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A77021 A guide to the practical physician shewing, from the most approved authors, both ancient and modern, the truest and safest way of curing all diseases, internal and external, whether by medicine, surgery, or diet. Published in Latin by the learn'd Theoph. Bonet, physician at Geneva. And now rendred into English, with an addition of many considerable cases, and excellent medicines for every disease. Collected from Dr. Waltherus his Sylva medica. by one of the Colledge of Physicians, London. To which is added. The office of a physician, and perfect tables of every distemper, and of any thing else considerable. Licensed, November 13h. 1685. Robert Midgley.; Mercurius compitalitius. English Bonet, Théophile, 1620-1689. 1686 (1686) Wing B3591A; ESTC R226619 2,048,083 803

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can_v circulate_v free_o whence_o
first_o wash_v the_o part_n well_o then_o lay_v on_o the_o follow_a lineament_n take_v of_o honey_n of_o rose_n half_a a_o ounce_n oil_n of_o vitriol_n 1_o drachm_n mix_v they_o make_v a_o ointment_n 25._o herc._n saxonia_n l._n 2._o p._n c._n 25._o 7._o if_o the_o ulcer_n be_v malignant_a i_o use_v either_o water_n of_o tartar_n or_o vitriol_n wherewith_o all_o malignant_a ulcer_n be_v conquer_v 5._o river_n prax_fw-la med._n l._n 6._o c._n 5._o 8._o if_o there_o be_v no_o inflammation_n the_o only_a and_o best_a remedy_n be_v spirit_n of_o vitriol_n or_o sulphur_n which_o in_o those_o that_o be_v grow_v may_v be_v use_v alone_o dip_v a_o little_a cotton_n bind_v to_o the_o end_n of_o a_o stick_n in_o it_o and_o give_v the_o sore_a a_o light_a touch_n for_o so_o a_o simple_a thrush_n be_v cure_v in_o a_o moment_n 18._o sennert_n l._n 2._o p._n 1._o c._n 18._o 9_o in_o child_n thrush_n this_o be_v a_o approve_a remedy_n especial_o when_o it_o be_v malignant_a and_o epidemic_a they_o 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convenient_a xii_o whether_o a_o vomit_n may_v be_v give_v xiii_o the_o vomit_n must_v be_v strong_a fourteen_o clyster_n must_v be_v very_o sharp_a xv._o suppository_n shall_v be_v give_v frequent_o xvi_o apophlegmatism_n of_o hiera_n to_o be_v reject_v xvii_o vinegar_n shall_v not_o be_v mix_v with_o they_o xviii_o whether_o sneeze_n be_v proper_a xix_o whether_o fume_n be_v proper_a xx._n the_o efficacy_n of_o stillatitious_a oil_n and_o volatile_a salt_n xxi_o the_o great_a antidote_n be_v not_o always_o proper_a xxii_o whether_o for_o the_o cure_n a_o fever_n shall_v be_v raise_v and_o when_o it_o succeed_v the_o apoplexy_n whether_o it_o shall_v be_v extinguish_v xxiii_o a_o apoplexy_n negligent_o cure_v of_o a_o small_a one_o become_v mortal_a xxiv_o what_o posture_n be_v best_a xxv_o they_o that_o be_v past_a hope_n be_v not_o to_o be_v quite_o give_v over_o xxvi_o medicine_n i._o i_o judge_v a_o man_n may_v nay_o must_n according_a to_o prudence_n and_o art_n let_v blood_n in_o every_o apoplexy_n according_a to_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o patient_n and_o quantity_n of_o blood_n in_o the_o vessel_n and_o that_o plentiful_o for_o so_o the_o patient_n will_v endure_v the_o long_o 21._o sylu._n de_fw-fr le_fw-fr boë_n pran_n l._n 2_o c._n 21._o and_o the_o apoplexy_n will_v be_v easy_o cure_v as_o experience_n testify_v without_o which_o i_o know_v not_o whether_o upon_o consultation_n one_o will_v not_o be_v afraid_a to_o let_v blood_n in_o ancient_a people_n when_o therefore_o the_o physician_n dare_v not_o let_v blood_n experience_a person_n advise_v well_o that_o scarification_n shall_v be_v use_v or_o at_o least_o cup_v with_o scarification_n in_o stead_n of_o blood-letting_n and_o because_o so_o great_a a_o man_n as_o silvius_n rely_v here_o altogether_o on_o experience_n but_o remain_v dissatisfy_v in_o his_o theory_n as_o who_o please_v to_o consult_v the_o place_n cite_v may_v see_v i_o think_v it_o very_o pertinent_a to_o consider_v how_o exact_o the_o excellent_a wepfer_n have_v lay_v down_o the_o theory_n for_o to_o discover_v so_o abstruse_a and_o latent_fw-la cause_n he_o produce_v anatomical_a history_n or_o observation_n wherein_o the_o phaenomena_n in_o body_n of_o several_a who_o die_v of_o this_o disease_n be_v declare_v in_o three_o that_o die_v apoplectic_a the_o extravasated_a blood_n be_v either_o gather_v here_o and_o there_o into_o great_a clod_n or_o have_v discolour_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o brain_n all_o over_o in_o another_o a_o flood_n of_o serum_n have_v overflow_v the_o brain_n within_o and_o without_o from_o these_o mark_n of_o this_o most_o occult_a disease_n thus_o discover_v the_o author_n conclude_v the_o place_n principal_o affect_v be_v not_o the_o large_a ventricles_n but_o the_o medullous_a substance_n of_o the_o cerebrum_fw-la and_o the_o cerebellum_fw-la which_o be_v every_o way_n porous_a and_o furnish_v with_o narrow_a passage_n as_o well_o that_o vital_a spirit_n may_v flow_v thither_o from_o the_o blood_n as_o that_o the_o animal_n may_v flow_v thence_o and_o indeed_o he_o conclude_v that_o the_o cause_n of_o every_o apoplexy_n whole_o consist_v in_o these_o two_o i_o e._n in_o one_o alone_a or_o both_o together_o namely_o either_o because_o the_o afflux_n of_o blood_n through_o the_o artery_n to_o the_o brain_n be_v deny_v or_o the_o efflux_n of_o animal_n spirit_n from_o the_o cerebrum_fw-la and_o cerebellum_fw-la through_o the_o nerve_n and_o spinal_a marrow_n be_v stop_v or_o for_o both_o these_o cause_n as_o to_o the_o first_o he_o propose_v how_o the_o blood_n may_v be_v stop_v three_o way_n i._n e._n first_o either_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o obstruction_n of_o the_o inner_a carotid_n and_o vertebral_n artery_n which_o happen_v in_o the_o big_a vessel_n and_o especial_o about_o the_o ascent_n of_o the_o cranium_fw-la from_o blood_n concrete_a into_o grumou_n lump_n or_o in_o the_o lesser_a vessel_n which_o across_o the_o brain_n from_o their_o be_v stop_v with_o viscous_a matter_n or_o second_o the_o influx_n of_o blood_n be_v keep_v from_o the_o brain_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o compression_n of_o those_o vessel_n which_o sometime_o happen_v when_o the_o paristhmia_n or_o gland_n of_o the_o neck_n be_v so_o swell_v with_o serous_a humour_n that_o by_o press_v the_o artery_n that_o pass_v under_o they_o they_o stop_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o blood_n to_o the_o head_n or_o three_o the_o afflux_n of_o blood_n may_v be_v hinder_v when_o a_o vessel_n be_v open_v within_o the_o cranium_fw-la the_o blood_n be_v plentiful_o pour_v out_o which_o shall_v otherwise_o go_v to_o the_o benefit_n of_o the_o brain_n as_o to_o the_o other_o cause_n of_o the_o apoplexy_n i._n e._n the_o hinder_v the_o spirit_n in_o the_o efflux_n he_o reckon_v it_o be_v cause_v two_o way_n either_o by_o obstruction_n of_o the_o origination_n of_o all_o the_o nerve_n cause_v by_o serous_a matter_n or_o by_o sudden_a compression_n of_o the_o same_o which_o either_o too_o great_a gather_n of_o blood_n in_o the_o meninge_n or_o in_o some_o certain_a part_n of_o the_o brain_n or_o in_o its_o ventricles_n or_o some_o phlegmonous_a disposition_n do_v produce_v see_v the_o apoplexy_n according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o modern_n consonant_a to_o the_o doctrine_n of_o hypocrates_n arise_v from_o the_o stoppage_n of_o the_o circulation_n of_o the_o blood_n or_o as_o he_o speak_v from_o the_o stand_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o not_o as_o galen_n will_v have_v it_o from_o the_o oppletion_n of_o the_o ventricles_n of_o the_o brain_n all_o hope_v of_o safety_n consist_v in_o a_o speedy_a revulsion_n and_o retraction_n of_o the_o matter_n from_o the_o head_n nor_o can_v there_o be_v find_v a_o remedy_n which_o can_v so_o speedy_o avert_v derive_v nay_o and_o evacuate_v the_o humour_n from_o the_o brain_n as_o let_v of_o blood_n therefore_o we_o prefer_v it_o before_o all_o other_o mean_n in_o cure_v the_o apoplexy_n and_o we_o think_v it_o 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operate_v nothing_o at_o all_o which_o be_v a_o ill_a sign_n and_o such_o person_n usual_o die_v but_o because_o according_a to_o celsus_n many_o thing_n may_v well_o be_v do_v in_o a_o dangerous_a case_n which_o shall_v otherwise_o be_v omit_v therefore_o when_o the_o foresay_a remedy_n avail_v not_o we_o may_v come_v up_o to_o antimonial_a medicine_n especial_o those_o that_o be_v less_o violent_a such_o as_o aqua_fw-la benedicta_fw-la make_v of_o crocus_n metallorum_fw-la which_o purge_v both_o upward_o and_o downward_o bring_v away_o so_o great_a a_o quantity_n of_o phlegm_n not_o only_o from_o the_o stomach_n and_o low_a part_n but_o from_o the_o brain_n that_o sometime_o the_o patient_n be_v cure_v by_o this_o evacuation_n for_o i_o can_v true_o testify_v that_o i_o see_v a_o nobleman_n cure_v of_o a_o apoplexy_n thrice_o in_o two_o year_n by_o this_o only_a remedy_n and_o although_o some_o condemn_v the_o use_n of_o vomit_n in_o these_o case_n yet_o we_o must_v rather_o trust_v experience_n which_o teach_v we_o by_o daily_a experiment_n how_o comatous_a child_n be_v with_o more_o speed_n and_o safety_n cure_v by_o vomitive_a salt_n of_o vitriol_n riverius_n riverius_n than_o by_o any_o other_o remedy_n fourteen_o here_o i_o must_v take_v notice_n of_o a_o frequent_a error_n in_o give_v the_o emetic_n wine_n for_o timorous_a physician_n prescribe_v it_o in_o too_o small_a a_o do_v i._n e._n a_o ounce_n or_o a_o ounce_n and_o half_a at_o most_o and_o when_o they_o be_v frustrate_v of_o the_o effect_n expect_v 11._o francisc_n bayle_n tract_n de_fw-fr apoplexia_fw-la c._n 11._o they_o blame_v and_o disparage_v the_o medicine_n whereas_o to_o person_n grow_v and_o of_o any_o strength_n it_o shall_v be_v give_v to_o about_o three_o ounce_n in_o a_o infusion_n of_o senna_n xv._o walaeus_n say_v that_o in_o the_o apoplexy_n clyster_n may_v be_v so_o strong_a of_o coloquintida_n that_o they_o fetch_v the_o very_a blood_n nothing_o hinder_v it_o for_o life_n must_v be_v save_v and_o this_o damage_n may_v easy_o be_v repair_v and_o it_o may_v the_o better_o be_v do_v if_o the_o apoplexy_n be_v cause_v by_o too_o much_o blood_n xvi_o the_o belly_n for_o revulsion_n sake_n and_o to_o excite_v the_o dull_a faculty_n may_v be_v provoke_v by_o administer_a sharp_a clyster_n and_o suppository_n whereas_o otherwise_o they_o will_v scarce_o go_v to_o stool_n suppository_n because_o they_o provoke_v exceed_o and_o be_v quick_o make_v and_o by_o reason_n clyster_n can_v be_v keep_v for_o senselessness_n be_v very_o convenient_a and_o shall_v often_o be_v repeat_v platerus_n platerus_n in_o which_o some_o burn_a hot_a thing_n since_o the_o patient_n be_v without_o sense_n will_v do_v no_o harm_n xvii_o some_o rub_n hiera_n and_o purge_v electuary_n on_o the_o palate_n to_o no_o purpose_n in_o stead_n whereof_o it_o be_v better_a to_o use_v confectio_fw-la anacardina_fw-la idem_fw-la idem_fw-la which_o inflame_v a_o little_a xviii_o we_o rub_v the_o palate_n 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the_o out_o part_n be_v either_o cold_a or_o but_o warm_a do_v present_o fly_v to_o cordial_n without_o distinction_n apply_v epitheme_n to_o the_o heart_n and_o give_v other_o thing_n which_o may_v produce_v much_o spirituous_a substance_n by_o strengthen_v the_o action_n of_o the_o heart_n which_o indeed_o in_o the_o refrigeration_n of_o the_o extreme_a part_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o internal_a heat_n call_v the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n to_o the_o inner_a part_n be_v so_o far_o from_o do_v any_o good_a that_o they_o do_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o hurt_n for_o if_o we_o consider_v the_o application_n they_o offend_v in_o two_o thing_n first_o because_o they_o use_v thing_n actual_o and_o potential_o hot_a whereas_o they_o shall_v be_v actual_o and_o potential_o cold_a second_o because_o by_o their_o mean_n the_o spirit_n be_v increase_v in_o the_o inner_a part_n which_o shall_v be_v diminish_v for_o while_o the_o vital_a spirit_n that_o be_v diffuse_v all_o the_o body_n over_o be_v 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the_o malignity_n of_o a_o epidemical_a one_o consist_v i._o remedy_n must_v be_v vary_v according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o cause_n ii_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o matter_n vary_v the_o cure_n iii_o whether_o let_v of_o blood_n be_v convenient_a iv_o whether_o a_o vein_n may_v be_v breathe_v when_o spot_n appear_v v._o blood_n must_v be_v let_v immediate_o because_o of_o the_o deceitfulness_n of_o the_o disease_n vi_o it_o be_v more_o beneficial_a to_o open_v the_o low_a than_o the_o high_a vein_n vii_o the_o benefit_n of_o evacuation_n by_o the_o haemorrhoid_v viii_o cupping-glass_n may_v be_v sometime_o use_v without_o open_v a_o vein_n ix_o sometime_o they_o be_v hurtful_a x._o where_o they_o shall_v be_v apply_v xi_o one_o sick_a of_o a_o malignant_a fever_n cure_v by_o set_v leech_n to_o the_o pap_n xii_o for_o a_o delirium_fw-la and_o frenzy_n a_o vein_n in_o the_o forehead_n must_v be_v open_v xiii_o the_o utility_n of_o vesicatories_n fourteen_o they_o be_v not_o every_o where_n nor_o always_o proper_a xv._o whether_o we_o may_v purge_v in_o the_o beginning_n xvi_o clyster_n must_v have_v no_o purgative_n in_o they_o xvii_o vomit_n be_v better_a than_o purge_v xviii_o they_o be_v very_o good_a where_o there_o be_v sleepiness_n xix_o the_o benefit_n of_o sudorifick_v and_o alexipharmack_n xx._n the_o difference_n of_o alexipharmack_n as_o to_o their_o use_n xxi_o whether_o the_o use_n of_o pearl_n gem_n etc._n etc._n shall_v be_v prescribe_v xxii_o diaphoretick_n need_v not_o be_v fear_v because_o of_o their_o heat_n xxiii_o the_o falter_a circulation_n of_o the_o blood_n must_v be_v promote_v with_o medicine_n that_o have_v a_o volatile_a salt_n in_o they_o xxiv_o hydroticks_n salt_n etc._n etc._n by_o what_o power_n they_o operate_v xxv_o how_o far_o we_o may_v trust_v antifebrile_a medicine_n xxvi_o alexitericks_n be_v require_v when_o the_o blood_n come_v out_o red_a and_o destitute_a of_o serum_n which_o be_v a_o token_n of_o malignity_n xxvii_o by_o what_o virtue_n antimonium_n diaphoreticum_fw-la act_n xxviii_o we_o must_v use_v oxyrrhodina_n with_o caution_n xxix_o epithem_n hurtful_a xxx_o heat_n of_o the_o foot_n be_v sometime_o good_a xxxi_o the_o efficacy_n of_o plaster_n to_o the_o foot_n xxxii_o wine_n may_v sometime_o be_v allow_v xxxiii_o the_o cure_n of_o a_o malignant_a fever_n with_o the_o parotide_n or_o swell_v behind_o the_o ear_n xxxiv_o the_o cure_n of_o vomit_v when_o it_o supervene_v xxxv_o the_o physician_n must_v have_v a_o care_n how_o he_o feel_v the_o pulse_n xxxvi_o i._o i_o think_v all_o that_o malignity_n which_o be_v find_v in_o epidemic_a disease_n what_o such_o soever_o the_o specific_a nature_n of_o it_o be_v do_v consist_v of_o and_o be_v terminate_v in_o the_o hot_a and_o most_o spirituous_a particle_n of_o the_o humour_n contain_v in_o man_n body_n that_o be_v more_o or_o less_o adverse_a to_o nature_n because_o only_o such_o a_o sort_n of_o particle_n be_v able_a to_o alter_v the_o 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pistachio_n do_v provoke_v urine_n but_o thing_n that_o provoke_v urine_n be_v good_a for_o cold_a epaticks_n whereby_o both_o the_o liver_n be_v strengthen_v and_o obstruction_n be_v open_v salius_n in_o ann_n c._n 82._o answer_n altimarus_fw-la he_o reason_n to_o the_o first_o it_o be_v deny_v for_o almond_n and_o pistachio_n be_v hear_v of_o concoction_n but_o thing_n that_o be_v hard_a of_o concoction_n be_v so_o of_o corruption_n in_o as_o much_o as_o all_o concoction_n of_o aliment_n be_v make_v by_o mean_n of_o corruption_n consider_v the_o terminus_n à_fw-la quo_fw-la to_o the_o second_o obstruction_n need_v not_o be_v much_o fear_v from_o a_o oleaginous_a moisture_n because_o whatever_o be_v oleaginous_a be_v in_o some_o measure_n hot_a to_o the_o three_o nor_o do_v they_o any_o harm_n in_o that_o they_o be_v quick_o turn_v into_o bile_n because_o nothing_o need_v be_v fear_v from_o a_o cool_v liver_n 1._o horstius_n dec._n 7._o probl._n 1._o for_o it_o require_v heat_n and_o 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cichory_n be_v most_o grateful_a to_o the_o part_n both_o in_o refrigeration_n and_o abstersion_n of_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o liver_n and_o also_o in_o astriction_n which_o it_o require_v sonchus_n have_v the_o same_o virtue_n but_o it_o be_v more_o cool_a i_o give_v the_o juice_n with_o sugar_n for_o ten_o day_n and_o all_o sign_n of_o heat_n seem_v to_o abate_v her_o diet_n be_v cool_v she_o use_v sorrel_n lettuce_n purslain_a endive_n prune_n cherry_n water-melon_n she_o avoid_v all_o salt_n sweet_a and_o fat_a thing_n outward_o cataplasm_n of_o the_o same_o virtue_n of_o barley-flower_n and_o the_o foresay_a juice_n be_v apply_v she_o be_v anoint_v with_o ceratum_fw-la santalinum_n etc._n etc._n then_o to_o cure_v her_o extenuation_n i_o proceed_v to_o give_v she_o milk_n these_o thing_n do_v she_o so_o much_o good_a rhasis_n jacchinus_n cap._n 50._o ad_fw-la 9_o lib._n rhasis_n that_o she_o fill_v well_o with_o flesh_n and_o her_o colour_n change_v for_o the_o better_a more_o 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also_o in_o a_o twofold_a manner_n for_o either_o they_o remain_v quiet_a distend_v the_o foresay_a vessel_n only_o with_o abundance_n whence_o come_v a_o swell_a which_o hypocrates_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o manner_n of_o distend_v vein_n where_o a_o tumour_n indeed_o appear_v both_o to_o the_o eye_n and_o touch_v but_o if_o it_o be_v press_v it_o resist_v not_o the_o touch_n not_o only_o because_o of_o its_o softness_n but_o also_o because_o the_o matter_n that_o make_v the_o tumour_n be_v press_v with_o the_o hand_n gives_z way_n and_o recede_v to_o the_o next_o place_n like_o blood_n fill_v a_o vein_n when_o it_o be_v press_v with_o the_o finger_n which_o indeed_o show_v that_o the_o fault_n be_v only_o in_o the_o repletion_n of_o the_o vein_n not_o in_o the_o substance_n itself_o because_o the_o swell_a dissipate_v quick_o and_o of_o itself_o but_o if_o these_o humour_n fill_v the_o say_a vessel_n be_v in_o agitation_n because_o of_o admixtion_n of_o a_o flatuous_a spirit_n the_o same_o swell_n rise_v soft_a but_o with_o a_o pulse_n or_o palpitation_n concern_v which_o co●c_n sect._n v._n 55._o a_o pulse_n i●_n the_o hypochondrium_n with_o tumult_n be_v disturbant_fw-la of_o the_o mind_n if_o final_o the_o same_o humour_n fill_v all_o the_o vessel_n of_o the_o liver_n do_v putrefy_v far_o a_o swell_a arise_v which_o cause_v a_o soft_a distension_n not_o very_o painful_a usual_o of_o a_o long_a figure_n in_o distinction_n from_o a_o exquisite_a inflammation_n of_o the_o liver_n which_o make_v a_o hard_a and_o painful_a swell_n circumscribe_v with_o a_o orbicular_a figure_n this_o swell_a come_v when_o putrefaction_n have_v sieze_v all_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o liver_n and_o especial_o if_o the_o vein_n themselves_o be_v inflame_v and_o the_o inflammation_n be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n that_o it_o will_v permit_v no_o good_a blood_n to_o be_v breed_v which_o since_o it_o be_v the_o matter_n for_o breed_v of_o vital_a spirit_n of_o which_o the_o animal_n be_v make_v hence_o a_o delirium_fw-la and_o frenzy_n arise_v the_o swell_a be_v soft_a because_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o viscus_fw-la which_o first_o occur_v to_o the_o touch_n epid._n prosp_n martianus_n come_v in_o v._o 34●_n lib._n 4._o epid._n continue_v as_o yet_o in_o its_o natural_a disposition_n and_o softness_n but_o hardness_n or_o tension_n be_v feel_v inward_o when_o the_o great_a vein_n be_v full_a and_o inflame_v ix_o if_o blood_n be_v let_v plentiful_o the_o inflammation_n cease_v in_o one_o day_n so_o that_o the_o physician_n may_v be_v true_o say_v to_o have_v kill_v the_o fever_n and_o if_o the_o haemorrhoid_v be_v stop_v let_v they_o be_v open_v if_o the_o menses_fw-la and_o the_o time_n be_v near_o bleed_v in_o the_o foot_n and_o afterward_o if_o the_o disease_n continue_v saxoni●_fw-la saxoni●_fw-la in_o the_o arm_n ¶_o a_o vein_n must_v be_v
aperitivi_fw-la be_v give_v on_o purpose_n with_o stomachick_n and_o aromatics_n so_o we_o use_v to_o prepare_v our_o cachectick_a powder_n of_o pulvis_fw-la stomachicus_fw-la quercetani_n of_o root_n of_o aron_n crocus_n martis_n and_o oil_n of_o cinnamon_n for_o they_o correct_v mars_n and_o help_v nature_n to_o conquer_v he_o but_o sulphurate_n especial_o cause_v belch_a as_o be_v cruder_n therefore_o we_o use_v not_o to_o give_v crocus_n martis_n so_o much_o prepare_v the_o crude_a way_n as_o we_o give_v it_o first_o free_v from_o the_o atom_n of_o sulphur_n by_o a_o new_a calcination_n which_o be_v better_o more_o subtle_a and_o obedient_a to_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o stomach_n a_o thing_n which_o must_v principal_o be_v observe_v in_o hypochondriack_n who_o be_v delicate_a and_o of_o a_o rare_a texture_n for_o these_o belching_n swell_v like_o rot_a egg_n septalius_n lib._n 9_o cant_fw-la 58._o commend_v this_o make_v into_o a_o powder_n and_o prepare_v with_o vinegar_n wedelius_n wedelius_n xlix_o we_o must_v have_v a_o care_n that_o we_o promote_v not_o the_o fermentation_n of_o the_o humour_n by_o emulsion_n and_o consequent_o lest_o while_o we_o will_v cure_v thirst_n weakness_n etc._n etc._n we_o do_v more_o harm_n than_o good_a therefore_o in_o general_n whenever_o the_o orgasmus_fw-la of_o the_o humour_n be_v in_o the_o low_a belly_n it_o be_v adviseable_a to_o abstain_v from_o they_o for_o as_o hypocrates_n say_v unequal_a thing_n ferment_n wherefore_o in_o hystericks_n where_o it_o concern_v we_o to_o quiet_a the_o symptom_n and_o also_o in_o hypochondriack_n they_o can_v be_v proper_a idem_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n the_o quiet_v of_o the_o paroxysm_n and_o of_o the_o most_o urgent_a symptom_n consist_v especial_o in_o check_v the_o effervescence_n of_o the_o humour_n in_o discussion_n of_o the_o rise_a exhalation_n asswage_v of_o pain_n the_o effervescence_n will_v be_v stop_v chief_o with_o medicine_n that_o correct_v the_o acrimony_n of_o both_o humour_n the_o acid_n pituitous_a and_o the_o bilious_a which_o be_v owe_v to_o fat_a and_o spirituous_a thing_n but_o various_o mix_v with_o other_o thing_n according_a to_o the_o various_a manner_n of_o effervescence_n in_o each_o person_n wherefore_o that_o medicine_n which_o do_v one_o man_n good_a often_o do_v another_o harm_n and_o it_o must_v be_v a_o temperate_a medicine_n which_o must_v consist_v of_o much_o water_n and_o little_a oil_n but_o that_o so_o mix_v with_o a_o volatile_a salt_n that_o it_o may_v mix_v with_o the_o water_n for_o all_o the_o skill_n lie_v here_o i_o repeat_v it_o the_o temperate_a medicine_n must_v consist_v of_o much_o water_n as_o be_v a_o thing_n which_o by_o itself_o and_o a_o lixivious_a salt_n be_v fit_a to_o dilute_v a_o acid_a spirit_n and_o so_o infringe_v its_o strength_n to_o this_o water_n oil_n but_o a_o little_a must_v be_v add_v as_o be_v apt_a to_o temper_v both_o the_o lixivious_a salt_n and_o the_o acid_a spirit_n and_o because_o oil_n can_v be_v mix_v with_o water_n but_o by_o mean_n of_o a_o lixivial_a salt_n this_o must_v be_v there_o also_o but_o correct_v and_o volatilise_v with_o a_o volatile_a spirit_n because_o the_o same_o and_o a_o volatile_a spirit_n use_v to_o temper_v a_o lixivious_a salt_n and_o a_o acid_a spirit_n in_o such_o a_o medicine_n therefore_o so_o temper_v there_o occur_v three_o thing_n water_n oil_n and_o volatile_a spirit_n temper_v the_o two_o sharps_n boë_n silvius_n de_fw-fr le_fw-fr boë_n the_o lixivious_a salt_n and_o the_o acid_a spirit_n li._n among_o the_o symptom_n of_o this_o disease_n i_o have_v observe_v that_o a_o sense_n and_o fear_n of_o suffocation_n and_o strangle_v be_v not_o only_o peculiar_a to_o woman_n though_o it_o take_v they_o often_o than_o men._n i_o think_v this_o grievance_n have_v its_o rise_n from_o various_a exhalation_n and_o especial_o austere_a one_o rise_v from_o the_o small_a gut_n to_o the_o upper_a mouth_n of_o the_o stomach_n and_o so_o to_o the_o gullet_n and_o cause_v a_o sense_n of_o suffocation_n and_o strangle_v in_o these_o part_n but_o whenever_o part_n of_o these_o exhalation_n tend_v by_o the_o lacteal_v vein_n to_o the_o thoracick_a dust_n penetrate_v into_o the_o right_a ventricle_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o into_o the_o lung_n and_o stick_v there_o cause_v shortness_n of_o breath_n no_o wonder_n if_o then_o either_o through_o want_n of_o proper_a medicine_n or_o abundance_n of_o exhalation_n the_o patient_n be_v sometime_o suffocate_v and_o choke_v which_o i_o remember_v once_o happen_v to_o one_o of_o my_o patient_n abundance_n of_o austere_a exhalation_n be_v translate_v to_o the_o lung_n with_o a_o violent_a hypochondriack_a suffocation_n as_o the_o most_o urgent_a symptom_n then_o and_o return_v with_o such_o violence_n every_o paroxysm_n that_o it_o will_v give_v way_n to_o no_o medicine_n but_o cause_v death_n and_o this_o evil_n have_v be_v neglect_v at_o the_o beginning_n so_o much_o do_v it_o concern_v we_o to_o cure_v all_o thing_n in_o time_n certain_o this_o ail_fw-we be_v often_o too_o much_o neglect_v not_o be_v sufficient_o know_v to_o several_a physician_n and_o therefore_o the_o seldomer_n cure_v for_o cure_v of_o this_o volatile_a salt_n be_v very_o good_a and_o among_o they_o spirit_n of_o sal_fw-la ammoniack_a which_o if_o it_o have_v no_o other_o virtue_n yet_o in_o regard_n to_o this_o ail_fw-we it_o ought_v to_o be_v esteem_v by_o all_o physician_n except_o in_o this_o case_n i_o do_v not_o remember_v any_o patient_n of_o i_o ever_o die_v of_o a_o hypochondriack_a suffocation_n to_o who_o i_o use_v in_o time_n to_o prescribe_v and_o inculcate_v volatile_a salt_n which_o all_o person_n may_v easy_o use_v even_o in_o their_o ordinary_a drink_n whereas_o castor_n which_o many_o use_n with_o good_a success_n be_v a_o ingrateful_a thing_n and_o be_v loathe_v by_o many_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o multifarious_a disease_n be_v perform_v first_o of_o all_o by_o discussion_n and_o suppression_n of_o all_o manner_n of_o exhalation_n second_o by_o correction_n of_o the_o humour_n whence_o they_o arise_v three_o and_o by_o the_o diminution_n of_o they_o where_o they_o exceed_v all_o volatile_a salt_n and_o aromatics_n and_o especial_o oleous_a one_o discuss_v all_o manner_n of_o vapour_n among_o which_o also_o castor_n itself_o may_v be_v reckon_v see_v it_o be_v part_n of_o a_o animal_n or_o a_o excrement_n which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n see_v all_o the_o part_n and_o each_o of_o a_o animal_n abound_v with_o a_o volatile_a salt_n and_o every_o particular_a humour_n as_o it_o offend_v in_o divers_a quality_n must_v in_o a_o divers_a manner_n be_v correct_v and_o diminish_v with_o its_o purgative_n but_o as_o often_o as_o a_o manifest_a sense_n of_o strangle_v be_v urgent_a upon_o the_o patient_n beside_o this_o spirit_n of_o sal_fw-la ammoniak_n castor_n be_v also_o convenient_a and_o its_o tincture_n as_o also_o distil_v oil_n of_o mace_n and_o amber_n if_o one_o two_o or_o three_o drop_n thereof_o be_v take_v when_o these_o exhalation_n be_v more_o glutinous_a or_o also_o more_o sharp_a then_o beside_o volatile_a salt_n sweet_a spirit_n of_o nitre_n oil_n of_o orange_n pill_n etc._n etc._n may_v be_v use_v when_o they_o be_v more_o watery_a and_o there_o be_v rather_o a_o faintness_n of_o spirit_n than_o sense_n of_o strangle_v then_o to_o the_o volatile_a salt_n there_o may_v profitable_o be_v add_v aromatic_a tincture_n of_o cinnamon_n saffron_n nutmeg_n mace_n etc._n etc._n make_v with_o rectify_a spirit_n of_o wine_n not_o neglect_v the_o take_n of_o hydragogue_n now_o and_o then_o to_o abate_v the_o watery_a humour_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la lii_o and_o difficulty_n of_o breathe_v come_v in_o for_o its_o share_n which_o be_v grievous_a enough_o to_o many_o the_o chief_a cause_n whereof_o be_v various_a wind_n and_o vapour_n often_o produce_v by_o humour_n in_o the_o small_a gut_n which_o be_v carry_v by_o the_o lacteal_v vein_n and_o thoracick_a dust_z to_o the_o right_a ventricle_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o so_o to_o the_o lung_n and_o tarry_v there_o awhile_o so_o they_o both_o distend_v the_o lung_n and_o keep_v they_o distend_v and_o so_o hinder_v the_o play_v of_o they_o and_o consequent_o respiration_n and_o therefore_o must_v be_v discuss_v with_o the_o same_o medicine_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la medicine_n especial_o make_v use_n of_o by_o eminent_a physician_n 1._o tartarus_n vitriolatus_fw-la with_o extract_n of_o fern_n and_o some_o convenient_a water_n be_v a_o excellent_a deoppilative_a ¶_o take_v of_o gumm_n ammoniack_a 2_o ounce_n and_o a_o half_a dissolve_v in_o vinegar_n of_o squill_n to_o the_o consistency_n of_o honey_n add_v of_o powder_n of_o spleen-wort_n dodder_n each_o 1_o ounce_n oil_n of_o caper_n 2_o ounce_n of_o violet_n 1_o ounce_n of_o brick_n and_o wax_n what_o be_v sufficient_a make_v a_o plaster_n and_o apply_v it_o agricola_n agricola_n 2._o diaspoliticum_fw-la in_o hypochondriack_a melancholy_n
they_o in_o sixteen_o pound_n of_o spring-water_n half_o away_o idem_fw-la idem_fw-la keep_v the_o colature_n for_o use_v v._o chalybeate_a medicine_n because_o they_o be_v reckon_v among_o the_o more_o efficacious_a remedy_n must_v seldom_o be_v omit_v in_o these_o disease_n though_o they_o be_v not_o often_o give_v with_o much_o success_n for_o most_o preparation_n of_o steel_n in_o which_o the_o sulphureous_a particle_n prevail_v inasmuch_o as_o they_o ferment_n the_o blood_n and_o put_v it_o into_o critical_a effervescency_n do_v rather_o increase_v than_o diminish_v the_o impetiginous_a eruption_n nevertheless_o the_o salt_n syrup_n tincture_n and_o vitriolic_a infusion_n as_o they_o fix_v the_o blood_n and_o check_v a_o little_a the_o efferation_n of_o the_o salt_n do_v suit_n well_o enough_o the_o intention_n now_o propose_v but_o those_o that_o be_v not_o so_o strong_a can_v do_v little_a good_a against_o so_o herculean_a a_o disease_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la vi_o wherefore_o when_o these_o and_o most_o other_o remedy_n will_v do_v no_o good_a many_o commend_v salivation_n as_o the_o stout_a champion_n and_o the_o only_a one_o able_a to_o cope_v with_o so_o stout_a a_o enemy_n but_o the_o event_n do_v not_o always_o answer_v expectation_n for_o i_o do_v confess_v i_o use_v this_o remedy_n for_o four_o person_n who_o be_v trouble_v with_o a_o grievous_a itch_n which_o be_v obstinate_a to_o all_o other_o remedy_n without_o any_o benefit_n one_o of_o they_o by_o anoint_v with_o quicksilver_n and_o the_o other_o by_o pill_n of_o solar_a precipitate_v bear_v plentiful_a salivation_n for_o about_o twenty_o day_n in_o which_o time_n all_o the_o scurf_n and_o wheal_v vanish_v nevertheless_o to_o confirm_v the_o cure_n a_o diuretic_n drink_v of_o a_o decoction_n of_o sarsa_n and_o often_o sweat_v and_o convenient_a purge_v between_o while_n be_v continue_v for_o a_o month_n and_o yet_o for_o all_o this_o when_o this_o course_n be_v at_o a_o end_n and_o when_o no_o sign_n of_o any_o itch_n appear_v within_o another_o month_n the_o disease_n begin_v to_o bud_v out_o again_o anew_o and_o in_o a_o short_a time_n grow_v to_o its_o wont_a maturity_n moreover_o when_o one_o of_o these_o have_v repeat_v this_o medicine_n and_o another_o after_o two_o relapse_n have_v a_o mind_n to_o try_v it_o a_o three_o time_n both_o of_o they_o after_o they_o have_v undergo_v so_o much_o despair_v of_o any_o cure_n whence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o venereal_a disease_n though_o it_o be_v extreme_o malignant_a and_o cause_n most_o foul_a cacoethick_n ulcer_n that_o eat_v the_o flesh_n and_o bone_n may_v more_o easy_o and_o certain_o be_v cure_v than_o the_o itch._n wherefore_o not_o undeserved_o do_v the_o most_o famous_a physician_n of_o old_a reckon_v this_o disease_n when_o confirm_v and_o bring_v near_o to_o a_o leprosy_n to_o be_v very_o difficult_o if_o at_o all_o curable_a idem_fw-la idem_fw-la vii_o and_o a_o event_n no_o whit_n better_o attend_v this_o disease_n when_o it_o come_v upon_o a_o inveterate_a scurvy_n perhaps_o indeed_o the_o intention_n of_o cure_n may_v be_v more_o certain_o gather_v when_o the_o scurvy_a be_v the_o basis_n or_o root_n of_o this_o disease_n to_o wit_n to_o take_v the_o primary_n therapeutick_fw-mi indication_n from_o thence_o and_o insist_v chief_o on_o antispasmodick_a medicine_n but_o even_o of_o this_o sort_n those_o that_o be_v sharp_a and_o hot_a as_o scurvygrass_n water-cress_n horseradish_n pepperwort_n and_o other_o thing_n that_o incite_v the_o blood_n too_o much_o as_o they_o dissolve_v the_o crasis_n of_o it_o more_o and_o force_v the_o coagulate_a tartar_n in_o more_o abundance_n to_o the_o skin_n they_o be_v always_o find_v to_o do_v more_o harm_n than_o good_a and_o for_o this_o very_a reason_n the_o use_n of_o bath_n or_o bathe_v in_o hot_a water_n which_o evacuate_v by_o abundance_n of_o sweat_n the_o humour_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o cleanse_v the_o pore_n of_o the_o skin_n though_o it_o may_v seem_v very_o good_a in_o this_o disease_n yet_o it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o relieve_v that_o the_o break_v out_o be_v usual_o increase_v and_o exasperate_v thereby_o for_o i_o have_v know_v several_a who_o not_o be_v very_o itchy_a have_v go_v to_o bath_n and_o there_o bathe_v in_o the_o hot_a water_n and_o have_v return_v from_o thence_o quite_o leprous_a wherefore_o whenever_o this_o disease_n be_v a_o superven_a symptom_n of_o the_o scurvy_a let_v all_o sharp_a and_o elastic_a thing_n be_v avoid_v and_o only_o the_o more_o temperate_a one_o be_v give_v endue_v with_o a_o nitrous_a or_o vitriolic_a or_o a_o volatile_a salt_n the_o nitrous_a salt_n be_v predominant_a in_o crystallum_n minerale_fw-mi some_o juice_n of_o herb_n or_o decoction_n and_o in_o some_o purge_a water_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la viii_o the_o cucumber_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o nitrous_a virtue_n and_o by_o experience_n be_v find_v good_a against_o this_o disease_n wherefore_o instead_o of_o salad_n it_o may_v be_v eat_v plentiful_o and_o often_o moreover_o let_v three_o or_o four_o of_o they_o be_v cut_v into_o slice_n and_o be_v infuse_v in_o four_o pound_n of_o spring-water_n close_o for_o a_o night_n to_o the_o clear_a liquor_n pour_v off_o add_v of_o sal_fw-la prunellae_fw-la two_o or_o three_o drachm_n the_o do_v half_o a_o pound_n three_o time_n or_o often_o in_o a_o day_n for_o the_o same_o purpose_n also_o decoction_n of_o the_o leaf_n and_o fruit_n make_v in_o spring_n water_n be_v proper_a idem_fw-la idem_fw-la ix_o some_o cathartick_fw-ge mineral_n water_n especial_o north-hall_n water_n if_o you_o make_v a_o analysis_n of_o they_o by_o evaporation_n do_v manifest_o show_v the_o nitrous_a salt_n wherewith_o they_o be_v impregnate_v and_o i_o have_v several_a time_n find_v that_o the_o constant_a drink_n of_o about_o four_o pound_n of_o they_o every_o day_n for_o a_o pretty_a while_n together_o have_v do_v good_a in_o a_o slight_a itch._n idem_fw-la 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therefore_o for_o the_o cure_n of_o this_o disease_n you_o must_v not_o choose_v the_o wood_n that_o be_v yellowish_a or_o of_o a_o box_n colour_n and_o be_v either_o not_o ripe_a or_o be_v cut_v from_o the_o bough_n and_o not_o so_o efficacious_a but_o the_o black_a must_v rather_o be_v choose_v as_o be_v the_o most_o resinous_a and_o abound_v in_o that_o fat_a and_o balsamic_a faculty_n in_o which_o the_o virtue_n which_o be_v adverse_a to_o the_o venereal_a virulence_n do_v most_o reside_v it_o be_v good_a therefore_o to_o distinguish_v the_o age_n of_o this_o wood_n that_o the_o most_o effectual_a way_n be_v take_v for_o that_o which_o be_v black_a within_o but_o be_v cleave_v lengthway_n as_o with_o line_n of_o a_o brown_a colour_n run_v round_o be_v effectual_a indeed_o but_o it_o be_v either_o cut_v from_o bough_n of_o the_o tree_n or_o it_o be_v not_o come_v to_o full_a maturity_n and_o therefore_o not_o so_o efficacious_a for_o the_o reason_n why_o such_o line_n appear_v be_v 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its_o virtue_n be_v grow_v dull_a sennertus_fw-la sennertus_fw-la ix_o l._n septalius_n lib._n 7._o animadv_n numero_fw-la 204._o reprehend_v they_o that_o deny_v a_o decoction_n of_o the_o wood_n may_v be_v make_v in_o wine_n alone_o because_o nothing_o be_v fit_a to_o extract_v the_o virtue_n of_o medicine_n than_o wine_n itself_o and_o its_o spirit_n and_o therefore_o he_o make_v a_o decoction_n with_o wine_n which_o he_o use_v in_o a_o inveterate_a pox_n with_o a_o ill_a habit_n and_o cold_a matter_n predominant_a but_o admit_v wine_n be_v very_o proper_a to_o extract_v the_o virtue_n of_o vegetable_n yet_o this_o can_v be_v deny_v that_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o wine_n waste_v in_o boil_a and_o when_o the_o spirit_n be_v exhale_v a_o nauseous_a phlegm_n not_o so_o good_a as_o simple_a water_n itself_o be_v leave_v i_o be_o of_o opinion_n therefore_o that_o the_o wood_n shall_v be_v boil_v in_o water_n and_o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o the_o decoction_n the_o wine_n must_v be_v add_v or_o the_o wood_n at_o least_o must_v be_v infuse_v a_o long_a time_n in_o the_o wine_n or_o it_o must_v be_v boil_v in_o a_o double_a vessel_n that_o nothing_o waste_v but_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o a_o consumption_n of_o the_o three_o part_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la x._o there_o be_v a_o different_a proportion_n of_o the_o wood_n to_o the_o water_n observe_v according_a to_o the_o age_n constitution_n of_o body_n and_o time_n of_o the_o year_n and_o there_o be_v take_v to_o twelve_o pound_n of_o water_n from_o three_o to_o twelve_o ounce_n of_o wood._n for_o if_o the_o season_n of_o the_o year_n and_o the_o body_n be_v hot_a it_o be_v the_o safe_a to_o take_v a_o less_o quantity_n of_o wood_n and_o to_o be_v the_o long_o in_o perform_v the_o cure_n with_o safety_n rather_o than_o to_o do_v injury_n with_o a_o strong_a medicine_n especial_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o cure_n and_o before_o the_o superfluous_a humour_n be_v abate_v and_o the_o sweat_v begin_v to_o come_v with_o ease_n and_o the_o patient_n be_v use_v to_o the_o decoction_n and_o eustachius_n rhudius_n lib._n de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la occultis_fw-la cap._n 13._o write_v that_o he_o have_v see_v patient_n who_o through_o this_o error_n to_o wit_n give_v too_o great_a a_o quantity_n of_o the_o wood_n the_o first_o day_n have_v fall_v into_o a_o fever_n that_o afterward_o they_o have_v be_v force_v to_o abstain_v from_o the_o decoction_n to_o their_o great_a damage_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la xi_o fallopius_n lib._n de_fw-fr lue_fw-fr cap._n 46._o reprehend_v they_o that_o reckon_v a_o decoction_n make_v in_o balneo_fw-la mariae_fw-la be_v too_o dilute_a and_o weak_a and_o that_o a_o decoction_n in_o balneo_fw-la be_v better_a than_o that_o which_o be_v make_v in_o a_o open_a fire_n he_o endeavour_v to_o prove_v by_o instance_v in_o distil_a water_n which_o be_v make_v very_o good_a in_o balneo_fw-la see_v there_o be_v no_o adustion_n in_o such_o but_o the_o great_a eliquation_n which_o be_v make_v in_o heat_n and_o moisture_n make_v the_o decoction_n more_o excellent_a but_o experience_n teach_v a_o quite_o contrary_a thing_n to_o what_o reason_n prove_v for_o though_o the_o best_a water_n may_v be_v make_v in_o balneo_fw-la of_o some_o moist_a plant_n as_o rose_n violet_n lily_n conval_n and_o the_o like_a when_o they_o be_v fresh_a who_o virtue_n consist_v in_o a_o volatile_a salt_n without_o put_v any_o water_n to_o they_o yet_o in_o hot_a plant_n especial_o root_n and_o wood_n who_o virtue_n consist_v in_o the_o oily_a part_n their_o virtue_n can_v never_o be_v get_v out_o by_o the_o too_o gentle_a heat_n of_o a_o balneum_fw-la the_o case_n be_v the_o same_o in_o many_o seed_n but_o it_o be_v necessary_a to_o distil_v by_o a_o copper_n by_o which_o with_o the_o vehicle_n of_o the_o water_n the_o more_o
and_o now_o restore_v for_o then_o if_o too_o great_a store_n of_o they_o be_v observe_v in_o the_o body_n they_o must_v be_v carry_v off_o and_o evacuate_v by_o proper_a way_n and_o medicine_n the_o proper_a way_n for_o evacuate_a pituitous_a and_o serous_a humour_n be_v the_o mouth_n whether_o it_o be_v by_o vomit_n or_o salivation_n and_o the_o belly_n by_o purge_v downward_o and_o the_o urinary_a bladder_n by_o diuretic_n and_o the_o pore_n of_o the_o skin_n by_o sudorifick_v it_o be_v the_o safe_a indeed_o the_o pleasant_a and_o gentle_a way_n to_o cure_v the_o pox_n by_o evacuate_v the_o peccant_a humour_n with_o sudorifick_v diuretic_n and_o thing_n that_o purge_v downward_o and_o it_o be_v do_v soon_o but_o more_o difficult_o by_o salivation_n and_o sometime_o vomit_v because_o it_o be_v apt_a also_o to_o promote_v salivation_n and_o because_o a_o cure_n can_v always_o be_v obtain_v only_o by_o sudorifick_v diuretic_n and_o thing_n that_o purge_v downward_o sometime_o boë_n 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in_o the_o limb_n if_o in_o the_o bone_n exostosis_n then_o the_o consistency_n of_o the_o humour_n must_v be_v consider_v whether_o it_o be_v thin_a or_o thick_a for_o a_o thin_a one_o bud_n out_o in_o the_o skin_n a_o thick_a one_o lie_v under_o the_o skin_n the_o periosteum_n or_o in_o the_o bone_n then_o we_o must_v consider_v whether_o the_o humour_n have_v corrupt_v the_o substance_n of_o any_o part_n whether_o it_o have_v make_v a_o ulcer_n in_o the_o flesh_n or_o a_o carry_v in_o the_o bone_n for_o according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o these_o divers_a unguent_n must_v be_v prescribe_v for_o they_o that_o cure_v ulcer_n and_o the_o scab_n must_v be_v gentle_a but_o dry_a thing_n that_o cure_v pain_n must_v be_v hot_a and_o more_o relax_v thing_n that_o cure_v exostosis_n must_v be_v dissolve_v and_o dry_v it_o must_v be_v observe_v that_o we_o must_v use_v unguent_n a_o long_a time_n for_o first_o all_o the_o sound_a part_n must_v be_v anoint_v that_o the_o humour_n may_v be_v draw_v thither_o but_o in_o the_o declination_n only_o the_o part_n affect_v that_o whatever_o be_v gather_v in_o the_o part_n may_v be_v discuss_v exact_o and_o they_o must_v be_v anoint_v a_o long_a time_n that_o the_o humour_n which_o lie_v in_o deep_a may_v by_o degree_n be_v melt_v and_o attract_v and_o the_o thick_a may_v be_v evacuate_v with_o the_o thin_a which_o few_o at_o this_o day_n do_v and_o hence_o it_o be_v that_o usual_o after_o the_o use_n of_o remedy_n the_o disease_n appear_v great_a or_o return_n or_o that_o which_o do_v not_o appear_v before_o do_v then_o show_v itself_o rondeletius_n rondeletius_n xl._n decoction_n of_o the_o wood_n sarsa_n and_o china_n must_v first_o be_v try_v especial_o when_o the_o disease_n be_v not_o much_o confirm_v for_o i_o can_v commend_v the_o practice_n of_o some_o physician_n who_o immediate_o after_o purge_v the_o body_n fall_v to_o anoint_v with_o mercury_n but_o i_o be_o not_o well_o please_v with_o this_o practice_n for_o it_o be_v empirical_a enough_o and_o void_a of_o all_o reason_n and_o full_a of_o a_o thousand_o danger_n i_o try_v it_o sometime_o in_o a_o country_n fellow_n or_o two_o who_o be_v impatient_a and_o desire_v present_o to_o be_v cure_v one_o of_o they_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o take_v decoction_n and_o he_o escape_v flux_v with_o much_o difficulty_n several_a symptom_n superven_a upon_o it_o yet_o his_o body_n be_v well_o purge_v before_o and_o he_o drink_v the_o decoction_n of_o the_o wood_n and_o sarsa_n as_o well_o as_o he_o can_v even_o in_o the_o time_n of_o flux_v wherefore_o as_o i_o say_v we_o must_v not_o in_o this_o disease_n present_o proceed_v to_o anoint_v much_o less_o to_o fume_v but_o never_o unless_o on_o urgent_a necessity_n when_o the_o disease_n be_v extreme_a when_o other_o remedy_n have_v be_v try_v and_o have_v do_v no_o good_a 17._o ep._n ferdinandus_n hist_o 17._o and_o when_o there_o be_v no_o contra-indicant_a xli_o we_o do_v not_o without_o reason_n commend_v crude_a mercury_n mix_v with_o hog's-lard_n and_o rub_v outward_o on_o the_o joint_n because_o it_o dissolve_v the_o phlegm_n all_o the_o body_n over_o and_o then_o carry_v it_o to_o the_o conglomerated_a salival_n and_o pancreatic_a gland_n and_o cause_n both_o a_o salivation_n and_o sometime_o reach_v and_o vomit_v and_o a_o looseness_n and_o because_o the_o acid_a spirit_n meet_v with_o the_o phlegm_n easy_o unite_v and_o join_v itself_o with_o it_o in_o the_o body_n they_o be_v evacuate_v and_o discharge_v the_o body_n together_o and_o the_o pox_n be_v cure_v at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n and_o beside_o phlegm_n occur_v in_o humane_a body_n perhaps_o there_o be_v nothing_o without_o it_o with_o which_o the_o acid_a spirit_n do_v more_o intimate_o and_o easy_o mix_v itself_o with_o all_o its_o might_n than_o mercury_n itself_o no_o wonder_n therefore_o when_o a_o acid_a spirit_n be_v natural_o mix_v with_o phlegm_n according_a to_o its_o very_a constitution_n if_o preternatural_o the_o same_o acid_a spirit_n be_v mix_v with_o it_o more_o plentiful_o and_o easy_o whenever_o it_o abound_v in_o the_o body_n but_o neither_o also_o be_v it_o any_o wonder_n if_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o same_o acid_a spirit_n be_v be_v both_o natural_o and_o preternatural_o mix_v with_o the_o phlegm_n mercury_n itself_o easy_o mix_v with_o the_o same_o phlegm_n upon_o which_o the_o acid_a spirit_n do_v present_o exert_v its_o power_n and_o by_o unite_n itself_o therewith_o do_v in_o like_a manner_n join_v itself_o with_o the_o phlegm_n mix_v with_o it_o and_o i_o think_v this_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o mercury_n do_v good_a in_o cure_v the_o pox._n and_o the_o same_o mercury_n provoke_v a_o ptyalism_n because_o mingle_v itself_o with_o the_o pituitous_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n i._n e._n the_o salival_n matter_n it_o pass_v together_o with_o the_o saliva_n into_o the_o salival_n gland_n and_o be_v a_o cause_n of_o the_o copious_a secretion_n of_o the_o saliva_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o a_o ptyalism_n and_o when_o the_o mercury_n chance_v to_o cause_v a_o secretion_n of_o the_o like_a pituitous_a matter_n in_o the_o pancreatic_a gland_n then_o there_o be_v a_o plentiful_a secretion_n of_o the_o pancreatic_a viscid_a humour_n whereby_o not_o only_o a_o reach_v and_o vomit_v but_o sometime_o a_o grievous_a and_o very_a dangerous_a looseness_n follow_v boe._n silvius_n de_fw-fr le_fw-fr boe._n xlii_o what_o be_v say_v before_o of_o crude_a mercury_n may_v be_v say_v of_o the_o precipitate_v or_o sublimatum_fw-la dulce_fw-la yea_o or_o the_o corrosive_n for_o what_o crude_a mercury_n do_v in_o carry_v the_o acid_n disperse_v in_o the_o blood_n to_o the_o gland_n the_o same_o do_v mercury_n both_o precipitate_v and_o sublimate_n by_o the_o acid_a spirit_n for_o the_o acid_a spirit_n concentrate_v in_o the_o
xi_o as_o to_o confectio_fw-la hamech_v it_o be_v disapprove_v by_o some_o physician_n solenander_n say_v sect_n 5._o con_fw-la 22._o that_o hamech_v have_v make_v a_o wonderful_a hodgepodge_n in_o his_o confection_n and_o have_v boil_v those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o to_o be_v boil_v and_o have_v confound_v together_o thing_n very_o much_o unlike_o and_o at_o length_n have_v make_v a_o horrid_a confection_n without_o any_o art_n of_o physician_n such_o as_o can_v be_v grateful_a to_o none_o i_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o acrimonious_a medicine_n as_o scammony_n and_o coloquintida_n that_o be_v put_v in_o it_o rondeletius_n be_v of_o the_o same_o opinion_n who_o say_v that_o it_o be_v only_o good_a against_o the_o naughty_a ichor_n of_o the_o humour_n fernelius_n disapprove_v of_o it_o also_o and_o in_o truth_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v no_o well_o compose_v confection_n especial_o for_o the_o great_a quantity_n of_o myrobalan_n that_o be_v in_o it_o which_o bound_v for_o though_o the_o arabian_n use_v they_o frequent_o yet_o they_o have_v they_o fresh_a which_o we_o have_v not_o and_o if_o any_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o use_v they_o they_o be_v much_o fit_a for_o naughty_a ichor_n itch_n and_o the_o like_a cutaneous_a disease_n sennertus_fw-la sennertus_fw-la than_o for_o melancholy_n xii_o also_o because_o the_o melancholic_a humour_n use_v to_o be_v move_v towards_o evening_n it_o seem_v convenient_a to_o give_v purger_n about_o four_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n only_o those_o that_o be_v gentle_a and_o to_o continue_v they_o for_o some_o day_n but_o preparer_n may_v be_v give_v in_o the_o morning_n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la xiii_o cassia_n have_v the_o pre-eminence_n in_o hypochondriack_a melancholy_n from_o adust_a choler_n for_o cassia_n do_v not_o as_o most_o think_v therefore_o loosen_v the_o belly_n because_o it_o be_v slippery_a and_o soft_a but_o because_o it_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o peculiar_a purgative_a virtue_n whereby_o it_o bring_v forth_o both_o choler_n melancholy_a and_o thick_a phlegm_n not_o only_o out_o of_o the_o intestine_n and_o first_o vein_n but_o also_o very_o plentiful_o out_o of_o the_o whole_a low_a belly_n especial_o when_o the_o belly_n have_v be_v first_o prepare_v by_o bath_n wherefore_o let_v atrabilary_n melancholist_n use_v it_o frequent_o either_o alone_a or_o mix_v with_o rhubarb_n for_o it_o be_v very_o profitable_a for_o all_o melancholist_n because_o it_o moisten_v and_o cool_v the_o bowel_n and_o assuage_v the_o fierceness_n of_o black_a choler_n if_o it_o do_v not_o purge_v effectual_o drink_v after_o it_o a_o little_a of_o the_o decoction_n of_o the_o leave_n of_o senna_n pract._n enchirid._n med._n pract._n fourteen_o whence_o soever_o the_o disease_n have_v draw_v its_o first_o original_n we_o must_v first_o note_n that_o the_o whole_a body_n ought_v to_o be_v free_v from_o the_o melancholic_a humour_n and_o from_o all_o the_o filth_n of_o other_o humour_n second_o that_o the_o chief_a cure_n be_v always_o direct_v to_o the_o hypochondres_n see_v the_o first_o generation_n of_o the_o melancholic_a humour_n be_v in_o the_o liver_n and_o spleen_n and_o the_o collection_n thereof_o use_v to_o be_v in_o all_o the_o region_n of_o the_o hypochondres_n therefore_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o hypochondriacal_a affection_n may_v suffice_v for_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o other_o species_n of_o melancholy_a 14._o riverius_n l._n 1._o c._n 14._o xv._o though_o a_o melancholic_a delirium_fw-la never_o happen_v but_o when_o the_o brain_n be_v primary_o affect_v yet_o see_v it_o be_v always_o join_v with_o some_o affection_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o mind_n very_o much_o alter_v and_o affect_v the_o heart_n it_o can_v hardly_o be_v that_o that_o shall_v not_o be_v withal_o affect_v therefore_o in_o the_o cure_n we_o must_v also_o have_v respect_n to_o the_o heart_n especial_o because_o if_o the_o vital_a spirit_n be_v impure_a and_o dark_a this_o fault_n be_v communicate_v to_o the_o animal_n spirit_n and_o brain_n sennertus_fw-la sennertus_fw-la xvi_o there_o be_v nothing_o which_o be_v better_o for_o the_o concoct_n and_o prepare_v of_o the_o melancholic_a humour_n than_o moist_a thing_n for_o its_o dryness_n be_v the_o cause_n why_o it_o resist_v the_o cure_n and_o do_v not_o easy_o yield_v to_o medicine_n wine_n unless_o it_o affect_v the_o head_n and_o be_v a_o little_a of_o the_o hot_a be_v most_o convenient_a for_o concoct_v maturate_v and_o prepare_v the_o melancholic_a humour_n melanch_n rondeletius_n cap._n de_fw-fr melanch_n wherefore_o it_o be_v good_a to_o make_v use_n of_o it_o in_o all_o melancholic_a disease_n wherein_o the_o head_n be_v not_o affect_v ¶_o melancholist_n be_v rather_o to_o be_v moisten_v with_o meat_n and_o bath_n or_o potion_n and_o irrigation_n than_o their_o body_n to_o be_v heat_v and_o dry_v with_o laxative_a medicine_n galen_n write_v 3._o de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr affect_v c._n ult_n that_o he_o cure_v a_o melancholic_a person_n with_o the_o use_n of_o a_o bath_n of_o sweet_a water_n and_o a_o moist_a diet._n if_o the_o disease_n proceed_v from_o intempery_n a_o long_a moisten_a cure_n and_o conquer_v it_o if_o from_o a_o humour_n it_o prepare_v the_o matter_n for_o evacuation_n for_o it_o be_v the_o dryness_n alone_o which_o make_v dry_a disease_n hard_a to_o cure_v for_o such_o patient_n be_v then_o cure_v when_o they_o wax_v fat_a which_o be_v a_o certain_a sign_n of_o moisten_v wherefore_o we_o must_v endeavour_v to_o moisten_v all_o the_o body_n by_o bath_n especial_o if_o the_o disease_n arise_v from_o the_o whole_a body_n but_o if_o the_o head_n be_v only_o in_o fault_n then_o be_v the_o head_n only_o to_o be_v moisten_v etc._n etc._n idem_fw-la idem_fw-la xvii_o the_o mineral_n water_n that_o be_v impregnate_v by_o iron_n use_v to_o contribute_v much_o to_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o melancholic_a inasmuch_o namely_o as_o be_v drink_v plentiful_o they_o wash_v away_o the_o salino-sulphureous_a tincture_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o destroy_v its_o evil_a ferment_n moreover_o they_o cleanse_v away_o the_o filth_n from_o the_o viscera_n open_a obstruction_n and_o which_o be_v of_o great_a benefit_n by_o their_o astriction_n they_o both_o strengthen_v the_o weak_a and_o over_o loose_a viscera_n and_o also_o shut_v the_o mouth_n of_o the_o vessel_n that_o gape_v into_o the_o brain_n so_o that_o there_o be_v no_o passage_n into_o it_o grant_v to_o any_o preternatural_a matter_n along_o with_o the_o nervous_a juice_n and_o for_o this_o reason_n namely_o for_o strengthen_v the_o viscera_n and_o shut_v the_o passage_n into_o the_o brain_n the_o vitriolic_a preparation_n of_o iron_n use_v to_o do_v good_a in_o melancholy_n and_o also_o in_o the_o vertigo_n willis_n willis_n xviii_o those_o thing_n be_v premise_v that_o aught_o to_o be_v in_o a_o melancholy_a from_o a_o adust_a humour_n with_o obstruction_n of_o the_o viscera_n we_o must_v come_v to_o the_o use_n of_o ass_n milk_n yet_o with_o sugar_n that_o it_o may_v soften_v the_o more_o stubborn_a dry_a obstruction_n and_o temper_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o liver_n and_o vein_n without_o injure_v the_o brain_n because_o of_o its_o short_a stay_n in_o the_o stomach_n as_o be_v of_o a_o very_a thin_a substance_n not_o buttery_n nor_o very_a cheesie_n 1._o fortis_fw-la con_fw-la 24._o cent_n 1._o ¶_o the_o most_o excellent_a and_o experience_a wepfer_n use_v not_o only_a ass_n milk_n but_o also_o goat_n and_o cow_n with_o benefit_n xix_o vomitory_n as_o in_o most_o cephalic_a disease_n that_o want_v a_o fever_n be_v wont_a to_o help_v in_o a_o peculiar_a sort_n in_o all_o kind_n of_o madness_n the_o reason_n hereof_o consist_v partly_o in_o this_o that_o the_o viscous_a stuff_n that_o load_v the_o stomach_n and_o very_o much_o dull_v the_o mind_n be_v evacuate_v the_o spirit_n become_v thereby_o free_a do_v expand_v themselves_o more_o brisk_o and_o cheerful_o and_o beside_o vomit_v inasmuch_o as_o it_o compress_n and_o empty_v the_o neighbour_a receptacle_n of_o the_o humour_n namely_o the_o gallbladder_n the_o dust_z of_o the_o pancreas_n and_o the_o gland_n of_o the_o mesentery_n hinder_v their_o content_n from_o be_v translate_v to_o the_o head_n willis_n willis_n xx._n i_o esteem_v that_o preparation_n of_o steel_n the_o most_o profitable_a and_o safe_a which_o be_v make_v with_o the_o acid_n of_o sulphur_n and_o be_v common_o call_v crocus_n martis_n aperitivus_fw-la it_o be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o three_o grain_n with_o half_a a_o drachm_n of_o pil._n de_fw-la tribus_fw-la with_o rhubarb_n a_o hour_n after_o which_o let_v the_o patient_n drink_v a_o pint_n of_o barleywater_n or_o of_o clarify_a goat's-whey_n nor_o need_v we_o fear_v flatus_fw-la see_v they_o be_v hot_a and_o dry_a and_o not_o cold_a and_o moist_a as_o be_v common_o believe_v continue_v in_o the_o use_n hereof_o for_o twelve_o day_n 3._o fortis_fw-la con_fw-la 23._o cent_n 3._o xxi_o we_o must_v not_o use_v
get_v into_o the_o hollow_a of_o the_o nerve_n and_o must_v be_v dissolve_v and_o physician_n after_o evacuation_n use_v to_o apply_v remedy_n to_o the_o relaxed_a part_n for_o in_o the_o apoplexy_n which_o be_v call_v a_o universal_a palsy_n 50._o scholtzius_n con_fw-la 50._o the_o whole_a body_n be_v usual_o anoint_v with_o odoriferous_a oil_n xxiv_o this_o must_v be_v observe_v that_o we_o do_v not_o apply_v a_o medicine_n to_o the_o paralytic_a part_n as_o some_o do_v dropace_n who_o by_o this_o mean_n think_v they_o can_v recall_v the_o heat_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o part_n if_o they_o burn_v the_o part_n with_o hot_a medicine_n which_o do_v no_o good_a but_o may_v cause_v a_o gangreen_n in_o the_o part._n medicine_n must_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o original_a of_o the_o disease_n saxonia_n saxonia_n not_o to_o the_o part_n affect_v itself_o xxv_o a_o certain_a young_a man_n tarry_v a_o long_a time_n for_o his_o sweetheart_n in_o a_o wine-cellar_n be_v take_v with_o a_o moistness_n and_o palsy_n in_o his_o limb_n and_o when_o the_o physician_n be_v puzzle_v about_o apply_v remedy_n to_o he_o one_o carried_z the_o young_a man_n to_o a_o oven_n and_o make_v a_o bed_n for_o he_o he_o heat_v some_o nut-tree-leaves_a in_o the_o oven_n when_o they_o be_v hot_a he_o wrap_v they_o in_o linen_n clothes_n and_o lay_v the_o young_a man_n in_o they_o and_o cover_v he_o well_o up_o and_o present_o sweat_v burst_v out_o in_o abundance_n while_o he_o sweat_v he_o be_v refresh_v with_o a_o little_a chicken_n broth_n solenander_n solenander_n and_o he_o be_v well_o xxvi_o oil_n liniment_n unguent_n plaster_n serve_v to_o correct_v and_o consume_v the_o pituitous_a humour_n and_o indeed_o in_o they_o only_o who_o skin_n can_v bear_v fat_a thing_n for_o it_o happen_v to_o several_a that_o upon_o the_o application_n or_o illinition_n of_o any_o fat_a thing_n present_o pustle_v arise_v and_o a_o erysipelas_n take_v the_o whole_a body_n and_o sometime_o mortification_n and_o gangreen_n of_o the_o part_n do_v follow_v which_o will_v be_v proper_a for_o the_o physician_n and_o patient_n to_o observe_v when_o therefore_o the_o patient_n can_v bear_v fat_a thing_n they_o must_v be_v use_v in_o a_o various_a form_n and_o especial_o the_o oyl●_n because_o they_o penetrate_v more_o easy_o and_o deep_o but_o where_o fat_a thing_n be_v hurtful_a root_n herb_n seed_n etc._n etc._n proper_a for_o the_o palsy_n may_v be_v infuse_v in_o rectify_a spirit_n of_o wine_n silvius_n silvius_n and_o the_o part_n affect_v may_v be_v anoint_v with_o it_o xxvii_o as_o there_o be_v manifold_a form_n and_o divers_a cause_n of_o the_o palsy_n so_o the_o cure_n of_o i●_n must_v not_o always_o be_v insist_v on_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n but_o by_o a_o various_a method_n appropriate_a to_o each_o sort_n there_o be_v usual_o these_o three_o kind_n or_o three_o method_n of_o cure_n as_o the_o palsy_n be_v cause_v sudden_o either_o first_o from_o a_o blow_n or_o fall_v etc._n etc._n second_o it_o follow_v some_o other_o disease_n that_o be_v a_o apoplexy_n carus_n etc._n etc._n or_o three_o as_o a_o disease_n primary_n and_o per_fw-la se_fw-la and_o depend_v upon_o a_o procatarxis_n or_o some_o previous_a apparatus_fw-la it_o be_v cause_v by_o degree_n when_o it_o come_v the_o first_o way_n the_o only_a intention_n of_o cure_n be_v that_o the_o hurt_a part_n may_v recover_v its_o pristine_a strength_n and_o first_o lest_o the_o blood_n and_o other_o humour_n flow_v to_o it_o as_o to_o the_o affect_a and_o weak_a part_n shall_v increase_v the_o disease_n blood_n must_v present_o be_v let_v a_o moderate_a sweat_n must_v be_v give_v to_o the_o end_n that_o all_o superfluity_n be_v get_v out_o of_o the_o part_n affect_v may_v exhale_v in_o abundance_n and_o that_o the_o spirit_n gentle_o agitate_a may_v begin_v again_o their_o old_a round_n within_o the_o pore_n and_o passage_n of_o the_o part_n be_v unlock_v by_o the_o hot_a effluvia_fw-la to_o this_o end_n pulvis_fw-la ad_fw-la casum_fw-la august_n decoctum_fw-la traumaticum_fw-la or_o a_o decoction_n of_o mad_a root_n or_o butterburr_n or_o flower_n of_o st._n john_n wort_n may_v be_v give_v frequent_o moreover_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o place_n affect_v must_v be_v diligent_o inquire_v second_o when_o a_o palsy_n come_v upon_o a_o fever_n apoplexy_n colic_n and_o other_o disease_n it_o be_v a_o great_a one_o and_o come_v sudden_o first_o of_o all_o we_o must_v use_v our_o skill_n in_o physic_n to_o remove_v its_o conjunct_a cause_n which_o usual_o have_v its_o seat_n in_o the_o medulla_n oblongata_fw-la or_o spinalis_fw-la three_o a_o habitual_a palsy_n depend_v on_o the_o procatarxis_n either_o in_o fieri_fw-la or_o disposition_n or_o in_o facto_fw-la or_o habit_n each_o of_o they_o require_v a_o peculiar_a method_n of_o cure_n the_o intention_n of_o cure_n in_o the_o former_a will_v be_v 1._o that_o when_o the_o work_n of_o make_v chyle_n and_o blood_n be_v right_o perform_v matter_n both_o laudable_a and_o plentiful_a enough_o for_o the_o breed_n of_o animal_n spirit_n may_v be_v supply_v to_o the_o head_n 2._o that_o the_o brain_n be_v still_o firm_a the_o heterogeneous_a particle_n be_v exclude_v may_v admit_v proper_a one_o and_o right_o exalt_v they_o into_o animal_n spirit_n but_o if_o a_o palsy_n arise_v after_o a_o previous_a disposition_n in_o the_o whole_a or_o in_o one_o side_n or_o in_o certain_a part_n a_o large_a and_o complicate_v method_n be_v always_o requisite_a and_o often_o not_o sufficient_a for_o the_o cure_n of_o it_o for_o not_o only_o the_o disease_n or_o its_o conjunct_a cause_n or_o the_o procatartick_a must_v be_v oppose_v several_o but_o all_o of_o they_o must_v be_v oppose_v at_o once_o cephalick_fw-mi and_o antiscorbutic_a medicine_n use_v to_o do_v most_o good_a against_o the_o procatarctick_a cause_n of_o the_o disease_n but_o all_o such_o be_v not_o proper_a for_o all_o man_n but_o as_o we_o have_v observe_v in_o the_o scurvy_a according_a to_o the_o various_a constitution_n of_o patient_n so_o the_o medicine_n must_v be_v of_o a_o different_a kind_n and_o virtue_n for_o medicine_n that_o be_v hot_a and_o endue_v with_o very_o active_a particle_n be_v not_o proper_a for_o bilious_a paralytick_n in_o who_o sharp_a and_o hot_a blood_n there_o be_v much_o salt_n and_o sulphur_n and_o but_o little_a serum_n yea_o they_o often_o do_v harm_n which_o yet_o be_v very_o good_a for_o phlegmatic_a person_n who_o blood_n be_v cold_a contain_v much_o serum_n and_o few_o active_a element_n wherefore_o according_a to_o the_o twofold_a state_n of_o patient_n it_o will_v be_v proper_a to_o proceed_v in_o two_o method_n one_o whereof_o must_v be_v for_o cold_a paralytick_n another_o for_o hot_a willis_n willis_n xxviii_o paulus_n l._n 3._o c._n 43._o write_v that_o in_o his_o time_n there_o be_v a_o colic_n which_o end_v either_o in_o a_o convulsion_n or_o a_o palsy_n and_o that_o it_o can_v no_o way_n be_v cure_v but_o by_o a_o certain_a rash_a physician_n who_o cure_v it_o with_o cold_a herb_n drink_v of_o cold_a water_n and_o incrassate_v meat_n whence_o one_o may_v gather_v that_o the_o humour_n be_v hot_a and_o bilious_a i_o also_o a_o few_o year_n since_o see_v a_o illustrious_a bishop_n who_o after_o a_o colic_n fall_v into_o a_o palsy_n in_o his_o arm_n and_o use_v hot_a medicine_n a_o long_a time_n to_o no_o purpose_n at_o length_n when_o for_o a_o long_a time_n he_o have_v use_v cold_a herb_n not_o to_o cure_v himself_o but_o on_o account_n of_o religion_n and_o cold_a water_n etc._n etc._n he_o be_v cure_v of_o his_o palsy_n saxonia_n saxonia_n ¶_o seeing_n it_o come_v sometime_o from_o bilious_a and_o hot_a humour_n in_o abscess_n after_o acute_a disease_n and_o sometime_o from_o abundance_n of_o blood_n fall_v upon_o the_o vein_n at_o the_o spine_n it_o must_v not_o be_v cure_v by_o hot_a medicine_n for_o in_o the_o first_o case_n emollient_a and_o temperate_a thing_n must_v be_v use_v such_o as_o fat_a and_o marrow_n but_o in_o the_o second_o case_n only_o blood-letting_a be_v usual_o the_o remedy_n for_o a_o palsy_n from_o blood_n be_v not_o a_o true_a palsy_n but_o be_v cure_v by_o accident_n in_o as_o much_o as_o the_o vein_n be_v full_o do_v compress_v the_o nerve_n fonseca_n fonseca_n xxix_o i_o have_v see_v several_a melancholic_a person_n cure_v by_o the_o use_n of_o chalybeate_a medicine_n who_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o motion_n of_o their_o lim●s_n have_v be_v reckon_v paralytic_a among_o these_o be_v a_o noble_a maid_n who_o belong_v to_o the_o queen_n of_o bohemia_n who_o be_v deprive_v of_o the_o use_n of_o her_o limb_n by_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o melancholic_a juice_n and_o commit_v to_o my_o care_n by_o god_n blessing_n leave_v i_o cheerful_a and_o in_o her_o perfect_a health_n all_o that_o have_v she_o in_o hand_n
salius_n notis_fw-la in_o altimar_n c._n 51._o merc._n cap._n prop._n which_o distemper_n seem_v to_o indicate_v moisten_v which_o be_v obtain_v by_o much_o drink_n xvi_o hypocrates_n l._n 2._o de_fw-fr morb._n s_o 3._o make_v mention_v of_o a_o disease_n of_o the_o lung_n not_o much_o differ_v from_o a_o peripneumony_n which_o he_o call_v a_o lethargy_n the_o difference_n of_o which_o disease_n consist_v only_o in_o the_o matter_n for_o in_o a_o peripneumony_n the_o humour_n predominant_o offend_v be_v choler_n or_o choleric_a blood_n but_o in_o this_o disease_n it_o be_v phlegm_n whence_o as_o in_o a_o peripneumony_n a_o delirium_fw-la happen_v through_o heat_n so_o in_o a_o lethargy_n do_v there_o follow_v a_o drowsiness_n through_o moisture_n see_v the_o title_n of_o the_o lethargy_n and_o from_o the_o putrefaction_n there_o accompany_v it_o a_o slight_a dote_n but_o it_o be_v not_o difficult_a to_o reconcile_v the_o difference_n of_o this_o place_n and_o lib._n 3._o in_o allow_v of_o wine_n if_o we_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v seldom_o but_o hypocrates_n allow_v wine_n in_o disease_n of_o the_o breast_n if_o not_o in_o respect_n of_o drink_n yet_o however_o for_o medicine_n that_o expectoration_n may_v be_v promote_v or_o that_o the_o virtue_n of_o medicine_n may_v soon_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o heart_n on_o which_o account_n indeed_o he_o bid_v we_o often_o drink_v wine_n after_o supping_n which_o be_v do_v in_o this_o disease_n wherein_o in_o as_o much_o as_o drink_v of_o wine_n be_v suspect_v because_o of_o the_o delirium_fw-la he_o therefore_o forbid_v the_o drink_n of_o it_o lib._n 3._o cit_fw-la p._n martian_a comm_n in_o v._o 242._o loc_fw-la cit_fw-la yet_o he_o forbid_v not_o the_o drink_v a_o little_a quantity_n of_o it_o after_o supping_n as_o it_o be_v a_o medicine_n ¶_o with_o we_o the_o drink_n of_o wine_n in_o a_o peripneumony_n yea_o in_o almost_o any_o hot_a disease_n of_o the_o breast_n be_v very_o hurtful_a as_o daily_a experience_n assure_v we_o so_o that_o even_o the_o very_a scent_n of_o it_o offend_v the_o patient_n yea_o it_o can_v be_v allow_v even_o in_o the_o invasion_n of_o a_o fainting-fit_a but_o it_o hasten_v the_o death_n of_o the_o patient_n whether_o the_o reason_n be_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o climate_n or_o of_o the_o wine_n or_o somewhat_o else_o i_o leave_v to_o inquiry_n sure_o the_o heart_n that_o be_v seat_v near_o to_o the_o lung_n soon_o partake_v of_o the_o heat_n that_o accrue_v from_o the_o drink_n of_o wine_n xvii_o as_o to_o topic_n either_o none_o or_o only_o weak_a repellent_n and_o astringent_n be_v to_o be_v apply_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o inflammation_n both_o because_o of_o the_o nearness_n of_o the_o heart_n lest_o the_o humour_n be_v repel_v into_o a_o principal_a part_n and_o also_o because_o of_o necessary_a respiration_n lest_o the_o use_n of_o the_o lung_n be_v hinder_v by_o constr_v the_o breast_n wherefore_o the_o oil_n of_o rose_n myrtle_n and_o violet_n will_v suffice_v with_o the_o water_n of_o rose_n and_o violet_n and_o the_o juice_n of_o plantain_n 145._o chalmet_n enchir._n p._n 145._o xviii_o the_o great_a difficulty_n be_v what_o we_o shall_v give_v against_o vigiliae_fw-la or_o want_v of_o sleep_n when_o it_o be_v very_o troublesome_a in_o as_o much_o as_o opiate_n because_o they_o hurt_v respiration_n which_o be_v already_o prejudice_v in_o this_o disease_n be_v not_o sa●ely_o take_v yea_o sometime_o they_o become_v pernicious_a wherefore_o laudanum_n and_o the_o strong_a preparation_n of_o opium_n ought_v to_o be_v utter_o avoid_v in_o a_o peripneumony_n yet_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o mild_a anodynes_n and_o hypnotick_n as_o especial_o the_o water_n and_o syrup_n of_o red_a poppy_n be_v not_o only_o allow_v but_o esteem_v specific_a remedy_n in_o this_o disease_n and_o the_o pleurisy_n yea_o we_o may_v sometime_o use_v diacodiates_n if_o the_o patient_n strength_n hold_v out_o and_o the_o pulse_n be_v strong_a and_o laudable_a enough_o willis_n willis_n the_o frenzy_n the_o content_n in_o venesection_n we_o must_v take_v heed_n not_o to_o make_v the_o orifice_n too_o wide_o i._o open_v of_o the_o forehead-vein_n be_v better_a than_o of_o that_o behind_o the_o ear_n ii_o blood_n be_v not_o to_o be_v let_v till_o the_o patient_n faint_v away_o iii_o whether_o a_o clyster_n ought_v always_o to_o precede_v bleed_v iv_o sleep_v it_o to_o be_v procure_v after_o bleed_v v._o topic_n be_v to_o be_v use_v wary_o vi_o whether_o elective_a purg●rs_n be_v good_a in_o the_o beginning_n vii_o strong_a hypnotick_n be_v hurtful_a in_o the_o beginning_n viii_o whether_o narcotick_n be_v safe_a ix_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v to_o all_o x._o the_o unseasonable_a use_n of_o refrigerater_n be_v hurtful_a xi_o whether_o a_o decoction_n of_o coriander_n be_v profitable_a xii_o we_o must_v take_v heed_n of_o abuse_v cold_a oxyrrbodines_n xiii_o whether_o they_o shall_v be_v apply_v warm_a or_o cold_a fourteen_o when_o we_o must_v abstain_v from_o repellent_n xv._o whether_o the_o head_n be_v to_o be_v shave_n xvi_o when_o young_a pigeon_n etc._n etc._n be_v to_o be_v apply_v xvii_o the_o profitableness_n of_o wash_v the_o leg_n xviii_o great_a regard_n be_v to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o strength_n xix_o some_o have_v be_v cure_v of_o frenzy_n by_o be_v plunge_v in_o cold_a water_n xx._n whether_o the_o use_n of_o wine_n may_v be_v grant_v xxi_o whether_o frantic_a people_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o light_n or_o in_o the_o dark_a xxii_o they_o be_v to_o be_v bind_v xxiii_o how_o urine_n be_v to_o be_v provoke_v when_o suppress_v xxiv_o i._o in_o all_o venesection_n that_o be_v make_v in_o a_o delirium_fw-la we_o must_v observe_v this_o not_o to_o make_v a_o large_a orifice_n for_o so_o it_o will_v close_v again_o for_o which_o end_n it_o be_v to_o be_v accurate_o bind_v up_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v loosen_v by_o the_o patient_n also_o for_o the_o quick_a close_v up_o thereof_o it_o will_v be_v profitable_a to_o apply_v a_o plaster_n make_v of_o aloe_n the_o white_a of_o a_o egg_n and_o hare_n wool_n river_n river_n ii_o among_o derive_v medicine_n the_o open_n of_o the_o forehead-vein_n have_v place_n out_o of_o which_o blood_n be_v to_o be_v take_v to_o five_o or_o six_o ounce_n which_o have_v good_a success_n when_o blood_n enough_o have_v first_o be_v take_v out_o of_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o arm._n let_v leech_n also_o be_v apply_v behind_o the_o ear_n which_o remedy_n be_v profitable_a indeed_o but_o less_o effectual_a than_o the_o former_a because_o by_o the_o leech_n the_o most_o thin_a portion_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v only_o draw_v forth_o whereas_o by_o the_o forehead-vein_n there_o be_v sometime_o draw_v out_o in_o a_o frenzy_n a_o more_o impure_a and_o corrupt_a blood_n than_o out_o of_o the_o vein_n of_o the_o arm._n 1._o idem_fw-la l._n 17._o c._n 1._o see_v a_o example_n in_o heurnius_n aphor_n 72._o 4._o iii_o though_o plentiful_a bleed_a be_v requisite_a especial_o if_o blood_n abound_v the_o inflammation_n but_o beginning_n and_o the_o frenzy_n proceed_v from_o no_o other_o disease_n yet_o must_v we_o not_o as_o some_o arabian_n advise_v bleed_v till_o the_o patient_n faint_v away_o lest_o the_o spirit_n fail_v which_o be_v weak_a of_o themselves_o from_o want_n of_o sleep_n and_o continual_a restlessness_n and_o which_o can_v expect_v to_o be_v recruit_v by_o a_o little_o full_a diet_n so_o that_o it_o be_v safe_a to_o bleed_v a_o little_a at_o once_o several_a time_n sennertus_fw-la sennertus_fw-la iv_o we_o may_v administer_v a_o clyster_n after_o bleed_v for_o if_o one_o be_v call_v in_o the_o morning_n on_o the_o first_o day_n of_o the_o disease_n he_o may_v present_o open_v a_o vein_n without_o delay_n though_o a_o clyster_n be_v not_o first_o give_v see_v there_o be_v danger_n lest_o the_o matter_n be_v carry_v plentiful_o to_o the_o head_n for_o as_o hypocrates_n say_v lib._n the_o rat_n vict_v we_o may_v open_v a_o vein_n without_o premise_v a_o clyster_n in_o case_n of_o urgent_a necessity_n 15._o rondelet_n pract_n l._n 1._o c._n 15._o but_o if_o any_o truce_n be_v grant_v let_v a_o clyster_n be_v first_o give_v v._o let_v great_a care_n be_v take_v to_o procure_v sleep_v the_o next_o night_n after_o blood-letting_a for_o after_o the_o blood_n be_v evacuate_v if_o the_o patient_n do_v not_o sleep_v they_o grow_v more_o rage_a therefore_o give_v diacodium_fw-la with_o the_o juice_n or_o water_n of_o ptisan_n riverius_n heurnius_n riverius_n for_o often_o after_o sleep_v they_o come_v to_o themselves_o again_o vi_o see_v that_o stupefier_n be_v not_o use_v continual_o lest_o the_o frenzy_n turn_v to_o a_o lethargy_n let_v external_o also_o be_v wary_o apply_v to_o those_o who_o spirit_n be_v low_a 9_o hartman_n pract_n chymiatr_n c._n 8._o sect_n 9_o lest_o the_o
have_v the_o hemorrhoid_v flow_v for_o two_o year_n yea_o the_o noxious_a humour_n of_o his_o body_n be_v thereby_o amend_v 9_o rhod._n cent_n 2._o ob_n 9_o xl._n for_o help_v in_o some_o measure_n the_o lose_a appetite_n which_o be_v a_o common_a symptom_n with_o phthisical_a people_n i_o think_v there_o have_v not_o a_o more_o convenient_a remedy_n be_v as_o yet_o discover_v than_o elixir_n proprietatis_fw-la take_v in_o wine_n or_o other_o convenient_a liquor_n to_o five_o or_o six_o drop_n about_o half_a a_o hour_n before_o meal_n for_o see_v this_o elixir_n consist_v of_o myrrh_n saffron_n and_o aloe_n with_o the_o oil_n of_o sulphur_n prepare_v per_fw-la campanam_fw-la and_o the_o spirit_n of_o wine_n digest_v together_o upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o myrrh_n as_o also_o of_o the_o saffron_n it_o be_v good_a for_o the_o physic_n and_o cough_n and_o the_o aloe_n incides_fw-la the_o phlegmatic_a viscid_a humour_n and_o bring_v it_o forth_o gentle_o and_o slow_o yea_o and_o do_v 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the_o stomach_n be_v proper_a by_o consent_n so_o as_o that_o it_o be_v partly_o cause_v and_o partly_o cause_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o foment_v it_o by_o the_o lung_n for_o not_o only_a cooler_n and_o moistner_n shall_v be_v direct_v to_o the_o lung_n but_o to_o the_o stomach_n also_o continuance_n of_o time_n and_o a_o soft_a habit_n declare_v that_o a_o idiopathy_n be_v make_v 7._o sanctorius_n l._n 2._o c._n 7._o because_o that_o all_o sympathy_n if_o it_o continue_v long_o and_o the_o part_n affect_v be_v soft_a become_v idiopathy_n ¶_o the_o hermetick_n physician_n contend_v that_o immoderate_a thirst_n come_v from_o thirsty_a spirit_n breed_v of_o sulphureous_a impurity_n which_o will_v not_o be_v sate_v with_o simple_a cooling_n and_o moisten_a but_o with_o other_o spirit_n analogous_a to_o themselves_o thus_o we_o see_v in_o ague-fits_a intense_a thirst_n be_v a_o little_a stop_v by_o drink_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o water_n which_o yet_o more_o easy_o give_v way_n to_o acid_a spirit_n of_o vitriol_n 4._o riverius_n l._n 9_o cap._n 4._o sulphur_n salt_n and_o the_o like_a mix_v with_o a_o far_o less_o quantity_n of_o water_n ¶_o if_o a_o irregular_a thirst_n arise_v such_o as_o be_v usual_o cause_v by_o the_o dropsy_n while_o the_o stomach_n receive_v nitrous_a salt_n or_o a_o putrid_a vapour_n or_o humour_n from_o the_o peritonaeum_fw-la it_o can_v be_v stop_v by_o drink_v but_o the_o plenty_n of_o the_o salt_n or_o nitrous_a humour_n will_v be_v increase_v whereby_o it_o be_v also_o increase_v and_o exasperate_v but_o by_o such_o thing_n as_o dull_v the_o sense_n of_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o stomach_n or_o qualify_v and_o make_v gentle_a the_o humour_n and_o vapour_n so_o starch_n and_o the_o water_n of_o it_o so_o mucilage_n and_o sometime_o fat_a thing_n do_v good_a to_o admiration_n mercatus_n mercatus_n but_o when_o the_o faulty_a thirst_n come_v from_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o lung_n you_o may_v cure_v it_o by_o inspiration_n of_o cold_a air_n and_o often_o wash_v the_o mouth_n with_o very_o cold_a water_n ¶_o both_o watery_a thing_n which_o dilute_a and_o carry_v to_o the_o urinary_a passage_n the_o lixivious_a salt_n of_o the_o bile_n and_o acid_n which_o powerful_o break_v and_o turn_v its_o acrimony_n and_o oily_a thing_n which_o smooth_v the_o same_o acrimony_n to_o wit_n milk_n and_o emulsion_n make_v of_o oily_a seed_n 1._o ●r_n silvius_n l._n 1_o c._n 1._o cure_v increase_v thirst_n above_o all_o other_o thing_n and_o the_o watery_a thing_n may_v convenient_o be_v join_v both_o with_o the_o acid_n and_o oily_a one_o and_o so_o they_o will_v do_v the_o more_o good_a ¶_o it_o sometime_o happen_v that_o thirst_n be_v increase_v by_o the_o serum_n where_o because_o water_n abound_v in_o the_o body_n together_o with_o the_o lixivial_a salt_n 19_o frid_n hofmannus_n m._n m._n l._n 1._o c._n 19_o plentiful_a drink_n be_v not_o convenient_a but_o a_o acid_a spirit_n such_o as_o spirit_n of_o salt_n aperitivus_fw-la penoti_fw-la etc._n etc._n dilute_v take_v by_o spoonful_n whereby_o the_o hurtful_a acrimony_n of_o the_o lixivious_a salt_n be_v powerful_o amend_v ¶_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o be_v the_o nidorous_a ferment_n of_o the_o stomach_n make_v over_o salt_n and_o sharp_a as_o we_o see_v it_o happen_v in_o fever_n salt_n catarrh_n the_o dropsy_n etc._n etc._n the_o stomach_n since_o it_o have_v a_o coat_n common_a with_o the_o gullet_n and_o palate_n easy_o communicate_v it_o quality_n to_o they_o and_o also_o cause_n thirst_v want_v of_o moiststure_n be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o cause_v thirst_n wherefore_o thirst_n cease_v not_o by_o drink_v unless_o it_o carry_v along_o with_o it_o a_o medium_fw-la analogous_fw-la to_o seize_v the_o ferment_n wherefore_o acid_v quench_v a_o false_a thirst_n just_a as_o water_n quench_v the_o fire_n 4._o idem_fw-la l._n 2._o c._n 4._o well_o rectify_v spirit_n of_o vitriol_n
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helmont_n reckon_v the_o frequent_a use_n of_o thermae_n or_o hot_a bath_n among_o the_o impediment_n of_o life_n it_o be_v certain_a indeed_o that_o by_o their_o use_n the_o antecedent_n cause_n as_o fluxion_n or_o humour_n turgid_a with_o wild_a or_o preternatural_a salt_n be_v remove_v whence_o they_o have_v profit_v some_o gouty_a person_n who_o member_n be_v swell_v by_o the_o precede_a distemper_n and_o they_o have_v find_v ease_n for_o a_o time_n but_o what_o become_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n of_o the_o minera_fw-la or_o fountain_n of_o the_o disease_n this_o be_v leave_v untouched_a especial_o in_o disease_n that_o consist_v of_o their_o ferment_n how_o shall_v it_o not_o be_v make_v more_o fierce_a and_o tyrannize_v more_o over_o the_o body_n not_o to_o mention_v that_o be_v sometime_o administer_v to_o the_o hypochondriacal_a by_o operate_a more_o vehement_o on_o the_o ferment_n of_o the_o viscera_fw-la they_o destroy_v they_o without_o our_o observe_v it_o and_o change_v the_o whole_a mass_n of_o blood_n and_o the_o nervous_a juice_n by_o their_o violent_a action_n and_o exalt_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o bowel_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o occasion_n be_v give_v for_o new_a ebullition_n afterward_o and_o a_o source_n of_o new_a fluxion_n spring_v up_o the_o member_n become_v slippery_a and_o relax_v the_o body_n be_v soften_v by_o they_o and_o lurk_v fluxion_n especial_o in_o less_o prepare_v body_n be_v dissolve_v thereby_o from_o a_o little_a fire_n there_o have_v arisen_a a_o great_a flame_n the_o malady_n grow_v worse_o whence_o omichius_n in_o epist_n 7._o l._n 5._o timaei_fw-la speak_v very_o much_o against_o their_o use_n say_v that_o he_o have_v so_o ill_a success_n from_o the_o use_n of_o thermae_n or_o hot_a bath_n in_o the_o gout_n that_o contract_v a_o hectic_a heat_n thereby_o he_o be_v almost_o become_v tabid_v yea_o and_o that_o his_o fit_n be_v more_o frequent_a and_o cruel_a than_o they_o use_v to_o be_v ever_o before_o i_o have_v 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by_o experience_n that_o hot_a and_o sulphureous_a bath_n do_v very_o much_o exalt_v the_o saline_n and_o other_o morbid_v particle_n in_o man_n body_n that_o dwell_v within_o the_o viscera_fw-la or_o be_v contain_v in_o the_o humour_n and_o bring_v they_o sudden_o to_o the_o high_a pitch_n namely_o by_o exagirate_v of_o they_o they_o make_v they_o more_o unruly_a and_o drive_v they_o forward_o out_o of_o the_o first_o way_n into_o the_o blood_n and_o from_o thence_o into_o the_o brain_n and_o genus_fw-la nerve●um_fw-la and_o moreover_o join_v together_o those_o that_o be_v sever_v and_o quiet_a before_o and_o excite_v they_o into_o a_o certain_a effervescency_n wherefore_o those_o that_o be_v subject_a to_o either_o a_o hereditary_a gout_n or_o stone_n and_o as_o yet_o have_v have_v no_o fit_n of_o those_o distemper_n do_v often_o perceive_v that_o by_o the_o use_n of_o bath_n the_o fruit_n of_o both_o these_o disease_n be_v present_o ripen_v in_o they_o 9_o willis_n de_fw-fr morb_n convul_n cap._n 9_o xvi_o sulphureous_a thermae_n or_o hot_a bath_n contain_v four_o thing_n 1._o water_n 2._o a_o oiliness_n 3._o a_o acid_a spirit_n 4._o a_o little_a lixivial_a salt_n for_o chemist_n know_v that_o all_o sulphur_n do_v chief_o consist_v of_o a_o oil_n and_o a_o acid_a spirit_n and_o it_o be_v manifest_v 1._o from_o its_o ready_a burn_a whereby_o it_o be_v clear_v that_o oil_n abound_v in_o it_o for_o only_o fat_a and_o oily_a thing_n be_v the_o fuel_n of_o fire_n 2._o from_o its_o long_o continue_v burn_v which_o depend_v upon_o a_o acid_a spirit_n 3_o from_o the_o oil_n that_o may_v be_v draw_v from_o it_o per_fw-la campanam_fw-la which_o testify_v its_o acid_a spirit_n see_v therefore_o sulphur_n consist_v of_o a_o acid_a spirit_n and_o oil_n it_o be_v manifest_v that_o sulphureous_a bath_n abound_v with_o the_o same_o now_o these_o be_v generate_v of_o a_o water_n endue_v with_o a_o very_a acrimonious_a lixivial_a salt_n concur_v with_o the_o minera_fw-la of_o sulphur_n by_o which_o salt_n and_o the_o acid_a spirit_n of_o sulphur_n there_o be_v raise_v a_o effervescence_n and_o with_o the_o effervescence_n a_o heat_n and_o so_o the_o water_n also_o and_o the_o oil_n do_v join_v after_o a_o sort_n into_o one_o these_o bath_n have_v a_o notable_a penetrate_a virtue_n wherefore_o they_o reach_v to_o the_o inmost_a part_n of_o the_o body_n that_o be_v affect_v now_o that_o which_o penetrate_v so_o be_v the_o acid_a spirit_n that_o be_v intimate_o mix_v with_o the_o lixivial_a salt_n and_o temper_a with_o the_o oil_n by_o the_o virtue_n of_o which_o oil_n it_o temper_v also_o the_o acrimonious_a humour_n that_o stick_v to_o the_o membrane_n and_o twitch_n they_o and_z gives_z occasion_n for_o convulsion_n etc._n etc._n i_o say_v it_o both_o temper_n it_o by_o its_o oily_a substance_n and_o also_o correct_v the_o same_o by_o
obstruction_n and_o consequent_o in_o the_o dropsical_a and_o such_o as_o have_v scirrhous_n liver_n in_o the_o jaundice_n hypochondriack_a melancholy_n to_o who_o he_o say_v it_o be_v give_v to_o the_o certain_a destruction_n of_o thousand_o fallopius_n affirm_v the_o same_o and_o 238._o and_o 2_o hermit_n medic._n p._n 238._o conringiuns_n grant_v it_o only_o to_o scirrhous_n liver_n that_o be_v swell_v with_o water_n as_o they_o general_o be_v but_o i_o will_v moderate_v these_o thing_n thus_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v obstruction_n of_o the_o viscera_n the_o liver_n and_o spleen_n with_o moisture_n exceed_v and_o the_o liver_n not_o too_o dry_a there_o steel_v remedy_n be_v more_o convenient_a in_o a_o dry_a form_n as_o crocus_n martis_n pulvis_fw-la cachecticus_n flores_fw-la martiales_fw-la but_o wheresoever_o there_o be_v both_o dryness_n and_o scirrhescence_n there_o the_o more_o moist_a preparation_n or_o at_o least_o not_o without_o diluter_n so_o likewise_o septalius_n and_o other_o write_v the_o same_o of_o rhubarb_n that_o in_o a_o dry_a intempery_n it_o be_v rather_o the_o death_n of_o the_o liver_n but_o the_o same_o thing_n hold_v in_o it_o as_o we_o have_v now_o say_v of_o steel_n remedy_n vii_o note_v that_o the_o liver_n be_v hurt_v by_o the_o overlong_a use_n of_o opener_n whence_o those_o err_v who_o endeavour_n to_o expel_v the_o obstruction_n of_o the_o vessel_n by_o incider_n volatile_a acid_n or_o aperient_fw-la decoction_n alone_o so_o that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o obstruction_n of_o the_o pore_n we_o must_v open_v but_o so_o as_o that_o it_o be_v not_o do_v with_o violence_n such_o example_n be_v often_o see_v in_o the_o hypochondriacal_a viii_o note_v also_o that_o neither_o have_v astringent_n place_n always_o in_o disease_n of_o the_o liver_n we_o say_v indeed_o that_o strengthener_n shall_v be_v also_o tonick_n but_o there_o be_v case_n where_o we_o must_v abstain_v from_o astringent_n for_o instance_n if_o the_o liver_n grow_v scirrhous_n in_o the_o jaundice_n or_o stubborn_a obstruction_n they_o be_v not_o alike_o profitable_a now_o we_o call_v those_o astringent_n that_o hinder_v the_o tone_n of_o the_o viscera_n from_o be_v loosen_v hence_o those_o thing_n that_o have_v a_o astringent_a faculty_n operate_v with_o a_o thinness_n of_o part_n those_o that_o open_v with_o earthy_a part_n ix_o this_o also_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o we_o must_v not_o trust_v to_o syrup_n among_o aperient_n and_o hepatic_o for_o sweet_a thing_n be_v apt_a to_o hurt_v the_o liver_n because_o they_o turn_v into_o choler_n 105._o g._n w._n wedel_n de_fw-fr s_o m._n fac_fw-la 105._o whence_o obstruction_n be_v apt_a to_o be_v breed_v hypnotic_o narcotic_o see_v anodynes_n the_o content_n in_o the_o use_n of_o they_o there_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v the_o constitution_n of_o the_o patient_n i._o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n ii_o the_o tenor_n or_o condition_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n iii_o the_o state_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o humour_n iv_o caution_n in_o their_o use_n v._o they_o be_v enemy_n to_o the_o stomach_n vi_o let_v they_o not_o be_v give_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o a_o paroxysm_n or_o near_o a_o crisis_n vii_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v after_o blood-letting_a viii_o they_o shall_v be_v take_v at_o a_o good_a distance_n from_o eat_v ix_o how_o their_o too_o great_a operation_n be_v to_o be_v restrain_v x._o thing_n indicating_z their_o use_n xi_o we_o must_v not_o mistake_v in_o the_o do_v xii_o laudanum_n strengthen_v all_o the_o faculty_n and_o be_v safe_o give_v to_o child_n xiii_o they_o be_v not_o convenient_a in_o a_o simple_a hot_a intempery_n fourteen_o and_o where_o thick_a juice_n abound_v xv._o the_o amendment_n of_o the_o harm_n they_o sometime_o cause_n xvi_o be_v apply_v outward_o they_o be_v not_o to_o stay_v long_o on_o xvii_o when_o to_o be_v remove_v xviii_o when_o apply_v outward_o they_o be_v ineffectual_a or_o not_o safe_a xix_o they_o be_v to_o be_v vary_v according_a to_o the_o diversity_n of_o temperament_n xx._n what_o hypnotick_n be_v good_a for_o old_a man_n xxi_o cold_n soporifick_v be_v to_o be_v shun_v in_o disease_n of_o the_o breast_n xxii_o opiate_n be_v to_o be_v give_v in_o a_o small_a quantity_n and_o by_o little_a and_o little_a xxiii_o a_o narcotick_a or_o anodyne_n of_o vitriol_n xxiv_o we_o must_v not_o come_v to_o opium_n and_o laudanum_n save_v when_o diacodiat_n be_v insufficient_a xxv_o whether_o opium_n be_v poison_n xxvi_o how_o to_o be_v correct_v xxvii_o laudanum_n be_v right_o give_v be_v a_o safe_a medicine_n xxviii_o opium_n be_v a_o very_a safe_a narcotick_a if_o it_o be_v use_v right_o xxix_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o enemy_n to_o the_o brain_n xxx_o and_o to_o the_o breast_n xxxi_o nor_o be_v they_o always_o useful_a in_o disease_n of_o the_o low_a belly_n xxxii_o the_o most_o simple_a laudanum_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v before_o the_o compound_n xxxiii_o opium_n bridle_v the_o vicious_a effervescence_n of_o humour_n and_o the_o flatus_fw-la that_o be_v raise_v therefrom_o xxxiv_o laudanum_n work_v more_o effectual_o be_v give_v immediate_o before_o meat_n xxxv_o narcotick_n be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v the_o day_n before_o purge_v or_o bleed_v xxxvi_o they_o be_v available_a in_o a_o fluxion_n from_o the_o head_n upon_o the_o lung_n xxxvii_o the_o day_n follow_v sweat_n burst_v forth_o xxxviii_o when_o weakness_n succeed_v how_o it_o be_v to_o be_v help_v thirty-nine_o they_o often_o stop_v a_o flux_n of_o humour_n without_o sleep_n xl._n they_o may_v be_v give_v the_o day_n before_o the_o crisis_n xli_o a_o phlegmatic_a vomit_v sometime_o follow_v they_o xlii_o sometime_o a_o suppression_n of_o urine_n xliii_o they_o may_v be_v give_v with_o purger_n xliv_o when_o a_o purge_n be_v to_o be_v abstain_v from_o the_o next_o day_n after_o the_o take_n of_o they_o xlv_o if_o they_o be_v give_v with_o purger_n the_o do_v of_o the_o purger_n must_v be_v increase_v xlvi_o they_o be_v of_o avail_n in_o the_o plague_n xlvii_o in_o continual_a fever_n xlviii_o in_o tertian_n xlix_o with_o what_o caution_n to_o be_v give_v in_o intermittent_n l._n let_v laudanum_n be_v prepare_v without_o henbane_n li._n i._o concern_v the_o right_a use_n of_o opiatick_a pharmacy_n these_o four_o thing_n follow_v be_v to_o be_v observe_v viz._n before_o we_o give_v a_o narcotick_a medicine_n we_o must_v consider_v 1._o what_o such_o the_o constitution_n of_o the_o patient_n be_v 2._o what_o such_o the_o disease_n be_v that_o he_o be_v ill_a of_o 3._o in_o what_o state_n the_o animal_n spirit_n be_v with_o respect_n to_o both_o animal_n and_o vital_a function_n 4._o last_o in_o what_o condition_n the_o blood_n and_o other_o humour_n be_v as_o to_o the_o first_o when_o a_o hypnotick_a be_v indicate_v see_v that_o the_o temperament_n of_o the_o patient_n the_o habit_n or_o indisposition_n of_o his_o body_n his_o custom_n or_o manner_n of_o life_n do_v not_o contraindicate_v as_o for_o example_n those_o who_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o indifferent_a stature_n a_o firm_a and_o well_o set_v body_n hot_a blood_n a_o lively_a or_o sharp_a aspect_n bear_v this_o medicine_n better_o and_o take_v it_o often_o with_o benefit_n but_o they_o shall_v take_v it_o more_o secure_o if_o they_o have_v moreover_o be_v former_o use_v to_o it_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a it_o be_v not_o so_o convenient_a yea_o sometime_o it_o do_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o hurt_n to_o they_o who_o be_v over_o fat_a or_o lean_a as_o likewise_o to_o those_o who_o be_v either_o of_o a_o rare_a texture_n have_v their_o spirit_n easy_o dissipable_a or_o of_o a_o cold_a temperament_n and_o have_v soft_a and_o flaggy_a flesh_n and_o be_v of_o a_o sluggish_a and_o indocible_a disposition_n and_o dull_a and_o drowsy_a of_o themselves_o to_o which_o hindrance_n or_o scruple_n this_o may_v be_v add_v and_o increase_v the_o weight_n of_o the_o rest_n if_o they_o have_v never_o take_v this_o medicine_n before_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_n be_v sometime_o of_o great_a moment_n for_o or_o against_o opiate_n in_o slight_a distemper_n it_o be_v the_o part_n of_o a_o flatter_a physician_n according_a to_o septalius_n to_o use_v they_o moreover_o in_o some_o great_a one_o their_o use_n be_v either_o forbid_v or_o be_v hold_v very_o suspect_v in_o the_o palsy_n vertigo_n nightmare_n apoplexy_n also_o in_o the_o orthopnoea_n or_o great_a difficulty_n of_o breathe_v in_o a_o dropsy_n of_o the_o breast_n or_o abdomen_fw-la in_o numbness_n or_o tremble_v of_o the_o joint_n in_o very_o malignant_a fever_n and_o in_o the_o fit_v of_o ague_n or_o the_o crise_v of_o other_o fever_n narcotick_n be_v very_o often_o forbid_v moreover_o in_o a_o cough_n with_o much_o and_o thick_a phlegm_n in_o a_o asthma_n and_o in_o whatsoever_o other_o distemper_n of_o the_o breast_n with_o oppression_n of_o the_o lung_n and_o in_o
hysterical_a fit_n and_o other_o convulsive_a one_o they_o be_v but_o seldom_o to_o be_v give_v and_o not_o without_o caution_n and_o the_o advice_n of_o a_o skilful_a physician_n but_o in_o a_o cruel_a headache_n catarrh_n colic_n pleurisy_n ordinary_a fever_n vomit_v dysenterie_n fit_v of_o the_o stone_n or_o gout_n and_o in_o all_o pain_n whatsoever_o opiate_n be_v not_o only_o allow_v but_o we_o have_v recourse_n to_o they_o as_o to_o divine_a panacea_n iii_o and_o as_o often_o as_o we_o intend_v to_o make_v use_n of_o they_o we_o must_v also_o consider_v in_o what_o tenor_n the_o animal_n spirit_n over_o which_o dominion_n they_o preside_v be_v for_o if_o be_v few_o or_o oppress_v they_o already_o flag_n and_o do_v not_o spread_v their_o sail_n enough_o certain_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v further_o lessen_v and_o cast_v down_o by_o opiate_n wherefore_o if_o so_o be_v the_o animal_n faculty_n be_v not_o vigorous_a both_o as_o to_o sense_n and_o discourse_n or_o do_v not_o exert_v themselves_o brisk_o enough_o or_o when_o the_o pulse_n and_o respiration_n have_v the_o turn_v of_o their_o reciprocation_n but_o weak_a or_o swift_a or_o also_o flower_n then_o usual_a hinder_v and_o unequal_a or_o last_o if_o a_o numbness_n and_o enervation_n shall_v seize_v upon_o the_o membre_n and_o motive_n part_n with_o a_o unwonted_a languor_n we_o must_v whole_o refrain_v from_o any_o hypnotick_a medicine_n but_o we_o shall_v not_o stick_v to_o use_v they_o if_o they_o be_v indicate_v in_o the_o great_a disease_n and_o if_o withal_o the_o animal_n spirit_n be_v strong_a enough_o in_o these_o and_o other_o respect_n or_o become_v too_o much_o expanded_a or_o immoderate_o fierce_a and_o outrageous_a iv_o yet_o the_o state_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o humour_n be_v not_o to_o be_v neglect_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n because_o sometime_o their_o naughty_a condition_n do_v whole_o forbid_v opiate_n or_o suffer_v they_o not_o to_o be_v use_v unless_o spare_o and_o with_o some_o restriction_n the_o blood_n do_v contraindicate_v their_o use_n when_o it_o offend_v either_o in_o its_o quantity_n or_o in_o its_o quality_n or_o crasis_n as_o to_o the_o former_a it_o either_o abound_v or_o be_v defective_a and_o in_o both_o respect_v it_o hinder_v narcotick_a remedy_n for_o first_o if_o at_o any_o time_n the_o blood_n be_v turgid_a through_o plenty_n and_o withal_o boil_v in_o a_o fever_n do_v great_o distend_v the_o vessel_n and_o so_o the_o heart_n great_o labour_v to_o drive_v it_o most_o quick_o about_o lest_o it_o stagnate_n or_o overflow_v any_o where_n by_o a_o very_a swift_a repetition_n of_o its_o systole_n true_o in_o such_o case_n to_o give_v a_o narcotick_a to_o hinder_v that_o labour_n and_o endeavour_v of_o the_o heart_n without_o which_o life_n can_v not_o be_v maintain_v be_v the_o part_n rather_o of_o a_o poisoner_n than_o a_o physician_n wherefore_o in_o a_o plethora_n bleed_v aught_o always_o to_o be_v premise_v before_o the_o use_n of_o opiate_n second_o nor_o be_v there_o fear_v of_o less_o mischief_n from_o narcotick_n as_o often_o as_o they_o be_v give_v in_o defect_n or_o penury_n of_o the_o blood_n as_o after_o great_a hemorrhagy_n long_o fast_v or_o long-continued_a sickness_n because_o see_v the_o rivulet_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v but_o small_a and_o through_o its_o smallness_n hardly_o continuous_a lest_o its_o flow_a be_v interrupt_v and_o therefore_o cease_v the_o heart_n by_o beat_v very_o swift_o as_o with_o double_a endeavour_n strive_v to_o drive_v it_o about_o most_o quick_o hence_o it_o be_v obvious_a to_o conceive_v how_o great_a harm_n opiate_n do_v which_o put_v a_o stop_n to_o this_o endeavour_n of_o the_o heart_n that_o be_v then_o chief_o necessary_a indeed_o for_o this_o reason_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v that_o we_o forbid_v sleep_n to_o woman_n present_o after_o childbirth_n when_o their_o lochia_n flow_v plentiful_o or_o to_o any_o person_n after_o a_o large_a let_v of_o blood_n or_o great_a hemorrhagy_n namely_o lest_o the_o spirit_n be_v recall_v in_o sleep_a leave_n the_o heart_n so_o destitute_a that_o it_o can_v quick_o enough_o drive_v about_o the_o lessen_v stream_n of_o blood_n moreover_o sometime_o the_o blood_n offend_v in_o its_o quality_n or_o crasis_n contraindicate_v the_o use_n of_o opiate_n because_o whilst_o in_o a_o cacochymie_n or_o fever_n the_o blood_n be_v very_o full_a of_o recrement_n ought_v to_o be_v agitate_a with_o a_o great_a endeavour_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o to_o be_v more_o quick_o circulate_v namely_o that_o the_o heterogeneous_a particle_n may_v be_v subjugate_v and_o soon_o evaporate_v the_o intervening_a operation_n of_o a_o narcotick_a stop_v these_o attempt_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o therefore_o hinder_v the_o lustration_n or_o clear_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o sometime_o frustrate_v it_o as_o to_o those_o other_o recrementitious_a humour_n that_o use_v to_o be_v heap_v up_o within_o the_o stomach_n and_o intestin_n it_o be_v fit_v that_o these_o also_o shall_v be_v withdraw_v &_o purge_v forth_o by_o vomit_n or_o stool_n before_o a_o opiate_n be_v give_v for_o otherwise_o be_v fix_v there_o they_o will_v stick_v the_o more_o stubborn_o because_o the_o splanchnick_a fibre_n be_v stupefy_v by_o the_o medicine_n be_v not_o so_o irritate_v as_o before_o nor_o do_v easy_o enter_v upon_o or_o brisk_o perform_v their_o excretory_a spasm_n for_o expelling_a these_o recrement_n 1._o willis_n pharmac_n rat._n part_n 1._o wherefore_o according_a to_o the_o old_a precept_n if_o any_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v evacuate_v evacuate_v it_o before_o you_o give_v narcotick_a medicine_n v._o we_o must_v observe_v concern_v narcotick_n 1._o that_o anodynes_n be_v always_o to_o be_v use_v before_o they_o for_o see_v they_o make_v the_o spirit_n sluggish_a often_o induce_v a_o stupor_n drousiness_n difficulty_n of_o breath_n and_o sometime_o death_n itself_o there_o be_v need_n of_o great_a caution_n in_o give_v of_o they_o 2._o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v use_v before_o general_a remedy_n 3._o it_o be_v safe_o first_o to_o apply_v they_o outward_o and_o to_o see_v whether_o their_o use_n suffice_v before_o they_o be_v give_v inward_o 4._o we_o must_v mark_v whether_o the_o faculty_n can_v sustain_v the_o disease_n so_o long_o as_o till_o the_o cause_n of_o watch_v or_o pain_n can_v be_v take_v away_o by_o ordinary_a remedy_n nor_o must_v we_o come_v to_o they_o till_o the_o patient_n be_v in_o some_o danger_n from_o want_n of_o sleep_n or_o pain_n 5._o according_a to_o sennertus_n l._n 1._o p._n 2._o cap._n 1._o pract._n if_o the_o faculty_n be_v not_o very_o much_o deject_v by_o the_o disease_n but_o only_o begin_v to_o be_v in_o danger_n through_o pain_n or_o want_v of_o sleep_n then_o be_v it_o safe_a to_o give_v opiate_n when_o other_o thing_n profit_v not_o but_o if_o the_o patient_n be_v not_o only_o in_o danger_n through_o want_n of_o sleep_n and_o pain_n but_o the_o faculty_n be_v already_o deject_v even_o by_o the_o disease_n itself_o so_o that_o it_o be_v doubt_v in_o a_o manner_n of_o the_o life_n of_o the_o patient_n than_o they_o be_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v give_v 4._o frider._n hoffman_n m._n m._n lib._n 2._o c._n 4._o because_o they_o hasten_v death_n and_o bring_v on_o a_o perpetual_a slumber_n vi_o their_o daily_a and_o too_o frequent_a use_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v lest_o whilst_o we_o try_v to_o ease_v pain_n we_o introduce_v another_o distemper_n or_o lessen_v the_o concoction_n of_o the_o stomach_n for_o i_o myself_o have_v observe_v this_o to_o be_v true_a ibid._n idem_fw-la ibid._n that_o they_o hinder_v the_o concoction_n of_o the_o stomach_n for_o they_o blunt_v its_o fermental_a spirit_n so_o that_o it_o can_v exert_v its_o ferment_a virtue_n whence_o fallow_a cardialgiae_fw-la weight_n and_o compression_n of_o the_o stomach_n with_o anguish_n vii_o let_v they_o be_v banish_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o a_o paroxysm_n or_o also_o when_o a_o crisis_n be_v at_o hand_n for_o the_o endeavour_n and_o motion_n of_o nature_n be_v invert_v by_o they_o whilst_o the_o natural_a heat_n be_v suffocate_v and_o the_o febrile_a heat_n be_v hinder_v from_o be_v expanded_a and_o the_o morbific_a matter_n from_o be_v expel_v viii_o their_o use_n after_o blood-letting_a be_v very_o hurtful_a because_o the_o member_n be_v then_o languish_v and_o almost_o insensible_a a_o deadly_a hemorrhagie_n may_v easy_o arise_v see_v a_o example_n in_o borellus_n cent._n 4._o obs_n 57_o ix_o they_o be_v to_o be_v give_v after_o the_o meat_n be_v pass_v off_o the_o stomach_n and_o three_o hour_n before_o eat_v again_o lest_o concoction_n be_v disturb_v yet_o if_o there_o be_v great_a necessity_n they_o may_v be_v administer_v even_o a_o hour_n after_o supper_n 438._o idem_fw-la p._n m._n 438._o the_o vapour_n of_o the_o meat_n more_o easy_o carry_v their_o somniferous_a and_o anodyne_a virtue_n to_o the_o
happen_v common_o in_o six_o or_o seven_o day_n time_n and_o then_o they_o draw_v a_o tincture_n from_o it_o with_o distil_a vinegar_n and_o they_o choose_v acid_n as_o vinegar_n juice_n of_o citron_n or_o lemon_n on_o this_o account_n because_o as_o acids_n dull_a the_o acrimony_n of_o the_o humour_n so_o also_o the_o virtue_n of_o narcotick_n and_o fix_v and_o suppress_v the_o stupify_a spirit_n whence_o in_o soporiferous_a disease_n or_o soporiferous_a poison_n the_o use_n of_o vinegar_n be_v profitable_a and_o vinegar_n and_o acid_n be_v the_o remedy_n of_o drunkenness_n itself_o i_o will_v speak_v here_o what_o i_o think_v first_o as_o to_o that_o dry_n and_o slight_a roast_n as_o it_o be_v of_o the_o opium_n if_o which_o yet_o we_o ought_v to_o be_v sure_a of_o first_o there_o be_v some_o heterogeneous_a part_n in_o opium_n some_o whereof_z be_v more_o hurtful_a than_o other_o i_o will_v not_o indeed_o be_v against_o the_o toast_n of_o it_o if_o it_o be_v do_v so_o as_o that_o the_o narcotick_a sulphur_n who_o virtue_n be_v desire_v be_v not_o dissipate_v and_o a_o ineffectual_a body_n be_v leave_v behind_o the_o correction_n that_o be_v make_v by_o acid_n be_v suspect_v for_o although_o i_o shall_v grant_v this_o that_o acid_v infringe_v the_o virtue_n of_o narcotick_n and_o be_v good_a in_o soporous_a disease_n yet_o that_o be_v not_o desire_v here_o but_o the_o soporiferous_a virtue_n which_o if_o no_o harm_n lie_v hide_v under_o it_o be_v to_o be_v leave_v altogether_o entire_a and_o therefore_o not_o to_o be_v infringe_v by_o vinegar_n therefore_o as_o yet_o i_o see_v no_o reason_n for_o reject_v that_o preparation_n which_o be_v make_v with_o spirit_n of_o wine_n impregnate_v with_o aromata_fw-la because_o the_o malignity_n of_o the_o narcotick_n be_v sufficient_o correct_v thereby_o nor_o let_v the_o narcotick_a virtue_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o wine_n offend_v any_o one_o for_o the_o spirit_n be_v all_o separate_v and_o we_o use_v it_o to_o separate_v the_o sulphur_n or_o narcotick_a part_n of_o the_o opium_n from_o the_o faeces_fw-la and_o impurity_n and_o when_o it_o be_v separate_v the_o virtue_n of_o the_o aromatic_a species_n wherewith_o the_o spirit_n of_o wine_n be_v imbue_v remain_v join_v with_o the_o opium_n 1._o sennert_n pract._n l._n 1._o p._n 2._o c._n 1._o and_o correct_v the_o malignity_n that_o be_v therein_o and_o strengthen_v the_o heart_n and_o other_o viscera_n ¶_o horstius_n tom_n 2._o p._n 561._o make_v his_o laudanum_n opiatum_fw-la of_o opium_n extract_v with_o distil_a vinegar_n add_v the_o extract_n of_o saffron_n and_o magistery_n of_o pearl_n with_o the_o oil_n of_o vitriol_n which_o he_o give_v under_o the_o title_n of_o laudanum_n opiatum_fw-la cum_fw-la magisteriis_fw-la to_o eight_o grain_n for_o the_o high_a dose_n from_o the_o time_n say_v he_o that_o i_o begin_v to_o practice_v i_o have_v always_o use_v to_o fly_v to_o opium_n right_o correct_v as_o to_o the_o only_a refuge_n in_o the_o great_a and_o most_o dangerous_a disease_n in_o continual_a fever_n with_o a_o total_a want_n of_o sleep_n with_o restlessness_n and_o when_o the_o strength_n be_v almost_o spend_v ob_v 22._o l._n 1._o de_fw-fr febr_n in_o the_o most_o vi_o lend_v colic_n pain_n in_o a_o stubborn_a bleed_v at_o the_o nose_n ob_v l._n 1._o de_fw-fr febr_n in_o the_o overflow_n of_o the_o term_n dysentery_n pain_n of_o the_o joint_n tooch-ach_n hysterical_a convulsion_n a_o hide_a cancer_n frenzy_n melancholy_a madness_n great_a wound_n and_o great_a chirurgical_a operation_n yea_o also_o outward_o in_o staunch_a the_o blood_n of_o wound_a artery_n see_v ob_n 3._o l._n 10._o barthol_n ep._n 46._o cent_n 3._o xxviii_o the_o famous_a remedy_n of_o opium_n bear_v away_o the_o bell_n from_o all_o in_o drive_v away_o watch_n and_o in_o stop_v too_o great_a evacuation_n both_o of_o natural_a and_o unprofitable_a humour_n no_o error_n can_v be_v omit_v therein_o if_o the_o just_a dose_n and_o fit_a time_n be_v observe_v but_o if_o people_n dote_v perhaps_o the_o late_a weakness_n will_v be_v impute_v to_o it_o sometime_o some_o thing_n that_o deserve_v it_o not_o be_v repute_v for_o the_o cause_n of_o a_o man_n death_n though_o they_o rather_o fall_v in_o with_o the_o time_n of_o death_n than_o be_v themselves_o the_o causer_n of_o it_o thus_o in_o continual_a and_o malignant_a fever_n we_o have_v observe_v that_o the_o death_n of_o the_o patient_n have_v be_v ascribe_v to_o the_o malignity_n of_o this_o generous_a and_o heroic_a medicine_n although_o give_v in_o a_o just_a dose_n yet_o at_o a_o wrong_a time_n 106._o rolfink_v lib._n de_fw-fr febr_fw-fr c._n 106._o namely_o in_o the_o agony_n so_o that_o he_o who_o fate_n slay_v be_v think_v to_o be_v kill_v by_o this_o remedy_n xxix_o though_o as_o galen_n show_v 5._o simple_a 18._o there_o be_v divers_a kind_n of_o narcotick_n some_o whereof_o act_n by_o a_o manifest_a quality_n as_o hemlock_n mandrake_n other_o by_o a_o occult_a or_o by_o their_o whole_a substance_n as_o somniferous_a nightshade_n which_o be_v rare_o use_v by_o physician_n yet_o opium_n be_v the_o principal_a narcotick_a as_o be_v least_o hurtful_a if_o correct_v i_o use_v it_o more_o secure_o be_v thus_o prepare_v see_v according_o to_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o physician_n the_o crude_a have_v a_o exulcerate_v virtue_n it_o be_v first_o to_o be_v dry_v and_o to_o be_v free_v from_o its_o excrementitious_a moisture_n under_o which_o its_o exulcerate_v virtue_n lie_v hide_v where_o yet_o we_o must_v note_v the_o fire_n be_v to_o be_v administer_v wary_o lest_o it_o contract_v a_o empyreuma_n or_o be_v quite_o calcine_v and_o so_o the_o anodyne_a sulphur_n which_o it_o have_v hide_v in_o in_o its_o bowel_n be_v lose_v afterward_o let_v it_o be_v extract_v with_o distil_a vinegar_n which_o draw_v forth_o the_o salt_n and_o sulphur_n of_o the_o opium_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o wine_n only_o extract_v the_o sulphur_n and_o leave_v the_o salt_n untouched_a whereas_o its_o vital_a strength_n be_v in_o the_o salt_n 439._o frid._n hofm_n m._n m._n p._n 439._o and_o by_o mean_n of_o the_o vinegar_n the_o tyranny_n of_o its_o malignity_n be_v fit_o tame_v withal_o xxx_o see_v it_o will_v be_v tedious_a to_o reckon_v up_o all_o the_o species_n of_o lesser_a hurt_n that_o narcotick_v ever_o use_v to_o do_v we_o will_v only_o rehearse_v here_o those_o mischief_n which_o by_o their_o improper_a &_o unseasonable_a use_n happen_v sometime_o in_o the_o head_n or_o in_o the_o breast_n or_o in_o the_o low_a belly_n as_o to_o the_o first_o it_o be_v common_o enough_o know_v that_o the_o principal_a function_n of_o the_o soul_n viz._n memory_n discourse_n and_o sharpness_n of_o wit_n be_v often_o notable_o hurt_v by_o narcotick_n the_o frequent_a use_n of_o they_o weaken_v the_o memory_n in_o many_o i_o know_v a_o man_n that_o lose_v that_o faculty_n quite_o by_o take_v too_o large_a a_o dose_n of_o laudanum_n in_o a_o fever_n i_o know_v that_o some_o have_v by_o this_o medicine_n contract_v a_o dulness_n or_o stupidity_n of_o wit_n and_o other_o madness_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o opium_n be_v devour_v by_o the_o turk_n in_o great_a quantity_n without_o any_o harm_n or_o however_o without_o any_o danger_n of_o life_n be_v because_o its_o particle_n though_o at_o first_o inimicous_a and_o poisonous_a to_o the_o spirit_n yet_o by_o frequent_a use_n become_v at_o length_n more_o agreeable_a and_o familiar_a as_o we_o observe_v concern_v the_o smoke_n of_o tabaco_n take_v in_o a_o pipe_n for_o whereas_o at_o the_o first_o it_o use_v to_o cause_n giddiness_n and_o often_o vomit_v or_o purge_v yea_o cold_a sweat_n with_o tremble_a and_o often_o faint_n yet_o after_o a_o while_o we_o take_v it_o without_o disturbance_n yea_o with_o great_a delight_n and_o the_o reason_n why_o a_o large_a dose_n of_o opium_n add_v courage_n and_o notable_a boldness_n to_o they_o so_o that_o they_o can_v enter_v upon_o a_o fight_n without_o fear_n i_o say_v the_o reason_n seem_v to_o be_v 2._o willis_n pharmac_n rat._n sect_n 7._o c._n 2._o because_o this_o medicine_n by_o somewhat_o stupify_a the_o spirit_n make_v they_o amaze_v so_o that_o they_o can_v undaunted_o endure_v the_o approach_n offensible_a thing_n howsoever_o terrible_a xxxi_o that_o opiate_n be_v sometime_o inimicous_a to_o the_o praecordia_fw-la and_o breast_n be_v clear_a enough_o from_o hence_o that_o they_o depress_v and_o diminish_v the_o pulse_n and_o respiration_n and_o sometime_o cause_v they_o to_o falter_v and_o by_o degree_n to_o cease_v utter_o wherefore_o in_o fever_n where_o the_o blood_n be_v ●o_o able_o deprave_a promise_n either_o no_o crisis_n or_o not_o a_o good_a one_o and_o withal_o afford_v only_o few_o and_o weak_a spirit_n to_o the_o animal_n government_n narcotick_n be_v almost_o always_o hurtful_a and_o poison_n as_o it_o be_v for_o though_o in_o
answer_v in_o the_o preparation_n many_o part_n of_o the_o vitriol_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o spirit_n whence_o we_o can_v observe_v all_o the_o effect_n in_o the_o spirit_n that_o be_v see_v in_o the_o vitriol_n entire_a and_o some_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o first_o that_o be_v not_o take_v notice_n of_o in_o the_o latter_a vitriol_n vomit_v the_o spirit_n stay_v vomit_v so_o sulphur_n be_v inflammable_a its_o spirit_n not_o so_o yea_o it_o rather_o resist_v a_o flame_n the_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n have_v a_o erode_a faculty_n if_o give_v alone_o but_o that_o be_v common_a to_o it_o with_o other_o liquor_n as_o vinegar_n the_o juice_n of_o citron_n etc._n etc._n your_o acidulae_n or_o mineral_n water_n be_v drink_v with_o profit_n that_o have_v their_o virtue_n from_o vitriolic_a spirit_n it_o be_v safe_o give_v in_o convenient_a liquor_n it_o be_v hotness_n be_v correct_v while_o its_o particle_n be_v sever_v by_o a_o mixture_n with_o water_n or_o other_o liquor_n in_o that_o proportion_n that_o a_o hundred_o particle_n or_o atom_n of_o water_n be_v mix_v with_o ten_o or_o twelve_o of_o the_o spirit_n 2._o the_o medicine_n be_v not_o know_v to_o antiquity_n yea_o 9_o yea_o x._o m._n c._n 2._o 11._o etc._n etc._n 9_o galen_n suspect_v the_o use_n of_o vitriolate_a water_n in_o putrid_a fever_n because_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o skin_n they_o both_o cause_n a_o astriction_n of_o its_o pore_n and_o too_o much_o heat_v the_o body_n answ_n we_o must_v not_o therefore_o reject_v it_o because_o it_o be_v not_o know_v to_o antiquity_n galen_n disallow_v of_o the_o external_a use_n of_o vitriolate_a water_n because_o they_o constringe_v the_o skin_n 3._o he_o say_v there_o be_v safe_a medicine_n answ_n the_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n be_v safe_a if_o it_o be_v take_v in_o a_o due_a quantity_n that_o it_o have_v do_v good_a in_o fever_n there_o be_v innumerable_a witness_n few_o say_v that_o it_o have_v do_v ●urt_n it_o do_v not_o as_o yet_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v safe_a medicine_n 4._o the_o too_o great_a astriction_n that_o be_v in_o the_o vitriol_n be_v also_o in_o the_o oil_n now_o astringent_n do_v harm_n in_o putrid_a fever_n answ_n the_o astriction_n in_o the_o spirit_n be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o to_o do_v harm_n there_o rather_o seem_v to_o be_v none_o in_o it_o all_o acid_n do_v not_o astringe_v yea_o they_o attenuate_v deterge_n take_v away_o obstruction_n loosen_v the_o belly_n it_o cure_v the_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n not_o by_o bind_v but_o by_o strengthen_v and_o condensate_v there_o proceed_v indeed_o effect_n from_o densation_n that_o be_v like_a to_o astriction_n but_o be_v not_o astringent_n and_o acid_n be_v different_a but_o suppose_v it_o astringe_n there_o be_v no_o danger_n from_o thence_o for_o the_o incide_v attenuate_a and_o open_v part_n be_v by_o far_o the_o more_o powerful_a 5._o vitriol_n be_v poison_n according_a to_o dioscorides_n answ_n it_o be_v poison_n in_o a_o large_a sense_n in_o which_o all_o thing_n that_o kill_v by_o their_o quantity_n be_v call_v deletery_n etc._n etc._n rolfinc_fw-la ep._n de_fw-fr febr_fw-fr c._n 136._o where_n more_o objection_n be_v make_v ¶_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n be_v give_v indecent_o and_o too_o long_o put_v on_o the_o nature_n rather_o of_o a_o poison_n than_o a_o medicine_n be_v add_v to_o humour_n that_o boil_v already_o enough_o of_o themselves_o just_a as_o if_o you_o mix_v this_o spirit_n with_o the_o gall_n of_o some_o animal_n 405._o rolfinc_fw-la con_fw-la 2._o l._n 4._o p._n 405._o it_o cause_v great_a disturbance_n and_o procure_v a_o quick_a ascent_n of_o vapour_n xxiv_o chemist_n make_v universal_a and_o general_a digestive_n of_o tartar_n as_o 1._o it_o be_v cream_n and_o crystal_n 2._o the_o magistery_n of_o tartar_n vitriolate_v 3._o misiura_n simplex_fw-la but_o these_o be_v not_o true_o such_o it_o be_v safe_a to_o rank_v they_o in_o the_o number_n of_o particular_a digestive_n they_o be_v not_o good_a in_o a_o bilious_a cacochymie_n and_o for_o salt_n sour_a and_o acrimonious_a humour_n in_o those_o they_o may_v increase_v the_o ebullition_n and_o do_v harm_n they_o be_v more_o profitable_a for_o a_o simple_a cacochymical_a melancholy_n but_o not_o so_o good_a for_o a_o pontic_a and_o acrimonious_a which_o have_v the_o seed_n of_o fire_n in_o it_o as_o much_o as_o they_o avail_v to_o incide_v thickness_n so_o much_o they_o irritate_fw-la fervid_fw-la and_o adust_a humour_n and_o hurt_n by_o inflame_v 477._o rolfinc_fw-la m_v gener_fw-la etc._n etc._n p._n 477._o they_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n good_a for_o phlegmatic_a humour_n xxv_o the_o cream_n and_o crystal_n of_o tartar_n absterge_n incide_n thick_a and_o tartareous_a humour_n open_a obstruction_n and_o loosen_v the_o belly_n and_o either_o of_o they_o be_v a_o pleasant_a medicine_n if_o a_o drachm_n thereof_o be_v give_v in_o the_o broth_n of_o flesh_n or_o in_o boil_a water_n with_o a_o little_a butter_n in_o it_o with_o three_o four_o or_o five_o grain_n of_o diagridium_n or_o extract_v of_o scammony_n it_o will_v give_v the_o liquor_n a_o somewhat_o acid_a taste_n the_o crystal_n be_v not_o so_o acid_a nor_o so_o diuretic_n as_o the_o cream_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v safe_o give_v when_o the_o body_n be_v not_o purge_v 1._o sennert_n epist_n 28._o cent_n 1._o the_o dose_n be_v from_o a_o scruple_n to_o a_o drachm_n xxvi_o as_o to_o the_o crystal_n of_o tartar_n let_v the_o young_a physician_n note_v that_o it_o be_v of_o great_a efficacy_n than_o be_v common_o believe_v see_v we_o seldom_o make_v use_n of_o it_o in_o our_o practice_n through_o the_o carelessness_n of_o apothecary_n and_o deceit_n of_o pseudochymist_n or_o those_o common_a distiller_n that_o sell_v chemical_a medicine_n to_o apothecary_n none_o whereof_o almost_o be_v sincere_a but_o all_o adulterate_a the_o carelessness_n of_o apothecary_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n so_o great_a that_o they_o choose_v rather_o to_o buy_v the_o crystal_n of_o tartar_n of_o those_o distiller_n than_o make_v it_o themselves_o though_o no_o preparation_n of_o medicine_n in_o the_o whole_a art_n be_v easy_a because_o it_o be_v sell_v they_o at_o a_o low_a price_n whereas_o it_o will_v stand_v they_o dear_a to_o make_v it_o now_o the_o cheat_n lie_v in_o this_o that_o those_o impostor_n put_v in_o their_o decoction_n but_o a_o little_a tartar_n and_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o alum_n not_o that_o tartar_n be_v dear_a than_o alum_n but_o because_o tartar_n yield_v but_o a_o little_a quantity_n of_o crystal_n whereas_o alum_n will_v all_o of_o it_o run_v into_o they_o hereby_o be_v physician_n disappoint_v of_o their_o end_n see_v alum_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o astringent_a virtue_n that_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o open_v faculty_n that_o be_v desire_v by_o they_o and_o another_o hurt_n be_v do_v this_o medicine_n that_o this_o sort_n of_o crystal_n be_v draw_v out_o by_o decoction_n make_v in_o brass_n pot_n whereby_o the_o malignant_a quality_n of_o the_o brass_n be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o medicine_n for_o it_o be_v a_o very_a well_o know_v and_o vulgar_a precept_n of_o pharmacy_n that_o acid_n be_v not_o boil_a in_o brass_n vessel_n because_o they_o easy_o penetrate_v and_o draw_v a_o certain_a tincture_n from_o the_o brass_n that_o be_v very_o hurtful_a but_o the_o crystal_n of_o tartar_n be_v very_a acid_n and_o by_o some_o be_v name_v acidum_fw-la tartari_fw-la and_o yet_o this_o error_n be_v very_o common_o commit_v even_o by_o the_o apothecary_n themselves_o for_o almost_o all_o that_o make_v these_o crystal_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n use_v brass_n vessel_n so_o that_o i_o have_v see_v some_o apothecary_n have_v crystal_n of_o tartar_n of_o a_o sea-green_a colour_n from_o the_o verdegriese_n that_o have_v be_v draw_v from_o the_o vessel_n wherein_o they_o have_v be_v make_v therefore_o physician_n will_v consult_v for_o their_o own_o conscience_n for_o their_o esteem_n and_o the_o health_n of_o their_o patient_n if_o they_o make_v apothecary_n make_v the_o crystal_n of_o tartar_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o in_o glass_n iron_n or_o earthen_a vessel_n 4._o river_n pract_n l._n 11._o c._n 4._o xxvii_o though_o i_o leave_v every_o one_o to_o his_o own_o judgement_n and_o experience_n in_o the_o use_n of_o tartar_n yet_o by_o long_a use_n i_o have_v find_v that_o there_o be_v more_o of_o a_o open_n and_o loosen_a faculty_n in_o tartar_n itself_o than_o in_o its_o cream_n or_o crystal_n draw_v by_o the_o solicitous_a hand_n and_o thought_n of_o chemist_n see_v in_o boil_v and_o by_o so_o many_o wash_n its_o purgative_a virtue_n that_o rest_v chief_o in_o its_o earthy_a and_o saline_a part_n do_v most_o of_o it_o vanish_v in●o_o the_o thin_a air_n i_o prescribe_v open_v herb_n that_o be_v define_v for_o the_o spleen_n or_o liver_n to_o be_v boil_v in_o pottage_n a●thr_n
incide_v and_o attenuate_v mucilaginousness_n especial_o the_o spirit_n of_o salt_n &_o these_o also_o free_a the_o first_o way_n from_o that_o notable_a mucilage_n that_o line_n the_o stomach_n which_o they_o carry_v either_o to_o the_o passage_n of_o urine_n or_o dispose_v to_o go_v out_o by_o stool_n 2._o alkalines_n and_o enixa_fw-la which_o on_o this_o account_n be_v call_v saponary_n these_o do_v notable_o carry_v away_o and_o absterge_n the_o lees_n of_o the_o blood_n as_o helmont_n speak_v the_o tincture_n of_o tartar_n the_o arcanum_fw-la of_o the_o same_o tartar_n vitriolate_a etc._n etc._n 3._o aromatics_n as_o other_o so_o especial_o carminative_a which_o use_n to_o profit_v both_o inward_o and_o outward_o in_o those_o case_n yea_o both_o the_o now_o mention_a thing_n do_v so_o conspire_v as_o it_o be_v in_o this_o three_o virtue_n that_o they_o procure_v a_o free_a course_n to_o the_o blood_n and_o that_o the_o serum_n be_v not_o hinder_v in_o its_o office_n whence_o also_o bitter_a thing_n and_o other_o belong_v hither_o these_o also_o correct_v that_o dullness_n and_o deficient_a spirituascenc●_n and_o aerescence_n of_o the_o stomach_n or_o rather_o of_o the_o chyle_n and_o do_v especial_o avert_v scirrhu_n of_o the_o spleen_n and_o be_v of_o principal_a efficacy_n in_o quartan_a ague_n and_o its_o symptom_n that_o arise_v from_o hence_o for_o it_o can_v be_v but_o when_o either_o the_o blood_n be_v too_o much_o fix_v by_o acid_n or_o the_o oily_a balsamic_a particle_n of_o the_o chyle_n be_v not_o separate_v slimy_a thick_a tartareous_a excrement_n must_v be_v breed_v and_o be_v fasten_v here_o and_o there_o but_o especial_o in_o the_o spleen_n 4._o hither_o belong_v also_o absterger_n diuretic_n and_o nephritick_n likewise_o for_o it_o be_v certain_a both_o that_o in_o the_o hypochondriacal_a a_o gravelly_a sandy_a matter_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o tartareous_a muddiness_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v separate_v with_o the_o urine_n and_o also_o that_o most_o who_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o stone_n be_v hypochondriacal_a withal_o and_o that_o antihypochondriack_n be_v proper_a for_o these_o also_o iv_o from_o these_o thing_n it_o be_v clear_a both_o that_o any_o specific_v in_o general_a and_o in_o particular_a splenetick_n and_o antihypochondriack_n be_v not_o all_o of_o they_o proper_a for_o all_o person_n for_o like_a as_o either_o austere_a and_o acid_a humour_n or_o lixivial_a volatile_a and_o middle_a such_o as_o chief_o cause_n colliquative_a sweat_n or_o the_o muddiness_n of_o the_o blood_n offend_v more_o so_o likewise_o do_v the_o application_n of_o these_o vary_v so_o as_o that_o if_o a_o man_n proceed_v in_o order_n and_o apply_v they_o promiscuous_o he_o shall_v rather_o load_v the_o patient_n with_o symptom_n than_o relieve_v he_o v._o volatils_n as_o well_o other_o as_o antiscorbutic_v do_v often_o hurt_v the_o splenetic_a and_o even_o the_o scorbutic_n themselves_o this_o be_v clear_a from_o what_o have_v be_v just_a now_o allege_v for_o if_o the_o hypochondriack_a person_n have_v a_o blood_n that_o be_v full_a of_o saline_n lixivious_a and_o alkaline_a atom_n if_o he_o be_v trouble_v or_o abound_v with_o a_o over_o fluxil_n and_o volatile_a serum_n those_o thing_n indeed_o be_v not_o good_a whence_o it_o be_v a_o error_n to_o administer_v antiscorbutic_v indifferent_o hence_o i_o have_v often_o see_v all_o the_o symptom_n that_o be_v hardly_o allay_v as_o preternatural_a heat_n watch_n etc._n etc._n raise_v anew_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o scurvigrass_n which_o have_v also_o be_v use_v hand_n over_o head_n for_o the_o extract_a of_o other_o aperitives_n for_o instance_n of_o steel_n vi_o acid_n be_v often_o good_a and_o so_o it_o can_v be_v say_v simple_o he_o be_v hypochondriacal_a therefore_o no_o acid_n be_v to_o be_v give_v he_o hither_o belong_v lipsius_n encomium_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n cent._n 1._o epist_n 81._o for_o when_o through_o a_o sedentary_a life_n he_o have_v contract_v a_o great_a sliminess_n of_o blood_n whence_o also_o he_o void_v by_o stool_n glassy_a phlegm_n he_o use_v the_o vinegar_n of_o vitriol_n with_o no_o bad_a success_n likewise_o temperate_a and_o absorb_v and_o dilute_v remedy_n be_v profitable_o administer_v to_o these_o hence_o servius_n inst_z med._n c._n 3._o i_o have_v sometime_o benefit_v the_o hypochondriacal_a rather_o by_o cool_v than_o heal_v medicine_n by_o whey_n mineral_n water_n and_o other_o thing_n whereby_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o hypochondres_n may_v be_v temper_v and_o so_o neither_o be_v these_o thing_n to_o be_v administer_v without_o the_o active_a nor_o those_o without_o these_o temperate_a remedy_n the_o serum_n be_v to_o be_v attend_v to_o in_o all_o case_n that_o it_o be_v neither_o defective_a nor_o abound_v too_o much_o with_o saline_a particle_n vii_o but_o the_o spleen_n require_v strong_a aperitive_n than_o the_o liver_n this_o be_v the_o affirmation_n of_o galen_n which_o though_o mercatus_n oppugn_v and_o grant_v it_o only_o of_o the_o external_a use_n yet_o it_o be_v true_a where_o either_o the_o spirit_n and_o blood_n be_v fix_v or_o sliminess_n be_v predominant_a in_o the_o blood_n hence_o for_o instance_n the_o spirit_n of_o sal_fw-la ammoniac_a be_v very_o profitable_o give_v to_o the_o melancholic_a even_o in_o drink_n viii_o those_o must_v use_v motion_n that_o take_v steel-remedy_n and_o the_o excrement_n of_o the_o belly_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v motion_n i_o say_v must_v be_v use_v that_o the_o sluggish_a humour_n may_v be_v excite_v and_o the_o medicine_n may_v be_v better_o actuate_v and_o descend_v but_o this_o be_v principal_o to_o be_v mean_v when_o they_o be_v take_v in_o a_o dry_a or_o solid_a form_n for_o then_o unless_o motion_n be_v use_v they_o do_v not_o work_v well_o and_o the_o excrement_n must_v be_v consider_v because_o they_o be_v tinge_v by_o steel-medicine_n so_o that_o they_o be_v void_v black_a because_o of_o the_o vitriol_n that_o be_v draw_v out_o of_o the_o medicine_n which_o be_v a_o manifest_a token_n that_o there_o have_v be_v a_o resolution_n thereof_o make_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v note_v that_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v give_v in_o substance_n and_o a_o dry_a form_n except_o the_o stomach_n be_v strong_a 107._o g._n w._n wedel_n de_fw-fr s_o m._n sac_n p._n 107._o so_o that_o if_o i_o may_v so_o say_v it_o can_v bear_v and_o concoct_v they_o s●illicidium_n or_o pump_v the_o content_n it_o be_v a_o very_a effectual_a t●pick_n i._o we_o must_v have_v regard_n to_o such_o indication_n as_o forbid_v it_o ii_o to_o who_o hot_a bath_n be_v hurtful_a iii_o how_o cold_a stillicidia_fw-la be_v to_o be_v use_v iv_o to_o what_o part_n they_o be_v chief_o beneficial_a v._o what_o part_v of_o the_o head_n be_v to_o be_v expose_v to_o they_o vi_o the_o manner_n of_o administer_a they_o vii_o the_o patient_n must_v not_o sleep_v the_o whilst_o viii_o what_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v apply_v afterward_o ix_o i._o stillitidium_n or_o pump_v common_o call_v daccia_n and_o gutta_n and_o improper_o by_o some_o embroche_o which_o signify_v perfusion_n from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o wet_v be_v that_o form_n of_o medicine_n whereby_o there_o be_v make_v a_o distillation_n of_o a_o liquid_a humour_n from_o on_o high_a like_o a_o shower_n upon_o some_o part_n it_o be_v agree_v by_o all_o that_o this_o stillicidium_fw-la excel_v any_o other_o form_n of_o external_a medicine_n as_o to_o its_o activity_n and_o that_o indeed_o just_o because_o through_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o matter_n fall_v from_o on_o high_a the_o skin_n wax_v hot_a and_o the_o pore_n be_v open_v whereby_o be_v make_v the_o great_a impression_n the_o occasion_n of_o invent_v this_o remedy_n be_v twofold_a the_o one_o the_o resistance_n of_o the_o distemper_n as_o to_o other_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o act_v through_o the_o stubbornness_n of_o the_o matter_n or_o it_o be_v too_o deep_a situation_n the_o other_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o part_n itself_o to_o which_o the_o remedy_n be_v to_o be_v apply_v when_o through_o the_o obstacle_n of_o the_o bone_n it_o suffer_v not_o the_o virtue_n of_o a_o medicine_n to_o reach_v to_o the_o part_n affect_v unless_o it_o be_v administer_v with_o motion_n on_o which_o account_n galen_n 13._o ult_n claudin_n append_v c._n ult_n meth._n c._n 22._o commend_v this_o manner_n of_o administration_n chief_o in_o the_o head_n ii_o the_o prohibent_n be_v many_o and_o 1._o a_o plethora_n and_o cacochymie_n 2._o a_o ulcer_n and_o all_o solution_n of_o unity_n yea_o and_o sometime_o a_o evil_a composition_n of_o the_o part_n but_o it_o be_v particular_o forbid_v for_o the_o head_n by_o a_o vertiginous_a distemper_n by_o a_o suffocate_a catarrh_n or_o a_o hot_a catarrh_n because_o see_v upon_o the_o account_n of_o this_o it_o ought_v to_o be_v cool_v it_o may_v do_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o harm_n to_o the_o brain_n
a_o large_a quantity_n hurt_v the_o same_o at_o length_n by_o which_o experiment_n we_o plain_o see_v 1._o that_o neither_o lixivial_a nor_o middle_a salt_n be_v to_o be_v use_v long_a or_o in_o a_o large_a quantity_n than_o be_v fit_v 2._o we_o may_v gather_v from_o hence_o that_o the_o ferment_n of_o the_o stomach_n be_v not_o acido_n saline_a in_o that_o sense_n as_o if_o it_o be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o acid_a salt_n but_o rather_o that_o it_o be_v saline_n and_o among_o salt_n may_v be_v refer_v to_o the_o acid_n though_o it_o be_v not_o so_o in_o its_o own_o nature_n in_o the_o abstract_n but_o acid_a salt_n though_o they_o come_v general_o under_o another_o notion_n be_v as_o such_o grateful_a to_o the_o stomach_n hence_o acidum_fw-la tartari_fw-la comfort_n and_o strengthen_v the_o stomach_n and_o hence_o also_o acid_a spirit_n serve_v the_o same_o end_n very_o well_o but_o when_o acid_a salt_n be_v modify_v by_o other_o accessory_n they_o do_v not_o do_v so_o well_o 184._o idem_fw-la pharmac_fw-la p._n 184._o whence_o alum_n and_o vitriol_n rather_o hurt_v than_o help_v the_o stomach_n because_o of_o the_o mineral_n metallic_v part_n that_o be_v join_v to_o they_o sudorifick_v see_v before_o alexipharmack_n diaphoretick_n the_o content_n they_o agree_v in_o virtue_n with_o cardiack_n i._o their_o difference_n as_o to_o their_o matter_n and_o faculty_n ii_o the_o efficacy_n of_o a_o sudorific_a diet_n and_o where_o it_o have_v place_n iii_o sudorifick_v be_v not_o profitable_a for_o every_o humour_n without_o distinction_n iv_o lean_a person_n endure_v sweat_v well_o v._o what_o humour_n may_v be_v expel_v by_o sweat_v vi_o wherein_o the_o virtue_n of_o some_o sudorifick_v consist_v vii_o they_o be_v hurtful_a for_o some_o viii_o sweat_n be_v not_o to_o be_v provoke_v before_o the_o humour_n be_v dispose_v ix_o we_o must_v but_o sweat_v once_o a_o day_n and_o that_o in_o the_o morning_n x._o we_o must_v sweat_v several_a time_n and_o not_o once_o for_o all_o xi_o sweat_n be_v not_o to_o be_v provoke_v in_o acute_a disease_n xii_o all_o be_v not_o to_o be_v compel_v to_o sweat_n xiii_o sweat_v be_v not_o to_o be_v continue_v too_o long_o fourteen_o though_o sweat_n burst_v not_o forth_o all_o of_o a_o sudden_a yet_o it_o may_v come_v by_o degree_n xv._o abstersion_n provoke_v it_o xvi_o their_o efficacy_n to_o restore_v motion_n to_o the_o flagnate_n blood_n xvii_o hot_a drink_n take_v whilst_o one_o be_v a_o sweat_v promote_v the_o sweat_n xviii_o bezoardicum_fw-la minerale_fw-mi be_v a_o effectual_a hydrotick_a xix_o antimonium_n diaphoreticum_fw-la be_v but_o a_o weak_a medicine_n xx._n it_o ought_v to_o be_v new_o prepare_v when_o use_v xxi_o those_o that_o be_v in_o the_o use_n of_o a_o guaiacum_n diet-drink_a be_v to_o be_v purge_v every_o eight_o day_n xxii_o how_o sudorific_a decoction_n make_v people_n fat_a xxiii_o it_o be_v not_o good_a to_o give_v a_o bolus_fw-la of_o turpentine_n with_o they_o xxiv_o salt_n be_v hydrotick_a xxv_o the_o virtue_n of_o decoction_n depend_v on_o the_o diet_n that_o be_v order_v in_o the_o use_n of_o they_o xxvi_o how_o the_o decoction_n of_o guaiacum_n be_v to_o be_v prepare_v xxvii_o the_o first_o decoction_n draw_v not_o all_o its_o virtue_n forth_o xxviii_o china_n and_o guaiacum_n be_v not_o to_o be_v mix_v together_o xxix_o a_o strict_a diet_n be_v not_o necessary_a in_o the_o use_n of_o a_o decoction_n of_o china_n xxx_o sassaphras_n affect_v the_o head_n too_o much_o xxxi_o carduus_fw-la ben_v be_v to_o be_v give_v in_o substance_n xxxii_o the_o open_a root_n be_v spare_o to_o be_v add_v to_o hydrotick_n xxxiii_o when_o a_o hydrotick_a medicine_n be_v take_v provoke_v not_o sweat_n it_o be_v not_o therefore_o hurtful_a xxxiv_o i._o hydrotick_a medicine_n as_o to_o their_o way_n of_o work_v and_o operation_n have_v great_a affinity_n with_o most_o cardiack_n common_o so_o call_v insomuch_o that_o many_o of_o both_o kind_n be_v of_o a_o common_a or_o reciprocal_a use_n 194._o willis_n pharmac_fw-la rat_n p._n m._n 194._o and_o see_v they_o differ_v chief_o only_o as_o to_o their_o great_a or_o lesser_a efficacy_n when_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o pass_v from_o one_o genus_fw-la to_o the_o other_o general_o we_o need_v only_o increase_v or_o lessen_v the_o dose_n and_o choose_v the_o fit_a time_n for_o administer_a of_o they_o ii_o as_o to_o the_o various_a both_o kind_n and_o preparation_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o which_o hydrotick_a medicine_n be_v make_v they_o be_v general_o either_o the_o integral_a or_o elementary_a part_n of_o some_o mix_a body_n namely_o either_o natural_a concretes_n be_v give_v in_o their_o whole_a substance_n either_o simple_a or_o extract_v as_o when_o the_o leave_n root_n or_o seed_n of_o carduus_fw-la contrayerva_n angelica_n or_o the_o like_a be_v take_v in_o powder_n decoction_n conserve_v or_o magisterie_n or_o diaphoretick_n consist_v of_o the_o particle_n of_o this_o or_o that_o element_n namely_o 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former_a rank_n be_v most_o vegetable_n esteem_v antidote_n by_o the_o ancient_n such_o as_o be_v the_o leaf_n of_o scordium_n carduus_fw-la scabious_a perwinkle_n the_o flower_n of_o marigold_n chamomel_n the_o root_n of_o burdock_n zedoary_a galangal_n etc._n etc._n also_o the_o confection_n of_o mithridate_n treacle_n diascordium_n the_o decoction_n of_o guaiacum_n box_n and_o the_o like_a be_v reckon_v among_o these_o which_o kind_n of_o medicine_n be_v take_v into_o and_o dissolve_v in_o the_o stomach_n make_v a_o tincture_n who_o particle_n as_o be_v more_o hot_a and_o foreign_a excite_v the_o animal_n spirit_n whence_o the_o praecordia_fw-la be_v more_o brisk_o agitate_a do_v drive_v the_o blood_n more_o rapid_o about_o yea_o they_o enter_v into_o &_o ferment_n the_o blood_n that_o be_v in_o the_o stomach-vessel_n and_o so_o whilst_o they_o make_v it_o to_o be_v carry_v back_o more_o hasty_o by_o the_o vein_n towards_o the_o heart_n they_o make_v it_o also_o to_o be_v drive_v more_o vehement_o even_o so_o as_o to_o cause_v sweat_n by_o the_o artery_n into_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n 2._o the_o other_o sort_n of_o diaphoretick_n which_o whilst_o they_o consist_v of_o the_o integral_a part_n of_o the_o mix_v have_v a_o alkali_n salt_n predominant_a be_v stone_n and_o the_o bony_a or_o shelly_n part_n of_o animal_n and_o vegetable_n as_o bezoar_v perl_n the_o eye_n and_o claw_n of_o crab_n and_o the_o like_a who_o diaphoretic_n virtue_n proceed_v chief_o from_o a_o alkali_fw-la salt_n inasmuch_o namely_o as_o the_o particle_n hereof_o sometime_o meet_v with_o a_o acid_a salt_n both_o in_o the_o viscera_fw-la and_o blood_n and_o effervesce_v therewith_o thereby_o cause_v the_o mass_n of_o blood_n to_o be_v fuse_v and_o its_o serosity_n to_o be_v separate_v and_o resolve_v into_o sweat_n 2._o hydrotick_a medicine_n which_o after_o a_o spagirical_a analysis_n owe_v their_o virtue_n to_o these_o or_o those_o elementary_a particle_n be_v frame_v out_o of_o divers_a subject_n and_o with_o a_o different_a preparation_n be_v chief_o either_o spirituous_a or_o saline_n or_o both_o together_o combine_v one_o with_o another_o or_o with_o some_o sulphureous_a particle_n for_o such_o as_o be_v whole_o or_o for_o the_o great_a part_n sulphureous_a be_v less_o accommodate_v to_o this_o intention_n because_o such_o be_v general_o offensive_a to_o the_o viscera_fw-la do_v often_o cause_v a_o nausea_n and_o sometime_o a_o vomit_v moreover_o those_o which_o through_o plenty_n of_o sulphur_n be_v oily_a and_o fat_a do_v not_o so_o ready_o insinuate_v their_o particle_n into_o the_o mass_n of_o blood_n after_o what_o manner_n and_o by_o what_o affection_n of_o the_o blood_n or_o spirit_n this_o second_o sort_n do_v move_v a_o diaphoresis_n we_o will_v inquire_v particular_o and_o 1._o to_o the_o spirituous_a we_o refer_v hot_a water_n and_o all_o sort_n of_o liquor_n endue_v with_o a_o vinous_a spirit_n such_o as_o
be_v common_o distil_v by_o chemistry_n out_o of_o the_o fruit_n or_o juice_n of_o vegetable_n mature_v by_o fermentation_n or_o resolve_v by_o putrefaction_n as_o the_o spirit_n of_o wine_n of_o the_o berry_n of_o juniper_n and_o elder_a of_o black_a cherry_n etc._n etc._n such_o vinous_a liquor_n as_o these_o be_v take_v inward_o both_o inasmuch_o as_o they_o erect_v the_o animal_n spirit_n and_o excite_v they_o into_o a_o great_a expansion_n and_o also_o in_o that_o they_o exagitate_v the_o blood_n and_o as_o by_o the_o addition_n of_o oil_n to_o a_o flame_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v more_o accend_v do_v procure_v a_o diaphoresis_fw-la 2._o for_o procure_v a_o diaphoresis_fw-la saline_n preparation_n of_o divers_a kind_n and_o different_a state_n be_v prescribe_v with_o success_n which_o yet_o do_v not_o like_o the_o particle_n of_o a_o entire_a mix_v or_o like_o the_o mere_o spirituous_a either_o by_o their_o heterogeneity_n exagitate_v the_o blood_n or_o by_o their_o inflammability_n accend_v it_o but_o only_o by_o act_v upon_o its_o saline_n particle_n which_o whilst_o they_o snatch_v into_o their_o embrace_n they_o pull_v they_o from_o their_o too_o strict_a combination_n with_o other_o whereby_o the_o compage_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v loosen_v and_o the_o pulse_n increase_v the_o superfluous_a serosity_n and_o other_o recrement_n may_v the_o easy_o part_v therefrom_o and_o be_v send_v off_o by_o sweat_n to_o this_o rank_n ought_v salt_n of_o almost_o every_o condition_n but_o especial_o the_o volatile_a fluid_n fix_v and_o nitrous_a to_o be_v refer_v of_o which_o either_o alone_a or_o compound_v with_o one_o another_o be_v the_o diaphoretick_n of_o the_o chief_a note_n make_v which_o be_v take_v inward_o and_o meet_v with_o other_o salt_n that_o be_v as_o well_o in_o the_o viscera_fw-la as_o in_o the_o mass_n of_o blood_n and_o call_v they_o out_o of_o the_o embrace_n of_o other_o particle_n do_v unlock_v and_o rarefie_v the_o blood_n and_o thereby_o dispose_v to_o a_o diaphoresis_n 1._o the_o diaphoretick_n who_o base_n be_v the_o integral_a part_n of_o a_o mix_v wherein_o likewise_o a_o acrimonious_a or_o volatile_a salt_n be_v predominant_a do_v often_o on_o this_o account_n contribute_v to_o the_o procure_n of_o sweat_n inasmuch_o as_o their_o particle_n be_v receive_v into_o the_o blood_n see_v they_o can_v neither_o be_v mix_v therewith_o nor_o tame_v do_v exagitate_v great_o divide_v and_o part_v as_o it_o be_v into_o small_a particle_n the_o mass_n thereof_o so_o that_o at_o length_n the_o compage_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v very_o much_o loosen_v and_o wrought_v into_o a_o effervescence_n the_o superfluous_a serosity_n and_o the_o recrement_n and_o corrupt_a particle_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v cast_v forth_o together_o with_o the_o particle_n of_o the_o medicine_n that_o be_v to_o be_v throw_v off_o because_o of_o their_o heterogeneity_n 2._o sudorific_a medicine_n prepare_v of_o the_o elementary_a part_n of_o a_o mix_v have_v for_o their_o basis_n either_o a_o spirit_n or_o salt_n sometime_o simple_a sometime_o combine_v with_o another_o salt_n or_o with_o sulphur_n to_o diaphoretick_n who_o base_n be_v spirit_n with_o other_o elementary_a particle_n combine_v as_o for_o example_n a_o drachm_n of_o mixtura_fw-la simplex_fw-la in_o a_o convenient_a vehicle_n be_v refer_v those_o which_o consist_v of_o a_o spirit_n a_o fix_a salt_n or_o sulphur_n combine_v of_o which_o sort_n be_v the_o tincture_n of_o the_o salt_n of_o tartar_n and_o antimony_n the_o dose_n whereof_o be_v from_o one_o scruple_n to_o two_o in_o some_o liquor_n moreover_o distil_a water_n wherein_o the_o spirituous_a particle_n be_v dilute_v with_o the_o watery_a use_v to_o be_v often_o give_v with_o success_n for_o provoke_a sweat_n the_o dose_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a water_n may_v be_v actuate_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o chemical_a liquor_n or_o salt_n medicine_n of_o this_o sort_n be_v endue_v with_o a_o vinous_a spirit_n be_v chief_o and_o almost_o sole_o profitable_a for_o old_a man_n and_o for_o such_o as_o be_v endue_v with_o a_o cold_a temperament_n or_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o palsy_n or_o dropsy_n but_o in_o a_o hot_a constitution_n and_o where_o there_o be_v a_o heat_n of_o the_o viscera_fw-la or_o a_o febrile_a effervescence_n of_o the_o blood_n they_o use_v to_o do_v more_o harm_n than_o good_a inasmuch_o as_o they_o rarefie_v the_o former_a and_o accend_v this_o latter_a too_o much_o the_o diaphoretick_n which_o have_v a_o saline_a basis_n as_o they_o be_v of_o a_o various_a nature_n viz._n according_o as_o it_o be_v a_o volatile_a fix_v acetous_a or_o nitrous_a salt_n so_o they_o be_v of_o a_o different_a use_n and_o operation_n whence_o in_o some_o case_n one_o sort_n be_v better_a and_o in_o other_o another_o or_o another_o a_o fix_v and_o volatile_a salt_n be_v best_a for_o those_o who_o blood_n be_v very_o full_a of_o a_o serous_a humour_n beside_o if_o the_o liquor_n that_o water_v the_o viscera_fw-la and_o genus_fw-la nervosum_fw-la do_v at_o any_o time_n wax_v eager_a as_o it_o use_v to_o do_v in_o the_o dropsical_a and_o cacochymical_a and_o those_o who_o be_v subject_a to_o spasmodick_a disease_n these_o medicine_n be_v more_o profitable_o administer_v for_o procure_v sweat_n for_o meet_v with_o the_o acido-saline_a particle_n of_o the_o humour_n and_o close_n with_o they_o they_o unlock_v the_o compage_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o also_o through_o the_o heterogeneous_a mixture_n do_v exagitate_v its_o mass_n so_o that_o its_o serosity_n be_v more_o easy_o separate_v and_o drive_v outward_o through_o the_o pore_n of_o the_o skin_n 3._o diaphoretick_n which_o have_v a_o nitrous_a salt_n for_o their_o basis_n seem_v to_o help_v in_o the_o same_o case_n almost_o as_o the_o former_a consist_v of_o a_o fix_a and_o volatile_a salt_n namely_o inasmuch_o as_o they_o destroy_v the_o predominancy_n of_o a_o acid_a salt_n and_o so_o dispose_v the_o mixture_n of_o the_o blood_n that_o while_o it_o effervesce_n its_o serum_fw-la and_o recrement_n may_v be_v the_o more_o easy_o separate_v and_o send_v off_o 4._o diaphoretick_n who_o basis_n be_v a_o acid_a salt_n be_v chief_o profitable_a against_o the_o predominancy_n of_o a_o fix_a salt_n or_o sulphur_n namely_o if_o at_o any_o time_n through_o the_o saline_a fix_a particle_n combine_v with_o the_o sulphureous_a or_o earthy_a the_o mass_n of_o blood_n become_v too_o much_o lock_v up_o and_o constringe_v so_o that_o it_o can_v easy_o let_v go_v its_o serosity_n to_o be_v send_v off_o by_o sweat_n as_o sometime_o be_v usual_a in_o continual_a fever_n and_o the_o scurvy_a a_o acid_a salt_n in_o the_o medicine_n that_o be_v give_v meeting_n with_o a_o fix_a salt_n in_o our_o body_n and_o snatch_v it_o into_o its_o embrace_n take_v away_o the_o undue_a combination_n thereof_o and_o so_o unlock_v the_o effervescent_a blood_n and_o dispose_v it_o to_o sweat_v 5._o some_o medicine_n that_o be_v whole_o or_o for_o the_o great_a part_n sulphureous_a be_v common_o reckon_v in_o the_o number_n of_o diaphoretick_n as_o namely_o some_o natural_a balsam_n and_o some_o factitious_a one_o also_o chemical_a oil_n especial_o those_o of_o guaiacum_n box_n camphor_n hartshorn_n and_o soot_n likewise_o the_o resinous_a extract_n of_o heavy_a wood_n with_o many_o other_o which_o though_o of_o themselves_o they_o make_v little_a towards_o the_o provoke_a of_o sweat_n yet_o be_v join_v with_o other_o saline_a thing_n i_o think_v they_o to_o be_v not_o altogether_o unprofitable_a inasmuch_o as_o in_o a_o cold_a and_o too_o phlegmatic_a a_o constitution_n seq_fw-la willis_n pharm_n rat_n p._n m._n 196._o &_o seq_fw-la sulphureo_fw-la saline_a remedy_n do_v rarefie_v the_o over_o watery_a blood_n and_o dispose_v it_o to_o a_o free_a evaporation_n no_o less_o than_o spirituous_a thing_n iii_o the_o base_n of_o a_o sudorific_a diet-drink_a be_v the_o decoction_n of_o liquor_n for_o the_o cure_n of_o the_o pox_n and_o some_o other_o chronical_a disease_n deep_o root_v in_o the_o blood_n and_o humour_n for_o a_o very_a intense_a and_o frequent_a sweat_a namely_o daily_o for_o a_o long_a time_n be_v requisite_a for_o the_o cure_n of_o some_o disease_n namely_o not_o only_o that_o the_o impurity_n and_o corruption_n of_o the_o viscera_fw-la and_o humour_n may_v be_v carry_v off_o but_o also_o that_o the_o morbific_a tincture_n that_o be_v deep_o imprint_v thereupon_o may_v be_v whole_o destroy_v and_o root_v out_o as_o it_o be_v for_o this_o purpose_n it_o will_v not_o be_v enough_o to_o give_v some_o sudorific_a powder_n or_o bolus_fw-la now_o and_o then_o but_o a_o entire_a diet_n ought_v to_o be_v order_v f●r_o this_o intention_n wherefore_o let_v all_o the_o drink_v be_v a_o sudorific_a decoction_n after_o one_o dose_n whereof_o take_v also_o in_o the_o morning_n let_v plentiful_a sweat_v be_v provoke_v make_v use_n beside_o of_o the_o heat_n of_o a_o bath_n or_o hothouse_n moreover_o
with_o steel-medicine_n such_o as_o crocus_fw-la martis_n aperitivus_fw-la vitriolatus_fw-la saccharinus_n quercetan_n cachectick_a powder_n or_o his_o stomachal_n mix_v with_o marshal_n add_v for_o instance_n the_o oil_n of_o cinnamon_n which_o do_v very_o commendable_o serve_v this_o intention_n 2._o bridler_n and_o retarder_n whether_o the_o blood_n be_v too_o serous_a and_o acrimonious_a or_o choleric_a unlock_v and_o gnaw_v asunder_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o vessel_n or_o whether_o it_o issue_v plentiful_o through_o the_o breach_n of_o some_o vessel_n or_o other_o hurt_n now_o this_o excessive_a fermentation_n and_o turgescence_n be_v restrain_v both_o by_o watery_a cooler_n which_o temper_n and_o dilute_v the_o volatile_a saline_a and_o sulphureous_a part_n abound_v in_o the_o blood_n and_o also_o by_o earthy_a and_o styptic_a thing_n which_o precipitate_v separate_a bound_v and_o hinder_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o same_o as_o plantain_n shepherds-purse_n coral_n haematites_n and_o other_o thing_n to_o be_v fetch_v from_o astringent_n likewise_o acid_a and_o sour_a thing_n that_o do_v infringe_v and_o tame_v the_o say_v part_n as_o the_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n its_o tincture_n the_o tincture_n of_o violet_n and_o rose_n the_o styptic_a antiphthifick_a tincture_n of_o garmannus_n which_o do_v good_a in_o the_o immoderate_a flux_n of_o the_o term_n and_o opiate_n themselves_o all_o these_o i_o say_v benefit_n in_o the_o immoderate_a flux_n of_o the_o term_n or_o lochia_n and_o also_o partly_o in_o the_o whites_n iii_o or_o 3._o the_o genus_fw-la nervosum_fw-la and_o substance_n itself_o of_o the_o womb_n as_o it_o be_v know_v that_o it_o be_v membranous_a have_v a_o very_a great_a consent_n with_o the_o head_n and_o be_v plentiful_o store_v with_o nerve_n medicine_n of_o this_o sort_n be_v the_o nervine_n enumerate_v under_o the_o cephalick_fw-mi thing_n endue_v with_o a_o volatile_a balsamic_a sulphur_n spirituous_a thing_n pleasant_a thing_n as_o balm_n rosemary_n sage_a etc._n etc._n castor_n amber_n both_o which_o be_v full_a of_o a_o oleous_a volatile_a salt_n etc._n etc._n and_o above_o all_o other_o cinnabarines_fw-fr as_o it_o be_v certain_a by_o practical_a experience_n that_o native_a hungarian_a cinnabar_fw-la do_v great_o relieve_v hysterical_a distemper_n and_o convulsive_a motion_n of_o the_o womb_n likewise_o preparation_n of_o a_o humane_a secundine_a ivory_n without_o fire_n and_o preparation_n of_o hartshorn_n and_o the_o like_a whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o that_o medico-practical_a rule_n that_o all_o cephalick_n be_v uterines_n or_o that_o all_o cephalick_fw-mi herb_n in_o specie_fw-la do_v also_o respect_v the_o womb_n and_o on_o the_o contrary_a do_v hold_v chief_o in_o this_o sense_n because_o of_o the_o society_n of_o substance_n and_o agreeableness_n or_o analogy_n of_o the_o nervous_a part_n and_o these_o especial_o the_o comfort_a aromatics_n be_v uterines_n and_o profit_v particular_o in_o the_o hysterical_a suffocation_n and_o its_o various_a degree_n and_o consequent_o in_o faint_v swoon_a etc._n etc._n the_o same_o be_v approve_v in_o hard_a travail_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o either_o strengthen_v nature_n and_o the_o nerve_n as_o cinnabarines_n or_o do_v withal_o stimulate_v as_o the_o oil_n of_o cinnamon_n of_o amber_n etc._n etc._n also_o in_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o womb_n and_o fluor_fw-la albus_fw-la or_o whites_n inasmuch_o as_o the_o compage_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v too_o loose_a therein_o and_o the_o serous_a ichor_n outweighing_a the_o oily_a part_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v cast_v off_o through_o the_o looseness_n and_o weakness_n of_o the_o fibres_fw-es accompany_v whence_o such_o uterines_n as_o be_v strengthen_v and_o the_o oleous_a balsamic_n as_o rosemary_n profit_n in_o this_o case_n from_o hence_o it_o be_v clear_a why_o vinegar_n be_v call_v by_o hypocrates_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o a_o painer_n of_o the_o womb_n namely_o because_o it_o be_v offensive_a to_o the_o nerve_n because_o it_o fix_v the_o blood_n and_o depress_n and_o subjugate_v its_o sulphur_n and_o saline_a volatile_a part_n for_o otherwise_o when_o there_o be_v a_o intention_n to_o incide_v or_o to_o tame_v the_o sulphur_n as_o in_o the_o amor_fw-la insanus_fw-la or_o in_o the_o immoderate_a flux_n of_o the_o term_n it_o be_v very_o proper_a if_o it_o be_v not_o give_v in_o too_o large_a a_o dose_n iu._n or_o 4._o the_o extravasated_a humour_n stagnate_v about_o the_o womb_n and_o flatus_fw-la that_o arise_v from_o thence_o putrid_a filth_n etc._n etc._n which_o case_n indeed_o often_o happen_v and_o create_v divers_a cruel_a symptom_n of_o this_o sort_n of_o medicine_n be_v 1._o balsamick_n resist_v putrefaction_n bitter_a gummous_a and_o rosinous_a thing_n aloe_n myrrh_n scordium_n asa_fw-la foetida_fw-la galbanum_fw-la the_o essence_n of_o amber_n of_o myrrh_n of_o asa_fw-la foetida_fw-la the_o uterine_n elixir_n of_o crollius_n etc._n etc._n 2._o resolver_n of_o the_o cloddiness_n of_o the_o extravasated_a blood_n whether_o already_o clod_v or_o but_o a_o clod_n as_o chervil_n crabs-eye_n bezoardicum_fw-la martiale_fw-la antimonial_n and_o other_o such_o like_a do_v notable_o dissipate_v whatever_o stagnate_v and_o take_v away_o convulsive_a and_o hysterical_a symptom_n arise_v thence_o 3._o discusser_n diaphoretick_n and_o the_o more_o penetrate_a sudorifick_v as_o tinctura_fw-la bezoardica_fw-la the_o spirit_n of_o tartar_n mixtura_fw-la simplex_fw-la which_o itself_o also_o purge_v out_o putrid_a filth_n and_o diuretic_n also_o themselves_o do_v notable_o cleanse_v the_o womb._n 4._o carminative_n in_o a_o special_a manner_n for_o carminative_n be_v the_o best_a vterines_n and_o as_o practitioner_n have_v experiment_a the_o same_o thing_n that_o be_v good_a for_o the_o colic_n do_v also_o help_v fit_n of_o the_o mother_n as_o the_o carminative_a seed_n zedoary_a galangal_n essentia_fw-la carminativa_fw-la with_o the_o uterine_n elixir_n the_o tincture_n of_o tartar_n bezoardicum_fw-la martiale_fw-la which_o be_v very_o excellent_a in_o the_o hysteralgie_n and_o pain_n after_o travail_n and_o these_o be_v good_a in_o uterine_n flatus_fw-la which_o i_o have_v observe_v in_o a_o cacochymical_a woman_n to_o be_v discharge_v out_o of_o the_o womb_n like_o the_o flatus_fw-la of_o the_o belly_n and_o also_o in_o hysterical_a suffocation_n produce_v thence_o and_o from_o the_o putrid_a blood_n stagnate_v there_o likewise_o when_o the_o flux_n of_o the_o term_n and_o lochia_n be_v painful_a with_o anxiety_n pain_n of_o the_o back_n gripe_n etc._n etc._n v._o it_o be_v a_o rule_n among_o practitioner_n that_o the_o womb_n be_v demulce_v by_o sweet_a thing_n but_o it_o be_v hardly_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o sweet_a thing_n that_o be_v actual_o such_o absolute_o which_o indeed_o where_o the_o fermentation_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v to_o be_v renew_v have_v a_o notable_a use_n inasmuch_o as_o they_o promote_v its_o turgescence_n also_o in_o a_o fear_n of_o abortion_n honey_n be_v good_a outward_o or_o bread_n soak_v in_o honey_n and_o sack_n yet_o where_o the_o blood_n be_v to_o be_v bridle_v as_o in_o a_o too_o great_a flux_n of_o blood_n and_o in_o other_o case_n they_o rather_o do_v hurt_v so_o thing_n sweeten_v with_o sugar_n and_o honey_n be_v naught_o for_o the_o hysterical_a for_o they_o raise_v disturbance_n and_o revoke_v and_o exasperate_v quiet_v symptom_n vi_o acid_n which_o follow_v as_o a_o consectary_n from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v and_o sweet_a thing_n be_v neither_o always_o to_o be_v abstain_v from_o nor_o to_o be_v use_v promiscuous_o this_o chief_o hold_v of_o vinegar_n for_o it_o be_v but_o little_o furnish_v with_o sulphureous_a particle_n but_o such_o acid_n as_o be_v sulphureous_a withal_o as_o the_o cephalic_a spirit_n of_o salt_n nitre_n or_o vitriol_n be_v more_o friendly_a to_o the_o womb_n whence_o syrupus_fw-la byzantinus_n oxymel_n simple_a and_o that_o of_o squils_n and_o other_o acid_v hurt_v the_o womb_n but_o these_o be_v moderate_o sulphureous_a may_v be_v use_v upon_o occasion_n this_o appear_v from_o diet_n for_o if_o a_o woman_n that_o have_v her_o term_n flow_v eat_v salad_n or_o other_o acid_a thing_n they_o be_v stop_v thereby_o namely_o because_o they_o be_v adverse_a to_o the_o tone_n of_o the_o womb_n both_o as_o to_o the_o turgescence_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o also_o as_o to_o its_o own_o nervous_a substance_n vii_o in_o woman_n with_o child_n volatile_a pellent_n be_v to_o be_v avoid_v whence_o if_o the_o case_n be_v doubtful_a whether_o a_o woman_n be_v with_o child_n or_o only_o her_o term_n be_v suppress_v we_o hardly_o use_v to_o rise_v high_a than_o steel_n remedy_n which_o do_v not_o hurt_v but_o do_v withal_o strengthen_v otherwise_o attemperater_n and_o astringent_n be_v proper_a for_o they_o as_o to_o the_o uterine_n vessel_n and_o spirituous_a thing_n as_o to_o the_o vital_a strength_n of_o the_o foetus_fw-la viii_o when_o we_o will_v open_v strong_a pellent_n alone_o be_v not_o proper_a but_o moistener_n withal_o be_v to_o be_v use_v where_o we_o will_v bind_v let_v not_o drier_n be_v
follow_v afterward_o iii_o it_o be_v a_o error_n not_o only_o of_o the_o vulgar_a but_o also_o of_o some_o physician_n that_o the_o hemorrhoid_v always_o benefit_v the_o melancholic_a there_o be_v many_o hypochondriacal_a melancholist_n and_o of_o other_o sort_n to_o who_o the_o open_n of_o the_o hemorrhoid_n vein_n be_v prescribe_v among_o the_o chief_a remedy_n as_o if_o those_o vein_n evacuate_v a_o thick_a blood_n than_o other_o vein_n which_o i_o think_v to_o be_v very_o absurd_a the_o authority_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o modern_n and_o my_o own_o experience_n persuade_v i_o to_o this_o opinion_n among_o the_o most_o ancient_a hypocrates_n 6._o epid._n sect_n 3._o think_v that_o the_o open_n of_o the_o hemorrhoid_v not_o by_o leech_n or_o otherwise_o which_o few_o have_v consider_v but_o by_o nature_n herself_o be_v very_o profitable_a for_o prevent_v and_o cure_v very_o many_o disease_n breed_v of_o thin_a blood_n as_o the_o pleurisy_n peripneumony_n phagedoena_fw-la or_o fret_v ulcer_n biles_n leprosy_n and_o other_o such_o like_a yet_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v that_o the_o same_o profit_n those_o mad_a melancholist_n that_o labour_v under_o black_a choler_n according_a to_o hippocrates_n opinion_n aphor._n 11._o sect_n 6._o the_o hemorrhoid_v superven_a say_v he_o be_v profitable_a to_o those_o who_o be_v trouble_v with_o melancholy_a and_o the_o stone_n he_o speak_v not_o a_o word_n of_o provoke_v they_o but_o only_o approve_v of_o they_o if_o nature_n unlock_v they_o of_o her_o own_o accord_n now_o they_o flow_v not_o only_o from_o a_o melancholic_a blood_n but_o also_o from_o any_o other_o for_o nature_n oft_o make_v use_n of_o this_o flux_n to_o purge_v the_o blood_n if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n faulty_a in_o it_o or_o if_o its_o quantity_n exceed_v as_o in_o the_o too_o great_a abundance_n of_o blood_n in_o woman_n with_o child_n or_o such_o who_o term_n be_v stop_v and_o in_o the_o maim_a whence_o blood_n flow_v plentiful_o by_o they_o hence_o actuarius_n m._n m._n cap._n 20._o observe_n that_o beside_o from_o melancholic_a blood_n these_o vein_n be_v open_v in_o those_o who_o intermit_v their_o usual_a exercise_n that_o use_v too_o full_a a_o diet_n who_o accustom_a evacuation_n from_o other_o part_n as_o the_o nose_n or_o womb_n be_v stop_v or_o who_o have_v use_v to_o be_v let_v blood_n late_a anatomist_n have_v observe_v that_o the_o hemorrhoid_v be_v twofold_a some_o spring_n from_o the_o vena_fw-la cava_fw-la and_o other_o from_o the_o vena_fw-la porte_fw-fr that_o those_o evacuate_v a_o more_o thin_a and_o pure_a blood_n and_o these_o a_o thick_a but_o this_o they_o do_v not_o do_v always_o for_o a_o blood_n that_o be_v pretty_a pure_a be_v sometime_o evacuate_v by_o these_o latter_a and_o a_o thick_a by_o the_o former_a wherefore_o unless_o nature_n show_v that_o she_o attempt_v that_o evacuation_n these_o vein_n be_v not_o to_o be_v rash_o open_v and_o if_o a_o pure_a and_o sparkle_a blood_n come_v forth_o they_o be_v to_o be_v stop_v present_o for_o the_o melancholic_a be_v worse_o by_o their_o evacuation_n when_o any_o open_v they_o he_o can_v promise_v himself_o for_o certain_a that_o a_o melancholic_a blood_n only_o shall_v be_v empty_v and_o not_o that_o which_o be_v pure_a and_o sparkle_a but_o if_o any_o have_v be_v accustom_a to_o they_o and_o be_v upon_o the_o suppression_n of_o they_o become_v melancholic_a mad_a nephritical_a or_o epileptical_a it_o will_v not_o be_v unprofitable_a to_o open_v they_o again_o that_o the_o humour_n which_o have_v its_o reflux_n towards_o the_o upper_a part_n may_v be_v more_o safe_o pour_v forth_o by_o the_o accustom_a way_n who_o passage_n be_v stop_v up_o but_o if_o nature_n do_v not_o affect_v this_o way_n we_o ought_v not_o to_o make_v a_o custom_n of_o it_o as_o galen_n teach_v 4._o aph._n 25._o that_o we_o shall_v not_o accustom_v ourselves_o to_o that_o evacuation_n that_o be_v make_v by_o the_o hemorrhoid_v and_o hollerius_n do_v right_o deny_v the_o open_n of_o they_o if_o they_o do_v not_o swell_v and_o have_v never_o flow_v before_o but_o if_o nature_n incline_v that_o way_n in_o imitation_n of_o she_o we_o may_v open_v they_o otherwise_o by_o no_o mean_n for_o though_o nature_n do_v sometime_o profitable_o evacuate_v blood_n by_o the_o hemorrhoid_v yet_o we_o may_v not_o always_o imitate_v she_o as_o in_o fever_n she_o sometime_o carry_v off_o the_o disease_n by_o bleed_v at_o the_o nose_n or_o by_o sweat_n but_o who_o will_v dare_v to_o open_v the_o vein_n of_o the_o nostril_n or_o to_o provoke_v sweat_n before_o sign_n of_o concoction_n or_o before_o nature_n have_v show_v her_o inclination_n the_o same_o we_o must_v think_v of_o the_o hemorrhoid_v yet_o these_o thing_n be_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o particular_a disease_n for_o in_o they_o particular_a vein_n may_v be_v open_v thus_o we_o profitable_o procure_v bleed_v at_o the_o nose_n in_o a_o frenzy_n or_o headache_n because_o these_o vein_n communicate_v with_o the_o part_n affect_v thus_o in_o the_o nephritical_a and_o splenical_a the_o vein_n of_o the_o anus_fw-la may_v be_v open_v 51._o primiros_fw-la de_fw-fr vulg_n err_v l._n 4._o c._n 51._o but_o never_o in_o other_o disease_n that_o be_v more_o universal_a unless_o nature_n follow_v this_o motion_n iv_o as_o to_o purger_n there_o be_v say_v 174._o say_v apud_fw-la scholtz_n con_fw-la 174._o crato_n in_o hellebore_n a_o certain_a poisonous_a dryness_n and_o moisture_n to_o be_v correct_v of_o which_o correction_n i_o may_v say_v many_o thing_n unless_o i_o remember_v that_o of_o mesue_n that_o it_o be_v a_o degree_n of_o wisdom_n not_o to_o come_v to_o strong_a medicine_n save_v when_o weak_a have_v not_o benefit_v and_o although_o i_o know_v that_o almost_o all_o practitioner_n do_v advise_v to_o give_v the_o strong_a medicine_n yet_o i_o be_o persuade_v by_o mesue_n that_o a_o weak_a medicine_n often_o repeat_v do_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o with_o less_o danger_n as_o a_o strong_a do_v at_o once_o and_o together_o and_o i_o have_v learn_v this_o to_o be_v true_a by_o the_o experience_n of_o many_o year_n i_o say_v nothing_o of_o how_o many_o and_o who_o i_o have_v cure_v that_o have_v be_v ill_o of_o this_o disease_n though_o i_o can_v do_v this_o true_o but_o i_o can_v true_o affirm_v that_o i_o never_o use_v lapis_fw-la lazuli_fw-la or_o scammoniates_n i_o know_v that_o senna_n be_v not_o only_o safe_a but_o moreover_o inoffensive_a to_o the_o stomach_n and_o grateful_a to_o the_o heart_n let_v the_o practitioner_n use_v it_o as_o i_o have_v do_v in_o melancholic_a disease_n thus_o far_o crato_n ¶_o white_a hellebore_n be_v celebrate_v by_o all_o writer_n in_o physic_n for_o melancholic_a and_o maniack_a disease_n but_o it_o be_v better_o so_o to_o prepare_v it_o that_o it_o may_v work_v by_o stool_n than_o that_o it_o shall_v work_v by_o vomit_n the_o manner_n of_o its_o preparation_n be_v this_o boil_v it_o in_o balm-water_n to_o the_o consumption_n of_o half_a and_o in_o the_o strain_a decoction_n boil_v some_o prune_n then_o with_o some_o cassia_n new_o draw_v pass_v it_o through_o a_o sieve_n and_o with_o cinnamon_n and_o sugar_n make_v a_o electuary_n or_o let_v its_o root_n be_v infuse_v in_o the_o pulp_n of_o quince_n and_o then_o take_v away_o the_o root_n give_v the_o quince_n or_o infuse_v it_o in_o mesue_n decoction_n of_o epithymum_n which_o give_v with_o the_o compound_n syrup_n of_o polypody_n but_o before_o the_o give_v of_o it_o the_o humour_n be_v to_o be_v prepare_v for_o three_o day_n by_o attenuater_n and_o incider_n and_o the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v moisten_v with_o meat_n of_o good_a juice_n in_o plenty_n by_o sleep_n rest_n and_o anoint_v the_o body_n all_o over_o and_o the_o belly_n be_v to_o be_v loosen_a by_o clyster_n of_o oil_n or_o of_o milk_n and_o butter_n see_v sect._n 11._o of_o mania_n v._o of_o pill_n we_o must_v choose_v those_o which_o evacuate_v gentle_o and_o without_o trouble_n and_o not_o those_o which_o evacuate_v strong_o yet_o potion_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v as_o dry_v less_o than_o pill_n for_o pill_n evacuate_v much_o and_o strong_o melan._n rondelet_n c._n de_fw-fr melan._n and_o dry_a the_o body_n beyond_o measure_n by_o which_o dry_v the_o patient_n be_v make_v worse_a vi_o melancholy_n in_o this_o place_n signify_v not_o a_o humour_n but_o a_o disease_n cause_v by_o the_o melancholic_a humour_n because_o many_o think_v this_o humour_n alone_o to_o be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o and_o direct_v all_o their_o remedy_n to_o this_o alone_a but_o many_o thing_n show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o always_o cause_v by_o this_o humour_n and_o by_o vapour_n therefrom_o for_o we_o often_o see_v that_o those_o who_o labour_n under_o this_o symptom_n have_v no_o sign_n of_o this_o humour_n abound_v yea_o that_o person_n of_o any_o
temper_n may_v sometime_o be_v thus_o affect_v from_o the_o intempery_n alone_o either_o of_o the_o brain_n or_o spirit_n hypocrates_n when_o he_o reckon_v up_o the_o sign_n mention_n only_o fear_v and_o sadness_n matthaeus_n comm_n in_o 9_o almain_n by_o the_o authority_n of_o rhasis_n will_v have_v strong_a and_o long_a cogitation_n to_o bring_v on_o this_o passion_n without_o change_v of_o the_o complexion_n real_o and_o that_o man_n become_v sad_a when_o they_o can_v obtain_v the_o effect_n of_o thing_n they_o think_v of_o we_o often_o see_v how_o fruitless_o physician_n torture_v such_o melancholic_o with_o purge_n and_o divers_a other_o remedy_n who_o be_v cure_v present_o after_o only_o by_o the_o change_n of_o their_o imagination_n one_o that_o believe_v he_o want_v a_o head_n be_v cure_v by_o only_o put_v a_o leaden_a cap_n on_o his_o head_n without_o any_o purge_n alteration_n etc._n etc._n which_o can_v not_o have_v be_v if_o that_o clammy_a and_o stubborn_a humour_n have_v be_v present_a we_o meet_v with_o many_o such_o story_n whence_o it_o be_v clear_a that_o such_o imagine_v person_n be_v not_o always_o to_o be_v trouble_v with_o medicine_n which_o bring_v hurt_v to_o the_o body_n and_o no_o relief_n to_o the_o mind_n for_o the_o cause_n lie_v not_o always_o in_o the_o humour_n but_o in_o a_o intempery_n alone_o or_o also_o in_o the_o spirit_n which_o be_v either_o quiet_v or_o send_v off_o far_o from_o the_o heart_n and_o brain_n the_o malady_n cease_v and_o joy_n succeed_v sadness_n for_o nothing_o can_v obey_v such_o motion_n but_o the_o spirit_n a_o intempery_n can_v pass_v off_o nor_o so_o stubborn_a a_o humour_n be_v evacuate_v and_o lose_v the_o destructiveness_n of_o its_o nature_n so_o sudden_o especial_o in_o a_o malady_n that_o be_v confirm_v by_o a_o long_a tract_n of_o time_n hence_o rhasis_n 1._o contin_n say_v that_o sometime_o there_o be_v a_o melancholy_a when_o the_o humour_n be_v good_a and_o he_o that_o have_v this_o disposition_n need_v not_o any_o medicine_n and_o this_o be_v when_o any_o think_v of_o some_o fact_n with_o great_a eagerness_n and_o be_v cure_v by_o only_o change_v his_o imagination_n either_o by_o word_n or_o some_o other_o device_n avicen_n also_o confess_v that_o it_o may_v be_v cause_v by_o a_o intempery_n without_o matter_n but_o beside_o there_o be_v another_o species_n of_o melancholy_a that_o depend_v not_o at_o all_o on_o a_o humour_n viz._n that_o which_o be_v cause_v by_o love_n to_o which_o man_n of_o all_o temperature_n be_v subject_a especial_o the_o sanguine_a and_o such_o who_o testicle_n have_v a_o hot_a intempery_n the_o melancholic_a be_v not_o so_o often_o nor_o so_o strong_o affect_v in_o such_o case_n that_o this_o be_v not_o cause_v by_o any_o humour_n as_o it_o be_v a_o humour_n appear_v from_o hence_o that_o it_o spare_v no_o humour_n and_o may_v be_v what_o humour_n soever_o prevail_v and_o beside_o it_o invade_v those_o who_o be_v of_o a_o good_a constitution_n of_o humour_n what_o such_o soever_o those_o be_v only_o from_o the_o apprehension_n of_o a_o lovely_a object_n and_o seldom_o invade_v those_o who_o labour_n under_o a_o putrefaction_n or_o corruption_n of_o humour_n but_o such_o as_o be_v otherwise_o healthful_a and_o can_v be_v cure_v neither_o by_o hellebore_n nor_o other_o evacuation_n if_o a_o disease_n at_o length_n succeed_v such_o a_o long_a imagination_n the_o madness_n precede_v the_o disease_n 25._o primiros_fw-la err_v vulg_n l._n 2._o c._n 25._o and_o this_o depend_v on_o that_o and_o not_o that_o upon_o this_o vii_o because_o melancholist_n be_v constant_a only_o in_o inconstancy_n they_o be_v apt_a to_o refuse_v medicine_n in_o which_o case_n i_o recommend_v the_o flower_n of_o antimony_n repute_v by_o fonseca_n a_o specific_a remedy_n of_o melancholy_a and_o oft_o experience_v by_o myself_o also_o so_o to_o be_v give_v to_o fifteen_o grain_n at_o the_o least_o or_o half_o a_o glass_n of_o thin_a white-wine_n in_o which_o six_o grain_n of_o the_o glass_n of_o antimony_n have_v be_v infuse_v for_o a_o night_n 24._o fortis_fw-la cent_n 1._o con_fw-la 24._o that_o at_o length_n we_o may_v come_v to_o the_o use_n of_o hellebore_n viii_o before_o the_o give_n of_o hellebore_n the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v sufficient_o moisten_v drink_v every_o morning_n for_o a_o week_n a_o pint_n and_o a_o half_a of_o clarify_a whey_n with_o the_o juice_n of_o borage_n or_o distil_a whey_n with_o a_o emulsion_n of_o melon-seed_n the_o hellebore_n be_v to_o be_v give_v in_o the_o form_n of_o a_o extract_n beginning_n with_o half_a a_o drachm_n with_o a_o little_a cassia_n and_o after_o a_o hour_n give_v a_o good_a quantity_n of_o prepare_a whey_n especial_o when_o the_o hellebore_n be_v bite_v idem_fw-la idem_fw-la ix_o of_o what_o avail_n the_o extract_n of_o coloquintida_n be_v in_o melancholy_a be_v show_v by_o the_o example_n of_o a_o maid_n that_o be_v ill_o of_o a_o dumpish_a melancholy_n for_o almost_o a_o whole_a year_n and_o afterward_o upon_o my_o give_v of_o her_o extract_n diacolocynth_n dissolve_v in_o a_o decoction_n of_o prune_n return_v to_o a_o sound_a mind_n beyond_o all_o hope_n and_o expectation_n it_o expel_v the_o morbific_a matter_n by_o stool_n in_o great_a plenty_n with_o rumbling_n and_o the_o stool_n be_v all_o mucous_a and_o phlegmatic_a and_o so_o slimy_a and_o viscid_a that_o they_o will_v hang_v together_o like_o a_o rope_n after_o she_o be_v come_v a_o little_a to_o herself_o she_o think_v that_o all_o her_o body_n be_v full_a of_o a_o black_a and_o melancholic_a humour_n and_o therefore_o she_o diligent_o view_v her_o excrement_n among_o which_o i_o get_v some_o write_a ink_n to_o be_v pour_v another_o woman_n that_o be_v of_o a_o melancholic_a constitution_n and_o barren_a be_v afflict_v with_o melancholic_a passion_n expect_v now_o and_o then_o the_o heads-man_n and_o executioner_n 202._o ch._n garman_n misc_fw-la cur_n ann_n 1672._o ob_n 202._o be_v cure_v by_o i_o at_o length_n with_o give_v she_o the_o extract_n of_o trochisc_n alhandal_n and_o by_o a_o good_a wile_n ¶_o i_o obtain_v the_o same_o effect_n by_o a_o infusion_n only_o of_o senna_n with_o tartar_n in_o the_o water_n of_o balm_n borage_n etc._n etc._n give_v for_o three_o day_n without_o the_o addition_n of_o any_o other_o purger_n the_o noble_a young_a gentleman_n bernas_n of_o the_o illustrious_a family_n of_o wattenville_n labour_v under_o a_o great_a melancholy_n both_o essential_a and_o hypochondriacal_a he_o have_v addict_v himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o physic_n and_o have_v take_v very_o many_o remedy_n upon_o the_o use_n of_o a_o laxative_a ptisan_n he_o void_v such_o stink_a thick_a tough_a black_a stuff_n that_o be_v full_o persuade_v that_o he_o have_v expel_v piece_n of_o his_o gut_n he_o get_v i_o to_o be_v call_v yea_o a_o minister_n also_o that_o may_v take_v care_n of_o his_o soul_n i_o bid_v he_o be_v of_o good_a cheer_n and_o show_v the_o conquest_n of_o the_o disease_n demonstrate_v to_o he_o that_o that_o filthy_a stuff_n be_v expel_v out_o of_o the_o mesaraick_n vessel_n spleen_n and_o neighbour_a vessel_n and_o that_o the_o viscera_n and_o gut_n be_v not_o violate_v at_o all_o be_v settle_v in_o his_o mind_n and_o merry_a after_o four_o day_n in_o the_o year_n 1658._o he_o return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n and_o by_o letter_n certify_v i_o of_o his_o firm_a health_n return_v i_o thanks_o x._o purge_v inasmuch_o as_o it_o withdraw_v the_o fuel_n of_o the_o disease_n from_o the_o first_o way_n and_z removes_z the_o impediment_n of_o other_o medicine_n aught_o to_o be_v make_v use_n of_o at_o the_o beginning_n and_o to_o be_v repeat_v betwixt_o while_n but_o whereas_o some_o think_v that_o for_o the_o quick_a root_n out_o the_o disease_n hellebore_n and_o elaterium_n be_v chief_o to_o be_v use_v and_o allege_v the_o authority_n of_o hypocrates_n we_o shall_v find_v if_o we_o mind_v the_o success_n that_o these_o be_v not_o so_o general_o convenient_a but_o that_o they_o do_v often_o hurt_v those_o that_o take_v they_o very_o much_o for_o strong_a purger_n do_v in_o no_o wise_a take_v away_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o disease_n viz._n the_o dyscrasie_n of_o the_o blood_n but_o rather_o increase_v it_o and_o moreover_o they_o do_v far_o weaken_v and_o cast_v down_o the_o animal_n spirit_n that_o be_v already_o deject_v but_o hellebore_n be_v therefore_o prescribe_v so_o often_o by_o hypocrates_n because_o in_o his_o time_n there_o be_v hardly_o any_o other_o purger_n know_v at_o least_o they_o be_v not_o in_o frequent_a use_n but_o now_o it_o be_v much_o better_a to_o drain_v the_o receptacle_n of_o the_o humour_n by_o gentle_a and_o mild_a medicine_n and_o to_o cleanse_v only_o the_o bowel_n and_o first_o way_n without_o great_a commotion_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o spirit_n willis_n willis_n
in_o the_o performance_n of_o these_o task_n necessary_a to_o sleep_n the_o order_n be_v not_o always_o one_o and_o the_o same_o for_o sometime_o the_o animal_n spirit_n do_v first_o and_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n forsake_v these_o space_n the_o nervous_a juice_n run_v immediate_o into_o the_o vacant_a place_n and_o sometime_o the_o nervous_a juice_n mix_v plentiful_o with_o the_o serum_n first_o invade_v these_o passage_n drive_v thence_o the_o spirit_n though_o against_o their_o will_n and_o force_v they_o inward_o but_o the_o operation_n of_o coffee_n seem_v contrary_a to_o both_o these_o effect_n for_o immediate_o upon_o drink_v of_o it_o its_o adust_a particle_n that_o be_v very_o nimble_a and_o restless_a be_v carry_v into_o the_o blood_n do_v put_v its_o liquor_n a_o little_a in_o fusion_n and_o force_v the_o serous_a liquor_n to_o the_o kidney_n and_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n moreover_o when_o they_o arrive_v at_o the_o brain_n they_o easy_o open_v its_o pore_n which_o by_o 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and_o medical_a perhaps_o in_o other_o be_v hurtful_a and_o not_o so_o wholesome_a and_o that_o the_o matter_n be_v so_o not_o only_a reason_n but_o vulgar_a observation_n do_v common_o show_v in_o as_o much_o as_o excessive_a coffee-drinker_n oftentimes_o grow_v lean_a and_o subject_a to_o the_o palsy_n and_o impotency_n to_o venus_n the_o first_o effect_n be_v so_o frequent_a and_o every_o where_o know_v that_o we_o only_o therefore_o forbid_v they_o the_o drink_n of_o coffee_n because_o it_o incline_v to_o leanness_n because_o when_o the_o blood_n by_o continual_a and_o too_o frequent_a use_n become_v sharp_a and_o retorrid_a it_o be_v therefore_o less_o fit_a for_o to_o nourish_v as_o to_o the_o disease_n of_o the_o brain_n and_o nervous_a kind_n i_o reckon_v that_o when_o i_o be_o sometime_o call_v to_o cure_v they_o no_o man_n prescribe_v it_o to_o be_v drink_v so_o frequent_o as_o i_o for_o it_o be_v my_o custom_n to_o send_v they_o more_o to_o the_o coffeehouse_n than_o to_o apothecary_n shop_n true_o in_o most_o cephalic_a sickness_n that_o be_v headache_a vertigo_n lethargy_n catarrh_n and_o the_o like_a where_o there_o be_v a_o moist_a brain_n but_o a_o slowness_n and_o torpidness_n of_o the_o animal_n spirit_n with_o a_o cold_a constitution_n or_o not_o very_o hot_a and_o a_o watery_a blood_n coffee_n be_v often_o drink_v with_o advantage_n for_o drink_v every_o day_n it_o clarify_v and_o illustrate_v both_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o dispel_v all_o mist_n of_o the_o function_n whatever_o but_o on_o the_o contrary_a they_o that_o be_v lean_a and_o of_o a_o choleric_a constitution_n or_o melancholic_a who_o have_v a_o sharp_a and_o retorrid_a blood_n a_o hot_a brain_n and_o too_o eager_a and_o restless_a animal_n spirit_n ought_v altogether_o to_o abstain_v from_o that_o drink_n because_o it_o further_o pervert_v the_o spirit_n and_o humour_n and_o render_v they_o altogether_o unapt_a and_o unable_a to_o undergo_v any_o function_n for_o i_o have_v observe_v many_o who_o have_v not_o have_v sufficient_a plenty_n of_o spirit_n and_o beside_o trouble_v with_o the_o vertigo_n palpitation_n of_o the_o heart_n tremble_v of_o the_o limb_n or_o numbness_n have_v be_v worse_o as_o to_o those_o disease_n upon_o drink_v of_o coffee_n and_o have_v present_o perceive_v a_o unusual_a languidness_n in_o their_o whole_a body_n willis_n willis_n v._o a_o maid_n about_o 20_o year_n old_a be_v about_o the_o begin_n of_o autumn_n hold_v with_o a_o double_a tertian_n for_o 12_o day_n and_o be_v cure_v of_o it_o by_o remedy_n her_o fit_n return_v again_o but_o some_o new_a symptom_n come_v in_o the_o fit_a namely_o much_o sleep_n redness_n of_o face_n prominence_z of_o eye_n a_o prick_a pain_n in_o the_o left_a side_n and_o a_o great_a difficulty_n in_o swallow_v i_o suspect_v a_o hysterick_a affection_n be_v complicate_v with_o the_o ague_n fit_a and_o i_o prescribe_v her_o hysterick_a remedy_n notwithstanding_o which_o the_o disease_n continue_v 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