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

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

by how much fatter and grosser the body is by so much the naturall heat is diminished Wherefore for exciting the naturall heat and dissolving the superfluous moisture of the body which is the cause of grossenesse I advise the plegmaticke and all such as are apt to be grosse to accustome themselves in the mornings to speedy walkings and that up against hils or other steepe places and at other times convenient to strong and laborious exercises yet with this caution therein that they doe not so much exceed the meane as to cause over-much wearinesse and weaknesse to the body Of the contrarie to the cholericke To leane and cholericke bodies easie and light exercise is convenient and all such as are of a drye and leane state of body easie and light exercise is convenient and that also no longer to be continued but till the colour and flesh is somewhat ruddy and the sweat beginnes to breake forth For if they should proceed further or use more quicke and vehement motions the spirits would bee soone exhausted the body distempered and brought into an Atrophy or Consumption They therefore that are of a very hot temperature and of a leane and dry state of body ought not at any hand to use any strong motions or exercise of body but walking bowling and such like easie motions are abundantly sufficient for them As touching exercise also The time of the yeare ought to be respected in the exercise the time of the yeare ought not altogether to be neglected for in the summer by reason of the ambient heat of the ayre lighter exercises are more convenient then at other times In the Spring the exercise ought to bee somewhat stronger that the superfluities which by reason of the winter are congested in the body may be resolued But in this season let such as are of an hot temperature of body beware lest by over-much motion they over-heat and distemper it But in the Autumne and especially in the winter strong and laborious motion of the body is most convenient because it dissolveth and dissipateth grosse humours helpeth the breathing by removing the obstructions of the brest occasioned by the moisture of the season and is therefore specially necessary and profitable for grosse and phlegmaticke bodies I will conclude this Section by adding one caution to be observed after exercise and which is of very great moment A eaution to be observed after exercise that is that the body take not cold after the exercise because it greatly weakneth the naturall heat the braine and the sinewes and induceth oftentimes swoundings by a sudden obstruction of the pores and barring in of vaporous moisture that should by them breathe forth And thus much concerning the true use and utility of exercise Now for those that cannot exercise their bodies at convenient times by reason of great weaknesse frication or rubbing of the body Quae inter exercitationi et omni modam quietem media est may well be used in stead of exercise Frication the necessity and utility thereof for it exciteth the naturall heat of the parts openeth the obstructions of the skinne and flesh draweth the humours from the superiour parts to the inferior from the inward to the outward from the noble to the ignoble whereby great comfort and utility is brought to weak and sickly bodies Moreover it procureth sleepe but the belly and the stomacke must not be perfricated because it will trouble the concoction offend the head and occasion the distribution of crudities into the body The application of a double cloath vpon those parts well heated for the purpose during all the time of frication is very necessary for the conservation of the heat of those parts and discussing of wind Neither must the reynes of the backe be rubbed unlesse there be a sensible feeling of cold and winde in them and then they must bee gently stroked lest overheating them obstruction and nephriticke passions bee occasioned The manner of using fricacies must bee with the hand or a course linnen cloath first softly and easily afterwards faster and harder as the tendernesse of the skine shall permit untill the flesh shall as it were swell and bee somewhat ruddie then desist for a mediocrity even in frication must bee observed As for the time the morning and evening are best for fricacies and what parts are fittest for frication I have shewed towards the end of the precedent Section To conclude fricacies are very needfull and profitable for the aged the impotent and such as are barred of exercise by reason of dayly and waighty businesse Of Excretions SECT 3. Why doth the health of the body much consist in the due and daily avoyding of the generall excrements THE generall excrements of the body are the stoole the urine and the sweat and because they are altogether unprofitable being excrements not onely in quantity but also in quality they ought every day to the case and health of the body to bee avoyded for being retained longer then is fitting they become very troublesome and pernicious to the body Wherefore such as are studious of their health must bee very carefull daily and opportunely to avoide the excrements of the belly and bladder And if your belly shall bee naturally soluble Health doth greatly consist in a soluble belly account that in regard of your health for a great felicity For they that have their belly naturally loose and open so it bee not immoderate and more then their state of body in regard of the grosenesse or tenuity thereof shall require are not easily affected with sicknesse whereas of the contrary they that have the same bound up and have seldome the benefit of nature that way have for the most part often conflicts with sicknesse I say for the most part in regard of exceeding hot cholericke bodies who in regard of their strong naturall heat that concocteth with few superfluities have commonly costive bodies and yet enjoy perfect and absolute health Wherefore I advise all such as are studious of their health to have speciall care that their belly expurge it selfe daily twise or once at the least And how beneficiall it is for the health to procure sweat by exercise I have shewed in the former Section and therefore I shall not here neede much to insist therein Nature verely hath to no other purpose made the skinne full of pores but that there should bee free passage through it for sweat and insensible vaporations I shall not here need to shew that it is not convenient for very hot and dry bodies to provoke sweat or of the contrary for cold moist and Phlegmaticke bodies very needfull nor yet in procuring of sweat that there must bee speciall care had as in all other kinds of evacuations that it bee not immoderate deject the strengths for all this is at large shewed in the former Section Besides these generall excrements there are also particular as those of the braine and brest

great offence The third reason is because through the descent of rheume from the head to the nostrils the free passage of the breath through them may be letted whereupon unlesse wee sleepe with the mouth somewhat open snorings offensive rowtings and oftentimes untimely awakings doe ensue Wherefore I conclude that it is good to sleepe with the mouth somewhat open especially for them that are subject to the rheume And because the tongue pallat and gums of such as sleepe with their mouth open are commonly after sleepe very drie and affected also with slimie matter adhering to them but to this later those that sleep with their mouth close are most subject The washing and cleansing of the mouth after sleepe very necessary I advise that all men in the mornings after their sleep wash well their mouth gums and teeth with fountaine water rose water and a little vinegar mixed together wherein a few Sage leaves and Cloves sliced have bin steeped all the night by gargling it in their mouths for it tempereth the drinesse of the mouth cleanseth away the slimie superfluities and maketh the breath sweet which in sleepe by reason of fuliginous vapours that arise from the Stomacke is most commonly corrupted Where by the way it is to bee advertised that their breath is most tainted in sleepe that are subject to obstructions wherfore such bodies ought to bee purged and purified according as the affected parts shall require Concerning the quantity or time how long wee should sleepe How long wee should sleepe it cannot bee certainly alike defined for all men wherein no doubt a mediocritie as in all other things yet limited with many circumstances is best It must be measured by health and sicknesse by age by emptinesse or fulnesse of the body and by the complexion And because the concoction which is the root of life is specially furthered by sleep we must observe to sleep till the concoctiōs in the stomacke liver are finished But to know when the coconctions are compleat and ended it is to be discerned upon the awaking by the sensible lightnes of all the body especially of the head and passage downe of the meate from the stomacke and the certaine defire to avoide urine and to goe to the stoole so neither of them bee extraordinarily procured by error of diet or otherwise Contrariwise The whole time of sleepe being divided into 3 parts the first is chiefly profitable to the stomacke the second to the stomacke and liuer the third in qua segregatio fit puri ab impuro to the heart and the braine heaviness in the body and eyes and savour of the meat before eaten signifie that the sleepe is not sufficient From whence it may well bee concluded that for such as are healthfull in their youthfull and constant age seven or eight houres is a sufficient time for the continuance of sleepe because in them the concoctions are in that space commonly perfected But such as are weake and sickly by nature require a longer time of rest as nine ten or eleven houres for helping the concoction and restoring the strengths The like is to be said of old men Somnus senibus vitaest vigilia ruina for whom sleepe verely is so profitable that because it chiefly helpeth the concoction whereupon plenty of nourishable moisture doth follow nothing next to meats of good juyce is so available for repayring their decayed state of Body Children also that have not attained to the age of eighteene yeares require longer sleepe then youth and middle age that immoderate fluxion of vaporous moysture by the pores whereunto they are by reason of their lax and tender skinne most subject may bee hindred and their growth consequently bettered and encreased But withall there must alwaies in every age be speciall respect had of the complexion VVhy doe cholericke and melancholicke bodies require longer sleepe then the phlegmaticke or sanguine for Cholericke and Melancholicke Bodies need longer sleepe then the Phlegmaticke or Sanguine that the acrimonie of Choller may be tempered and the concoction holpen For to drie and leane bodies such as are the Cholericke and Melancholicke nothing is more wholsome then quiet and sound sleepe because by it the parts are generally moistened and refreshed both in that it helpeth the concoction as also because it letteth the difflation and wasting of the humors VVholsome counsell for colericke and melancholicke bodies And because that to leane Cholericke and Melancholicke Bodies nothing is more pernicious then too much watchfulnesse whereunto by reason of their drie disposition of body they are very subject I advise that they usually observe especially in the hot seasons of the yeare to drinke at their going to bed a good draught of a soporiferous Almond milke made with the decoction of excorticated Barley well mundified and abluted Lettuce the flowers of Borage and Violets or in stead of them the freshest leaves and let it also have a little choise Rose water and bee dulcorated or sweetned with the finest sugar for this drinke excellently moisteneth and tempereth the braine procureth sleepe and refresheth the whole bodie The emulsion of the seeds of white Poppie may also verie profitable to bee added thereunto But of the contrary to the Phlegmaticke and such as are drowsie through the excesse of moysture Little sleepe best for phlegmaticke and grosse bodies watchings are to bee commended and enjoyned quia desiccant attenuant lest that much sleepe or longer then is convenient onely for concoction should increase their moist and cold distemperature and make it altogether sickly As for the Sanguine their sleepe must be very moderate not above seven howers at the most VVhy must the sanguine be very wary of immoderate sleepe for they are very apt to bee grosse which much sleepe or more then is fitting for their temperature will soone occasion Wherefore it is better for them to bee sparing in sleepe and to bee somewhat macerated with watchings then to be exceedingly puffed up therewith Doe wee not finde by daily experience that those which are more indulgent of their bellies and sleepe then is meete become so corpulent grosse and ill favoured that their breast and chinne even meet together wherefore it is no marvell that they become unhealthfull and unlustie in their bodies stupid and dull in their wits The discommodityes of immoderate sleepe and watchings To conclude this Section as Sleepe unlesse it bee moderate and in fit time admitted weakens the naturall heat burdens the head with vapors detaines the excrements longer then is meete in a word makes men sluggish lumpish and unhealthfull heavie headed of no wit or memorie So watching except it bee with mediocrity dryeth up and consumeth the bodie dimineth the sight wasteth the Spirits and destroyeth all the powers and faculties both of body and minde Let therefore both the sleep and watching bee seasonable and moderate without which gratefull and amiable vicissitude our condition were