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A14333	Viæ rectæ ad vitam longam, pars secunda VVherein the true vse of sleepe, exercise, excretions, and perturbations is, with their effects, discussed and applied to euery age, constitution of body, and time of yeare. By To: Venner Doctor of Physicke in Bathe.; Via recta ad vitam longam. Part 2	Venner, Tobias, 1577-1660.	1623 (1623)	STC 24648; ESTC S103044	22,795	47

noones by reason of their imbecillity needs no demonstration Sleeping at noones hurtfull to all corpulent bodies But the Phlegmaticke sanguine and all corpulent bodies must beware how they sleepe at noones for it is better for such to macerate themselves a little by abstaining from sleepe then by it to be turgide and puffed up Wherefore in the hot seasons of the yeare it is good for them after dinner to rest themselves for the space of an houre in a cold bower free from all care and cogitation which rest verely is no lesse profitable to them then an houres sleepe for dry leane and extenuated bodies But that sleeping at noones may bee admitted with the greater profit and lesse detriment Five conditions to be observed in sleeping at noones five conditions are diligently to be obserued therein The first is that it be not taken immediately after dinner but an houre after or halfe an houre at the least in which space it is good to walke a little that the meat may the better descend into the stomacke for then fewer vapours will ascend and offend the head The second is that it be taken not lying but rather sitting with the body upright because the head will be the lesse offended with vapours ascending unto it The third is that it be not overlong not above halfe an houre or an houre at the most that the heat may be onely collected from the outward parts for so short sleep cannot replete the head with vapours and in the meane while the concoction is sufficiently holpen the strengths refreshed and any heavinesse of the head removed The fourth is that it bee not taken in an hot place but rather enclining to cold especially in the summer for to sleepe in an hot place is very hurtfull as shall be by and by shewed The fift is that the awakening be not sudden but with good moderation to prevent the distraction of the spirits And thus much for the time of sleepe Concerning the place most convenient for sleep What place is most convenient for sleepe it must be somewhat darke and defended from the light especially of the Moone by night which encreaseth rheumes temperate in heat and cold yea rather inclining to cold then heat for to sleepe in an hot place is very dangerous causing faintnesse and oftentimes swounding vpon the awaking by reason of the contrary motions of sleepe and the ambient heat of the place For the spirits and naturall heat which by meanes of sleepe are drawne inward are by the heat without contrariwise drawne outward Wherefore the place for sleepe ought to be very close and above all not dampish for that is most pernicious to the body and especially to the head And although the place for sleepe must rather encline to cold then heat yet our bodies while wee sleepe must with cloathes according as the constitution of the aire shall require be sufficiently covered lest that while the naturall heat is within about digestion the outward parts be offended with cold But the chiefest care must bee of the head that in sleepe it take not cold which will occasion palsies The head and necke in sleepe must carefully be defended from cold and other affects of the braine and sinewes and yet too much covering weakens and offends the head The necke also in sleepe must not be neglected for the well wrapping thereof is a speciall remedy against nocturnall rheumes and therefore I wish all Students diligently to observe the use thereof Concerning the manner of lying while we sleepe What positure of the body is best in sleepe the best is on the right side or on the left with the hands legges and necke yea and the whole body a little bowed especially in the winter for encreasing the heat of the bowels But if you desire to know whether it be best to lye first on the right side or on the left I answer that it is best to lye first on the left side that the meats may the better descend to the bottome of the stomacke which toward the left side is chiefly situated and the alimentary juice be the more easily conveied to the Liver and after the first sleep to turn to the right side for this change doth greatly ease the body and helpe the concoction and distribution The head must be somewhat high well bolstred up for the better descension and concoction of the meats Having set downe the best positure of the body in sleepe VVhether sleeping upright upon the back or groveling upon the belly be altogither unwholesome I will examine whether lying upright upon the backe or groveling upon the belly in sleepe be altogether unwholesome As for sleeping upright upon the backe it is altogether unwholesome for so many as sleepe after that fashion have unpleasant and troublesome sleeps and are for the most part subject to the passion which we call the Night-mare the palsie lethargy crampe and such like diseases of the braine and sinewes And that not without cause for lying upon the backe causeth the superfluous matter of the head to encline and fall into the hinder part of the braine where is the originall of the motory sinewes and by that meanes the spirits being stopped the aforesaid maladies are easily engendered Moreover lying upon the backe heateth the reynes and maketh them subject to obstruction and therefore I wish all such as are subject to the stone carefully to shunne that manner of sleeping Concerning sleeping upon the belly To sleepe upon the belly when and for what bodies profitable that may be somtimes tolerable yea very necessary when winde shall afflict the belly or the stomacke be overcharged with meat for by that positure the naturall heat is retayned and increased in the bowells whereby the Stomacke for concoction is much comforted and the torments of the belly greatly mitigated Wherefore it is verie profitable for such as have feeble digestion and are troubled with winde to lye and sleepe sometimes groveling upon the belly but it may hurt the sight by causing the humours to flow unto the eyes and therefore such whose eies are feeble or are subject to a defluxion of humours into them must very carefully eschew this manner of sleeping But it is worth the inquiry VVhether it bee expedient to sleepe with the mouth a little open whether it be good to sleepe with the mouth a little open Some there are that altogether deny it But I approve the contrary and that for three reasons The first is because the breath passeth more freely and the fuliginous fumes better breathed forth and discussed and hence it is that such as sleepe with their mouth open have their breath lesse corrupted whereas of the contrary they that sleep with their mouth close have commonly an ill breath and foule teeth The second is because some rheumaticke moysture may in sleepe passe forth at the mouth which if it should bee shut would fall upon the Lungs to their

which being retained and not liberally excreted doe greatly annoy and affect those parts Wherefore the excrements of the braine must daily bee avoyded through the mouth by spetting and excreation through the nose by exsufflation and also somtimes by sternutation especially in the mornings and those of the breast by coughing expectorated And thus much for excretions Of Perturbations or Passions of the minde SECT 4. Seeing that the Passions of the minde are inevitable secundum naturam nobis succrescant why are they reputed as morbificall causes and hurtfull to the Body I Will nothere stand to discourse of the objects of Perturbations nor how the sensitive facultie is the fountaine of them nor how they are the naturall motions of the heart and that by meanes of the spirits which are the primary instruments of the soul as things altogether impertinent for this place but how they are to bee reputed as morbificall causes and hurtfull to the body Animi passiones dum intra modum consistunt neque animam à consuetis naturali moderatione virtute dimovent non animi perturbationes sed actus jure dicentur and in this respect they are said to be inevitable secundam naturam nobis succrescere to bee naturall utiliter à natura dari These Passions Cicero Leves perturbationes optimè dixit Verum cum modum excesserunt hominis decentem harmoniam elegantiam ac modum naturali debitum mutaverint tunc quidem animi passiones seu perturbationes jure optimo dicendae sunt vitandae ut corpori animae noxiae The Passions therefore of the minde are not to bee reputed hurtfull or numbred among the causes of sicknesse but when they shall exceed and bee imoderate and so become perturbations indeed for then they alter the body weaken and overthrow the faculties thereof I will instance in some Immoderate joy Immoderate joy relaxeth the heart and causeth such an effusion of the spirit as that oftentimes ensue fickness and great debility of the body sowndings and as wee read of some pusillanimicke or faint hearted persons Sadnesse and feare death it selfe Sadnes and Feare of the contrary do streiten the heart weaken the spirits and naturall heate and cause them to bee contracted to the heart by meanes whereof the digestion of the meats and distribution is hindred and the remote parts left destitute of heate and from hence proceedeth that vacillation or trembling of the limbes in them that are affected with feare Moreover sadness and feare in continuance dry the body resolve the strengths presse the heart and induce melancholicke sicknesses by exciccating the blood and spirits neere the heart Here some may demaund that if trembling of the limbs proceed from the defect of heat in the parts and if feare draw the heate and spirits inward especially to the heart why the heart doth tremble in thē that are affected with feare Whereunto it may bee answered that although fear force the heat spirits inward yet it compels them not to the heart strong and lively but weakened abated Nam in metuentibus crassescunt spiritus sanguis fiuntque imbecilliores frigore and that by reason of the imagination which is earnestly bent and troubled in preventing and withstanding the imminent mischiefe and peril And from hence it is that the heart is not onely streitned and doth tremble in feare but also that many swound die and are exanimated with sodaine fear the heat and spirits being extinguished by overmuch blood conglobated in the heart Dum enim anima timore concutitur ut vitae consulat sanguinem spiritus custodiae gratia repentè ad interiora ad cor praecipuè quod corporis quasi princeps est invocat contrahit Anger stirreth up the natural heat Anger breedeth choler and inflameth the blood and spirits And here it is to be observed that though Anger be reputed a morbificall cause and hurtfull to the bodie yet not alwaies and alike to all bodies for to phlegmaticke bodies it is sometimes very necessary to the preservation of their health because the naturall heat being therewith stirred up and encreased doth the better concoct discusse and consume their crude and moist superfluities The like may bee also said of other perturbations whence it is manifest Animi passiones posse mutare corpus affectus ejusdem contrarietate sanare ob id utiliter à natura dari But Anger to all other especially to hot and dry bodies is very hurtfull because it vehemently heateth the Bodie drieth it and resolveth the strengths Wherefore seeing that the affections and perturbations of the minde are of such force for the overthrowing of the health and welfare of the Bodie I advise all such Salubre consilium as are respective of their health to bridle all irrationall motions of the minde by the reason and understanding and labour by all meanes to obserue a mediocritie in their passion wherein consisteth the tranquility both of minde and body which of this life is the chiefest happinesse To conclude this Section and to adde a period to this worke among all the affections of the minde beware chiefly of sadnesse for it dryeth the bones and embrace moderate joy for both body and mind are bettered therby and that your joy may be joy indeed strive without halting to enjoy with all the joy of a good conscience by living soberly uprightly and godly in this present world Non enim habemus hîc manentem civitatem For wee have here no continuing place of abode but we seeke one to come whose maker and builder is GOD who as Peter saith 1 Cap. 2.9 Hath called us out of darkenesse into his marvelous light and destinated us to eternity FINIS THE TABLE A. ANger the effects thereof Page 29. B. Belly naturally soluble greatly availeable to health Page 26. E. Exercise why must Students have a special regard thereof Page 17. The commodities of exercise Page 17. Three things to bee observed in exercise Page 19. The fittest time for exercise Page 19. A caution to bee observed before exercise Page 19. The discommodities of untimely exercise Page 20. The measure of exercise 1 how long we should exercise Page 21. The discommodities of immoderate exercise Page 21. Phlegmaticke grosse bodies need oftner and stronger exercise then other Page 22. To leane and cholericke bodies easie and light exercise is convenient Page 23. The time of the yeare ought to bee repected in exercise Page 23. A caution to be observed after exercise Page 24. Excrements why doth the health of the body much consist in the due and daily avoyding of them Page 2● F. Feare the effects therof Page 28. Frication the necessity and utility thereof Page 24. I. Ioy if immoderate the effects thereof Page 28. Ioy that it may bee ioy indeed Page 30. P. Passions or perturbations of the minde seeing they are inevitable secundum naturam nobis succrescant why are they reputed as morbificall causes and hurtful to the body Page 27. Mediocrity in the Passion best Page 30. S. Sadness the effects thereof 28 most hurtfull of all affections Page ●0 Sleepe that it may be taken for the health of the body how many things ought such as are studious of their health to observe therein Page 2. Sleepe the commodities thereof Page 1. The three principall faculties of the body are greatly holpen and refreshed by sleepe Page 2. The night why most convenient for sleepe ibidem Three things necessary to quiet sleepe Page 4. The great discommodity of morning sleepe Page 4. Sleeping at noones the discommodities thereof Page 5 Sleeping at noones not to bee prohibited at all times nor to all bodies Page 5 Sleeping at noones hurtfull to all corpulent bodies Page 6. Five conditions to bee observed in sleeping at noones Page 6. What place most convenient for sleepe Page 7 The head and necke in sleep must carefully be defended from cold Page 7. What positure of the body is best in sleepe Page 8 VVhether sleeping upright upon the backe or groveling upon the belly be altogether unwholsome Page 8. To sleepe upon the belly when and for what bodies profitable Page 9. Whether it be expedient to sleep with the mouth a little open Page 9 How long wee should sleep Page 10. Why doe cholericke and melancholicke bodies require longer sleep then the phlegmaticke Page 12 Little sleep best for phlegmaticke and grosse bodies Page 13. Why must the sanguine bee very wary of immoderate sleep Page 13. The discommodities of immoderate sleepe Page 13. What is to be done upon the sleep for the health of the body Page 14. R Rubbings of the head and necke mornings very effectuall against theumes and cold infirmities of the sinews Page 16. W. Watchings if immoderate the hurts thereof Page 13. Vntimely watchings most pernicious to students Page 3. FINIS