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Of Semeiotica or the Doctrine of Signs 1 SEmeiotica delivers the Doctrine of 〈◊〉 2 Physical Signs are either Healthful Unhealthful or Neutral 3 Some Signs cal to Memory the state past Others shew the state present and they are either General or Special The General are Diagnosticks and 〈◊〉 4 Diagnosticks are Common or Proper 5 Proper are three-fold 1 Some are taken from the Kind of the Disease 2 Others from the Cause 3 Others from the part of the Body afflicted 6 The signs of Diseases are known by the Excrements the Pain the Nature of the place Afflicted the Color of the Nails Tongue and Face 7 Of the signs of the Causes some shew the Cause either present as the Color Nature and pain of the part afflicted the Excrements or else Antecedent and they are General and Special 8 General are the Disposition of the Mind Dreams Diet and Exercise before used Special shew either Plenitude or the Humor afflicting as Blood Choller Melancholly Flegm Watery Humors and Wind. 9 Signs of the part afflicted are Excrements the Action of the part 〈◊〉 Pain the scituation and nature of the place 10 The Part afflicted may be afflicted either by it self or by Consent for somtimes one Disease remits by the encrease of another and this is 〈◊〉 Primar or Secundary 11 Primar which is properly inhaerent in some part 12 〈◊〉 which is done by Consent of the Parts And this is done 1 By Sympathy as when the foulness of the Stomach causeth the Head to ach Or 2 By Translation as when the Matter that causeth the Disease 〈◊〉 out of one part of the Body into another And 〈◊〉 is two-fold First When it passeth out of a more Noble into a part less Noble Secondly When it 〈◊〉 out of a part less Noble into a part more Noble Prognostical Signs 1 Prognostical Signs judg of a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 present or to come 2 The Signs of a Disease present are 〈◊〉 Apparant or Supervenient or Decretory 3 Apparant and supervenient signs are 〈◊〉 of Concoction or Crudity or signs of Health or Death 4 Signs of Concoction or Crudity are all the Excrements both Urine and Dung 5 Pronostical 〈◊〉 from the Urine are 1 If it be thin meanly thick or very thick 2 If it be cleer or troubled if so whether it be cleer when it is pissed out and troubled afterwards or troubled when it is pissed out and grow cleer afterwards or troubled when it is pissed out and remain so 3 By the Color namely 〈◊〉 black whitish blackish yellow 〈◊〉 4 By the things contained in it namely clouds sand 〈◊〉 things like scales of Fish c. 6 Prognosticks are taken from the Dung either from its substance 〈◊〉 or quantity 7 Signs of Health or 〈◊〉 are taken from the strength of the Disease as also from the strength of the Diseased and they are either primary or Secondary 8 Primary are taken either from the strength of the 〈◊〉 which the Constitution of the Body 〈◊〉 as also the 〈◊〉 Animal and Natural Functions 〈◊〉 from the strength of the 〈◊〉 which the kind greatness durance and 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 sheweth 9 〈◊〉 signs of Health and Death are taken 1 From the Affliction of the Vital and Natural spirit 2 From the Excrements as Urine Dung vomiting sweating bleeding 3 From the Habit and qualities of the whol Body and every part of it 4 From such things as hurt or help the sick Signs of Death according to the Opinion of Hermetical Phylosophers Hermetical Phylosophers take the signs of Death from Physiognomy 1 From the Eyes when they sink deep in the Head and are discolored 2 From the Nose when it is sharp the Ears and Lips cold pale or discolored 3 The Teeth Nails and Hair looking deadish which somtimes happens a fortnight or three weeks before the party dies 4 The skin of the Fore head and all the Body looking of a swarthy palish or dead color These and many other you may find Methodically laid down in the Presages of Hippocrates which you may find at the latter end of my 〈◊〉 Vranica or Judgment of Diseases by Astrology You have the Apparant Progonostical Signs the Decretory or Critical follows Of the Crisis and Critical Daies Crisis is a vehement change of a Disease either to Health or Death 1 Crisis is 1 Perfect which is either Healthful or Mortal 1 Imperfect which makes the sick either better or worse 2 Of Critical signs some go before some accompany and some follow after 3 Of such as go before some shew the time of the Crisis and others the Manner of it 4 Such as shew the time of the Crisis shew the 〈◊〉 state and Declination of the Disease 1 Such as 〈◊〉 the encrease of the Disease shew its swiftness and unequalness and its time of vehemency 2 Such as shew its state shew to what height its vehemency and vigor-wil arise to and what symptoms it wil produce 3 Such as shew its declination shew how these symptoms will have remission and when 5 Such as shew the Manner of the Crisis are 1 Either Universal which gives Judgment by the kind of the Disease and its Motion the part afflicted and the Nature of the sick 2 Particular which shews the kind of Excretion or Imposthume 6 Excretion is made either by bleeding sweating vomiting stool Urine Menstruis Blood or the Hemorrhoids 7 Signs declaring an Impostume are such as declare either the Impostume it self as length of a Disease thinness of Urin a winter season an imperfect Crisis or the place of the Impostume as the condition of the humor offending the strength of Nature weakness and pain in some certain part 8 The signs accompanying a Crisis are either Excretion or Imposthumes In Excretion there comes to be considered the quality of the Humor the quantity time and manner of casting it out In an Impostume are three things to be considered Where it is Whence it comes and What the occasion of it was 9 The Consequents of a Crisis are taken 1 From the quality of the Body 2 From the Animal Vital and Natural Functions 3 From al the Excrements Universally 10 Critrical daies are begun at that very hour that the sick finds himself manifestly to be taken ill An exact Rule for which you have in my Astrological Judgment of Diseases 11 The Foundation of Critical daies is gathered from the Moon because if she be wel affected she disposeth the Humors to the best advantage if il affected she shews encrease of the 〈◊〉 as being but a servant to bring down the Influence of the other Celestial Bodies to the Earth 12 Critical daies according to the motion of the Moon are four 1 The Place she is in at the Decumbiture 2 Her 〈◊〉 quartile to that place 3 Her opposition to that place 4 Her second quartile to that place Thus you have the more General Semeiotical part consisting of Diagnosticks and Prognosticks The Special follows namely The Doctrine of Urine
Presence makes Humane Actions flourish preserves body and mind in vigour she is an Excellent Chamber mate more precious then Gold admirable useful both for Church and Common-wealth and the best of all earthly goods she being gone the body runs the direct road unto Death 4. Health is a Power of exercizing the actions of the body of man which are according to Nature arising from the Natural Constitution of all the parts ' We will let Galens definition of this alone as somthing imperfect you shall finde that to Performe the ordinary and Natural offices of the body two things are required The Action it selfe and the Power of acting Thence we gather that Health consisteth either in actual or potential act That it doth not consist in Acting alone is Palpable for then every man should be sick when he is asleep because most parts of his body Act not then 5. The Reason of Health is to be sought out in the body rather then in the Soul For seeing there are two things required to every Act namely the facultie or the soul instructed with its faculties which is the principal cause of Operation and moves the body to action Then the organ which the soul useth as a meanes to act by The faylings of this cannot be imputed to the soul for the soul cannot be hurt nor weakned but remaynes alwayes the same it acts the same operation so long as the creature liveth if it have the same instruments to act by According to Aristotle for a man is Somtimes well somtimes sick the Cause of which is to be sought from the constitution of the Organ although I ingeniously confesse My opinion is That the greatest mischiefs that befal a man during his life take their Original from the soul and the internal spirits as I shall shew more clearly when I come to the Subject 6. Health consisteth in an Accedental not in an Essential Constitution The Consttitution of each Part is double Essential and Accidental Essential is that which depends upon Matter and Substancial Forme by which all Compounds have their Nature and being Accidental is that which followes the former and disposeth their qualities and Accidents in all parts Exercies all their action diversly according to their diversity Now Health consists not in the Essential Constitution for so long as a man lives the Essential Constitution is immutable but Health may be changed and Sickness come in place the Substantial Form remaining Therfore a man is Somtimes sick and Somtimes well and yet a man stil. Health then is to be placed rather in Accidentalls for they are changable both by reason of Age Diet Air and other circumstances 7. To the Health of a mans body is required a good constitution of the humors and Spirits a good temperature of the similarie prats a good structure of the Organs and vnion of all the body The word Healthfull is taken three waies As the Body As the cause As the sign A healthfull body is such a one as enjoyeth present health and that either as alwayes so or as most commonly so as at present Health alwayes so is he who hath a firm and stable Health Health as at present is that which is fleeting and unconstant The Cause of Health is that which either restoreth it beeing lost or preserveth it being obtayned good Constitution of the foure Humors and spirits causeth Health The just structure of the Organs is when they consist of a just Magnitude Number Place and Confirmation Lastly the union Continuaty of all the Parts To conclude you shal find no greater preserver of Health than the Moderate use of the six things not Natural which because my Author hath left out I care not greatly if I set them down 1. Ayre 2. Meat and drink 3. sleeping and watching 4. Fulness and Emptiness 5. Exercise and Rest. 6. Affections of the Mind 8. Medicines may be given even to men in health if they be rightly administred Hyppocrates was the first that gave occasion to this question Whether healthful men ought to take Medicines or not But yet t is most certain and Galen both confesseth and commendeth it That it is the Peculiar Office of many Medicines to resist the Disease before it comes as such as resist infection cut gross and tough Humors and many others which we may reade in his fourth Book of Preserving Health But if by Medicine Hipocrates means Scammony and such other violent purges we will easely grant him the point without further dispute of the story We have done with the end come now to the cause both of Medicine and Alchymie both principal and less principal Chap. 6. The cause of Physick and Alchymie both principal and less principal 1. THe principall Cause of Medicine is God As all good Arts in generall have their fountain Original from God himself So Medicine also is a gift of God by his divine will granted to the sons of men for the Art was never first invented by the wit of man but came by demonstration from God himself to man becanse he belighted in the sons of men All Arts and Mystriees as well as the world that contains them have their Originall from God Hence it came to pass that those ancient wise men because they knew Medicine was a divine thing and they were ignorant what the true God was ascribed it unto their gods God then is the Author of medicine Nature the instrument of God the Physitian is or should be the servant of them both Hence it is that Herophylus said That medicine was the band by which God healed the sick if then the most high God be the Author of Medicine let not men despise it 2. God is the principall cause of Alchymie All true Medicine is the gift of the most high God and he that will learn it let him go to God and not to the Ethicks If you will learn wisdom go to God and not to the creatures for they are as foolish as your self God is the maker of all secrets and hath distributed some of them to every creature you can never learn them by reading dead letters but go to the living God from whom all knowledg flows to mortals even as the trees bud by the heat of the sun What knowledg hath man which he hath not from above even from that God which created knowledg it 's not an Accademie can furnish a man with the principls of knowledg but'tis the grace and gift of that invisible God if God inlighten your eys the best Book of Physick is the Book of nature and there you may read it and search for it by Chyromancie and Physiognomie 3. The less principal cause of Physick is either Impulsive or Instrumental Impulsive is the want and defect of Human Nature joyned with a natural appetite to knowledg Instrumental is that admirable Beauty and Hermony of Natural things 4. The less principal causes of Alchymie are the same with those of Medicine The Impulsive
The first pair is called Attollens or lifting up which is nothing else but a part of the Frontal Muscle fixed neer the Ear which when you lift yp your Forehead lifts up a part of the Ear too though not by a proper motion of the Ear. 2 The second is Par deprimens or pulling down which is nothing but one part of the Muscles of the Cheeks the Tendon of which being fastned to the Ear and by pulling down the Cheeks pulls down the Ear also 3 The third is Par adducens which is nothing else but a part of the Musculus cutaneus 4 The fourth pair is only the transverse Muscles of the Head Substract me but these Muscles cleverly and shew me any other Muscles of the Ears of Man with the help of a Perfpective Glass if you can But then they run to the old Argument Galen said there was such and I 'le warrant you our Authors are as confident of it as the Pigmies were of their killing Hercules But to return to my Author 2 The Buccae four 3 The Jaws four 4 The Forehead two 5 The Bones of the Hyois four 6 Of the Lips five 7 The Larynx nine Reade saith ten 8 The Tongue five Reade saith eight 9 The Cheeks ten 10 The Nostrils eight Reade saith sixt 11 The hinder part of the Head two 12 The Eyes twelve 13 The Eye-lids four What do you think the Mind of God is by this difference of Authors Surely Courteous Readers to make you studious and Industrious Pluris est Occulatus unus testis quam Auriti decem One Eye witness is worth ten Ear-witnesses and you wil find it so in the winding up But it is denied the Planets to have Latitude without the Zodiack and therefore I return 6 The Muscles of the middle Ventricle are 65. I shal now let Dr. Reade alone for I cannot walk very fast with two Clogs upon my Feet 1 The Diaphragma 2 Mhe Muscles of the Back are eight 3 The Intercostals are forty four 4 The Breast twelve 7 The Inferior Ventricle hath 21. whereof 1 The Abdomen hath ten 2 The Fundament three 3 The Yard four 4 The Stones two 5 The Bladder two Dr. Reade had seen the second had he not been pur-blind 8 The Joynts have 214. Of which some belong to the Hands others to the Feet 9 To the Hands belong 104. according to my Author 53. according to Reade I must follow my Author because of translating Of these some belong to the Right Hand some to the Left Those belonging to the Right Hand are 52. to wit 1 The Fingers thirteen 2 Between the Shoulder and the Elbow eleven 3 Between the Elbow and the Wrest eight 4 The Wrest and parts adjacent ten 5 The Metacarpus ten The Left Hand hath just so many as the Right 10 The Feet have 104 Of which some belong to the Right side others to the Left The Right side hath 52. viz. 1 The Toes twenty nine 2 The Thigh four 3 The Instep four 4 The Metatarsus four 5 The Hip-bone seven 6 The Share-bone four If a man is minded to be wise his readiest way is Not to pin his Faith upon the sleeve of Authors for let an Author be never so excellent his Works may be abused by a Printer And of all the Authors which ever I translated I never read one more vilely printed than this is I confess I have corrected the Printer in many places where he most notoriously failed but in this I cannot as you shal easily find if you observe the disagreeing of his Numbers Very unwilling was I to do the good soul any wrong because he was ingenious But finding an inability in my self I called help of others that were Anatomists viz. Galen Vesalius Columbus Ambrose Parrey Crooke and Reade but they were gotten so deeply together by the Ears one with another that they could afford me no satisfaction Wherfore I desire the Reader 1 Not to impute the failings to my Author but to the Printer whose I am confident they were 2 To take Counsel of my Brother the Son of my Mother Doctor Experience You have the Spermatical Parts the Fleshy Parts remain Flesh. 1 Flesh is commonly accounted to be of three sorts to wit Musculous Glandulous and Common Flesh. 2 You have such as are properly called Similary Parts Those which are improperly called so follow Of which some are solid others fluid Such as are fluid belong to the Parts contained such as are solid are Hair Fat c. But why my Author reckons Fat among the solid Parts I know not nor I think himself neither Dissimilar Parts 1 Are two-fold Superior and Inferior Superior is called the Head or Animal Ventricle Its parts are the Head and Neck 2 The Parts of the Head are the Skul and the parts within it and without it The Parts without the Skul are either the Face it self or other parts 3 The Parts of the Skul are Bones Pericranium Dura Mater The Bones are 59. The sutures of the Skul are three Coronalis Sagitalis and Lamdoides to which you may ad those of the Temples called Mendosae 4 The Parts without the Face are either Lateral and on the sides as the foremost and hinder part of the Head or else the top as the Crown 5 The parts of the Face are 1 The Forehead 2 The Temples 3 The Eyes 4 The Ears 5 The Nose 6 The Cheeks 7 The Mouth 8 The Hollowness 9 The Chin. The Eyes 1 The Parts of the Eyes are 1 Such as compass them about 2 Such as give them their Form 3 Such as move them 2 Such as compass them about are 1 The Eye-lids 2 The Eye-brows 3 The Glandulae or Kernels 3 The Eye-lids are either Superior of Inferior 4 The Parts which form the Eye are either Interior or Exterior 5 The Exterior are 1 The white of the Eye 2 The Iris. 3 The Apple of the Eye 6 The Humors are three 1 Aqueal 2 Christalline and 3 Vitrial 7 The Tunicles are seven 1 Cornea 2 Uvea 3 Arnea 4 Retina 5 Conjunctiva 6 Opacia 7 Secundina 8 The parts which cause Motion are the Muscles and Optick Nerve The Ears 1 The parts of the Ears are either External or Internal The External are holes by which the sound passeth and are in number five three without the Skul and two within 2 The Internal parts of the Eir are 1 The Nerve which brings the Sence of Hearing 2 The Timpanum 3 Two Bony substances of each side 4 Three smal Bones knit together by a Skin or Membrana whereof the first is called Malleus the second Incus the third Stapes The Nose Cheeks and Mouth 1 The Parts of the Nose are Internal or External 2 The External are the Nostrils the sides and the Bridg in the Middle 3 The Internal are the Cribrum and Caruncula 4 The Parts of the Cheeks are two The Superior which is called Mala And The Inferior which is called Buccae 5 The parts of
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
of the Middle Ventricle or Breast Page 408 III. The Anatomy of the Higher Ventricle or Head Page 411 IV. The Anatomy of the Hands Page 415 V. The Anatomy of the Foot Page 417 Paris contained Page 419 Hermetical Phylosophers Page 421 TOME I. Part IV. Of Vertual Anatomy Or the Harmony between the Macrocosm Microcosm LIB I. Of the Analogical Comparation of the Heavens with the Body of Man Page 424 LIB II. Of the Influential Harmony Page 425 LIB III. Of the Faculties of Simples which the Dogmatists make use of to find out their Natures Page 427 TOME I. Part V. Of that part of the Theorick of Physick which is called Pathologia LIB I. Of Semeiotica or the Doctrine of Signs Page 437 Prognostical Signs Page 439 Signs of Death according to the Opinion of Hermetical Phylosophers Page 441 Of the Crisis and Critical Dayes ibid LIB II. Of the Doctrine of Pulses Page 444 1 The Reason of observing and knowing the Pulses ibid 2 The Difference of Pulses Page 445 3 The Causes of Pulses ibid 4 Prognosticks by the Signification of the Pulse Page 446 An Hermetical Consideration of the Pulse Page 447 LIB III. Of Vrine Page 449 The Significations and Differences of Vrine ibid Hermetical Consideration of Vrine Page 452 LIB IV. Of Symtomes Page 453 LIB V. Of the Aethiologie of Diseases Page 455 The Causes of the Diseases of the Parts both Similar Organical and Common Page 462 LIB VI. Of General Nosologie Page 464 Accidental Diseases Page 465 Diseases according to the Place Page 466 Diseases according to Time Page 467 Diseases according to Custom Page 468 Diseases according to Cause Page 469 LIB VII Of Feavers Page 470 LIB VIII Of Internal Affections Page 473 Afflictions of the Eyes Page 476 The Afflictions of the Eares Page 477 The Afflictions of the Nostrils Page 478 Afflictions of the Mouth ibid Afflictions of the Jaws Page 479 The Afflictions of the Breast Page 480 The Afflictions of the Stomach Page 481 The Afflictions of the Bowels Page 483 The Afflictions of the Fundament and Mesenterium ibid Afflictions of the Liver and Spleen Gall Reins and Bladder Page 474 Afflictions incident to the Parts Dedicated to Generation Page 485 Afflictions of the Habit of the Body Page 487 LIB IX Of External Afflictions Page 488 Panpemical Afflictions Page 492 LIB X. Of the Pathologie of Hermetical Phylosophers Page 493 The Differences of Disseases Page 500 TOME II. Of Practical Medicine TOME II. Part I. Of Hygiena 1 Ayr. Page 511 2 Nourishment Page 513 3 Exercise ibid 4 Sleeping and Watching Page 515 5 Affections of the Mind Page 516 6 Fulness and Emptiness ibid The Vse of things not Natural in preserving Health Page 517 The Vse of things not Natural in Diseases Page 519 TOME II. Part II. Of the proper Practical Part of Medicine called Therapeutica LIB I. Of the Method of Curing Page 521 General Indications Page 522 Physical Indication Page 523 Mathematical Indications Page 527 The Method of Cure according to the Opinion of Hermetical Phylosophers Page 528 The Cure of Particular Diseases Page 531 LIB II. Of both General and Special Evacuation Page 534 Chyrurgical Evacuation ibid The Evacuation of Cachochymia Page 535 LIB III. Of Medicaments Page 536 LIB IV. Of the General Composition of Medicines Page 538 The Opinion of Hermetical Phylosophers Concerning Composition Page 539 LIB V. Of the Common way of Preparing Medicines by the Art of the Apothecary Page 541 LIB VI. Of the Chymical Preparation of Medicines Page 544 The Names of several Books Printed by Peter Cole in Leaden-Hall London and are to be sold at his Shop at the sign of the Printing press in Cornhil neer the Royal Exchange Six several Books by Nich. Culpeper Gent. Studene in Physick Astrology 1 A Translation of the New Dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physitians of London Wherunto is added The Key to Galen's Method of Physick 2 A Directory for Midwives or a Guide for Women Newly enlarged by the Author in every Sheet and illustrated with divers new Plates 3 Galen's Art of Physick with a large Comment 4 The English Physician being an Astrologo-Physical-Discours of he vulgar Herbs of this Nation wherein is shewed how to Cure a mans self of most Diseases incident to mans Body with such things as grow in England and for three pence charge 5 The Anatomy of the Body of Man wherein is exactly described the several parts of the Body of Man illustrated with very many larg Brass Plates 6 A New Method both of studying practising Physick Seven Books of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs lately published As also the Texts of Scripture upon which they are grounded 1 The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment on Phil. 4. 11. 2 Gospel-Worship On Levit. 10. 3. 3 Gospel-Conversation on Phil. 1. 17. To which is added The Misery of those men that have their Portion in this life only on Ps. 17. 14. 4 A Treatise of Earthly-Mindedness on Phil. 3. part of the 19. vers To which is added A Treatise of Heavenly-Mindednefs and walking with God on Gen. 5. 24 and on Phil. 3. 20. 5 An Exposition on the fourth fifth sixth and seventh Chapters of the Prophesie of Hosea 6 An Exposition on the eighth ninth and tenth Chapters of Hosea 7 An Exposition on the eleventh twelfth and third Chapters of Hosea being now Compleat Twelve several Books of Mr. William Bridge Collected into one Volumn viz. 1 The great Gospel Mystery of the Saints Comfort and Holiness opened and applied from Christs Priestly Office 2 Satans Power to tempt and Christs Love to and Care of His People under Temptation 3 Thankfulness required in every Condition 4 Grace for Grace or the Overflowing of Christs Fulness received by all Saints 5 The Spiritual Actings of Faith through natural impossibilities 6 Evangelical Repentance 7 The Spiritual-Life and In-Being of Christ in all Beleevers 8 The Woman of Canaan 9 The Saints Hiding place in the time of Gods Anger 10 Christs Comin is at our Midnight 11 A Vindication of Gospel Ordinances 12 Grace and Love beyond Gifts Six Sermons Preached by Doctor Hill viz. 1 The Beauty and Sweetness of an Olive Branch of Peace and Brotherly Accommodation budding 2 Truth and Love happily married in the Churches of Christ. 3 The Spring of strengthning Grace in the Rock of Ages Christ Jesus 4 The strength of the Saints to make Jesus Christ their Strength 5 The Best and Worst of Paul 6 Gods eternal preparation for his dying Saints The Bishop of Canterburies Speech on the Scaffold The Kings Speech on the Scaffold King Charles his Case or an Appeal to all Rational Men concerning his Tryal A Congregational Church is a Catholick visible Church By Samuel Stone in New-England Mr Owens stedfastness of the Promises Mr Owen against Mr Baxter A Vindication of Free Grace By John Pawson The Magistrates support and Burden By John Corael The Discipline of the Church in New-England by
Habit which is nothing else but the Science of Medcine is devided in to two parts The first containeth general Precepts and Notions far enough off from Practise which Physitians call Speculative The other toucheth upon the Practise and teacheth the way and meanes of Operation and this they call Practick These things thus premised it is an easy matter to prove That Medicine is not synonymous with Natural Phylosophy for this latter Habit is not synonymous Physick because it consists totally of Practise and Practice is not synonymous with speculation seing they are things of a diverse order and Essentially different Now Doctrins synonymous cannot Essentially differ for there are three things which Speculative Medicin chefly handles First the Body of Man Secondly Health and Sickness Thirdly Nourishment and Medicament 2. Alchymie is the Fountain of Sound Philosophy the Key of wisdom The soul and Marrow of Physick The Root of Medicine and the mark all wise men Shoot at There are some that are so simple as to affirm that Alchymie is also Sinonymous to Naturall Phylosophy Al real things are of three sorts according to Aristotle For either they are joyned to motion and mater and of these is the Science of Natural Philosophie Or joyned to matter and separated by motion and of these are the Mathamaticks Or seperated from motion and matter and of these are the Metaphysicks Now Alchymy seeing it is by a real being joyned to motion and matter must needs come under the head of Natural Phylosophy But if part of Natural Phylosophy be Synonymous with Minerals and Mettals it ought to have a certain matter of determination and seeing the mater is one and the determination altogether naturall and not manifold therefore of necessity that same determinated matter must be like in the Art of Alchymy and not manifold and although say they the manner of action direction and information of the Art be different from Natural Phylosophy as also the place time yet they tend all to one ultimate end for as nature brings forth an Herb or Gold or other Mettal out of that one matter for the use of man so the Art of Alchymie takes the quintescence of that mettal or medicament out of that matter of the same use Put case this be so yet can I easily perswade my self that Alchymie is the fountain of Philosophy and the soul of Physick for by their leaves That Phylosopher never yet breathed which had the perfection of Alchymie but had also the knowledg not only of mettals but also of Vigetables and living creatures therfore it was well said that Alchymie brought many hidden things to light found out many excellent medicines for the Physitian and many useful observations Alchymy is then admirably profitable to search out the hidden things of nature so that a man can scarce be excellent in this world without the knowledge of this Art for what Phylosopher can perform his duty more Nobly more Happily then he that is exercised in Alchymy for it is not the proud Sophister that vapers with a few phylosophycal sentences light conceits and trivial Quirks that deserves the name of a good Physitian but he that according to the rules of nature makes his medicines honestly and faithsully and applyes them wisely and studiously Just so for all the world neither is he worthy of the name of a Philosopher that hath nothing in him but words but he that hath been bred up in the School of Nature and knows how to practise what he hath learned 3. Midicine is a certain facultie commixed of Science and Art For it cannot be pure Science 1. Because it doth not demonstrate all that belongs to it self 2 Because it is not conversant about eternall things but transitory 3. It hath not it's principles in it's self that is in nature but some of it is in the Artifficer Neither can it be pure Art 1. Because it's principle consists not in it self but part of it also in nature 2. Because it is not altogether attained by reason but partly by Contemplation And yet it is an Art 1. Because some principle of it consists in the Artifficer 2. Because it hath the end of Art namely Operation And because all Art is either factive or active factive also either makes a new work or mends up an old one In this sense according to Galen medicine is factive Because it restores weakned body to strength and health 4. Alchymie is a most excellent art It is indeed the cause of medicaments and all other naturall bodyes It inquires after the parts and Affections and may properly be called knowledg for it 's an Art which teacheth the preparations of remedies and a Key to unlock the secret Cabinet of nature nay more than that It can transmute ignoble mettals into Noble also it begets a peculiar art distinct from other Arts no art promising that which Alchymy doth you have the kind the mater it self follows In which consider the cause and effect Subject Object and Adjunct Simpathy and Antipathy The Causes are Internall and external Internall are Efficent and the End Externall are matter and forme Chap. 5. Of the end of Physick and Alchymie which is Health 1. THe principall end of Medicine is Health les Principal is the knowledg of things Naturall not Naturall and against Nature The principal end is either Intentional or Executional Intentionall Internall which Galen peculiarly calles Scope and that is Health The Execution of this is the Fruition or Possession of Health and for this end Medicine was first invented The end less Principal is The knowledg of and Operation by all things Natural not Natural and against Nature And though a Physitian do not alwayes actayne to his ultimate End yet he shews himself an honest man if he neglect not his duty but performes such Cures as are within the reach of Nature and Art 2. The end of Alchymie is Internal to resolve bodies or External so to change or direct Mettalls or Medicaments that they may be wholsome Physick for the sick The internal end of Alchymie is to reduce Compounded bodyes into what they were Compounded of to clense purifie and take away their Milignant qualities that so either they may be fit for the Physitians use or else transmuted into other Mettals In respect of the first Alchymie is very necessary to Physick in respect of the second it is an Art by it self and the Mistris of all other Arts. The External use of Alchymie is also double First either for the change and transmutation of ignoble Mettals into Noble and so t is a distinct Art by it self Or secondly to maintayne the body of man in or restore it to health and in this sence Alchymy ought to be joyned with medicine 3. Health and the Enjoyment of Health is the ultimate end of Medicine Health is the favorer of Wisdom and al Siences and all the comfort a man hath in this turbulent and troublesome World This this is that whose
of which were engraven upon the Temple gates Whence it appeares that the Jewes kept the Copies of their Medicines in the Temple because of their Holines and thence came that Blasphemous practise of the Heathen to dedicate it to their Gods And though they were but men themselves yet they made their ablest Physitians Gods after they were dead and rotten Witnes Aesculapius and others IIII. Astrologie is not only agreeable to Medicine Alchyme but also Exceeding necessary for the Physitian and Alchymist Astrologie is that part of Natural Phylosophy which inquires after the Causes properties Natur and Effects of the starres If it be a part of Natural Phylosophie then it must needes be agreeable to Physick The Principles of Astrologie are drawne from Experience which Experience is drawne from observations which seldome fayle It makes universal conclusions and from the demonstration of one shewes the Effect of another thing so that from the starres it is able to give a Judgment of the Natures of Hearbes Plants and Mineralls And therfore he that doth not reckon it amongest the Liberall sciences as well as Physick doth it a great deale of wrong I am not ignorant that very many and those Learned deny the Art of Atrologie to be an unniversal Art and that only some few Particular Observations happen true But I shall easily prove they are beside the Cushion and thus I begin Neither Medicine cureth all Diseases neither doth state Politicks remove all the troubles of a Common-wealth And yet all will grant that they are grounded upon true and firme precepts and very necessary for the life and livelyhood of man Is not the Art of Gunnerie good because the Gunner doth not alwayes hit the Marke So may the Art of Astrologie be both good and necessary though the Astrologer doe not alwayes predict the truth He that would deny Astrologie to be one of the Liberall sciences must of Necessity deny the influences of the starres upon inferior bodyes What if I should goe about to prove That all Physicall predictions are deduced from Astrologie I le try what I can doe Whatsoever science teacheth the Effects the starres have upon Elements and mixt bodyes The Temperament alterations and Inclynations of all things below That is the ground of all Predictions and admirably useful for the life and well being of man But Astrologie doth so Ergo. If you please we will devide this into a few branches 1. T is doubtful to none unlesse such Blockheade as deny manifest Experience That Infniit Actions both Healthful and unhealthful are caused in this lower world by the Influence of the starres Hath any one studyed Physick seven yeares and doth not know that the various position and divers Aspects of the starres breedes variety and diversity of Diseases What 's the Reason of Contagious and Epidemical diseases comes it not from the Ayre And how can the Ayre doe it being a pure Element without the Influence of the starres 2. The various mixture of the starres makes a various mixture of the Elements which if it bee wholsome turnes to the Generation if unwholsome turnes to the destruction of mankind And therfore wellsayed Hypocrates when he said That the seed plot of Epidemicall diseases was an Ayre corrupted by Planitary influence Our late Physitians wil say God doth it but how they know no more then a Hobby Horse as though all Epidemicall diseases were Miracles Others that think they are a little wiser say it comes by Infection and the next time you heare one say so ask him Who infected the first man that dyed of it 3 It 's a certaine Quality not abounding with Heat nor Cold nor Drynes nor Moysture nor yet an imperfect mixture of Elements But t' is a more hidden busines for the Congress of the Superior bodys above Seminate Somthing in things below which in process of time growes up and according to it 's owne Nature either rejoyceth or afflicteth the Sonnes of men 4. In Eclipses of the Luminaries with such or such fixed starres especially those of the first or second Magnitude or when other plannets are Joyned or opposed with such fixed starres Consider the Degree of the Zodiack therein or in which the Luminaries are Eclipsed and tell me if things here below correspond not exactly to them 5. The Beames of the Coelestial bodyes are not alwayes one and the same for somtimes they are in the same sign and degree that 's called a Conjunction somtimes diametrically placed and that 's called an Opposition somtimes they are in Trines Squares And Sextiles all which have peculiar effects 6. The seed which they cast upon Inferiour bodyes is not alwayes one and the same somtimes 't is wholsom somtimes unholsome and according as the seed is so is the fruit to bee expected 7. Unhealthful or Intemperate meetings of the Plannets For that 's it wee are here to Speake to Proceeds From the Intemperancy of the Starres themselves that meet Imagine Saturn and Mars to which add the Eclypses of the Luminaries If they happen in an Ayrie Sign they may cause a pestilence if they bee with malevolent fixed Starres But if they be with Jupiter or Venus or benovolent Fixed Starres their evil is mitigated The time wil bee unhealthful by reason of violent Feavers but 〈◊〉 so mortal 8. And as the Disease drawes danger of Death at the tayle of it and somtimes it doth not so the conditions of these Diseases which are dangerous are not alwaies the same but divers as happens not only in Malignant Feavers but also most commonly in the Pestilence Therfore he that would bee accounted a Skilful Physitian must be well Skilled in the whol course of Nature of which Astrologie is no smal part 9. The ayre being of a thin substance is the Medium by which the heavenly bodies 〈◊〉 their Influence upon things below and thiâ— in a double manner either Hidden from or manifest to sense 10 So somtimes Epidemical diseases break 〈◊〉 when a man litle thinks of them and thâ—â— upon a sudden the Air and al sublunary causeâ— being according to Nature and not vitiated and this must needes come by the Influence of the Starres at other times the ayre is either too hot or too cold too dry or too moyst or too cloudy or too mystie or the winds are unwholsom and then the cause of Infection is apparant say Phisitians and they can give a reason for it 't is wel they know anything 1. Although the Ayre bee the Medium by which the Influence of the Planets is dispersed through the sublunary world yet are not al places alike infected and who but an Astrologer can give a reason of this the Reason is from the hous or Sign of the Zodiack where the Conjunction causing the Maladie happens under each signe of the Zodiack are certain Clymats Kingdomes and Provinces and they are like to Suffer when others scape Besides the age and sex of the Plannets is to bee considered and
Judgment to be Passed accordingly Also the Nature of the Signes for some are Humane and they indanger Men most others the Signs of Beastes and they hurt Beastes most especially Some Specis of Beastes Imagine Horses Sheep Hoggs c. In watery Signs it hurts Fishes most 2 The actions of the Heavens Astrologers cal by the name of Universal Influence not because it workes Universaly in all Sublunary creatures for wee shewed the contrary but now but because it workes of it self without any other disposing cause 3 The Planets have a disposition to act Sublunary bodyes to suffer by action and passion are all things generated therfore are alwayes subject to them And the whol Creation being taken as one United body one part of it must needs be Subject to the other 14 There is such a Harmonie in the Creation that every particular Constellation Produceth Effects according to its own Nature 15 Therfore when the Horoscope or the degree ascending at the nativity of any man or beast or the building of a Town setting of a Tree sowing of Corne Changing of the Goverment of a Commonwealth or of a City is afflicted by the Conjunction of evil Plannets or Eclypse of the Luminaries It threatens the distruction of them and the time when you may know by Direction or progression 16 Hence it appeares that the Operation of these is two sold first upon those Clymates Provinces and Kingdomes under that Signe the Conjunction or Eclypse happens and secondly upon those Living Creatures In whose Genesis that sign ascended or upon Trees and Plants sowed under that signe 17 Neither are wee to thinke this cause worketh altogether absolute and simply of it selfe But other causes also intervene as il Diet want of convenient Remedie c. 18. By al that hath been spoken you may see how absolutely necessary the knowledg of Astrologie is to a Physitian that so when such Accidents happen so the Ascendent of a mans Nativitie or any other Hylegiacal part or indeed when any bad Direction comes which may signifie Death Hee may keep the body with fit Diet and convenient Remidies pure and cleare from such an Humore as at such a time will take fire at the least touch Thus you have what is agreeable It followes what is disagreeable to Medicine Desagreeable to Medicine and Alchymie are Confusion abuse and ill preparation of Medicine Ignorant and Blockheaded Physitians But those things Because they belong not to the Art it selfe but to the Artist we will speake of in the booke following And thus much for the Nature of Physick and Alchymie and also for this first Treatise The Second Treatise Of the Nature and Ministers of the Physitian and Alchymist WHerin come these three things into Consideration 1. The Definition of a true Physitian and Alchymist 2. The Office and Requisites of them both 3. The Witts of Sophisters and Impostors Chapt. 1. Of the Definition of a Physitian and Alchymist 1. A Physitian is a person called of God to that Office instructed by Doctor Reason and Doctor Experience to prserve the health of man and restore it being lost as much as is possible The more difficulty there is in Medicine the more Dignitie belongs to a good Physitian Scaliger discribes him thus A Physitian is a man learned and as honest as learned Gentle Diligent and Fortunat a man that trusts in God and not in his owne Skill Hippocrates thus A Physitian ought to bee filled with the Deitie he ought to be learned good and well Skill'd in his Art Hee ought to know what hee would do and bee able to put it in practise for the Health and life of Mankind is commited into his hand The Latins derive Medicus a Medio A Physitian from the Meanes by which hee Cures And to speake â—he truth A Physitian is a great imitater of Christ himselfe for as Christ cures our spirituall wounds so ought a Physitian our Naturall Hee ought to deny himselfe to bee mindfull of the Poore He ought not to regard Gayne for that 's the bane of the World Hee ought to bee one that knowes what spirituall good Christ hath done him that so at the same rate hee may do his Brother Temporal good freely without grumbling II. An Alchymist is a person called of God himselfe artificially to make profitable Medicines of Plants living Creatures and Mineralls as also as much as is possible to change base Mettalls into Noble that so they may bee the more usefull unto Man kind which are his Brethren I told you before that such as dealt in Mettalls gave the first occasion of finding out Alchymie for they first found out how what was mixed by nature might be seperated by Art And when they noted Gold to bee the most Noble Mettall and found it mixed with much drosse they conceived a hope of changing other Mettalls into Gold as well as Ore and when they found that things were made more perfect by Distillation and separation they began to try whether the same might not bee don by Herbs and Plants and by trying found it true and their Operation to bee more perfect And thus came the Art of Alchymy which before was purely Natural to bee Medecinall from beeing servile to Houshold uses it became excellent to restore Health for the Art of transmuting Ore into Mettall begatt the Art of transmuting Mettall into Medicine To which Doctor Reason adjoyning himself as a Companion for he loves ingenious wits finding that Ore may bee separated from his drosse and so become pure Mettall presently gave order the same should bee tryed in Hearbs and plants that so the drosse beeing separated from them the Medicine might bee most pure Just so it came to passe And thus came the Art of an Alchymist to bee conversant upon all Naturall bodyes The art of an Alchymist is to bee considered under a double notion 1. As a Physitian 2. As an Apothecary 1. As a Physitian Because he knowes the use of Simple Medicines Mettals and living Creatures and knowes not only what they are but what they are good for and is very well able to teach another how to prepare a Medicine 2. As an Apothecary Hee prepares Medicines exactly for the Physitians use You haue the Definition of a Physitian and an Alchymist The Requisites follow Chapt 2. Of what is requisite to a Physitian and Alchymist in the generall I. Of a Physitian and Alchymist are two things required Forme and Beautie Forme is held to bee an Historicall knowledge of certaine precepts but indeed and in truth it consisteth chiefly in Example and Experince II. Doctor Reason and Doctor Experience are thetwo pillars upon which a Physitian stands the Principles of his knowledge are Drawn from them Doctor Reason is his master Doctor Experience his mistris both of them Joyn together hand in hand to teach a Physitian how to cure a Disease What wonders can a Physitian do unless hee know such an Hearb Performes such an Operation Hath he any more
appeared to the Magitians which our translators to keep the people in ignorance translated Wise men that came to worship Christ in his Infancy Such were the Visions of the Prophets and of Iohn in the Revelation 2. The transformation of living bodyes as was in Moses his time before Pharaoh and the Transfiguration of Christ. Let no man say I writ Blasphemie in following my Author in this and say it was done by Divine power I le easily grant it I'ts by Divine power the Trees blossome and bear fruit if you say that 's according to Nature I will quickly answer you That it is Divine power and the finger of God himself that upholds Nature and the Creation in the state t is in 3. The third is Characters or certain strange words which have the same vertue with Harbs c. and will cure Diseases as well 4. The fourth is called Gamahew or Gamaheos Viz Images and sculptures with certain strange Characters engraven upon them which carry the vertues of the Heavenly bodyes and mightily strengthen Creatures below For as a key opens a Lock a Sword wounds and a Breast-plat defends so the Images of things above engraven upon things below have a strange operation upon Sublunarie Creatures 5. The fift is an action from one to another and that by Images which are like them I would translate my Author in this particular if I durst but I dare not before the Nation is honester 6. The sixth is Art Cabalistick Cabal amongst the Ancients was nothing else then a certain mistical Symbolicall and Aenigmatical Divinity it was three fold 1. That which Adam learned of God and taught to his Children 2. That by which God delivered the Law to Moses upon Mount Sinai and Moses again taught it to Joshua This continued by succession unto Ezra yet was it lawful for few to read it and not for those few before they were forty yeares of age 3. The third Cabal was invented by the Jewes Rabbies which converts the Letters and sillables of the scripture into Number and finds out the hidden sence of them c. But the Cable of Paracelsus manifesteth a way whereby Characters Figures Sigills and words strang things which some think is impossible may be Performed He teacheth a way how a man may hear ones voycé cross the seas Nay how one thet dwells in the East may hear ahother that dwells in the West and both keep their stations though thay are above a hundred Germane Miles distant In Naturall Magick Imagination bears a great sway not only in gausing but also in curing diseases For proof of which we may let Phylosophie alone Look but upon a woman great with child and you may see it without a paire of spectacles Imagination is a knowing power it acts potently upon other things beside it self and although knowledg and 〈◊〉 concur to a Local Motion yet are they not the first cause of Motion neither can they work alteration or change in their own body much lesse in another But Knowledg is an act of the soul and appetite alwayes followes it or alwayes should Neither is the soul of man conversant only in it's own body if it were How could one man love another And if the souls of men produce Mutuall Love why not a Mutual help by the same Rule Hence it comes to passe that many times a sick man is more cheered by the sight and Companie of one man then he is by the help of another It 's in vayn to object That Humors and Spirits are immediately and directly moved by Imagination for 't is only Accidental They are moved by the Attractive Retentive and Expulsive Faculties Weconfesse a sudden fear will make a man tremble though there be no reallity in it so then the Humors and Spirits are the second cause of the chang of mans body but the first and remote cause is Imagination You may see it clearly in all Epidemical diseases who is sooner taken with them then they that fear them Or I 'le make it more clear by a simillitude An Apple-tte is the second cause of bearing the Apple but the first and remote cause is the sun which causeth the tree to spring and grow blow and bear But the first cause seldom produceth an act without the help of the second cause For Example In a Pestilential time Imagination it self will infect a man but 't is fear and terror caused by that Imagination which corrupts the Humors and changeth them into the nature of the thing feared Those that have read Physical Authors know what strang Imaginations a Melancholly Fancie will introduce into men As one that conceited his Nose to be bigger then al his body Another that he had no Head A third that he was made of Butter who being a Baker by Trade durst not come near his Oven lest he should be melted Another that he had gotten a Fish in his blood But to let passe others My self the translator of this work Anno 1642. had a Patient in Old street London who being troubled with a Melancholly distemper conceited himself only a man and all others that came neer him Wild Beasts that came to devoure him To see whether this Fancie might be removed or no I perswaded him He was made of a black pot This also wrought upon his Imagination and then he durst let no body touch him for fear they should break him until at last his cure drawing neer such vayn delusions vanish't To return to my Author The strongth of Imagination appeares in this to goe no further In that Women with child will not only desire but also eat such things as are not fitting to be eaten and their health is so far from being impayred that it is much amended by so doing That the Imagination of one man will work upon another is very conspicuous by a Woman with child the child bearing the mark upon it's body of what the Mother desired Nay if we doe but consider what Union there is between our Spirits and the Angels and Intelligences nay to reach a little higher If man be united to God by the person of Jesus Christ what wonder is it that one man should be united to another by Imagination He that would know more of this let him read Synertus his book of Alchymie V. A Physitian ought to be busied in diligent speculation and happy Imitation of Nature A Physitian ought perpetually to watch the Motions of Nature and order his Physick accordingly that he may expel the infirmities of Nature that way If he drive the same course Nature drives the Cure will bee easy because Nature helps and safe because 't is Natural Let all Physitians know that they are servants and not Masters to Nature VI. Physitians are Rulers over both body and Mind We told you before the subject of a Physitian was the whole body of man taken universally And he that doth not know that the Conditions of the body follow the Temperature of the Mind
to Hermetical Phylosophers 1 They can by no means close with this Doctrine for they demand seeing Mixture is a certain Motion Who is the Mover By what Powter â—he Elements tend to Mixture in such just 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 The Mover is a Vital Principle indued with Knowledg the Form Species Seed Constellation by whose Power and Knowledg such Divine Offices of Mixture are administred 3 Transplantation is a certain accident of Mixture and Generation when not that which is intended but another thing is Generated And this comes to pass two waies First By a confusion of Seed and so of a Horse and a shee Ass a Mule is ingendred Or the Seeds of many Plants put close together will produce but one Plant. Secondly By Degeneration when not the same Seed comes up which you Sow so Wheat often degenerates into Darnel Chap. 7. Of Generation according to the opinion of Dogmatists and Hermetical Phylosophers 1 GEneration is a Mutation from qualities having respect to the Nature of each Subject 2 For as Philip Melancton saith Heat being tempered with cold and joyned with driness and moisture is a mixt body of al qualities and Elements 3 Putrefaction is an Alteration bringing Corruption from whence is bred Consent 4 Consent is a Transit of one thing into another by certain Nurseries 5 According to Hermetical Phylosophers Generation is the progression of the Seminal Spirit out of its Fountain and vital Principle into the Stage of the World whereby of Invisible it becomes Visible and produceth Color Smel Tast Heat Cold Moisture Driness Magnitude and Form and all Ornaments of Body and by this Renovation maintains a perpetuity of its own Species 6 Whatsoever new things we see every day they had a being before in the Seeds 7 Whatsoever we see corrupted here every day they are not brought again to nothing but return again to their Fountains from whence they came 8 For this cause are Elements necessary to Generation which are the Wombs that contain the Seeds and Principles of al Bodies 9 The Places Elements and Bodies must be agreeable to the Seeds for the Seeds themselves have this Power to find out what is agreeable to their own Natures and therefore such Seeds grow Naturally in hot places such in Cold such in Moist and such in Dry. Sulphur is best found in one place Mercnry in another and Salt in a third 10 The Seeds perform their Progress and Operation by the help of the sensible Mechanical spirits 11 The Mechanical Spirits are such as are adorned with an inbred Knowledg and instructed with an Artificial Workmanship whereby they cause Tast Color Smel Order and Proportion in Natural things He that dreams of Spirits without these endowments dreams of nothing but Vapor and Smoke 12 In this inferior Globe are three famous differences of Generation namely of Living Creatures Plants and Minerals 13 In Living Creatures the Seminal Matter is contained in the Natural Balsom in the Vital Sulphur in the Vital spirit in the Mummy in the Radical and first matter c. 14 The Generations of the superior Globe are certain but far different For in the Coelestial Sphears they continue perfect til the Consumation of al things 15 Generation comes not by Putrefaction as people think Putrefaction doth but administer heat wherby the vital vertue is stirred up to action For as in the Earth it were a Madness to think that one Plant was changed into another by Putrefaction so above the Earth Living Creatures beget their like not by Putrefaction but by the Vital spirit of the seed Chap. 8. Of Temperaments 1 TEmperament is either the end of the Mixture or the Form of the thing mixed or the Principle of Natural Facultie 2 The Soul makes use of the Temperament as an Instrument to perform its Actions 3 Temperament is the Principle without which actions cannot be performed Take away the Temperature of a Particular part and the Natural Actions thereof cease also 4 The Temperament of Living Creatures is one thing and of Creatures without life another and yet some question whether there be any Creatures without life or not and my self by the leave of my Author could afford to be one of them 5 The Temperament of Living Creatures is either Total or Partial 6 The Total is either Influential or Radical 7 Influential ariseth from the Elements 8 Radical is the Justice or due giving to every one his own 9 Justice is Simple or Compound 10 Simple is Four-fold Hot Cold Dry and Moist 11 Compound is Four-fold Hot and Moist Hot and Dry Cold and Moist Cold and Dry. 12 Temperament is to be considered in respect 1 Of Sex 2 Of Age. 3 Of Place or Region 4 Of the Seasons of the Year 13 It is called Temperament 1 For its Excellency 2 Absulutely or Comparatively 3 By act or power of acting 4 By it self or by accident Also it is either Healthful or Sickly either alone by itself or with Flux of Matter Fluxes of Matter which hinder Temperament are Blood Choller Flegm Melancholly 14 Al these Hermetical Phylosophers cal Salts which are of divers abilities And thus much of the Common Affections The Species followeth to wit A Body with Life A Body with Life 1 It is either not sensible as Plants and Mettals or sensible as Living Creatures 2 Living Creatures are either Rational or Irrational 3 Irrational are Beasts of which some have Blood and some have none 4 Such as have Blood some have Feet and some have none 5 Of such as have Feet some have two as Birds some have four as Beasts 6 Of such as have no Feet some have Fins as Fishes some no Fins as Serpents Of al these in Order The second Part of the first Tome Of Living Bodies not Sensible and Sensible 1 A Living Body not sensible is that which we cal Vegetative 2 It is either perfectly Living as Plants or imperfectly as Mettals 3 The Doctrine of Plants is called Botanical LIB I. Of Art Botanical 1 ART Botanical is the Anatomy of Plants 2 The Instruments to be compared for this Art as also for all other Arts are Skill and Exercise 3 The Parts of this Art are Two The shewing the Reason of them and the History of them The shewing the Reason of Plants 1 It is the first part of Art Botanical which finds out the common Natures of Plants from their Causes 2 A Plant is a Vegetable Essence growing for the most part out of the Earth or Water 3 Its parts are two A Body and a Soul by which the Body is nourished encreased and brings forth seed 4 The Kinds of Plants are two Simple and Compound The simple are Garden and Wild. 5 The parts of a Plant are like or unlike 6 As in men there are Ages so there are in Plants and also in Herbs namely before they run to Flower in flower in seed or Fruit and when they shed their seed or Fruit. 7 Of Herbs some are nourishing as Wheat Barly
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
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
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
the influential operation of the Srars upon the Seeds so by reason of the corruption of the Nature of Man there is contained in his Body the seeds of al Diseases which by the influential operation of the Stars in time shew themselves 9 For to think that Diseases come from the Elements is ridiculous for both Elements and Elementary Bodies are but the Wombs in which these Seeds are nourished 10 In seeds is the form of the thing whereof it is a seed potentially placed and by power of these are al actions performed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 proceed Tasts Colors Heat Cold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they contain in them Vital 〈◊〉 Hardness Softness Thickness Thinness Roughness Smoothness and what not 11 The Original then of these Seeds of Diseases is this Although at the first al 〈◊〉 were created pure and 〈◊〉 void of corruption and death yet after the 〈◊〉 of our first Parents the Curse came upon them and gave them a new Tincture and so the Seeds of Diseases came as wel into the Body of Man as Thorns and Thistles on the Earth 12 The Seeds both of Death and Diseases come thus into Man The 〈◊〉 being cursed for the sin of Adam brought forth many impurities as Arsenick 〈◊〉 and many other both hot and cold poysons as Opiats nay in the purest Creatures there remains so much 〈◊〉 which is as wel able to hurt as what is pure in them to help Living Creatures as Beasts c. live by Plants and Herbs Man by Beasts and the Fruits of the Earth The impurity of which is that which causeth so many several sorts of Diseases to the Body of Man 13 That there is such a seed of Diseases in Man may appear by this Because we find many Diseases to be Hereditary nay to continue individually many times to three or four generations which could not be unless the Seed of the Disease were inherent in the procreative Vertue 14 Somtimes Children are troubled with Diseases which were not heeded in their Fathers as men that never had the Gout beget Children which in time come to have the Gout judg the like by the falling-sickness c. The Reason is All Seed must have a time to grow and the Seed was not come to maturity in the Parent as it is in the Child Contrary to this Many times we find that such as have the Gout beget Children which never have it and those that have the Falling-sickness the like The Reason of this is either 1 Because the impurity is separated by the strength of the Natural Balsom in the Womb Or 2 Because the Root of the Disease is grown old and able to bear fruit no more 15 That a Hot Cold Moist or Dry Distemper or Humors should be the cause of a Disease is absolute non-sense to affirm they are but the Effects as Heat is the Effect of Life and not the Cause of it The Cause of a Disease must be somthing which is real and endued with a power to produce such Effects 16 Humors are a certain Fantastical Invention but imagine there be such things they cannot produce Diseases 1 Because they are not in the 〈◊〉 2 Because the Humors arise from the Disease and not the Disease from the Humors 3 Because no Humor is either Salt or Sowr or hath any other Tast neither hath it any Salt or Tartar in it And 't is a most rediculous piece of non-sense to say Humors are burnt for bring a Humor to the fire it presently exhales away 17 The Modern Alchymists derive the Original of all Diseases from these three Principles Mercury Sulphur and Sal because they are endued with Vertues Faculties and Properties of al sorts from whence come infinite Varieties Tasts Colors Smels by which various kinds of Diseases are bred 18 They hold the Causes of Diseases to be ten 1 Mercurius Pneumosus 2 Mercurius Cremosus 3 Mercurius Sublimatus 4 Mercurius Precipitatus 5 Sulphur Congelatum 6 Sulphur Resolutum 7 Sulphur Coagulatum 8 Sal Calcinatus 9 Sal Resolutus 10 Sal Reverberatus 19 〈◊〉 Pneumosus is an Aethereal Spirit the fire of Nature the Ruler of Mans Body the Mover and Guider of Actions and it is thought to remain in the Ventricles of the Brain It seems he understands the Animal Spirit by it This Mercury is somtimes made so thick that against Nature it is shut up in Skins in Cavities of the Body and so being made Material changeth its name and is called Wind It causeth Swellings Kings Evil Apostemes of Wind and whatsoever Disease the Galenists say comes of Wind. 20 Mercurius Cremosus or Mercury distilled is the Ark of our Life the food and nourishment of the other aethereal fire 't is true Lac Virginium that in the Colledges Dispensatory is but a Puppet in a Play the true Radical Moisture the Subject of Generation Sweet Liquid Rare and Penetrating This Mercury being separated from the power of the former whether by the solid parts of the Body or by Food is somtimes so circled about by ascention and descention that it begets grievous Diseases as Apoplexies Palsies Convulsions Falling-sickness Tremblings Heart-qualms Incubus and Succubus 21 Mercurius Sublimatus is the acute Spirit of Radical Moisture quick penetrating aerial subtil a lively and spiritual substance and the next instrument of Action This somtimes waxeth hot but it doth not burn and flies up and down whatsoever it laies hold on it breaks and pains from whence comes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Melancholly Head ach Quinsies Pluresies Pestilences 22 Mercurius Precipitatus is an aethereal Spirit sharp tart vehement incombustible hot 't is the Leaven of the Body whereby al things are digested By the Concoction and Digestion of this Spirit namely when it is hindred from performing its Function come al those painful congelations in the exterior parts of the Body as the Gout c. 23 Sulphur congealed is most pure white sweet moving the Pulse and distributing the heat throughout the Body From this Sulphur congealed arise al inflamations whatsoever as the Quinsie Pluresies c. as also Feavers 24 Sulphur resolutum is a moist and soft substance gently moistening all the parts of the Body it is ful of Spirit and accomodated to Generation From this Sulphur Alchymists derive those sleepy Diseases not from coldness as Galenists prate as Lethargies Coma Catalepsis c. I wonder in my heart why Galenists should hold these Diseases to come of cold seeing they confess sleep is caused by a sweet vapor sent up to the Brain 25 Sulphur coagulatum From this some Alchymists derive all Fluxes Others and those more properly derive them from Sal. 26 Sal calcinatus is the Balsom of Life that firm fixed earthy Body compounding Mercury and Sulphur in one and making the whol Body solid From this if it melt in the Body as somtimes it doth ariseth Cachexiaes Dropsies and al Diseases of Flegm If Nature can expel it thence ariseth Sweating 27 Sal resolutus is a liquid Body sweet in tast of a binding
he was in Health only take this Caution In intermitting Diseases give no food in the time of the 〈◊〉 unless urgent necessity or failing of strength cal for it 7 Thus much of the first part of Practical Medicine called Hygiena the second part follows which is called Therapeutica Tome II. Part II. Of the Proper Practical Part of Medicine called Therapeutica THerapeutica is that part of Medicine which teacheth the Art of curing Diseases For the Art of Medicine is three-fold To 〈◊〉 to Preserve and to Cure therfore the Operations of Medicine must needs be three-fold also Conserving Preserving and Curing 2 The Efficient Causes of these Operations are Nature and Art The Instrumental Causes by which these Operations are performed are such 〈◊〉 are 〈◊〉 to Nature and coutrary to the Disease The manner of acting this is quickly safely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3 The way and manner of finding out matters of Help 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fold 1 The Method by Indication 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then is either General or Special General is performed by the Method of 〈◊〉 ring the Special by 〈◊〉 LIB I. Of the Method of Curing 1 THe Method of Curing is a General way common to every Particular shewing by Intention and Indication the way of Cure for every Disease 2 Its parts are two Intention and Indication 3 Intention is that Scope which a Physitian propounds to himself when he undertakes a Cure the parts of which are Eight First Whether it be to be done yea or no. Secondly What is to be done whether Alteration Purging or Restoring Thirdly By what Remedies it is to be done whether by Cooling Heating Purging or the like and whether by Liquid or Solid Romedies Fourthly How much is to be done whether much or little in what Measure or Degree Fifthly In what Manner it is to be done whether by Degrees or Speedily whether continually or by intermission Sixthly At what time it is to be done whether in the beginning encrease or state of the Disease Seventhly In what Order what 's to be given in the first place what in the second what in the third what is to be given alone by it self and what with other things Eightly In what place and in what manner General Indications 1 Indications are to be considered Generally and Specially 2 General Indications according to the mind of 〈◊〉 are Sixteen 1 From the Disease which lies in the Body and calls for its Cure 2 From the Temperature of the whol Body 3 From the part of the Body afflicted by the Disease 4 From the strength of the Patient 5 From the Air the Patient is in 6 From his Age. 7 From his Custom 8 From his peculiar Nature 9 From the Sex of the Patient 10 From the Exercise which he used 11 From the length or shortness of the Disease 12 From the four seasons of a Disease namely the beginning encrease station and Declination 13 From the particular fits of the Disease 14 From the ordinary Functions of Nature 15 From the strength of the Medicine 16 From the influence of the Stars 3 Special Indication is either Physical or Mathematical Physical Indication 1 Physical Indications are Parts declaring and parts declared 2 The Part declaring is somthing observed in the Body either according to Nature or else against Nature 3 It is either Primary or Secundary 4 Primary is three-fold The Disease the Cause of the Disease and the Faculties These may be thus distinguished 1 It sheweth what the Disease is by 〈◊〉 means it came and whether it may be cured 2 The Symptomes which are proper and peculiar namely the 〈◊〉 and Form of the part afflicted and the Disease afflicting 5 Secundary is 1 That which is joyned to the Indication that which shews that from whence the Indication is drawn 2 The Knowledg of what hinders Indication 3 The knowledg of what opposeth it 6 Parts declaring shew how much how when in what order by what place and way you must act 7 How much shews the Natural Temper of the Body as also of the part afflicted and compares them with the greatness of the Disease and the Scituation of the part 8 How shews the strength of the sick Body and the strength of the part afflicted 9 At what time hath a double signification 1 Of things present which require remedy 2 Of things absent which require prevention 10 In what order shews either that which regards the Efficient Cause or that which 〈◊〉 occasion calls for for many times the violence of the Effect must be remedied before the Cause can be medled with 11 The Place and by what Way the Figure and Scituation of the place declares 12 Parts declared are they which help those declaring 13 They are either Primary or Secundary 14 Primary is three-fold Preservative Curative and 〈◊〉 15 Indication Preservative shews the Antecedent Cause of a Disease which must be taken away by its contrary 16 Preservative Indication is taken 1 From the Internal or Antecedent Cause 2 From the Substance of the Matter offending 3 From the Quality of the abounding Humor 4 From the Motion of the Peceant Humor 17 From the Motion of the Peccant Humor is a four-fold Remedy indicated Viz. First 〈◊〉 which is done divers waies Viz. By Bleeding Cupping Glasses Rubbing of the opposite part Binding Hot Baths Clysters Blisters c. Secondly Intercepting Medicines which stop the Passages that the Humor cannot come to the afflicted place whence they are called Defensive and to be given in the intervalles of the fit Thirdly Such as draw the Humors from the part afflicted to another part Fourthly Such as Repress and Repel the Humor as al Binding Medicines 18 The Curative Indications of a Disease are such as are remedied by contraries 19 It is either Simple which is the Indication of a Simple Disease Or Compound which is the Indication of a Compound Disease 20 An Indication of a Simple Distemper is Cold of a hot Disease Heat of a cold Disease Driness of a moist Disease Moisture of a dry Disease Hardness of a soft Disease Softness of a hard Disease Antidotes and Counter-poysons to Venemous Pestilential and Contagious Diseases 21 Indications of an evil Composition is Reduction as making strait crooked things making rough such things as are smooth and smooth such things as are rough lessening and encreasing Members c. 22 Conservative Indication is maintaining things by their likes 23 The Foundation of Medicine lies in this To preserve things by their likes and take away things by their contraries Mathematical Indications 1 Mathematical Indications are taken from the change of the Celestial Bodies which by their Benevolent or Malevolent Intercourse work alterations in our Bodies Therefore Galen Hippocrates and Avicenna all harp'd upon the same string That whosoever was a Physitian must needs be an Astrologer 2 This Indication consists in the conservation of Health in the seasonable application of a Medicine and in the opening of a vein 3
Preparations are pleasant LIB V. Of the Common 〈◊〉 of preparing Medicines by the Art of the Apothecary 1 IN the Preparations of Medicines are to be considered The Cause and Effect The Cause is either Efficient or Final 2 The Efficient Cause is either Active or Instrumental Active is either Primary as God and Nature Or Secondary as the Apothecary 3 The Apothecary acteth by Heating Insolation Cooling Quenching Moistning Nourishing Infusion Softning Melting Dissolving making salt colouring perfuming preserving cutting clipping filing rasping washing beating rubbing scraping pressing straining boyling putrifying sifting Extracting scumming clarifying distilling by Asconsion and Desconsion 4 The Instruments of an Apothecary are Stills Mortars Knives Shears c. 5 The End is double 1 The Preservation of Health and restoring it being lost 2 The Preservation of Beauty and restoring it being lost 6 The Effects consists in the Remedies prepared which is 1 In the Substance 2 In the Adjuncts As the Form Order Time of during and Shop they are kept in 7 From the manner of the Substance Compound Medicines are some for Health some for Ornament Those which regard Health are either taken inwardly or applyed outwardly The Method of Curing is First to take away the Cause Afterwards to correct the Symptomes 8 Such as are taken inward are some Fluid and some not fluid Such as are Fluid are either more or less Fluid 9 Such as are more Fluid are Waters Wines Decoctions 〈◊〉 Vinegars Less Fluid are Syrups Julips c. 10 Such as are not Fluid are either Moist or Dry. Such as are Moist are Balsoms Electuaries Conserves Preserves Lohochs Rob Muccilages Extracts 11 Such as are Dry are Pills Lozenges Troches Powders c. 12 Such as are outwardly applyed are Oyls and Oyntments Bathes Cataplasmes and Plaisters c. 13 Such Medicines as either preserve or restore Beauty are either Moist or Dry c. LIB VI. Of the Chymical Preparation of Medicines 1 ALchymy is an Art perfecting Medicines reducing pure Essences from mixt Bodies That so the 〈◊〉 may be the purer healthfuller and safer 2 The Object of Alchymy is a mixt Body which is Dissolvable and subject to 〈◊〉 3 Mixt Bodies are of Three kinds 1 All kind of Plants and all their Parts as Roots Barks Branches Flowers Leavs Fruits Seeds Gums Rozins c. 2 The Seven Mettals All Minerals and Stones both Precious and not Precious Salts and Juyces 3 Living Creatures either whole or their Parts or that which comes of them as Milk Egs and Cheese 4 In Alchymy is to be considered the Signification of the Words and Medicines and the preparation of them 5 In the Preparation we are to consider the Composition and Preparation it self Of the Composition or Mixture of Medicines we have told you before what Opinion Alchymists have The Requisites of Composition are Measure and Dose 6 In Preparation consider the Cause and Effect The Cause is Efficient or Final The Efficient is acting or helping Acting is the Alchymist who acteth by Solution and Coagulation 7. The Parts of Chymycal Operation are two Solution and Coagulation or if you please Corruption and Generation 8 Solution is the First part of Practical Alchymy which takes a part the Compositions of Medicines and attenuates them 9 It consists in Calcination or Dissolution Calcination is done by Corroding or Burning 10 Burning is done either by Combustion or Reverberation Combustion is turning into ashes or into Glass Reverberation is either shut or open which is done by the Fire of the Furnace 11 Dissolution is when Bodies are dissolved and it is either Subtil or Fusive Subtil is either Microcronical or Macrocronical Microcronical is either Elevation or Descention Elevation is Dry or Moist Dry is called Sublimation Moist Distillation 12 Distillation is either Right or Oblique 13 Descension is either Cold or Hot. Hot is that which is usually called Distillation by Descention Cold Descention is either Deliquium or Filtration All things that are dissolved by Cold are coagulated by Heat 14 Macrocronical is Exaltation or Digestion Exaltation is Circulation and Ablution Ablution is Imbibition or Cohobation 15 Digestion is either Putrefaction or Extraction Putrefaction is to change the old Nature of a thing into a new 16 Fusion or Liquefaction is Simple or not Simple and performs its Office either by Ashes or Antimony 17 Coagulation is the second part of Alchymy which by privation of Moisture reduceth moist Bodies into Solid 18 It is Cold or Hot. To Coagulation is referred Fermentation and Fixing 19 You have the Efficient Cause acting The Helping follows viz. Place and Fire 20 The Place or the Subject of the Matter is either that which receives the vessels as a Furnace Or that which receives the Matter as vessels 21 In the Furnace are to be considered the Parts and Differences The Parts of a Furnace are four 22 The Differences of Furnaces are various according to their different Uses of which some are open some shut 23 Such as are open are called either Probatorius Domesticus or 〈◊〉 24 A shut Furnace is either Simple or Compound Simple is either for Calcination or Dissolution For Calcination is either Cementatory or Reverberatory 25 Dissolving is either by Ascention or Descention By Ascention is either Dry or Moist By Descention is that where by we dissolve the Matter by driving the moisture downwards 26 Compound Furnaces are First 〈◊〉 which is also called Phylosophicus and Arcanus Secondly 〈◊〉 where by one fire and little labor divers Furnace are cherished Others called Piger Henricus 27 To these are added Instruments which Alchymists use as Iron Tongs Iron Plates Bellows c. 28 You have the Subject receiving the Vessels into it The Vessels which receive the Matter follow 29 Of the Vessels some are put to the fire some are not Those which are put to the fire are either made of one Matter or else of divers 30 Vessels made of one matter are either of Glass or Mineral 31 Of Glass is either a Phial or Circulatorium Glasses are used in Solutions and Coagulations 32 The Circulatoria are of divers kinds of which three bear away the Bell A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the Phylosophical or Hermetical Egg. 33 A Mineral vessel is either Mettal or Earth Mettal serves either for Subtillation or Infusion For Subtillation is made either of Brass or Bladder For Infusion is a Funnel 34 Earthen Vessels contain either the Matter it self or other vessels 35 They which contain the Matter it self are either Fusory or not Fusory 36 Those which contain other vessels are Kettles Cauldrons Earthen Pans Crocks Trevets 37 Vessels which are chosen according to the pleasure of the Workman are made of Earth Glass Mettals c. Some of these are Superior some Inferior Superior as Alembicks Inferior as Retorts c. 38 You have the Instruments and the Place Heat and Fire follows 39 Heat is Natural or Artificial Natural is by the Beams of the Sun 40 Artificial is Simple or Mixed Simple is by Digestion or Separation 41 Digestion is by Anthannor or Horsedung or Hay or Straw 42 Heat separated is either gentle or strong Gentle is of a Bladder or Ashes Strong is either Impedited or Free Impedited is of Sand Filings of Iron 43 Free heat is of Coals either with flame without flame or Reverberatory 44 A mixt heat is that which serves both for digestion and separation and is called a Bath Baths are two sold Balneum Mariae and Balneum Roris namely when the Vessel is heated by the Ascending Vapor 45 You have the Efficient Cause The final Cause of Preparation is The preservation of Health and other uses belonging to the Life and Ornament of Man 46 You have the Cause The Effects follow which consists in the Order of preparing Medicines and their application to Dileases 47 From the Substance some Chymical Medicines conduce to Health others to Ornament Such as conduce to Health are either fluid or not fluid Fluid are Waters Spirits Tinctures Oyls and Quintessences c. Such as are not fluid are Balsoms Extracts Salts Flowers Sublimates 〈◊〉 Glasses Regulus and Chymical Pouders c. 48 To my God alone in Trinity and Unity be all Honor and Praise for ever and ever Amen FINIS