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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20238	The apologie, or defence of a verity heretofore published concerning a medicine called aurum potabile that is, the pure substance of gold, prepared, and made potable and medicinable without corrosiues, helpfully giuen for the health of man in most diseases, but especially auaileable for the strenghning [sic] and comforting of the heart and vitall spirits the perfomers of health: as an vniversall medicine. Together with the plaine, and true reasons ... confirming the vniversalitie thereof. And lastly, the manner and order of administration or vse of this medicine in sundrie infirmities. By Francis Anthonie of London, doctor in physicke.	Anthony, Francis, 1550-1623.	1616 (1616)	STC 666; ESTC S100187	65,635	136

and reason thereof Let euery mans opinion bee free to himselfe I will without preiudice to any other briefely shew you my opinion I take it for granted that gold of all mixed bodies is most equall and temperate in the Elements and elementall qualities so that moysture with heat as agent drinesse with coldnes as patient and subiect to action are inseparably with naturall concordance perfectly ioyned Wherefore gold is respectiuely a body not only incorruptible in water fire ayre and earth and as it were an earthly image of eternitie but also most conuenient agreeable and as it were allied to and with the heart of man which of his hot moysture doth worke the vitall spirits and maintaine the arteriall beatings of the pulse in all parts of the bodie And this temperament of gold must bee considered two waies First as Scholers call it Arithmetically hence commeth the equalitie and equabilitie of qualities elementarie in the compact and solide body thereof not resolued into the permanent forme of potable liquor In this consideration it were very hard for learned Physitions that build so much vpon and presse authoritie to deny that gold hath and actiuely doth shew many great effectiue vertues seeing the Catalogue is so great of many notable and famous Physitions which extoll the effects thereof and at this day doe vse it so much as of gold quenched in wine boyled in broth giuen in limell or foyle in Conserues and Electuaries The hope and end thereof in all their intentions is to Corroborate and comfort the heart And this temperature in and of gold is habituate and coessentiall with the whole substance matter and forme in all the Elements both actiue and passiue And because not the materiall but the formal Essence is most operatiue and professor of the noble Elements fire and ayre from whence resulteth in an indissoluble bond heate and moysture so friendly agreeable to mans nature Therefore gold in his naturall coagulation and soliditie cannot so fully according to the inward power of his naturall efficacie and vertue shew and performe the effects thereof as being resolued opened and made potable that the Elements and elementall qualities may more freely both worke and be wrought vpon and be brought from their potentiality to actiuitie in application to the body of man For then the agent and formall vertues fire and ayre be predominant in their exaltation Whose propertie being communicated applied to with the spirits of our body is to refresh comfort strengthen the heart renew restore and increase the spirits by that wonderfull facultie and neere equalitie as it were brotherhood which it hath to them And this in the second consideration of the temperament of Gold Geometricall in that different respect as the other is called Arithmeticall In which that proportionate qualitie friendly and concordant to the heart and temperament of man and that complexioned moyst heate or hot moysture is preualent or predominant And one chiefe reason why Arnald before cited and very many others of vnreprooueable authoritie doe so much commend and with a reserued secrecie admire the excellent dowers of gold is that being made potable it restoreth augmenteth and preserueth that our humidum radicale and calidum innatum Naturall heate and moysture vnderstand them complexioned not distinct and so with respectiue possibilitie prolongeth life and keepeth backe old age I meane the sense of the defects and infirmities thereof If it be obiected that this exact temperature and equality Obiection of mixture in gold being supposed it cannot actiuely operate or worke any thing in mans bodie because as euery action commeth from or by meanes of some predominant qualitie so equalitie without disparagement keepes all in an vndefeazeable bond of an irresoluble compound I answer thus In cases where the intemperature or distemper of the disease or the degree thereof in some cases is not yet knowne the doctrine positiue and counsell of Physitions is to vse and administer temperate Medicines which shall not be offensiue manifestly to any qualitie but indifferent and allowable to all If this be done with good aduise and reason in such like case it must needs be far more consonant to reason and behoouefull to the patient to giue such a Medicine as is not only temperate by qualification but so prerogatiuely excellent therein that it cannot lose that temperature and the consequent efficacie thereof by the force of any thing consonant or dissonant Which is farre otherwise in all vegetables reputed equall in temperament because they are apt in some cases to cause dangerous distemperature in mans body Examples are plentifull But for instance take Manna it selfe reputed a very temperate laxatiue yet very easily it selfe turning into a hot Cholerick humour and encreasing the same and the distemperatures and diseases consequent thereupon according to the disposition and inclination of the body receiuing it Of which there is no feare in the vse of gold for the reasons aforesaid Therefore whether the Tenure be That Contraries be cured by Contraries hauing respect to the disease and the cause thereof the qualitie of the Medicine is remedy Or that like are conserued by their like with regard to the strength of the patient and comfort of the heart according to the doctrine of Hippocrates Gold as hath beene prooued must needs be in both intentions the fittest and most conuenient Medicine and remedy for diseases of what temper or distemper soeuer being aduisedly giuen specially being Philosophically opened resolued and made potable That there may bee a generall or vniuersall Medicine 4 The fourth reason is also prooued by consideration taken from the nature of the person diseased with reference to the disease For if the disease be strong like a heauie burden pressing the patient and the poore patient weake not able to beare out the Critical day of happy iudgement of issue of the maladie I aske in this case what ought to be done Certainly rather enable the body to the end of the Combate by comforting and strengthning the heart then vainly attempt to remooue the log and suffer him to sinke vnder the burden For not the Medicine but nature alone is the true physition curing all infirmities if she be not oppressed or that she be so releeued that strength in her be maintained It is not vnlike by comparison vnto the charge of sumpter Mules or Pack-horses which oft times vse to bee fed trauelling that they may endure to carry their burdens to the Inne not discharged vntimely of their packes And by this meanes they neede not be vnloaden at euery bayte but prouendred vnder their loads for the quicker dispatch So no disease is cured the strength not maintained but contrarily by perfect Methode the strength and power of the body is by degrees to bee restored and comforted that the disease may be both resolued and life maintained To this purpose did Arnaldus write in these words The only intention of ancient Physitions was to giue vigor 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