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2^ext he Digrefies to (hew that Head-aches^ Talpitatiom 
of the Heart » Tooth-ach, Pleurify^ Convulfwns, Numneft^ 
Epilepfy^ CoUicks y Feavors^ and other Diftempers , do arife 
from the fame Root ; which are varioufiy named from the 
places afFe£lcd, and the various Motions and Determina^ 
tions of this Wind. But particularly that the Gout pro- 
ceeds thence, he proves , from the hmhoviiy of Hippocrates 
and others , frofil tlitChinefes hmmvig Mexa on the joint 
whereby the flatus evaporates 3 from the nioveablenefsof 
the pain from one part to another; and from an fnftance of 
a Goaty Perfon. 
' Thefe Winds he thinks Cold, becaHfe they are to be con- 
quered by the contrary quality /heat) 5 and becaufea (hive- 
ring preceeds a fit of the Gouti^nd what they call a hot Gout 
is only by accident produced by vehement pain, by 
the way heafferts that the fhivcring of Agues and Feavours 
acknowledge the fame origin ; and that as many accidents 
may happen from Wind in the leffer, as in the greater 
Korld. 
Thefe Winds heafferts font of B^^^ be halituous 
spirits raifed either by the weaknefs orfliarpnefs of our 
native heat , out of our meat and drinks ; or fituita and 
Black Choler. Their differences chiefly proceed from vari- 
ous ferments produceing in us variety of humours i which 
a£ting on one another <io In their efE^rvefcence create 
winds of various effeds , and denominate difeafes from the 
places the Scenes of their adlioni For more particulars and 
other external caufes of their differences he refers tofi^- 
mus* 
XHt thk ?iiid is malignant , he erges for proof the 
^0 * Grg2 bemeacy^ 
