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| The firlt Means of prohibiting or checking Putrefaétion is cold; for fo 
| we feé that Meat and Drink will lalt longer, unputrificd, or unfowred, in 
} Winter, than in Sommer : And we fee that Flowers, aad Fruits; put in 
contervatories of Snow, keep frefh. And this worketh by the Detention of 
} the Spirits, and conftipation of the Tangible parts, — | 
The fecondisAftrition : For Aftri@tion prohibiteth Diffolution; as we 
| fee (generally) in Medicines, whereof fuch as are Aftringents do inhibit Putre- 
| faGtion: And by the fame reafon of Aftringency, tome {mall quantity of Oy! 
of Vitriol, will keep frcth water long from putrifying. And this Aftri@ion 
| is inva fubftance that hath avirtual cold; and it worketh (partly) by the fame 
means that cold doth. . i ee | 
The thirdis, The excluding of theAirs and again, the expofing to the 
Air: For thefe contrarics, (as it cometh often to pafs) work the fame 
effe&t ; according to the nature of the Subje&-matter. So we fee, chat 
Beer or Wine in Bottles clofe topped; laft longs that the Garnets under 
Ground keep Corn longer , than thofe above Ground ;_ and thar Fruit 
clofed in Wax, keepeth frefh : And likewife, Bodies put in Honey, and 
Flower, keep more frefh: And Liquors, Drinks, and Juyces, wich a little 
‘| Oyl caft onthetop, kecp frefh. Contrariwife, we fee that Cloath and Ap- 
parel, not aired, do breed Moaths and Moulds and the Diverfity is, that 
Jin Bodies that need Detention of Spirits, the. Exclufion of the Air doth 
| good ; asin Drinks, and Corn: Butin Bodies thatneed Emiffion of Spirits, 
| todifchargefome of the{uperfluous moifture, itdoth hurt; torthey require 
airing. spe 
| “The fourth is Motion, and Stirring; for PuttefadtionaskethReft: For 
}the fubtil Motion which Puttcfa@ion requireth, is difturbed by any Agi- 
tation, and all Local Motion kecpeth Bodies integral, and their parts 
-jtogether: As we fee, that turning over of Corn in a Garner; ot Let 
| ting it run like an Hour-Glafs, from an upper Room into a lower, doth 
keep itfweet: And running Waters putrifie not; and in Mens Bodies, 
exercife hindreth Putrefaction; and contrarywife Reft, and want of Mo- 
| tion or ftoppings { whereby the running of Humors, or the Motion of 
Perfpiration, is ftayed) further Putrefa&tions -as we partly touched a little 
Demeress ngs vihi Thus 
» The fifth is, The Breathing forth of the Adventitious Moifture in 
| Bodies ; for as wetting doth haften Puttefattion ; {fo convenient drying 
‘Qwhereby the more Radical Moifture is onely keptin) purteth back Putre- 
foétion: So we feethat Herbs and Flowers, if they bedriedin the fhade, or 
‘}dried inthe hot Sun, foraimall time keep beft. For the Emiffion of the 
| loofe and adventitious Moifture, doth betray the Radical Moifture, and car- 
ryeth it out for company. 
f Thefixthis, The firengthning of the Spirits of Bodies; forasagteat' 
} heat keepeth Bodies from Putrefaction ; but a tepideé heat enclineth them to 
| PutrefaGion : So a ftrong Spirit likewife preferveth, and a weak ot faint 
‘| Spirit difpofeth tocorruption. So we finde, that Salt-water corrupteth not: 
{fo foon as frefh; and falting of Oyfters; and powdring of Meat, keepeth 
them from Putrefaétion. It wouldbe tryed alfo, whether Chalk, putin- 
{to Water; ot Drink, doth not preferve it from Puttifying, or {peedy Sour- 
Jing. So we fee that Strong-Beer will laft tongerthan fmall, andallthings, that 
fare hot and aromatical,do help to preferve Liquors, or Powders, &c. which 
{they do, as well by ftrengthning the Spitits, as by foaking out the loofe 
} Moiture, 
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