INTRO STTC T I O N. 



ihs:_who 7!0t on!yJhew\l the i.cjknejs of h 

 ncilm, of (aalenick Medicines, ami Medical] 



for the general Good of Mankind. 



•VI. IF IT BE OBJECTED, th,t ( 

 mjhy was in king long before Paracelfus 

 Born. To W,s we mfvocr, Jo was the Qrc 

 lation of the Blood before cur Great Harvey : 



To Light foTtlle !"eformng, 'and mre fuul 

 dating the Art ofFhyftck^fo kc fay, that ,t i 



its Secret Reccjes , fht 

 Treafures, and brought 



m. TET WE DO NOT SAY, 

 i Phyfick is wholly to be caji amay . 



<ch by. a Skilful and Prudent ?hyf,cuir, 

 ■crpted, and colMed together ; and ; 



izmg Harmony they fympathizt 



confinrt 



'\fLife, 



VIII. THE- NEXT thing then which the Phyfcian 



how the Body grew,'' and was nourijhed , and by 

 what means it mght fall to decay, and fo fail. 

 And r,Bce the Growth and Nourifhment wot from 

 loe Matter received m by the Moifth into the 



ficians) were pleafed to call Chylus, which being 

 duSed by proper Vejjels , and conveyed to the 



"v^^ iMual"part tj the Body'^'for lUA^c 



to' be the fountain of the Vital Spirits, and fo by 



onfideratun, wh:ch w.n \nwii ' I.' Zij 

 iccidents, by Du;cs, tails, C^,u, P^n- 



It ought to da, but either projfig, 

 Lympba , by depauperating the 



'""^ \ but 'the v'ifc'^ra' 'alfo "^Zmfdv 



perturbed in their Operations, by glutinous Slime, 

 Sand, Gravel, Stones, &c. Or 2. T/;cV generated 

 not Chylus enough to nourifh and Juftain the 

 txternalMan, thereby the body falls into LafU- 



fends him decently to his Grave. An indigefted 

 Chylus, or deteaive in its quantity, as it creates 

 a depauperated Blood and Lympha, fo it makes 

 either weak Vital Spirits, or a deficiency of them, 



linTL "Zive'rfTl" decay 'of'theltre'ngth 'If the 



Blood and Lympha, fuch alfo are the Animal Spi- 

 msjroceej,/^^^^^ 



'he Bodv, as Tremblings, Numbnefs , lofs of 



X. THE BODY being thus irffiiffed with 



they might be known, as alfo fevera/^ mendent 

 Symptoms; all which mufi arife from feme certain 

 Caufe; or Caufes; the Signs of iihich Caufes, 



p-om Obfervatlon. Thefe Caufes, whether Original 



at length difcovered. All which was" ahjolutely 

 neceffary towards the invcftigation of the Cure : 

 Vorjhat zvithout the Caufe was known and remo- 



Zt\elfe, or be 'tlken'away. As Difeafes^L 

 imes accrued, 'which they fet down m Writing, 



lue imiohm! of the DiSe,^Tf antecedenSfes 



fes, tcere 'at length bfought to Light : From whence 

 z^^Diagnoftick part of the Art, received itslhu- 

 f ration. Again, from the Greatnels ''^Lightn^fs 



feties'"of OM^llon^; \e%g ^dl rationally confi- 

 dered together, the Prognoftick Precepts were edu- 

 ced. And )f the Difeafe wot .thought Curable the 



