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ders,out of what fluff the Sediment of difeafcdperr^ns as made, with a 
J"edexion ov.FffrfieIim?whn is fignificd by urine that hath no fuch co», 
ten£s,or netle ? what by a copiousSediraent? what by a broken, white, 
black,yeIlow,red &c.Scdiraent?That wejire not to look for aSedimenC 
in all difeafes* Which ;Scdiment is BettcT, thin or thick? This done,he 
proceeds to the matter hanging in thcMidle.^nd fwimming on th^Tof, 
inquiringjwhat they fignifie refpeftively whether they note diftem- 
pers of the midle and the higheft part of the body,or not?Taking no- 
tice with feveral Authors, that little clouds on the upperraoft furface 
of Urine, raifed in the form of a ring, are a very ill figa in acute di- 
feafes,a9 fore- boding an imminent Phrcnfy,'and death it fcif. 
After this, he declares his opinion concerning the fignification of 
forae peculiar Contents inllrine. as MeaI,^ cales,Bloo4coaguIated, 
purulent matter, afhc5,flime,little pieces of feeming flefli, fraall hairs, 
woolly filaments, flying duft,damp,tough Huff adhering to the fides of 
the veffel,fomething like a fpiders webb,bladdcrs,froth,fat,or cream, 
Sand, and fmall Stones.Obfcrving with jF#>»;«^, that fuch fand grains as 
are bred in theBody^^iXt found at the bottom of theUrinal prefently af- 
ter the water is made^but thofe that are produced //5^tfi;?-^W,clo ad- 
here to the fides thereof,and appear not till a good while after the pa- 
tient hath made water; And noting further, that fuch fand not finking 
to the bottom, but flicking to the fides of the veffeJ , does not fignifie 
the bodies difpofition to theStone,but the Liver's exceffivc heat, and 
a beginning of corruption in the Bowels • nor then neceffarily, when 
they (ink, becaufe many do void tbefc grains, and yet are never trou- 
bled with the (lone : Though, when men ceafe to void them,and find 
pain.and make a whitifli and thin urine, they then begin to breed the 
flone within. But then, to know by the fand, whether the ftone be 
breeding in theBladder,orin theKidneys,he teUs us,thatif it be hard 
and red/tis in the latterjif hard and white,in the forraer^For the ma- 
ny other Contents of Urine,we muft^for fear of two much prolixity, 
refer to tbeAuc[ior|OnIy we can^t but take notice here of a relation, 
he alledges out of Flmfms totrching a woraan of 70 years of age, who 
in her urine voided (lore of far,as yellow asHolland» butter and had, 
before that excretion, been troubled with an ague, upon the lofsof 
which fl)e evacuated this fatty matter for fome weeks^fome days more, 
feme lefs.fome none at al]:But yet waxed not leaner, but rather more 
flelhy - which mzcl^lempms cODclude, that that fat came from theKid- 
iieys,not fr^D the whole body. Somnchfor the fecondfm. 
The ihlra IS wholly taken up with a Confutation of twonotedPhy^ 
fithns.Forefif^s mdStratemus.dtfpiimgthQ infpeftors ofUrinc,and de- 
daring the Judgment,made of Difeafes and their Caufes and Seats by 
tVe Urine, to be uncertain and falfe- Of which, for want of room, we 
cann ot particula rHe in this place. 
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