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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	body_n	disease_n	fever_n	1,543	5	9.5930	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13300	A rich store-house or treasury for the diseased Wherein, are many approued medicines for diuers and sundry diseases, which haue been long hidden, and not come to light before this time. Now set foorth for the great benefit and comfort of the poorer sort of people that are not of abilitie to go to the physitions. By A.T.	A. T., practitioner in physicke.	1596 (1596)	STC 23606; ESTC S118082	73,526	156

in the 37. Aphorisme of his second booke where he saieth after this sort Qui corpore bene se habent hos purgare periculosū est that is it is dangerous purging of those that be in perfect health Also because euery purging medicine hath vertue to drawe one peculier homour there is good heede and care to be taken that such a medicine be ministred as hath vertue to drawe out the humour abounding and none other or else in stead of much good that of it selfe it would doe if it were conueniently ministred it may contraryewise doe exceading great hurte and woorke many inconueniences to the body And accordinge to to the saying of Hipocrates in the last Aphorisme of his firste book● in this maner Si qualia oportet purgari purgentur cōfert et facile ferunt si contra difficulter that is yf such things be purged as ought to be it profiteth and may easily be suffered but if it be contrarywise it hurteth and may scarcely bee borne Therefore there ought diligent care and heed to be taken in the receiuing of a purgation that it be ministred by a skilfull Phisition that hath certainly found out what humour it is that aboundeth But alas the greatest number of the cōmon sort of people do hould an opinion that if they may haue a medicine for a little money which will poruoke them often to the stoole what humour soeuer it be and purgeth out they are safe ynough howe be it I would wish them hereafter alwaies to haue in minde this saying of the most excellent Phisition Hipocrates in the xxxii Aphorisme of the first booke Deiectiones non multitudine sunt estimandae sed si talia deijciantur qualia conueniunt that is Egestions are not to bee esteamed for their great quantitie but if such bad humours be purged out as they ought to be that is such vicious corrupt humours as doe abound and bee superfluous in mans bodye then is the bodie quieted for a long time after if it be dieted as aforesaid There be diuers thinges chiefly to be considered of by euerye Phisition before such time as he doe minister any Purgation to the sicke person as the qualitie and quantitie of the humour the strength of him or her that is sicke the age the time of the yeare and lastly the disease The qualitie of the homour is greatly to be considered that thereby he may perfectly knowe what kinde of humour is to be euacuate purged out for it must be onely that which troubleth the bodie with superfluous aboundance thereof As if great aboundance of fleame doe molest and trouble the bodie then hee must of necessitie minister a medicine whiche purgeth fleame and so likewise for all other humours what soeuer abounding in any part of the bodie Also he that doth vndertake the ministring of any medicine ought to haue great respect to the strength of the sicke or diseased person for if he be very weake and feeble there ought no purgation at all to be ministred vnto him because all maner of purgations doe both weaken nature diminish strength and the stronger the sicke person is the more he is weakened thereby Let all men therefore beware of vehement strong purgations least they put their liues in hazard danger By the age of the Patient the Phisition is put in minde that children and old men ought not to receiue any Purgations except maruailous great necessitie doe require it The time of the yeare is not to be neglected for there be some times of the yeare wherein Purgations ought not to be ministred as in Sommer and especially during the time of the Dogge daies as they are most commonly called and also during all the time that the Sunne is in Leo for then is nature burnt vp and made soe weake withall that she is not able to suffer the force and violence of a Purgation but the Spring time is the most meetest and principalest time in all the yeare for the taking of Purgations because it is then temperate Last of all the Phisition ought diligently to behould contemplate the disease that he knowing certainly what kind of disease it is may the more better finde out of what humour it is caused As for example Yf the Phisition do perceiue y● disease to be a tertian Feuer straightway he knoweth that it is caused of great aboundance of choller and therefore he must of necessitie minister a meete medicine to purge choller withall and so likewise in all other diseases Note likewise that if there be none of the impediments aboue named a Purgation is good to be ministred to all such as haue aboundance of euill iuice or corrupt humours in the body for it draweth out all the bad humours that doe molest y● body and thereby doth restore it to his owne state againe But if a Purgatiō be rashly ministred eyther to one that needeth it not or at an inconuenient time or that it be such a medicine as draweth no● out the humour which then aboundeth or if the medicine be vehement and very strong it will surely put the Patient in great daunger of his life These thinges therefore ought to be well taken heede of by all menne lest they catch great hurt when they hope for some great profite But if a Purgation be discreetly ministred to him that hath need of it in due time and by an apt and meet medicine which is of that force and abillitie to drawe out the abounding humours in sufficient quantitie then doth the medicine purchase most singuler great commodties to the body for it euacuateth and emptieth out all the chiefest causes of the diseases and sicknesses eyther present or els to come being ingendred of any superfluous or corrupt humour as are most commonly Feuers tercians quartaines quotidians or Fluxes and are caused of rawe humours or sharpe choller Dropsies Goutes Palsies Litargies and diuers other c. Note also that before a Purgation be ministred there ought a medicine to be taken which should prepare the body make it apt to purge and therefore it is called a preparatiue it is geuen for two causes eyther to deuide extenuat make them grosse and clammy humours that they may be ready to flowe out when the medicine draweth them or else it is geuen to open and vnstoppe the conduits vessels of the body by which the Purgation must drawe the superfluous humour to it And this is that which Hipocrates doth counsaile in the first Aphorisme of his second booke where he saith Corpora cum quisque purgare voluerit opportet fluuia facere that is when any man will purge the body he must make it flowing by opening and vnopening of the vessels The most meetest time of al to receiue a Purgation is in the morning for then are all the digestions perfectly finished and the stomacke is without meate There is also great heede to be taken in what signe the moone is in before such time