep ill Diet. 10 A Pestilential Feaver is caused by breathing in a Venemous and Malignant Air. 11 The Causes of Feavers properly to be considered are 1 Of the Heart as a Hectick Feaver 2 Of the Spirits joyned to the Heart as one day Feaver 3 Of Humors joyned to the Heart as a continual Feaver 12 The Degrees of a Hectick Feaver are four A Consumption 1 Of the Fat of the Heart 2 Of the Moisture between the 〈◊〉 and the Heart 3 Of the strings of the Flesh consuming 4 Of the strings of the Flesh consumed and is called Marasmus And this is two fold First Of Cold and Driness as happens to all people that die with Age. Secondly Of Heat and Dryness which is contrary to Nature and the disease now mentioned 13 Feavers that have their Original from the Spirits are 1 One-day Feavers 2 Such as last three daies as Synochus non putrida 3 Such as encrease from the beginning to the end called Achmastica 4 Such as decrease from the beginning to the end called Parachmastica 5 Such as stand alwaies at one stay as 〈◊〉 14 Of the Humors ariseth Synochus or a continual Feaver either of Inflamation or Blood or Blood which is not putrefied or of Choller which is putrefied 15 A putrefied Feaver is either Primary or not Primary 16 Primary is either Continual or Intermitting 17 Continual is 1 Without Remission coming of thick Choller as a continual burning Feaver 2 With Remission which is 〈◊〉 ordinate or inordinate and so you have either a Remitting Quotidian Tertian or Quartan Feaver which are 〈◊〉 according as the Chollrer is in heat or thickness