Century fe ye | a " 
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oI. | 
Experment | 
Solitary, j 
| epHere is a fecret way of Curve, unpractifed by Afuernde of that whicli 
T initfelf hurteth: ‘Poyfons have been made by fome Familiar, as hath 
been faid. Ordinary Keepers of the fick of the Plague, are {cldom infected. 
Enduring of Tortures, bycuftomhath beenmade more eafie: Thebrook- 
ing of enormous quantity of Meats, andfoof Wine, or ftrong drink, hath 
been by cuitom madeto be without Surfeit or Drunkennefs. And general] 
Difeafes that are Chronical, as Coughs, “Phibéficks, fome, kinde of Parfes, 
Lunacies, @c. are moft dangerous atthefirft: Therefore awife Phyfitians ill 
} confider, whether a Difeafe be incurable, or whether the juft cure of it be 
not fullof peril; and if he finde it to be fuch, let him refort to Pathation, 
| and alleviate the Symptom without bufying himfelf too much with the 
| perfe@ cure: And many times (if the Patient be indeed patient) that courfe 
will exceed all cxpeftation. Likewife the Patient himfelf may ttrive, by 
| lictle and little to overcome the Symptom inthe Exacerbation, and fo by 
time turn fuftering into Nature. : | 
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Cure by Cu- 
floms 
Gls 
Experiment 
Solitary; 
touching ; 
Cure by Ex- f 
cefie 
Ivers Difeafes, efpecially Chronical, (fuchas Quartan Agues) are fome- 
‘ times cure: by Surfeirand Exceffes; asexcels of Meat, excefs of Drink, 
extraordinary Fafting, extraordinary flirring, or Laffitude; and the like. 
The caufeis, for that Difcafes of continuance, get an adventitious ftrength 
from Cultom, befidestheir material caufe fromthe Humors: Sothat the 
breaking of the Cuftom doth leave them onely totheirfirft caufe ; which, 
| if it be any thing weak, will fall off. Befides, Such Excefles do excite and {pur 
| Naure, whichthereupon rifeth more forcibly again the Difeate. 
Here isin the Bodyof Man, agreatconfentin the Motion of the feveral 
parts: Wefee itis Childrens {port, toprove whether they can rub up- 
jontheirBreft with one hand, and patupen their Forehead with another; 
| anditraight ways they fhall fometimes rub with both hands, or pat with 
bothhands.. We fee, thatwhen the Spirits that come tothe Noftrils, ex- 
pela bad fent, the Stomack is ready to expel by vomit. We finde that in 
Confumptions of the Lungs, when Nature cannotexpel by Cough, Men fallinto | | 
Fluxes of the Belly, and thenthey dic. Soin Peftilent Difeafes. if they can- |. 
not be expelled by Swear, they fall likewife into Leofnef,and that is common- | 
ly Mortal. Therefore Phyfitians fhould ingenioufly contrive, how by Mo- 
tions that are in their power, they may excite inward Motions thatare not | 
in their power, by confent; as by the {tench of Feathers, orthe like, they 
| cure the rifing of the AZosher. 
63. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Cure by Afo- » 
tion of Confent. 
Ippocrates Aphorifim, in Morbis Minusyis a good profound —4phorifm. It im- 
porteth, that Difeafes contrary to the Complexion, Age, Sex, Sealon of 
| the year, Diet, &c. are more dangerous than thofe that are concurrent. A 
Man would think it fhould be otherwife ; For that when the Accident of 
Sicknefs, and the Natural difpofition , do fecond the one the other; the 
Difeafe fhould be more forcible. And (fo no doubt)it is, if you fuppofe like 
| quantity of Matter. But that which maketh good the Wsphorifm, is, becaufe 
fuch Difeafes do thew a greater colleG@ion of Matter, by thatthey areable 
| to overcome thofe Natural inclinations tothecontrary. And therefore in 
| Difeafes of that Kinde, let the rhyfirian apply himfelf moreto Purgation, than 
to cAlreration ;, becaufe the offence is inthe quantity, and the qualities are 
reGtified of themfelves. | 
A C 3 ts 2 EOS 
64: 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Cure of Dif- 
cafes which aré |. 
contrary to 
Predi{pofition. | 
