785. 
| Experiment — 
Solitary, 
touching 
Iudgment of 
i zhe Curtis 
fome V Icers 
and Fiuyris. 
586. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching the 
Hlealthfulnef 
or V nhealth- 
faulnef of the 
Southern 
Wind. 
Zoe. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Wounds. 
738. 
Experiment 
Solitary, 
touching 
Mortification 
by Cold. 
uses 
J 
i 789. 
{ Experiment 
| Solirary, 
‘touching 
Wrighe. 
7900 
Experiment ~ 
Solitary, 
ne 
Bodiess 
whereby he did infer, that Snow did warm like Wool, and Froft did fret like f) 
| by a thick vapor that iffueth during the workings which fheweth, that th 
touching the | 
Sispernation of 
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T hath been noted by the e/nzients, that in full or impure Bodics, Uees 
[rh Hurts inthe Legs are hard rocure, and inthe Head more eafie, Tis 
caufe is, for rhat Ulcers or Hurts in the Legs require Deficcation, which b: 
the defluxion of Humors to the lower partsis hindred, whereas Feed he 
Ulcers in the Head require it not; bu’, contrariwife, Drynefs maketh the a 
more apt to Confolidate.. And in Modern ob{ervation, the like difference 
hath been found between French-men and Englifh men; whereof the ones 
Conftitution is more dry, and the others more moift : And therefore a ee 
of the Head is harder co cureinaFrench-man, and of the edie inan Eogitl 
man. 
T hath been noted by the eAncients, that Southern Winds blowing much 
without Rain, docaufe a Fevorous Difpofition of the Lear; but with Rain, 
not, Thecaufeis, forthat Southern Winds do of themmfeles qualifie the Air 
to be apt to caufe Fevers ; bur when Showers are joyned, they:do refrigerate | 
in part, and check the fouliry Heat of theSouthern Wind. Therefore this | 
holdeth notin the Sca-coafts, becanfe the vapor of the Sea withour Showergal 
doth refrefh. the is | 
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T hath been noted by the Ancients, that Wounds which ee made with] | 
Brafs, heal more eafily then Wounds made with Iron. The c2ufe is, for} | 
that Brafs hath in it elf a Sanative virtue, and foin the very inftant helpeth | 
fomewhat; but Ironis Corrofive, and not Sanative. And therefore it were | 
good that the Inftruments which are ufed by Chirurgions about Wont : 
were rather of Brals then Iron, 
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Die the cold Countreys, when Mens Nofes and Ears are bape ie and (as | 
it were) Gangrened with cold, if they cometo aFire, they ror off pre f 
fently. The caufe is, for thatthe few Spirits that remain in thofe parts are 
fuddenly drawn forth, and fo Putrefa&tion is made compleat. But Snow put: 
upon them helpeth, for that it preferveth thofe Spirits that remain till they |) 
canrevive; and befides, Snow hath in it a fecret warmth; as the cWonk 
proved out of the Text, Qui dat Nivem ficut Lanam, Gelu ficut Cineres fpargit 3) 
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Afhes. Warm Water alfo doth good, becaufe bylittle and little it opene 
thepores, without any fudden working upon the Spirits. This Experimeng}) 
may be transferred unto the cure of Gangrenes, either coming of themf{elyes, 
or induced by too much applying of Opiates ; wherein you mutt beware of 
dry Heat, and refortto things that are Refrigerants With an inward watt 
and virtue of cherifhing. , 
barbers a and Aaua-fortisfeverally, then diffolve the Ironiatheddl 
fortis, and weigh the Diffolution ; and you fhall finde it tobear as 
weight as the Bodies did feverally, notwithftanding agood deal of w 
opening of a Body doth increéafe the weight, This wastryed once or t 
but know not whether there were any Errori in the Fryal. ats 
Ake of Aqua-fortis two Ounces, of Qaiieh i lver two Drachths,. 
eet: the «Aqua fortis will bear) the Diffolution will nor bear 
as big as a Nutmeg-s yet ( nodowbt ) the increafing of the wei 
