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3^atnrall Hi/lory 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching judg- 

 ment of the 

 Cure in fome 

 Ulcers and 

 Hurts. 



785 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the 

 Health jubefs 

 or Unbeahh- 

 \julnefsoi the 

 Souther n-tvind 



786 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Wounds. 



7 8 7 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Mortifi- 

 cation by Cold. 



788 



Experiment 

 Solitaiy tou- 

 ching Weight. 



1*9 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou, 

 ching the Su- 

 per-Natjition 

 of Bodies. 



79° 



IT hath been noted by the Ancients , that in Full, or Impure Bodies ; Ulceus- 

 or Hurts in the Leggs, are Hard to Cure ; And in the Head more eafie. ' 

 The Caufe is, for that Ulcers, cr Jfom in the 2>g£?s require Deficcation,' 

 which by the Defluxion of Humours to the Z,c»w Parts is hundred; Whereas 1 

 Hurts and Ulcers m the //^/require it not ^ But contrariwife Drinefima- 

 kcth them more apt to Confolidate. And in Modern Obfervation the like 

 difference hath been found, between Frencb-men&nd Englifh-men-^whcreo^ 

 the ones Cot.flitution is more Dry and the others more Moift. And therefore 

 a Hurt of the is harder to cure in a French-m an , and of the Legg in an \ 

 English-man. 



JT hath been noted by the Ancients , that Southern winds , blowing much; \ 

 without Ratn-> do caufe aFevourom Difpofition of the Teare$ But with 

 Rain, not. The Caufe is, for that Southern-winds doe, of themfelves, quali- 

 fie the Aire y to be apt to caufe Fevers-, But when Showers are joyned, they do 

 Refrigerate in Part , and Check the Sultry Heat of thd Southern- Wmde. 

 Therefore this holdeth not in the Sea- Coafts, becaufe the w/wof the 

 Sea without Showers, doth ref refh. 



JT hath been noted by the Ancients, that Wounds which are made with 

 brajf, heal more eafiiy, than w, nnd's made with /ro//. The Caufe is, for that 

 5r^/T hath, in itfelf, a Sanative lertue ; And fo in the very Inltant helpeth 

 fomcwhat : But Iron is Corrofive, and not Sanative. And therefore it were 

 good that the Inftrtiments which are ufed by Chirurgions about wounds 

 were rather of Br of , than Iron. 



TN the Cold Countries, when Mens Nofes and Fares are mortified, and (as 

 it were) Gangrened with Cold , if they come to a Fire, they rot off pre- 

 sently. The caufe is,for that the few Spins, that remain in thofe Parts, are 

 fuddenly drawn forth,and fo Putrefaction is made Compleat. But Snow put 

 upon them helpeth ; For that it preferveth thofe Spirits that remain, till 

 they can revive; And bctideSjSnow hath in it a fecret warmth : As the Monk 

 proved out of the Text, gui dap Nivemfhut Lanam, Gelu ficut Cineres f par git. 

 Whereby he did infer ,That Snow did warm like Woolly and Froft did fret 

 like Afbes , Warm water alfo doth good ; Becaufe by little and li tt!e it ope- 

 neth the Pores,without any fudden Working upon the Spirits. This Expe- 

 riment > may be transferred unto the Cure of Gangrenes, either comming of 

 themfelves, or induced by too much applying of Opiates: Wherein you 

 muft beware of Dry Heat, and refort to things that are Refrigerant ,with an 

 Inward warmth and Vertue of Cherifhinf . 



\I7Eigh Iron, and Aqu-aFortis, feverally • Then diltolve the Iron in the 

 Aqua-Fortis : And weigh the DiJJclution ; And you fhall finde it to 

 bear as good Weight, as the Bodies did feverally : Notwihftandinga good 

 deal of Waft, by a thick vaponr, that iflueth during the working .-Which 

 fheweth that the Opening of a Body , doth increafe the weight. This was 

 tried once or twice,but I know not whether there were any Errour, in the 

 Trial. 



"jAke of Aqua-Fortis two Ounces , of Quick- filver two Drachmes, (For that 

 Charge the Aqua-Fortis will bear ;) The DiJJolution will not bearea 

 Flint,a% big as a Nutmeg-Y ctt(no doubt) the increafing of the' weight of wa- 

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