when the brain is,that being the reputed feat o£it. Next 
comethofe who have beenMonftrous as to the ftiape of 
the head, feveral inftances are given of the a-jfeclm tor- 
nut m, of t\\Q defeift or excefs of the Sutures y of feveral 
rounds of the head, fonie mortal, others beyond all pro- 
bability of efcaping, particularly that of t\iQ Hungarian 
Captain, who though he had a Lance ftruck through his 
head, yet lived many years after it, and fought often. la 
the difeafes of the head and Nerves is in^erted a difconrs 
oi Olaus Borriekim concerning theufe of Volatile Salts ia 
thediftempers of the head, in which he alTerts the diffe- 
rence of volatile faits, and prefers that of Tkf^wj" SkuU as 
the moit proper in fuch cafes ; And among feveral forts 
of pains of the head there is an account from J^?^//.^»- 
gelot, of one which rofe and fate with the Sun, obferving 
exad:Iy the famedegreesof increafeand decreafe, as the 
Sun did in its motion to and from theMeridian, &c. 
In the affedtions of the Eys, the place and manner 
of vifion is determined, together with the relation of 
tl^e -Cbntroverfy between Pecquet and Mariotte, con- 
cerning the termination of the fpecies, and vi(i©n the 
refultof it, being performed rather in the Choroeides^ 
than in the 7^^^;^^. The famous experiment ofreftpr- 
ing the humours of the Eys, wa^ at laft refolved ir^to 
their natural reftitution, from the fame hnm(^ur's be- 
ing repleniflit thofe wayes they are conftantly naurifh- 
ed, and not from their being repaired by the injedrions 
oiBurrhuSy or any other pretender. 
Thefecond book treats of the difeafes of the mouth 
and breaft, where among other things we meet with a 
difconrfe concerning an infallible way of preferviB^g 
^ man from infection though he converfe conftantly 
with all forts of thofe who are iiifedted, the way is no 
more than forbearing to fwallow the Saliva^ which at 
any ill fmell is raifcd by nature, on purpofe to be eject- 
ed, the fuppofitions that confirm this opinion are chiefly. 
