JMN T R O D U C T I o N. 



ahn,, they open the ,nfenou,- Duftus of the Bow- 

 els } as da Nitrous Sa/ts, Soluble Salt of T.m,ir, 

 «uy have' fame fmdl Afiriaion, antby rlafmof 

 Subjiance, do not dtffer from Ihofe Jch arelb- 

 Jierfive, but in degree, for tbcfe things uhkh 

 cleanfe the Pores and inward 'Paffages, have a grcjt 



greater^ Pajfases, yet voithall Jlrengtben the fame. 



ZivelLir'N^i Zr'andA/e"'si7. "''"^'' ^" 





thin, and are of hot 

 moftparthot"and%i,. 



kers of the Terms, hecaufe^h'e^' IkT^thrmood 

 andLympha, more thitt and fluid : They alfo faci- 

 ntatethe Delivery of Women in Labour, bribing 



Incideis of Vifcid Humours' whch are mire IZt 

 And Diffolvers of what is Grumous and CoagulaA 

 as Sal Volatile Oleofum, and allAkalwus and Vo- 

 s andSpiriti 



4jhe fat 



ri Laxatives, which 



'irndGroffTrnflf'theVody. 



The uje of i 



Bifiillationsl whereby the Flegm or Rheum 'being 

 peaoration : They alfo take away the Jharpnefs of 



Women, and perfeBly prevail againft a Diabetes. 

 They alfo fiop too mueh Sweating, and the dijpo- 

 fit ion of the Spirits, which often happen tofuch oi 

 are Weak, and in Qonfuwptiens. 



XVI. I?. CONFORTATIVES. TAv:/f 

 are Strengtheners of the univerfal Man, of the 

 Spirits a, well a, the Body ; and are generally of 

 lot, dry, aftringtng, and fubtil Parts, that they 

 „mtho,Parts^.j^co^^a^ 



<irmthofe. 



bind or fiop the too openefsof the Pores, by which 

 the Spirits are dijppated ; and of Jubtil and vola- 



by which the Body i^weakned ; andf 

 rits and Oils o/Nitre,Salt,Sulphur,:i 



higheft degree, where the Body has been weakned 



dry Ind'Jpojitions, not eafily to be expreffed in few 



t and drynefs, cold things may be- 

 ves, by aver coming^ tf /.ST/?" 

 ^VitTiol,Lim'e 



n. Ot External ^LTEKATlVES. 



XVII. I. ST.YPTICKS, H^MOPTOICKS, 



,^/- Am.hxmorragicks. ne/e are foch things, eu 

 are fartZ'rmtfrr'''I ^'^^' ^'''''''' '^'''^ 



cceding drying andreplljive[ltt]lngl'[t]nch Z'e 



'ofil 'ttT'^uch'' ^-^f^''" '' '^'^"'^yi'''''i'^' 

 ■ Stypticks 'hav^a\raffitu7eof°Body, "forlhichTel 

 mote Parts, precluding the Pa^gel, therefore thofc 



blecdl'' 

 indeed the highefi AJhin, 



XVIII. 2. ANODYNS, or PAREGORICKS. 

 Thefo are eafers of Pain ; and arc moderaely 



t'r^ptate[\ndofinfa7t's' and ^jac'^^Z 



tenuate, Digeft, andConcci}; equally cncountring 



iuT'Lhlrhi'"'7n %,fp'Jrt "mr^'''^'^ "' 



T^hfplr?sl\tldnoirnfaiy]^^^^^^^^ 

 they are aqueous or moiftening, and acrcal or of 

 fubtil Subjtanee, not in the leafi AJhingcnt. But 

 there are fomeoCold Anodyns, which are fuch as 

 give eafo in Tumours^ or Pains caufcd from great 

 heat. Again, Anodyns are /aid to be Proper' or 

 Improper. Proper, are fuch as we have already 

 been [peaking of: Improper, are fuch as they call 

 ■^^xcoixcks, made of Opiates, Henbane, Hemlock, 

 Mandrakes, NightJJjade, &c. 



XIX. 3. REPERCUSSIVES. Thefo 



Hummr. xl^ IrT^^l^lly' cold and drying, 'and 

 ofgrofo Parts ; for that which u cold, repels, and 

 ,fit has a crajTitude of Parts aljo, it aQs with more 



alfo atenuity of Parts, for the thinnefr oj their 



fan of the thicknefo of their Subfiance, cannot eafily 



, precluding 1 



5 may oe reduced, being Cold, ^.j..., 

 mlfive. Thefo, by their Coldnefs , 



Defenfativi 



being Cold, AJlringent, and 

 Repulfive. Thefo, 'by their Coldnefs , repel the 

 Humour -, and by their Aftringency, ftrengthen the 



XX. 4. D I S C U S S I V E S, Thefe are fuch as 

 refolve theMatter contained in thcPart.l hey arc nuh. 

 little reficcant or drying : tor as Dfoufflves rare- 

 fy and make thin, caufi^g f^ f^^^'^'^^JJ'^ ''a/d^fy^. 



ges,Znd deeply penetrating, by the '^fW ;/"'/; 

 l"fTja fsThl P ur\he?r"4"lhlefoTis\ 

 '"Stp!iVePoret!\ To'iU>te the Manet- 



