i 25^. ; 
deeper in a great thaft left difeafe; in old then young men ^ 
in grown perfbns than in thofe that are lean and tender ; 
in flefhy parts than in Nervous. The Needle is chiefly 
ufcd indifeafesofthe head and lower belly > andisapplycd 
to the head in head -aches. Lethargies , ConvuKions , Epi* 
lepfie J Difeafes of the B yes &c to the Abdomen in Col- 
lick, dyjOTenrery, want oi Appetite, Hyfterical disorders, 
forfeits, paines of the belly and JoyntS , obftrui&ions of 
Liver and Spleen ?^c. The Womb its lelf may be perforaf 
td {thc^apanefe affirm ) and the Feetm wounded , wh^^n its 
motions are enormous and rhreacen abortion. In tbefe 
cafes the Needle muft be applyed to the part whence rhe di- 
ftemper arifes :> tothe ftronger on the back , to the weak- 
er on the Ahdomen : where thepaife fcarce is perceived, 
there the punfture muft be made in the -^^rnies a little 
befide the veines. The Ghiruigeons keep by them fm: g^s 
wherein all the places irt the body proper for th^ Needle 
are defigned by m^rkes. The -hither himftlf was an eye 
witnefi of the ufeotthis punfture on a Souldier^ tvho be- 
ing afflifted with violent difordefts of Stomack and frequent 
Vomitings at Sea, fnddertly relievUhjmreJf bf pricking a 
Thuriiibg^readrh deep into fouf diifere 
Regiah Mills M^^i^i^^^^ TOriioA ^ 
Nejit our Author before his orations p^r^fijife ah Bpiftic 
Qontaihingan accufateHiftory M a Peftilenjial hap- 
pening in his Ship* very , mcHrt^> %rtd^ 
Was vifired as well asmoftofthe Ships company; attended 
with very many difrtial Synltoms. all fD^parttcularly de- 
fcrib'd with the method of cure andfb briefly too ihar the 
Riadl^r ought to Cdnftilt the original rachec tbjan c^}t%m: 
cxtri£t,^ which cannot be it^ft rinkfs'^ 
-In his Difteurfe of0y^§%'beafe^^^ mf^P 
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