CENTURY VIII. 415 



Experiment solitary touching judgment of the cure 

 in some ulcers and hurts. 



785. It hath been noted by the ancients, that in 

 full or impure bodies, ulcers or hurts in the legs are 

 hard to cure, and in the head more easy. The cause 

 is, for that ulcers or hurts in the legs require desicca 

 tion, which by the defluxion of humours to the lower 

 parts is hindered : whereas hurts and ulcers in the 

 head require it not ; but contrariwise dryness maketh 

 them more apt to consolidate. And in modern ob 

 servation, the like difference hath been found between 

 Frenchmen and Englishmen ; whereof the one s con 

 stitution is more dry, and the other s more moist. 

 And therefore a hurt of the head is harder to cure in 

 a Frenchman, and of the leg in an Englishman. 



Experiment solitary touching the hcalthfulness or un- 

 healthfulness of the southern wind. 



786. It hath been noted by the ancients, that 

 southern winds, blowing much, without rain, do cause 

 a feverous disposition of the year ; but with rain, not. 

 The cause is, for that southern winds do of themselves 

 qualify the air, to be apt to cause fevers ; but when 

 showers are joined, they do refrigerate in part, and 

 check the sultry heat of the southern wind. There 

 fore this holdeth not in the sea coasts, because the 

 vapour of the sea, without showers, doth refresh. 



Experiment solitary touching wounds. 



787. It hath been noted by the ancients, that 

 wounds which are made with brass heal more easily 



