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to know,when the Patient was cur'd,and when not : Infomuch that 
he hath often warn'd the fick,when they would give over Phyficicto 
beware of the danger yet impending on them J as he hath frequently 
tjkenthem offfrom ufmg more phyfick, when they had amindto 
take more. 
Ihtfecond part comprehends a Defcription of human Urincs,con-- 
firmed by his own Obfervations of thirty fix years, and the Authori* 
ty of Diver^Writers. Where the Author fir ft lays down the ftandard 
to Judge hedtbj Urine by,fuch as is made by a found body of 30 or 
40 years of Ageyw^. That 'tis of a Citron colour, remaining fuch as 
tis made,of a moderate both thicknefs and copioufnefs, having alfa 
a competent fediment,and a due (fomewhat ftrong) fraell : Though 
as to the fedimentht notes,that in hot Countries,where a great eva- 
cuation is made by the pores of the Body,fW is found not fo confi- 
derable,in healthy perfons,as in cold and moiftClimats. As for thofe, 
that alJedge the death of fome Patients with healthy water, even in 
timci free from the Plague and malignantFevers, he is perfwaded, 
that they are either unskilful in Urines, or prejudiced concerning 
thera,fince it feems to him not more poffiblc, that a man fhould dye 
.with a healthy urine, than with a found body and blood \ forafmuch 
as the urine is mixt with the blood and Spirits through the whole 
body. And to chofc that pretend urine to have a healthy appearance 
in difeafes feated in the Spirits, he anfwers, that he never could find 
^ it fo, but that upon an intent view fuci Spirits appearM like a fiery 
damp on the top of the Urme,and therefore he would have no body 
hold their nofes over an open Urinal of fuch water. 
Further, he aliigns the time for infpefting the Urine, w^. when the 
Cpncodion ismade, not whilft^tis making, nor long after *tis 
made V in Hiort, the firft water after fleep. Then he direds when to 
Judge of itjt/i?:.. not affoon as *tis made,bnt when 'tis fetled, that is, 
an hour or twO after th^ excretion ; as alfo, what place 'tis toftand 
in, to wit, neither in a cold nor hot onc,becaufc as the former hinders 
^ the fetlingjfo the latter raifes the color, and, when 'tis exceeding, 
caufeth even an ebullition, which de-ftroys what Ihould fwim in it. 
Again, the Urine muft not be viewed in the Sun, nor by Candle- 
light, for fear of occafioning falfe colors > but in a place neither 
dark nor bright, holding it at a middle diftance. Neither muft it be 
lhaken at firft when^cis to be viewed, the better to difcern all 
though it may be afterwards, the better to diftingaifih the things 
fwimraingin it. And in the Plague,greatpainjand inflammation, it 
ought to beiafpefied,firft from the top, and then from the bottom. 
Next, heconfiders, what external or adventitious thisjgsmay 
caafe an alteration in the Urine ^ as Rubarb and Saffron may give 
it a high colourjand a Salat eaten^a greenidi ^ but thiSji^'/^iiV^^paf- 
fesaway in three or four hours. Araongft thefe External things he 
takes noiice of the Temperament, Scjtjand Age of people; all which 
may 
