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not_o dissipate_v or_o correct_v on_o the_o wednesday_n follow_v when_o the_o crude_a matter_n a._n cause_v a_o fit_a be_v by_o the_o fermentation_n rarefy_v and_o expel_v by_o sweat_n why_o i_o say_v the_o matter_n b._n be_v remixt_v with_o the_o blood_n all_o wednesday_n when_o the_o matter_n a._n be_v ferment_v be_v not_o by_o that_o fermentation_n correct_v and_o dissipate_v at_o the_o same_o time_n but_o suffer_v to_o lie_v dormant_a and_o cause_v a_o fit_a on_o thursday_n follow_v to_o untie_v this_o knot_n therefore_o i_o say_v that_o the_o febrile_a fermentation_n do_v not_o much_o alter_v any_o crude_a matter_n that_o do_v not_o yet_o actual_o impede_fw-la the_o vital_a motion_n of_o the_o blood_n for_o the_o fermentation_n be_v regulate_v by_o the_o vital_a spirit_n which_o in_o the_o case_n propose_v chief_o oppose_v and_o dissipate_v the_o matter_n a._n which_o alone_o by_o its_o clamminess_n actual_o hinder_v their_o expansive_a motion_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o in_o the_o 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or_o impure_a can_v be_v instead_o of_o good_a and_o laudable_a succus_fw-la nutritin_n or_o aliment_n convert_v into_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o solid_a part_n to_o obviate_v this_o their_o doubt_v therefore_o before_o it_o settle_v into_o a_o prejudice_n more_o difficult_a to_o be_v remove_v it_o concern_v i_o to_o assert_v that_o there_o be_v many_o time_n a_o imperfect_a nutrition_n or_o vegetation_n and_o augmentation_n as_o well_o as_o a_o perfect_a observe_v in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n and_o consequent_o that_o the_o succus_fw-la nutritius_n or_o proxime_fw-la aliment_n of_o all_o part_n be_v either_o pure_a i._n e._n perfect_o concoct_v or_o impure_a i._n e._n imperfect_o concoct_v whence_o it_o come_v that_o the_o body_n of_o some_o man_n be_v even_o vulgar_o say_v to_o be_v more_o or_o less_o pure_a than_o those_o of_o other_o those_o few_o who_o be_v so_o happy_a as_o to_o have_v body_n in_o all_o part_n pure_a and_o clean_a from_o crude_a and_o vitiose_fw-la humour_n 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in_o continual_a fever_n and_o of_o new_a paroxysm_n in_o intermittent_a be_v high_o consentaneous_a to_o reason_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o man_n recover_v from_o long_a fever_n if_o they_o manage_v their_o health_n circumspect_o and_o with_o temperance_n attain_v to_o a_o renovation_n as_o it_o be_v of_o their_o youth_n because_o all_o the_o substance_n of_o their_o part_n that_o be_v amass_v out_o of_o crude_a and_o impure_a matter_n be_v by_o the_o fever_n consume_v their_o body_n be_v now_o repair_v with_o pure_a and_o convenient_a juice_n such_o as_o abound_v with_o sweet_a spirit_n due_o exalt_v and_o excite_v by_o concoction_n in_o the_o stomach_n hence_o also_o we_o be_v lead_v to_o a_o clear_a understanding_n of_o the_o true_a reason_n of_o that_o aphorism_n commend_v to_o our_o observation_n by_o hypocrates_n si_fw-la febricitanti_fw-la nec_fw-la omnino_fw-la leviter_fw-la svo_fw-la in_o statu_fw-la maneat_fw-la corpus_fw-la nihilque_fw-la concedat_fw-la morbo_fw-la aut_fw-la hoc_fw-la etiam_fw-la plus_fw-la aequo_fw-la gracilescat_fw-la calamitosum_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la aegri_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la significat_fw-la illud_fw-la vero_fw-la diuturnitatem_fw-la morbi_fw-la for_o the_o prognostic_n hold_v certain_a ratione_fw-la tum_fw-la causae_fw-la tum_fw-la signi_fw-la if_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n be_v not_o extenuate_v in_o proportion_n to_o the_o violence_n or_o duration_n of_o the_o fever_n the_o cause_n must_v lie_v either_o in_o the_o abundance_n or_o in_o the_o contumacy_n that_o be_v the_o great_a viscidity_n or_o clamminess_n of_o the_o crude_a matter_n congest_v and_o affix_v to_o the_o parenchyma_n of_o the_o part_n and_o therefore_o a_o observe_a physician_n may_v from_o thence_o safe_o predict_v that_o the_o fever_n will_v prove_v of_o long_a continuance_n at_o best_a if_o not_o fatal_a in_o the_o end_n on_o the_o other_o side_n if_o the_o extenuation_n be_v too_o great_a it_o must_v come_v from_o the_o great_a force_n of_o the_o heat_n or_o fermentation_n in_o the_o blood_n that_o dissipate_v all_o thing_n not_o only_o the_o crude_a matter_n preexistent_a in_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o part_n but_o even_o the_o vital_a spirit_n themselves_o and_o the_o insite_fw-la spirit_n that_o be_v intimate_o unite_v with_o the_o vital_a shall_v reinvigorate_v the_o part_n with_o life_n and_o conserve_v they_o and_o therefore_o such_o impetuous_a extenuation_n be_v likewise_o both_o cause_n and_o sign_n of_o extreme_a calamity_n exhaustis_fw-la enim_fw-la supra_fw-la modum_fw-la &_o spiritibus_fw-la &_o partibus_fw-la solidis_fw-la omnis_fw-la ratio_fw-la pepasmi_fw-la desideratur_fw-la all_o these_o reason_n due_o consider_v it_o must_v be_v grant_v that_o body_n can_v possible_o continue_v in_o all_o point_v pure_a and_o clean_a if_o they_o be_v nourish_v with_o impure_a or_o crude_a juice_n sound_z indeed_o and_o healthy_a they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v at_o present_a because_o they_o seem_v to_o foster_v no_o proxime_fw-la cause_n of_o sickness_n discernible_a by_o a_o physician_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o since_o they_o carry_v about_o crudity_n secret_o congest_v in_o the_o very_a substance_n of_o the_o solid_a part_n which_o by_o occasion_n of_o any_o light_n feverish_a distemper_n that_o will_v not_o otherwise_o last_o above_o a_o day_n or_o two_o may_v be_v melt_v and_o remixt_v with_o the_o blood_n and_o long_o protract_v that_o distemper_n we_o be_v oblige_v to_o acknowledge_v that_o such_o body_n be_v real_o foul_a or_o impure_a and_o contain_v in_o they_o a_o disposition_n to_o a_o fever_n more_o or_o less_o remote_a otherwise_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o all_o body_n actual_o sound_a be_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o habit_n of_o their_o part_n either_o equal_o dispose_v or_o equal_o indispose_v to_o fever_n and_o to_o the_o continuation_n of_o they_o than_o which_o nothing_o certain_o can_v be_v more_o false_a for_o have_v we_o not_o observe_v frequent_o that_o fever_n as_o well_o continual_a as_o intermittent_a have_v in_o the_o beginning_n appear_v mild_a and_o gentle_a so_o long_o as_o
if_o i_o subjoin_v a_o brief_a therapeutic_a corollary_n pertinent_a to_o my_o precedent_a discourse_n and_o useful_a to_o young_a student_n in_o medicine_n for_o who_o instruction_n chief_o it_o be_v that_o the_o wise_a and_o prudent_a author_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o this_o our_o so_o worthy_o renown_a college_n first_o institute_v and_o ordain_v anatomic_a lecture_n to_o be_v therein_o read_v by_o the_o learned_a fellow_n thereof_o whensoever_o it_o shall_v seem_v fit_a to_o the_o venerable_a precedent_n i_o will_v therefore_o do_v my_o devoir_n to_o explicate_v wherein_o chief_o consist_v that_o pepasmus_n or_o concoction_n of_o crude_a humour_n which_o nature_n and_o her_o great_a minister_n hypocrates_n require_v to_o their_o opportune_a evacuation_n in_o putrid_a fever_n and_o by_o what_o kind_n of_o remedy_n the_o same_o may_v be_v best_a assist_v and_o advance_v for_o these_o thing_n be_v well_o understand_v will_v afford_v much_o of_o light_n towards_o the_o direction_n of_o the_o young_a son_n of_o art_n in_o the_o true_a and_o most_o rational_a method_n of_o cure_v fever_n in_o which_o no_o error_n can_v be_v little_a no_o caution_n too_o great_a i_o begin_v from_o that_o never_o to_o be_v forget_v precept_n of_o the_o divine_a old_a man_n afore_o recite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concocta_fw-la medicamento_fw-la purgare_fw-la oportet_fw-la ac_fw-la movere_fw-la non_fw-la cruda_fw-la neque_fw-la ineunte_fw-la morbo_fw-la nisi_fw-la materia_fw-la turgeat_fw-la to_o which_o seneca_n seem_v to_o have_v have_v respect_n when_o he_o say_v in_o morbis_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la magis_fw-la periculosum_fw-la quam_fw-la immatura_fw-la medicina_fw-la and_o livy_n when_o he_o affirm_v medicos_fw-la plus_fw-la interdum_fw-la quiet_a quam_fw-la movendo_fw-la &_o agendo_fw-la proficere_fw-la the_o concoction_n or_o digestion_n here_o mean_v be_v by_o hypocrates_n express_v sometime_o by_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sometime_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o contradistinguish_v it_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o proper_o signify_v the_o digestion_n of_o aliment_n as_o i_o have_v before_o advertise_v and_o according_a to_o the_o general_a notion_n of_o all_o learned_a physician_n ancient_a and_o modern_a it_o be_v eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la praeter_fw-la naturam_fw-la ad_fw-la moderatam_fw-la &_o secuturae_fw-la expulsioni_fw-la percommodam_fw-la temperiem_fw-la deductio_fw-la in_o which_o sense_n duretus_n the_o most_o faithful_a interpreter_n of_o the_o oracle_n of_o cous_fw-la expound_v that_o place_n lib._n 1._o epidem_fw-la anutii_fw-la foesii_n edit_fw-la pag._n 365._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eorum_fw-la quae_fw-la exeunt_fw-la concoctiones_fw-la spectandas_fw-la esse_fw-la upon_o which_o galen_n copious_o comment_v give_v this_o memorable_a definition_n of_o the_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nempe_fw-la coctio_fw-la est_fw-la quaedam_fw-la eorum_fw-la quoe_fw-la sunt_fw-la praeter_fw-la naturam_fw-la morbi_fw-la maturatio_fw-la and_o most_o right_o for_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v proper_o use_v by_o the_o grecian_n to_o express_v the_o ripeness_n of_o the_o fruit_n of_o tree_n by_o which_o they_o be_v advance_v from_o the_o state_n of_o crudeness_n or_o immaturity_n to_o that_o of_o maturity_n or_o perfection_n and_o metaphorical_o to_o signify_v that_o maturity_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o disease_n which_o nature_n by_o degree_n induce_v in_o order_n to_o the_o seasonable_a and_o beneficial_a expulsion_n of_o it_o when_o she_o attempt_v a_o crisis_n by_o way_n most_o convenient_a not_o that_o this_o maturation_n be_v always_o to_o be_v expect_v in_o acute_a disease_n for_o we_o be_v to_o remember_v there_o be_v two_o sort_n of_o crudity_n of_o cause_n apt_a to_o induce_v fever_n one_o capable_a of_o be_v bring_v to_o moderation_n and_o ripeness_n as_o that_o of_o the_o blood_n in_o a_o phlegmon_n of_o the_o phlegm_n in_o a_o quotidian_n of_o choler_n in_o a_o tertian_n etc._n etc._n another_o incapable_a of_o correction_n and_o mitigation_n as_o the_o febrile_a ferment_n that_o cause_v malignant_a and_o pestilential_a fever_n which_o be_v by_o its_o seminal_a nature_n and_o unalterable_a form_n pernicious_a to_o the_o very_a principle_n of_o life_n in_o man_n be_v sometime_o by_o the_o force_n of_o nature_n expel_v and_o utter_o exterminate_v out_o of_o the_o body_n but_o never_o can_v be_v so_o change_v and_o bring_v into_o subjection_n as_o to_o be_v make_v less_o hostile_a to_o the_o vital_a spirit_n that_o conserve_v the_o blood_n and_o therefore_o in_o such_o fever_n wise_a physician_n be_v not_o wont_a to_o stay_v expect_v maturation_n of_o the_o poison_n mix_v with_o and_o ferment_a the_o blood_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n lose_v the_o opportunity_n of_o relieve_v nature_n by_o proper_a alexiterial_a and_o sudorific_a remedy_n to_o come_v then_o to_o the_o marrow_n of_o the_o question_n propose_v consider_v 1_o that_o the_o crudity_n of_o humour_n induce_v fever_n simple_o putrid_a consist_v only_o in_o this_o that_o the_o spirit_n lodge_v in_o they_o be_v not_o sufficient_o educe_v excite_v and_o prepare_v so_o as_o to_o be_v fit_a to_o promote_v the_o vital_a mication_n of_o the_o blood_n 2_o that_o all_o fever_n be_v essential_o found_v in_o the_o fermentation_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o 3_o that_o the_o vital_a motion_n or_o heat_n of_o the_o blood_n be_v always_o more_o or_o less_o impede_v and_o perturb_a and_o often_o utter_o extinguish_v by_o that_o fermentation_n consider_v these_o thing_n i_o say_v it_o be_v not_o difficult_a thence_o to_o infer_v that_o the_o pepasmus_n or_o concoction_n requisite_a in_o all_o fever_n simple_o putrid_a i._n e._n not_o malignant_a must_v consist_v chief_o in_o three_o thing_n è_fw-la diametro_fw-la opposite_a to_o those_o now_o mention_v namely_o 1_o in_o the_o dissipation_n and_o consumption_n of_o the_o crude_a spirit_n mix_v with_o the_o blood_n 2_o in_o the_o moderation_n of_o the_o fermentation_n begin_v and_o 3_o in_o the_o conservation_n and_o corroboration_n of_o the_o vital_a power_n and_o these_o certain_o be_v the_o three_o principal_a scope_n to_o which_o a_o physician_n ought_v to_o direct_v his_o counsel_n in_o the_o cure_n of_o putrid_a fever_n and_o which_o for_o their_o great_a importance_n require_v to_o be_v single_o explain_v to_o the_o first_o of_o these_o principal_a scope_n viz._n the_o dissipation_n and_o absumption_n of_o crude_a spirit_n and_o requisite_a eventilation_n of_o the_o blood_n by_o they_o inquinate_v we_o may_v most_o commodious_o attain_v by_o fast_v at_o least_o by_o a_o thin_a diet_n by_o remedy_n extenuate_v acid_a predatory_a and_o conduce_v to_o leanness_n by_o diaphoretic_n sudorific_n and_o by_o let_v of_o blood_n for_o 1_o fast_v tend_v direct_o to_o dissipation_n of_o the_o crude_a spirit_n because_o the_o spirit_n if_o not_o by_o interval_n recruit_v out_o of_o new_a supply_n of_o aliment_n must_v necessary_o be_v soon_o exhaust_v and_o resolve_v into_o air._n but_o no_o mortal_a be_v able_a long_o to_o abstain_v from_o all_o sort_n of_o meat_n and_o drink_n or_o to_o endure_v absolute_a fast_n we_o be_v therefore_o compel_v to_o substitute_v a_o thin_a and_o spare_a diet_n in_o the_o place_n of_o strict_a abstinence_n for_o the_o most_o part_n thin_a broth_n make_v of_o thing_n moisten_a cool_a not_o prone_a to_o corruption_n subacid_n and_o of_o easy_a digestion_n to_o these_o 2_o be_v add_v moderate_a and_o grateful_a acid_n apt_a to_o attenuate_v resolve_v and_o dissipate_v the_o crudity_n congest_v in_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o part_n and_o therefore_o predatory_a 3_o diaphoretic_n which_o promote_a insensible_a transpiration_n must_v conduce_v to_o the_o dispersion_n and_o exhalation_n of_o the_o same_o crudity_n 4_o sudorific_v which_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n but_o by_o a_o more_o expedite_a and_o conspicuous_a operation_n at_o once_o render_v the_o crudity_n fluxile_n and_o exciting_a nature_n to_o drive_v they_o forth_o by_o sweat_n for_o medicament_n of_o this_o family_n by_o the_o tenuity_n and_o mobility_n of_o their_o particle_n penetrate_v the_o inmost_a recess_n and_o slender_a pore_n of_o the_o body_n cut_v attenuate_v and_o rarefie_v humour_n into_o vapour_n and_o irritate_fw-la the_o part_n to_o expel_v they_o together_o with_o the_o serum_fw-la of_o the_o blood_n in_o the_o form_n of_o sweat_n but_o in_o the_o use_n of_o these_o hidrotic_a medicament_n great_a circumspection_n be_v require_v lest_o the_o matter_n of_o the_o fever_n be_v not_o yet_o mature_a and_o prepare_v for_o this_o evacuation_n be_v both_o importune_o and_o with_o too_o much_o violence_n exagitated_a to_o far_a corruption_n of_o the_o blood_n and_o increase_v of_o the_o fermentation_n so_o that_o they_o can_v be_v safe_o administer_v to_o impure_a body_n in_o the_o beginning_n nor_o indeed_o in_o the_o augment_v until_o certain_a sign_n of_o some_o concoction_n have_v be_v observe_v 5_o let_v forth_o of_o blood_n by_o open_v a_o vein_n which_o evident_o detract_v part_n of_o the_o crude_a matter_n