59: the fifth means is, to further the very a& of —Afimilation of Nourish- b. 
ment; Whichis done byfome outward emolhents, that make the partsmore | 
| apt to Affimilate. For whichI have compounded an ointment of excellent | 
odor, which I call Roman ointment, vide the Receit. The ufe of it wouldbe | 
betwcenfleeps; forin the latter fleep,the parts aflimulate chiefly. | 
Go. 4 Here be many CUedicines, which by themfelves would dono cure, bu 
| Experiment T perhaps hurt, but being applied in a certain order, one after another, 
ee dogreatcures. Ihave tried (my felf) a Remedy forthe Gout, which hat 
| Filam medi- | felcom failed, but driven it away in Twenty four hours ipace: It is firft't 
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noutifh-and repair hardly ; and you muft refrefh, and renew thofe thatare 
eafie tonourith, that the other may be re‘refhed, and (asit were) drink in 
‘| nourifhment in the paflage. Now we fee that Draught Oxen putinto good 
Pafture, recover the Fleth of young Beef; and Men after long emaciatir 
Diets, wax plump and fat, and almoit new: Sethatyou may furely conclude, 
that the frequentand wife ufe of thofe emaciating Diets, and of Purgings; 
and perhaps of fome kinde of Bleeding, is a principal means of prolonga- 
tion of life, and reftoring fomedegree of Youth: For aswe have oftenfaid, | 
Death cometh upon Living Creatures like the Torment of Mexenvias, «<1 0 
CUortua yuinetiam jungebat corpora viv, oss od Dee 
Component Manibufque Manus, atque oribusora. al AOL fy 
For the parts in Mans body eafily repairable (as Spirits, Blood, and Flefh) | 
| dic in the embracement of. the parts hardly repairable. as Bones; Nerves, |” 
and Membranes) and likewife fome Entrails (which they reckon ameongft | 
the Spermatical Parts) are hard to repair: Though thatdivifion of Spér-} 
matical and Menftrual Parts, be but a conceit. And this fame obfervation | 
alfo may be drawn to the prefent purpofe of nourifhing emaciated Bodies : | 
And therefore Gentle Frication dravyeth forth the nourifhment, by making } 
the partsa little hungry and heating them, whereby they call forth nourith- | 
/ment the better. This Frication I with to be done inthe morning. It ist 
| alfo beft done by the Hand, or apiece of Scarlet-Wool, wetalittle with | 
Oy1 of Almonds, mingled with a {mall quantity of Bay-Salt, or Saffron: We | 
fee that the very Currying of Horfes doth make them fat, and in good} 
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apply a Pultaf, of which, vide the Receit, and then aBath or Fomentation, | 
‘of which, videthe Receit, and then a Plaifter, vide the Receit. The Pulaf | > 
relaxed the Pores, and maketh the humor apt to exhale. The Fomentation |7 
calleth forth the Humor by Vapors ;_ but yet in regard of the way made by , 
the Pula, draweth gently ; and thercfore draweth the Humors out, amd } 
doth notdraw moretoit: For itis aGentle Fomentation, andhath ibe ; 
-a mixture (though very little) of fome ftupefa@ive. ‘he Plaifter isa] 
moderate Aftringent Plaifter, which repelleth new humor from falling. 
The Paliaf alone would make the part more {oft and weak, and apter to take | 
the defluxion and impreflion of the Humor. The Fomentation alone, if it | 
were too weak, without way made by the Pultaf, would draw forth little. i 
if too ftrong, it would draw to thepart; as well as draw fromit. The Plaif 
alone would pen the Humor already contained inthe part, and fo ex 
rate it, as wellasforbid new Humor ; therefore they muft be all tak 
order, as isfaid: The Pultaf isto be laid to for two or three hours; 
‘Fomentation fora quarter of an hour, orfomewhat better, being uf 
}and feven-or cight times repeated 3 the Plaifter to continue on ftil 
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