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INTRODUCTION 



mote the cxpurgaiien of the Menfts ; and if ihey 

 ere bitter as k\ots, and fietti ^x Affii foetida, 

 effe3ual; ftinking things dcpreffing the Womb, and 

 bitter things purging it. 1 here are alfo accidental 

 Etnmenagogicks, which refrigerate r-^ ^""""^ ^^^ 

 Body, dried by too much heat : An 

 which by their potency expel the ! 

 dead Child, as alfo /Mola, or fal 





URE TICKS. Thefeare-Me- 

 ting Urine. They may be either 



Uen'theTaffages Tand'theje nay he cold, and of 

 thin parts, /.Sal Prunella:, which fometinm expels^ 



Zt'^pZZ\ld "v\amoaxrio^be^more eafily attraUed 

 Things zvhich cleanfe the Paffages, and open the 

 Jame, having a Quality of extenuating Srop H"' 

 mnun, attenuating or thining the Blood, and fepa- 



'bfS>^hV'e7roS^^ 



S^ife Lnif Sr/Tr^^^^^ f^^"^ ./btureticks 



iy«'^eoft.of^.S^^^^^ 



paration of the W from the Bb^^d , J^ 



are very hot J'f^liZs^andcZZlrofs Hu- 



tlrXT 2 Sas oVen theUinaiPafflges. 



"^"^ftrbliZt'Vhie^^^^^^^^^ 



Jhkhthey open and ckartfe, as Nitre, Sal Pru- 



nelli, Winter aerries. 



IX. 7. LITHONTRIFTICKS.^T&f> 

 are fuch as break and expel the Stone, Grave/, 

 power of diffolving, cleanfing and ^'^H^'^f j-^]^^ 

 parts, [harp andcutiing, and fomewbat^ bitter. A'fo 



%t the hot being of thin parts, are I"MandJo 

 latil, thining, the Blood ^"i^l^^J^f^fj^fy 

 te^ltSTSeTi^^ 

 ir"lTth coanoftheVeJJels and Glands, thro 



ioxilus Fume's, malign and ^f,'''"'^"f''^"'l"„ 



are things which 



EFICK, crPoifoning. W^ 

 ..ke avvav Lite, being Mly 



from another peculiar property, by which they cor- 

 rupt the Vital Juices, and by a malign and peflife- 



Leopards-bane, J\hnks-hood,Woolfs-bune,^c. Of the 

 Cold Kind, are Hemlock, Hen-bane, Nigbtjhade,8cc. 

 There are Foi/ons alfo which all /^/ <2 Narcotick Pro- 

 pertv, as Poppies, «/?i Opium. Add to theje Poifons 

 which do It by a Congelation of the Blood, whence 



2/£/rSr|4y^^^^^ 



CHAP. VII. 



Of the Fifth Qualities. 



I. T-»HE fifth Qualities of Medicaments are 



a peculiar Property, add fom'ething \o 7he 'Lly, 

 or to /ome of its Juices or Parts. 



II. And thefe are fuch as reftore, or daily add to 

 the principal Juices and Parts of the Body, even 

 to the whole Body, without which Human Life, or 



III. 1. C H Y L I F I C K S, ^r Breeders of 

 the Nutritive Jui6e. Thefe are fuch things as con- 

 ferve the natural heat of the Stomach, fo that it 

 may be able to concoB and digefi the Food received 

 in, without which a good Chylus could not he bred. 

 They are generally hot in the fecond, third and 

 fourth degrees, fo that they may not only preferve 

 but reflore the Tone of the Stomach if hurt -, ,and 

 thefe are proper Stomachicks, hot, dry, and oj thin 



machis over-heated, andfo //;f Concoftion is hurt, 

 as alfo ;fo Appetite in a great meafure deJJroyed- 

 Then cold Chylificks are to be chofen, which may 



iult Temperament -, and thefe are Cowcumers, Let- 

 \ice,Purflane,and generally Acids, as all ripe Fruits, 

 Lime Juice, Limon Juice Vinegar Spirits of 

 Nitre, Salt, Sulphur and Vitriol-, all which not 



Appetite, and help the Digeftiom 



IV. 2. A N A L E P T I C K S, or Reftorers. 

 Thefe are fuch things as breed a ReRorative Chylns, 

 ivhich is of abfolute neceffity in fuch as are in Con- . 

 fumptions. The Stomach may breed Chyle, and 

 thai Pl'"jfl"y^y^l.jl^ '"■liTe\^s'to%feduclffrom 



