But confidering with himfelfj that Mans good Health con- 
fifts in and is known by the Integrity and good difpofition of 
all his Funilions 5 and want of Health^in and by the indifpofiti- 
on and depravation of the fame, he thought fit to treat of 
thofe AfFediiooSj that occur in the Pradtifc of Phyfitians, ac- 
cording to the difference of thofe depraved Fundions* Ano- 
forafmuch as thefeFundtions ferve either for the Con/ervation 
of the Individual, or ihc Propagation ot the Species y and the 
former of thefe is conveniently fubdivided into the Natural^ 
ferving for the various chai ge of fubftances taken inwardly, 
and the FuLdrions, confifting in the knowledge of 
all forts of things by the External and Internal fenfes, as alfo 
in the various Motion of the Soul and Body ; He therefore di- 
ftributeth this whole ]?raxis into three Books , which treat of 
the AjfeBions , refpeiting the Indifpofed FunHions of Man. 
LJliQ Natural, 11. The Animal ; and Thofe that ferve 
for Generation, 
We fliall not enlarge here by reprefenting any particulars 
of this Work, but refer die Judicious Reader to its perufal and 
coniidcration, by which as he will doubtlefs meet with many 
ufeful Medical Prefcriptions and Remedies, fohe will not find 
it barren of confiderable Obfervations and Experiments re- 
lating to Natural Philofophy, and in particular to Anatomy. 
II. J{elatione dello Stato prefente dell' EG'IPTO, feritta dal Sig, 
Gio^ Michaele Vanflebio.^ dsdicata al Grand Duca di Tofcana. 
In Parigi/ 1 67G. in 1 2% 
PAffing by what this Relation obferveth of the Political 
Government of Egypt, and the Original Language and 
Religion of the Gophtbes^ (^which maketh a great part of the 
Book, but is not fuitable with the defign of thefe Tra<5t5,J we 
fliatl take feme notice of what it delivers concerning the Na- 
tural State and Productions of the Country, the Oeconomy of 
the InhabirantSjand the Magnificent Strudures yet remaining 
ihere* 
Ftrfi then the Author obferveth^ that the winter of Egypt is 
fo miid, as to be like to the March- air of Rme-y and that the 
lafual time of I{ain \s in the months of December^ January and 
February-,^ and that piincipally about the Sea-coalfl : Of 7em' 
^cjls, from Eaf.er to WhitfoL tide, when ihe Wind is for the 
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