TEMPER AMr.NTs OF THE lIERnS. 



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Tliiir use is, I. To make the offending humours thiir^ 

 that thoy may be expelled i)y sweat or perspiration. 2. 

 By outward apjilication to abate inflammations and tever3 

 by opcMiii<r the pores of the skin. 3. To help concoc- 

 tion, and keep (he blood in its just temperature. 



IV. Si'irh as are hot in the second degree, as much ex- 

 ceed the firstj as our natural heat exceeds a tempera- 

 ture. 



Their use is, to open the pores, and take away ob- 

 structions, l)y cutting tough humours through, and by 

 their own essential force and strength, -when nature can- 

 not do it. 



v. Such as arc hot in the third degree, arc more pow- 

 erful in heating, (hey being able to inflame and cause 

 levers. 



Their use is to provoke sweat or perspiration extremely, 

 and cut tough humours; and- therefore all of them resist 

 poison. 



VI. Such as are hot in tlic fourth degree, do burn tlie 

 fiody, if outwardly applied. 



Their use is to cause inflammations, raise blisters, and 

 corrode the skin. 



VII. Such as arc cold in the first degicc, fall as much 

 on the one side of temperature as hot doth on the other. 



Their use is, 1. To qualify the heat of the stomach 

 and cause digestion. 2. To abate the heat in fevers; and 

 3, to refresh the spirits being almost suffocated. 



VIII. Such as are cold in the third degree, arc such as 

 have a repercussive force. 



And their use is, J, to drive back the matter, and 

 stop defluctions ; '2, to make the humours thick; and 3, 

 to limit the violence of choler, repress perspiration, and 

 keep the spirits from fainting. 



IX. Such as are coid in the fourth degree, are such as 

 stupify the senses. 



They are used, 1. In violent pains ; and 2. in extreme 

 patchings, and the like cases, where life is despaired of. 



X. Drying medicines -consume the humours, stop 

 fluxes, stiffen the parts and strengthen nature. 



But if the humidity be exhausted already, then thosa 

 consume the natural strength. 



