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A01454	Historie naturall and experimentall, of life and death. Or of the prolongation of life. Written in Latine by the Right Honorable Francis Lo. Verulam, Vis-count St. Alban; Historia vitae et mortis. English	Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Instauratio magna.; Rawley, William, 1588?-1667.	1638 (1638)	STC 1158; ESTC S100506	99,149	463

leisure to turne to sowrenesse which is a kind of Putrefaction 13 But in extreme old Age such a preparation of Meats is to be made as may be almost in the Middle-way to Chylus And touching the Distillations of Meats they are meere Toyes For the Nutritive part at least the best of it doth not ascend in Vapours 14 The Incorporating of 〈◊〉 and Drink before they meet in the Stomach is a Degree to Chylus Therefore let Chickens or Pertridges or 〈◊〉 or the like bee taken And boiled in Water with a little Salt Then let them be cleansed and dried Afterward let them be infused in Must or Ale before it hath done working with a little Sugar 15 Also Gravies of Meat and Mincings of them small well seasoned Are good for old Persons And the rather for that they are destituted of the Office of their Teeth in chewing which is a principall kinde of preparation 16 And as for the Helps of that Defect Namely of the Strength of Teeth to grinde the Meat There are three Things which may conduce thereunto First that New Teeth may put forth That which seemes al together Difficult and cannot bee accomplished without an Inward and powerfull Restauration of the Body Secondly that the Iawes be so confirmed by due Astringents that they may in some sort supply the office of the Teeth which may possibly bee effected Thirdly that the Meat bee so prepared that there shall be no need of chewing which Remedy 〈◊〉 ready and at Hand 17 We have some Thought also touching the Quantitie of the Meat and Drinke That the same taken in larger Quantitie at some times is good for the Irrigation of the Body Therefore both Greas Feastings and Free Drinkings are not altogether to be inhibited And touching the Operation upon the Aliments and the Preparation of them thus much The Operation upon the Last Act of Assimilation 8. TOuching the last Act of Assimilation unto which the three Operations immediately preceding chiefly tend our Advice shall be briefe and single And the Thing it selfe rather needs Explication than any various Rules 1 IT is certaine that all Bodies are endued with some Desire of Assimilating those things which are next them Tuis the Rare and Pneumaticall Bodies As Flame Spirit Airt performe generously and with Alacritie On the contrary those that carrie a Grosse and Tangible Bulke about them Doe but weakly In regard that the Desire of Assimilating other Thing is bound in by a stronger Desire of Rest and Containing themselves from Motion 2 Againe it is certaine That that Desire of Assimilating being bound as wee said in a Grosse Body and made 〈◊〉 Is somewhat freed and stirred up by the Heat and Neighbouring Spirit So that it is then Actuated which is the onely cause why Inanimates Assimilate not and Animates 〈◊〉 3 This also is certaine That the Harder the Consistence of the Body is the more doth that Body stand in need of a Greater Heat to prick forward the Assimilation Which fals out ill for old Men because in them the Parts are more Obstinate and the Heat weaker And therefore either the Obstinacie of their Parts is to be softned or their Heat increased And as touching the Malacissation or Mollifying of the Members we shall speak afterward Having also formerly propounded many Things which pertaine to the prohibiting and preventing of this kinde of Hardnesse For the other touching the Increasing of the Heat wee will now deliver a single precept After wee have first assumed this Axiome 4 The Act of Assimilation which as we said is excited by the Heat circumfused in a Motion exceeding Accurate Subtile and in Little Now all such Motions doe then come to their Vigour when the Locall Motion wholly ceaseth which disturbeth it For the Motion of Separation into Homogeneall parts which is in Milke That the Creame should swim above and the Whey sink to the bottome will never work if the Milk bee never so little agitated Neither will any Puterfaction proceed in Water or Mixt Bodies if the same be in Continuall Local Motion So then from this Assumption we will conclude this for the present Inquisition 5 The Act it selfe of Assimilation is chiefly accomplished in Sleepe and Rest Especially towards the Morning the Distribution being finished Therefore we have nothing else to advise but that Men keep Themselves Hot in their Sleepe And further that towards the Morning there be used some Annointing or Shirt 〈◊〉 with Oyle such as may gently stir up Heat And after that to fall asleep again And touching the Last Act of Assimilation thus much The Operation upon the Inteneration of that which begins to be Arified Or the Malacissation of the Body 9. WEe have inquired formerly touching the Inteneration from within 〈◊〉 is done by many Windings 〈◊〉 Circuits as well of 〈◊〉 as of Detaining the Spirit from Issuing forth 〈◊〉 therefore is accomplished Slowly Now we are to inquire touching that Inteneration which is 〈◊〉 without And is effected as 〈◊〉 were Suddenly Or touching the Malacissation and 〈◊〉 of the Body The Historie 1 IN the Fable of Restoring Pelias to Youth againe Medea when the Faigned to doe it 〈◊〉 this way of 〈◊〉 the same That the 〈◊〉 Mans Body should be cut into severall Peeces And 〈◊〉 Boyled in a Cauldron with certaine Medicaments There may perhaps some 〈◊〉 bee required to this Matter But the Cutting into 〈◊〉 is not needfull 2 Notwithstanding this Cuting into Peeces seemes in some sort to be usefull Not 〈◊〉 a Knife but with Judgement For whereas the Consistence of the Bowels and 〈◊〉 is very divers It is needfull that the Inteneration of them both be not effected the same way But that there be a Cure designed of each in particular Besides those Things which pertaine to the Inteneration of the whole Masse of the Bodie Of which notwithstanding in the first place 3 This Operation if perhaps it bee within our power is most likely to bee done by Baths Vnctions and the like Concerning which these Things that follow are to be observed 4 We must not be too forward in Hoping to Accomplish this matter from the Examples of those Things which we see done in the Imbibitions and Macerations of Inanimates By which they are intenerated whereof we introduced some Instances before For this kinde of Operation is more Easie upon Inanimates Because they attract and suck in the Liquour But upon the Bodies of Living Creatures it is Harder Because in them the Motion rather tendeth outward and to the Circumference 5 Therefore the Emollient Baths which are in use doe little good but on the contrary hurt Because they rather draw forth than make entrance And resolve the Structure of the Body rather than consolidate it 6 The Baths and Vnctions which may serve to the present Operation Namely of Intenerating the Body truly and really ought to have three properties 7 The First and Principall is That they consist of those Things which in their Whole Substance are

successively as in Birds Or when they are single Births As in Creatures bearing but one at a Burthen 4 But long Bearing in the wombe makes for Length of Life three wayes First for that the young one partakes more of the substance of the Mother As hath beene said Secondly that it comes forth more strong and able Thirdly that it undergoes the predatorie Force of the Aire sater Besides it shewes that Nature intendeth to finish her periods by larger Circles Now though Oxen and Sheepe which are borne in the wombe about six Moneths are but short liv'd That happens for other Causes 5 Feeders upon Grasse and 〈◊〉 Herbs are but short Livers And Creatures feeding upon Flesh or Seeds or Fruits long Livers As some Birds are As for Harts which are long liv'd They take the one Halfe of their Meat As men use to say from above their Heads And the Goose besides Grasse findeth something in the water and stubble to feed upon 6 Wee suppose that a good Clothing of the Body maketh much to long Life For it Fenceth and Armeth against the Intemperances of the Aire which dot wonderfully Assaile and Decay the Body which Benefit Birds especially have Now that Sheep which have so good Fleeces should bee so short 〈◊〉 That is to bee impated to Diseases whereof that Creature is full and to the bareeating of Grasse 7 The Seat of the Spirits without doubt is principally the Head Which though it bee usually understood of the Animall Spirits onely yet this is all in all Againe it is not to bee doubted but the Spirits doe most of all waste and prey upon the Body so that wher they are either in greater plentie Or in greater Inflammation and Acrimonie There the life is much shortned And therefore wee conceive a great Cause of long life in Birds to bee The Smalnesse of their Heads in comparison of their Bodies For even Men which have very great Heads wee suppose to be the shorter Livers 8 We are os opinion That Carriage is of all other Motions the most helpfull to long life which we also noted before Now there are carried Water-fowles upon the water As Swans All Birds in their flying but with a strong Endevour of their Lime And Fishes of the length of whose Life wee have no certaintie 9 Those Creatures which are long before they come to their perfection Net speaking of Growth in stature onely but of other steps to Maturitie As Manputs forth First his 〈◊〉 Next the Signes of Pube tie Then his Beard And so forward are Long-liv'd For it shewes that Nature finisheth her Periods by larger Circles 10 Milder Creatures are not long-liv'd As the Sheepe and Dove for Choler is as the Whetstone and Spur to many Functions in the Body 11 Creatures whose Flesh is more Duskish are longer liv'd than those that have white Flesh for it sheweth that the Iuyce of the Body is more firme and lesse apt to dissipate 12 In every Corruptible Body Quantitie maketh much to the Conservation of the whole For a great fire is longer in Quenching A small portion of water is sooner evaporated The Body of a Tree withereth not so fast as a Twig And therefore generally I speak it of Species not of Individuals Creatures that are large in Body are longer liv'd than thos that are small unlesse there be some other potent Cause to hinder it Alimentation or Nourishment And the way of Nourishing The Historie 1 NOurishment ought to bee of an Inferiour nature and more simple substance than the Thing Nourished Plants are nourished with the Earth and Water Living Creatures with Plants Man with Living Creatures There are also certain Creatures Feeding upon Flesh And Man himselfe takes Plants into a part of his Nourishment But Man and Creatures feeding upon Flesh are scarcely nourished with Plants alone Perhaps Fruits or Graines baked or boyled may with long use nourish them But Leaves of Plants or Herbs will not doe it As the Order of the Foliatanes shewed by Experience 2 Over-great Affinity or Consubstantiality of the Nourishment to the Thing nourished proveth not well for Creatures feeding upon Herbs touch no Flesh And of Creatures feeding upon Flesh few of them eat their owne kinde As for Men which are Cannibals they feed not ordinarily upon Mens Flesh But reserve it as a Dainty either to serve their Revenge upon their Enemies or to satisfie their Appetite at some times So the Ground is best sowne with Seed growing else-where And Men do not use to Graft or Inoculate upon the same stocke 3 By how much the more the Nourishment is better Prepared and approacheth nearer in likenesse to the Thing nourished By so much the more are Plants more Fruitfull And Living Creatures in better liking and plight For a young Slip or Cions is not so well nourished if it bee pricked into the Ground As if it be grafted into a Stecke agreeing wich it in Nature And where it findes the Nourishment alreadie disgested and prepared Neither as is reported will the Seed of an Onion or some such like sown in the bare earth bring forth so large a Fruit as if it be put into another Onion Which is a new kind of Grafting Into the Root or under ground Againe it hath beene found out lately That a Slip of a Wilde Tree As of an Elme Oake Ash or such like grafted into a Stock of the same kind wil bring forth larger Leaves than those that grow without Grafting Also Men are not nourished so well with Raw Flesh as with that which hath passed the Fire 4 Living Creatures are nourished by the Mouth plants by the Root Young ones in the Womb by the Navill Birds for a while are nourished with the Yolke in the Egge whereof some is found in their Crops after they are hatched 5 All Nourishment moveth from the Center to the Circum cumference Or from the Inward to the Outward yet it is to be noted That in Trees and Plants the Nourishment passeth rather by the Barke and outward Parts than by the Pith and inward parts For if the Barke be pilled off though but for a small bredth round they live no more And the Bloud in the Veines of Living Creatures doth no lesse nourish the Flesh beneath it than the Flesh above it 6 In all Alimentation or Nourishment there is a two-fold Action Extrusion and Attraction whereof the Former proceeds from the Inward Function the latter from the Outward 7 Vegetables assimilate their Nourishment simply without Excerning For Gums and Teares of Trees are rather Exuberances than Excrements And knots or knobs are nothing but Diseases But the substance of Living Creatures is more perceptible of the like And therefore it is conjoyned with a kinde of Disdaine whereby it rejecteth the Bad and assimilateth the Good 8 It is a strange Thing of the Stalkes of Fruits That all the Nourishment which produceth sometimes such great Fruits should bee forced to passe thorow so narrow Necks For the

be in continuall Motion Now it is to bee noted that this doth not onely prevent the Fustinesse but conserveth the Greennesse and slacketh the Desiccation of it The cause is that Which we noted before That the Discharging of the watry Humor Which is quickned by the Motion and the Winds preserves the Oily Humour in his Being Which otherwise would fly out together with the Watry Humour Also in some Mountaines where the Aire is very pure Dead Carkases may bee kept for a good while without any great Decay 13 Fruits As Pomegranates Cytrons Apples Peares and the like Also Flowers As Roses and Lilies may bee kept a long time in Earthen Vessels close stopped Howsoever they are not free from the Injuries of the outward Air which will affect them wit his unequall Temper thorow the sides of the Vessell As 〈◊〉 is manifest in Heat and cold Therefore it will bee good to stop the Mouthes of the Vessels carefully and to bury them within the Earth And it will be as good Not to bury them in the Earth but to sinke them in the Water so as the place be shady As in Wels Or Cisternes placed within Doores But those that bee sunke in Water will doe better in Glasse vessels than in Earthen 14 Generally those Things which are kept in the Earth 〈◊〉 in Vaults under Ground or in the Bottome of a Well will preserve their Freshnesse longer than those Things that are kept above Ground 15 They say it hath been observed That in Conservatories of Snow whether they were in Mountaines in Naturall Pits or in Wells made by Art for that purpose an Apple or Chest-nut or Nut by chance falling in after many Moneths when the Snow hath melted have beene found in the Snow as fresh and faire as if they had been gathered the day before 16 Country people keep Clusters of Grapes in Meale which though it makes them lesse pleasant to the taste yet it preserves their Moisture and Freshnesse Also the Harder sort of Fruits may bee kept long not onely in Meale but also in Saw-dust and in 〈◊〉 of Corne. 17 There is an opinion held That Bodies may be preserved Fresh in Liquours of their own kind As in their proper 〈◊〉 As to keepe Grapes in wine Olives in Oyle 18 Pomegrants and Quinces are kept long being lightly dipped in Sea water or Salt-water And soone after taken out againe and then dryed in the open Aire so it bee in the Shade 19 Bodies put in Wine Oyle or the Lees of Oyle keepe long Much more in Honey or Spirit of Wine But most of all as some say in Quick-silver 20 Fruits enclosed in Wax Pitch Plaister Paste or any the like Case or Covering keep green very long 21 It is manifest that Flyes Spiders Ants or the like small Creasures falling by chance into Amber or the Gums of Trees and so finding a Buriall in them doe never after corrupt or rot although they be soft and tender Bodies 22 Grapes are kept long by being hanged up in Bunches The same is of other Fruits For there is a twofold commodity of this Thing The one that they are kept without Pressing or Bruising which they must needs suffer if they were laid upon any hard substance The other that the Aire doth encompasse them on every side alike 23 It is observed that Putrefaction no lesse than Desiccation in Vegetables doth not 〈◊〉 in every part alike But chiefly in that part where being alive it did attract Nourishment Therefore some advise to cover the Stalkes 〈◊〉 Apples or other Fruits with Wax or Pitch 24 Great Wiekes of Candles 〈◊〉 Lamps doe sooner 〈◊〉 the Tallow or Oyle than 〈◊〉 Wiekes Also Wieks of Cotton sooner than those of Rush 〈◊〉 Straw or small Twigs And in Staves of Torches those of Iuniper or Firre sooner than those of Ash Likewise Flame Moved and Fanned with the Wind sooner than that which is still And therefore Candles set in a Lanthorne will last longer than in the Open Aire There is a Tradition that Lamps set in Sepulchers will last an incredible time 25 The Nature also and Preparation of the Nourishment conduceth no lesse to the Lasting of Lamps and Candles than the Nature of the Flame For Wax will last longer than Tallow And Tallow a little wet longer than Tallow dry And Wax Candles old made longer than Wax Candles new made 26 Trees if you stir the Earth about their Roots every yeare will continue lesse time If once in foure or perhaps in ten yeares much longer Also Cutting off the Suckers and Young Shoots will make them live the longer But Dunging them or laying of Marle about their Roots or much Watring them addes to their fertility but cuts off from their long Lasting And thus much touching the Prohibiting of Desiccation or Consumption The Inteneration or making Tender of that which 〈◊〉 Dryed which is the chiefe Matter affords but a small Number of Experiments And therefore some few Experiments which are found in 〈◊〉 Creatures and also in Man shall be joyned together 27 Bands of Willow wherewith they use to bind Trees laid in water grow more Flexible Likewise they put Boughes of Birch the ends of them in earthen Pots filled with water to keepe them from withering And Bowles cleft with Drinesse steeped in water close againe 28 Boots growne hard and obstinate with age by greasing them before the Fire with 〈◊〉 wax soft or being only held before the Fire get some softnesse Bladders and Parchments hardened also become tender with warme water mixed with Tallow or any Fat Thing But much the better if they be a little Chofed 29 Trees growne very old that have stood long without any Culture by Digging and Opening the Earth about the Roots of them seeme to grow young againe and put forth young Branches 30 Old Draught Oxen worne out with labour being taken from the yoke and put into fresh Pasture will get young and tender Flesh againe In so much that they will eat as Fresh and tender as a Steere 31 A strict Emaciating Dyet of Guaiacum Bisket and the like wherewith they use to cure the French Pox old Catarrhs and some kinde of Dropsies doth first bring men to great Povertie and Leannesse by wasting the Juyces and Humours of the Body which after they begin to be repaired againe seeme 〈◊〉 more vigorous and young Nay and we are of Opinion that Emaciating Diseases afterwards well cured have advanced many in the way of Long Life Observations 1 MEn see clearly like Owles in the Night of their owne Notions But in Experience as in the Day-light they winke and are but halfe-sighted They speake much of the Elementary Quality of Siccity or Drinesse And of Things Desiccating And of the Naturall Periods of Bodies in which they are Corrupted and consumed But meane while either in the Beginnings or Middle Passages or Last Acts of Desiccation and Consumption they observe nothing that is of Moment 2 Desiccation or Consumption in