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them when furiousj fomctimes by altering them when dif- 
order'd in quality, confiftences temperament, drc. 
The Method^ which he obfervesio treating of all thefe par- 
ticularly 5 futed to the p/^m^whcreio Medicines do firft' of all 
or primarily cxercife their vertues : la regard to which^he be- 
gins froni 
Vomit meSi(hQwmg^how the Gul/et and Stomach are afFedtcd 
by rhf m^by what Fibers this Convulfi^e motion by vomits is 
roade^ how it differs from other Convulfions, and from the 
Evacuation by ftoo! 5 and that the proximate caufe thereof is 
a vehement Explofion of the irritated Spirits in the fibers of 
theCaroeous tooicle, Heinquircsnext^in whatmatinerEme- 
tick medicines do work ; how they differ from Purgatives 5 
why thefe work more gently ythofe more violently 5 what kind 
of matter is voided by vomit 5 theAccidcots of vomitings why 
in fome'tis perform'd fooner^in others later ; in fome 'tis ftop^ 
ped more eafily than in others ; what care to be had of the 
dofe ? why Vomiting is more efficac!ous,though more danger 
reus than Purges? He teaches alfo, that Vomitives work not 
by a fpecifique vertue,nor upon peculiar humors^ and informs 
iis^ what are the Indications or Gontra-indications to Vo- 
iiiiriog 5 wliat the chief Vomitives^theirReceiprsj Pr^parati- 
posjand Reafon of their operations ? What are the Cures of 
too much Vomiciog 5 what the Remedies againft the vitiated 
ferment of the Stomach ;how to cure vomiting caufed by the 
Scomsch's debility j z^;^, when cither the Tone of the Fibres 
is weakocd^or the Nerves obftruded ? 
Hence he proceeds to Turgaiives^ (hewing, what matter is 
evacuated that way 5 how the excretory motion is naturally 
perform'd jSnd by what fibrcs^how^'tis pufli't on.^ThatPurging 
medicines work not by attraftion^nor ele^tion^but hylrritafi- 
m\n thG prim£ vi^e md by Fermentation in the Blood and Ho^ 
man', Qbferving the Differences of Purgatives^ and the rea- 
fons thereof 5 how they irritate in th^ vijcera^znd ferment va- 
rioufly with the blocd and humors ? That the Prasparation of 
the humors is not ncceffary to purging^yet what an Apparatus 
there is requifiteboth as to the Stomachjand the Blood 3 from 
what kind of particles depends the purgative power,both the 
irritative and Fermeoiative ? The former not from SpiritjWa- 
ter, 
