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A60023	Peri psychroposias, of drinking water against our novelists, that prescribed it in England : whereunto is added, peri thermoposias, of warm drink, and is an answer to a treatise of warm drink, printed at Cambridge / by Richard Short ...	Short, Richard, d. 1668.	1656 (1656)	Wing S3528; ESTC R33813	66,577	205

they have extenuated bodies besides Hectick bodies are weak 2. Aphoris 28. Therefore cannot bear cold water nor alter their custom Fiftly water is not to be exhibited where any principal part is weak or have any tumor or swelling as inflammation oedema Scirrhus or any inward part distempered as weazand stomack liver the gut colon lungs midrife reines bladder for many by the unseasonable and much drinking of water 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 are presently taken with shortness of breath convulsious and tremblings as Galen notes There be other inconveniencies conveniencies but these are enough to make a man fearful 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to give water CHAP. XXIII A recapitulation of the former Chapter out of Riverius IN this Chapter I will adde a recapitulation out of Riverius a later Author in his Book of Agues For as much saith he as belongs to cold water Galen commands to give so much as the patient may look pale and be cold all over the body and by that meanes the fiery heat of an ague may be extinguished the solid parts corroborated the unprofitable humors evacuated by sweats urin and stooles but concerning the exhibition of water Galen gives many cautions that is to say that in the vigour of an ague the signes of concoction appearing the patient be accustomed all the inward parts firme the body full of good juyce a temper quadrate and have strength there must be no gross and slimy humors or any tumor in the internal parts neither in the stomack weazon nor the nerves weak Other-wise if these conditions faile they that drink water are in danger to incur difficulty of breathing the dropsy lethargy and some other grevous disease But obsolevit hoc remedit genus this kind of remedy in this our age to observe is difficult and out of the praeposterous use much danger may ensue therefore 't is abolished Thus far Riverius who although he doth not cite Galens words punctually Yet any that have the eye of reason may plainly and evidently understand that this old course of drinking of water in agues is vanished into smoak and grown out of date as an old Almanack CHAP. XXIV Whether water be good in the palpitation of the heart gout or dropsy THe novelists are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they will do wonders with water and cure many diseases with it I know at this present a worthy Gentle man having the palpitation of the heart drinks water I know others that drink water in the gout and some have drank it in dropsies Therefore I will handle of these 3. diseases in order as they be propounded First Hierony nius Mercurialis monet ab aquae potu abstinendum esse in co●dis paltatione water is not good in the palpitation or beating of the heart For this disease is cold therefore requires rather hot then cold Medicines contraries are cured by contraries a cold sickness requires hot Medicines but the palpitation of the hart is a cold sickness Galen de tremore cap. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The cause of palpitation that is the substantial cause is a Spirit or wind the quality of this substance is waterish and thick Therefore t is cold but water cannot cure could and waterish nor the substance or essence of this Spirit which is cold For Galen in the same place 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The cause of the palpitation is a gross clowdy dark and flatulent spirit Therefore colder ages are subject to this palpitation a cold temper cold region winter an idle life men given to repretion and much drinking meats cold and flatulent to conclude all in a word whatsoever cooles the body And Galen addes presently after that the ancient Physitians found out remedies for the palpation which do heat and extenuate and 4. de locis affectis he teacheth the very same handling of the palpitation of the heart But water hath not a heating and extenuating faculty Therefore it cannot be a good Medicine for this Symptome Secondly water is no good Medicine for the gout As for a cold gout I think no rational man will grant cold water a convenient remedy Then for an hot gout which is a kind of inflammation 't is probable that water may do well but all is not gold that glisters nor every argument that is apparently true is true For as I said before they that aime at a few circumstances are easily deceined There be many to be considered in the gout as Cardan teacheth 1. The weakness of the joynts 2. The latitude of the veines 3. A crude matter 4. An impulsive power But if in all gouts there be crudities water cannot be a good remedy Galen forbids water in crudities least it cause more crudities Wherefore Galen commends 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 treacle which cōsumes the superfluous moysture and cruditie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Et statim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Besides although it be an hot gout the joynts are of a cold temper which are much damnified by water Last of all the gout happens for the most part to them that have a cold stomack and to men in yeares to both these water is no small adversary Thirdly in dropsies water is worst of all for all dropsies are of a cold distemper of the liver whence spring flegme water wind which are the brats of a distempered liver Alexander Massar aquae potio si quid aliud aqua inter cutem laborantibus est adversissima adeo ut Avicenna illius quoqu visionem prohibeat The drinking of water is most contrary to dropsies in so much that Avicen forbad to look upon water Massari had this from Galen as all rivolets have from the Ocean for he saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Water is most adverse to hydropical men both as drink and bath CHAP. XXV Three objections Answered NOw I will answear to two or three objections and so make an end The first is that custom is not necessary in the exhibition of water in sickness and Alexander Massaria a famous Physitian of Padua is of opinion that custom is not to be esteemed among necessary conditions and if other conditions agree we may give cold water to those that are not accustomed This assertion is proved out of Galen 9. Meth. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 scribendum where some that were not accustomed were compelled to drink cold water in a burning feaver they received no hurt at all I will adde another text 9. Meth. 16. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 We have often seen many that were in burning feavers when the humors are indifferently concoct freed from their feaver with drinking of cold water although they were not accustomed to drink it But to end this controversy and answere Massaria I distinguish that hot distempers are either moderate as Hecticks diaries and indifferent agues or they are such distempers as Hippocrates and Galen call fire absolutely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and such are 〈◊〉

we may not exhibite opium becase t is stupefying or narcotick by the same reason we must not give water because t is narcoticall or stupefying as appears 5. Aphoris 25. cold water cures the the Gout and takes away the paine because 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 moderate stupidnesse or stupefying dissoves paine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is benumming 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is to benum Galen upon this Aphorisme noteth that cold water benums and stupefies the parts So Christophorus a Vega soe Fonseca Aqua frigida stuporem iuducit cold water brings stupidnesse and generally all cold medicines be●●m and stupefie the senses Galen 3. de temperament c. 4. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sunt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cold things coole and stupefie And water is cold as well as poppy Galen 3. de temp 3. speaking of those things which are cold as juice of poppy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the nature of poppy is cold as also is water But our Novelists object that opium is an narcoticall and narcoticks be hot If this proposition be true then it may be given in cold Countries better then water And if there be any accurate Criticks that can make it out that opium and narcoticks be hot then I promise upon my fidelity to eat as much opium as any Janisary or Spaniard and if they cannot prove it their punishment shall be to eat 10 or 5. graines But for the present Galens authority is greater then any Pigmie or Colos-critick can contradict although some of these Novelists report that Galen was not a competent judge which is as indiscrete as the former proposition Galen saith that the juice of poppy that is opium is cold in the forth degree for Galen esteems opium among poysons and nominates castorium which is hot to be its correcter Neither is the bitternesse any any certaine 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or note of heat as the novelists imagine for then Endive Succory and Roses are hot for all these are bitter But suppose for granted opium or juice of poppy to be hot then I would faine learn how it came to be a narcotick Here I expect 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some strange arguments that is more then humane for no hot medicine can stupefie as a hot medicine Give me leave good Reader to make a digression I had an occasion given me to be with a Gentleman that was taken with a melancholy madnesse and because he could not sleep for many nights together but raved I would have administred syrup of poppies or a decoction of a poppy head but presently I was runne down by a Doctor of divinity that had a smattering in Physick who by noe meanes would admit of my judgement but affirmed confidently see how new lights can prevaile in this age those things which I advised were narcoticall or stupesying and would fix the humor or vapour in the braine causing the disease to be incurable Good God! to see the ratiocination of this new light for it narcoticks or stupefying medicines be hot as he and others have strongly defended against me how can they fix the vapour or humor The Philosopher can easily consute this unheard paradox Aristotle 5. de generatione 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 heat makes thinner and subtiler And Galen is very frequent in this d●scourse 20. de simp Med. 20. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so in his book de tremore palpit cap. 5. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 That is in a word heate makes thinne dilates and rarifies nor only thick and grosse spirits but bodies but on the contrary t is cold that fix congeale's and makes Ice as every mechanick that is rationall know although he hath but a twilight of reason Secondly If opium be hot it cannot cause sleep for all sleep cometh of a cold cause 20. de locis affect 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cold causeth sleep not only naturall but praeternaturall Thirdly A hot na●cotick is as great non-sence as can be imagined t is a black Swan a cold fire or hot Ice Fourthly If all narcoticks be hot then water is hot for water stupefies as I proved before out of Hippocrates and Galen Now if out Neoterick be so wise and cautelous to forbid us the use of stupefying medicines Why will they have us drink water unlesse it be to stupefie our understandings and make us like beasts But to return to our Divine-Doctor in Physick was he not well read in Galens Method or did he ever read one jot of his Theory I imagine he never sounded that depth yet he dare Catechise us and give us Laws and Maximes nay he dare undertake to fathome the vast limits of two great faculties in the narrow compasse of his own understanding Let not Divines intermedle with Physick lest they prove bad divines and worse Physitians quod medicorum est promittant medici Let Physitians handle physick And that we may give stupifying and sleepy medicines which be narcoticall all practitioners approve of in phrensies madness and generaly in all diseases where the patient cannot sleep besides Galen is worth a thousand testimonies 13. Meth 21. speaking of those that cannot sleep 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we must make the principal part stupefied and sleepy In another place he saith that opium cures phreneticall madnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and of those that cannot sleep 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that opium causeth sleepe marvelously and further if it be well corrected 't is a soveraigne and healthfull remedy Now see what a learned age we have that contradict so great a light to whom the world for above a thousand years together have subscribed but now without reading of Galen t is enough to sleep on Parnassus top one night and early in the morning rise new dubd Physitians by Oeron King of Faries like upstart mushrums guided and directed by the light of a glow-worm CHAP. VIII Whether we may not eat Acorns as well as drink water I Marvaile that some new light of this doting age doe not bring upon the stage the eating of Acorns as well as drinking of water for in the infancy of the world men and beasts had their meat and drinke in common They both eat acorns and both drank water Cardan de san tuend water saith he is the natural drink of all living Creatures Lucretius Ac sedare sitim fluvios fontesque vocabant for without doubt all the world drank water in the beginning of the world and that they cat acorns t is no lesse manifest Plutarch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tasting and eating of acornes they danced for joy about the oake and beech Galen de aliment facult 2.34 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in old time men lived of acorns alone and the Arcadians a long time after Hence the Ancient Oracles in Herodotus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Men in Arcadia eat Acornes for that 's their meat But if men did eat acornes in the infancy of the world why may they not cat them again in the