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i hetiiporyof Life and Death. 



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The operation upon the Spirits, that they may remuinyouthfuU 

 and renew their vigour. 



The Hiftory. 



H E Spirits a^e the Mailer-workmen of all effects in the Body, This is ma- 

 uifeft by consent, and by infinite inftances. 



If ai y man could procure, that a young mans Spirit could be conveyed 

 i ito an an old mans Body ; it is not unlikely , but this 'great Wheel of the 

 Spirits" veii^. turn about the letter wheel of the Parts^znd fo the courfe of Nature be- 

 come retrograde. 



Inevety Conlumption, whether it be by Fi;e,or by Age, the more the Spirit of the 

 Body, or the Heat, preyetb upon die Moyliu.e, the letter is the duration of that Thing. 

 This occius eveiy where, and is manifeft. 



The Spirits are to be put in:o luch a temperament, and degree of activity ; That 

 they fhould not ( as He fauh ) Dri/l^e, 01 Gti^le the juices of the Body, but Sip them 

 onely. 



i here are two kmdes of Flames the one enger and weak, which conlumes flight fub- 

 ftances, but hath fade power over the harder ; as the flame of Straw, or fmall Sticks ; 

 The other ftrong, and con ftarit, wh eh converts haid and obftinate lubftances , as the 

 flam: of ha d w >od,and fuch Ike. 



The eager fiVnej,and yet kfl'e robuft, do dry Bodies , and render them exhauft and 

 fapkfle ; but the flrongci ftaBsesdo inteheia e and melt them. 



Alio, in Dts ftp*r'X£ Mextanes ■, fome vap >ur forth the thinne part of the tumours, 

 or fweliuig> ; ana thele haidcn tire tumou : O h is potently difcufle, and thele fof- 

 ten it. 



Alio iti Purging a; d Alflcgmg > Medicines , tome carry away the fluid humours 



violently ; otht sat aw ih; more o, it mate and vilcous. 



The Spirits onght to c inverted at d aimed w -h luch a heat , that they may choofe 

 rather to ill rand undeimlne hard and climate matte a, than to diicharge and carry a- 

 way the the thin and pe^aied: Fo: by tk.t mans ,ht Body becomes Uieen and Solid. 



The Spirits are fc to be wrohg> t md tempered, that they may be in Subftance , Denfe, 

 not Kaie; In rkat,itrong,^ pagei ; In Qua t-ty^ufficient for the offices of Life, not 

 Redundant, or I'u gide ; la ^lotion, appealed, '.not Dancing, or Unequal. 



ThziPaponrs wo k p«> wevfully upon the fptrtts, it is manireft ; by fleep, by drunken- 

 nefle> by Mdarcholy paflTioi s,) y z ificant Medicines, by Odours , calling the Spirits 

 back again, in lwounn g, ana rjintn.gs. 



The Saints arc co d 1 d fojr wayes ; either by putting them to fight, or by refri- 

 gerating ai d cooling th em-; or by firc^ng them, or by quieting them. And firft of 

 their Condenfatton^oy p'lttmg them to t I ght. 



Whatfoever pUtteth to fl ighc on all parts, driveth the body into his Center , and fo 

 condenfeih. 



To die c ndenffi.tion of the S irits by fl grit , rhe moft powerful and effectual, is Opi- 

 um ; and n.xt, Opiates ; and ge < rally, all Sopot iferous things. 



The force of Opium, to the condtnfAtion of the spirits, is exceeding rtrong ; when as 

 perhaps, three grains thereof, will, in a flioi't time, to coagulate the Spirits, that they re- 

 turn no more. but are excinguifhtd a d become immoveai le. 



Opium, and th 



like 



put 



the Splits to fl ght , b) their coldnefle ; For they 



have pats manifestly hot; Lu:,on the contrary j cool, by their putting the Spirits to 

 flight. 



The Flight of the Spirtis, by Opium, and Opiate Medicines, isbeft feen by applying 

 the fame outwaidly ; F01 rhe Sprits Uraight w ith- draw themklves, and will return no 

 more ; but the part is mortified, a» d ten rs to a Gangrene. 



Opiates, in grievous pa tns,as in the Stone, 01 the cutting off of a limb,mitigate pains, 

 molt of all, by putting the Spirits to flight. ; 



Opiates obtain a good efteo> from a tad crrC- ; For the Flight of the Spirits is evill 

 but the condensation ot them, through then flight, is good. 



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