Js^aturall Hi/lory: 



] Nourifh and repair hardly ; And you muft refrefb, and renew thofe that 

 are eafie to Nourifli, that the other may be refremed,and (as it were) Drink 

 in Nourifhment, in the Pafiage. Now we fee that Draught Oxen, put into 

 good Pafture, recover the Flefh of young Beef - And Men after long Ema- 

 ciating Diets, wax plump, and fat,and almolt new : So that you may furely 

 conclude, that the frequent and wife Ufe of thofe 'Emaciating Diets, and of 

 Pmgings - 7 And perhaps of fome kind of Bleeding • is a principall Meanes of 

 Prolongation of lifcand Refiormg fome Degree of T outktov as we have often 

 hid,Death cometh upon Living Creatures like the Torment of Mezentius, 

 Mortuaquinetiam jungebat Corpora vivis. 

 Componens Manibufque Manm^ atque Oribus Or a. 

 For the Parts in Mans Body eafily reparable, (as Sprits, Blood? and Flefh) 

 die in the Embracement of the Parts hardly reparable, (as Bones, Nerves,znd 

 Membranes) And likevvife fome Entrails (which they reckon amongft the 

 Spermaticall Parts) are hard to repair : Though that Divifion of Spermati- 

 call, and Menfruall Parts ,be but a Conceit. And this fame obfervation alfo 

 may be drawn to the prefent purpofe of Nourifhing Emaciated Bodies: 

 And therefore Gentle Fricationdvzweth forth the Nomiihment, by making 

 the Parts a little hungry, and heating them whereby they call forth Nou- 

 rifhment the better. This Frication I wifb to be done in the Morning. It 

 is alfo beft done by the Hand, or a piece of Scarlet-vvooll, wet a little with 

 Oyl of Almonds, mingled with a fmall Quantity of Bay fait, or Saffron ; We 

 fee that the very Currying of Horfes doth make them fat, and in good 

 liking. 



The fifth Meanes is, to further the very Ail, of Afjimilation of Nourijl)- 

 ment; which is done by fome outward Emollients, that make the Parts more 

 apt to Afjimilate. For which I have compounded an Ointment of Excellent 

 Odour,which I call Roman Oint ment, vide the Receit. The ufe of it would be 

 between Sleeps •, For in the latter Sleep the Parts Affimilate chiefly. 



Experiment Here be many Medicines, which by themfelves would do no Cure, 

 Solitary, tou- 1 but perhaps Hurt, but being applyed in a certain Order, one after ano- 

 M^ufmk. tn er>do great Cures. I have tried (my felt) a Remedy for the Go tit, which 

 60 ' hath feldome tailed, but driven it away in 24 Houres fpace: Itisfirftto 

 apply a Pultaf; Of which vide the Receit ; And then a Bath or Fomentation, 

 ot which vide the Receit-^And then a Plainer, vide the Receit. The Pultafs've- 

 laxeth the Pores,and maketh the Humour apt to Exhale. The Fomentation 

 calleth forth the Humour by Vapours But yet in regard of the way made 

 by the iWta/,Draweth gently And therefore draweth the Humours out 

 and doth not draw more to it •, For it is a Gentle Fomentation, and hath with- 

 all a Mixture(though very little)of fome Stupef active. The Plaijler is a Mo- 

 derate Ajlringent Plaijler, which repelleth New Humour from falling. The 

 Pultafs alone would make the Pari more foft, and weak 5 And apter to take 

 the Defluxion and Impreffion of the Humour. The Fomentation alone, if it 

 were too weak, without way made by the Pultafs, would draw forth little 

 If too ftrong,it would draw to the Part, as well as draw from it.The Plaijler 

 alone, would pen the Humour already contained in the Part, andfoexaipe- 

 . rate it, as well as forbid new Humour. Therefore they muft be all taken in 

 Order, asisfaid. The Pultajs is to be laid to, for two or three Houres ; 

 The Fomentation for a Quarter of an Hour, or fomewhat better, being ufed- 

 hot ,and feven or eight times repeated : The Plaijler to continue on ftill, till 

 the Part be well confirmed* 



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