3\£aturall Hiflory: 



be,that the delicate-coloured Dragon-Flies , may have likewife fome Cor. 



rojive Quality. 



Experiments 

 in Conforr, 

 touching 

 Latitude. 



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Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Casing of the 

 S^»,and Shetl 

 in fome Crea- 

 tures. 



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Experiments 

 in Confort, 

 touching the 



Pojtures cf the 

 Body. 



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 735 



T Afitude is remedied by Bathing, or Anointing with Oile, and Warm Water, 

 The Caufe is, for that all Loft itude is a kind of Contufion, and Comprefion 

 of the P^m ^ And Batbing,and Anointing give a Relaxion, or Emollition : And 

 the Mixture of 0/7f and ^ter, is better than either of them alone; Bccaufe 

 Water Entreth better into the Pores, and oile after Entry foftneth better. It 

 is found alfo, that the Taking oi Tobacco doth help and difcharge Latitude. 

 The Reafon whereof is,pattly,becaufe by C hearing or Comforting of the 

 Spirits,it openeth the Parts Comprefjed, or Contufed: And chiefly, becaufe it 

 refrefheth the Spiritsby the Opiate Venue thereof; And fo dikhargeth 

 Wearinef ± as Sleep likewife doth. 



In Going up a Hill, the Knees will be moft Weary «, In Going down a Hill, the 

 Tbighes. The Caufe is,fcr that in the Lift of the Feet , when a Man Goeth up 

 the Hill, the Weight of the Body beareth moft upon the Knees 5 And in 

 Going down the H M, upon the Tbighes. 



THe Casing of the Skin, is by the Ancients compared , to the Breaking of 

 the Secundine, or Call 5 but not rightly : For that were to make every 

 Cafting of the Skin a New Birth : And beiides , the Secundine is but a general 

 Couer, not fhaped according to the Parts ; But the Skin is fhaped according 

 to the Parts. The Creatures, that caft their Skin, are ± IheSr.ake, the Viper, 

 the Grofhoyper, the Lizard, the Silk-worm, &c Thofe that caft their Shell, 

 are; The Lobfler, the Ctt^, the Cra-fifh, the Hodmandod, or Dodman, the Tor- 

 /ftfjf*?, &c. The Old Skins are found, but the never : So as it is like, 



they fcale off, and crumble away by degrees. And they are known by the 

 Extream Tendemefi and SoftneJ? of the New Shell-, Andfbmewhatby the 

 FrefhneJ? of the Colour of it. The Caufe of the Cafing of Skin, and fhould 

 feem to be che great Quantity of Matter in thofe Creatures, that is fit to 

 make Skinox Shell 5 And again, the Loofnefl of the S£z'/z, or S^//, thatfl ick- 

 eth not clofe to the Flefh. For it is certain, that it is the New Skin , or Shell, 

 that putteth off the Old-, So we fee, that in Deer , it is the Toung Horn, that 

 putteth off the Old • And in Birds , the Tou n g Feathers put off the old: 

 And fo Birds that have much Matter for their Beak , caft their Beaks ; The 

 2V># Beak putting off the Old. 



YJing, not£rc#,but Hollow, which is in the Making of the Bed 5 Or with 

 the Legs gathered up, which is in thePofture of the Body, is the more 

 Wholefome. The Reafon is, the better Comforting of the Stomach, which is 

 by that lefs Pencil : And we fee, that in Weak Stomachs, the Laying up 

 of the Legs highland the Knees almoft to the Mcuth, helpeth, andcom- 

 forteth.We fee alfo that GaUy-flaves, notwithstanding their Mifery other- 

 wife, are commonly Fat and Flefhy 5 And the Reafon is, becaufe the Sto- 

 mach is fupported fomewhat in Sitting; And is Penfilein Standing , or 

 Going. And therefore, for Prolongation of Life, it is good to choofe thofe 

 Exercifes, where the Limbs move more than the Stomach, and Belly ; As in 

 Rowing, and in Sawing, being Set. 



Megrims and Giddinefi are rather when we Rife,a£tex long Sitting , than 

 while we Sit. The Cauf e is, for that the Vapours , which were gathered by 

 Sitting, by the Sudden Motion, flie more up into the Head. 



Leaning long upon any Part maketh it Numme, and,.as we call it , Afleep. 



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