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rifiera.znd delivers the Remedies, and Ways, and Reafons of Cu- 
ring thenijas of the former. Here occurs Jfirji the liferuf, togaher 
with Sylvius's and the Author's opinion touching the Cauft 
thereof; to which are fubjoyned the S/to/^;? Empirical remedies 
of the fame, together with the Authors method of performing the 
Cure thereof. Secondly, the Dropfy^ and the various kmds, diffe- 
rencesjcaufesand cures of it ; with a Note, that the Tympanites is 
properly no fpecies of Dropfy, nor caufed from Winds, but from 
ail inordinate Inflation of the membranous parts , caufed by the 
difordered Animal Spirits influencing ihofe <t/ifcera^ 
In the following Se6lion, he treats firft^of Fhlehfomyr/iCs Ufes 
and Effects ; whether to be ufcd in continual putrid Fevers ; what 
Cautions to beobferved in Blood letting,in regard of the part to 
be open'd, as alfo in refpcct of the Difeafe, Age, Quantity, drc 3 
w^hy in fome Cafes 'tis not at all to be ufed 5 why, when made too 
fparingly , 'tis often noxious and heightens the Fever, c^J-r. 5*^- 
coridiy^ of H^morrhagies, w^hy not always to be flopped, and how 
many ways they may be ft:Qpped. Thirdly^ of VeJicaUrus, iheir va- 
rieties, ufes and effefls , and with what Gonflitutions they 
agree be/]-, and with which not at all. Fourthly, of Fijtul as or 
Jflues, viz, what Humors they evacuate; in what difeafes they are 
mofl: conducive 5 and for what bodies they are not convenient; 
with a Note upon that vulgar Error, which infinuates, th^t Iffues 
difpofe to barrennefi". . Fifthly-, of Cutaneom Difeafes 5 their va- 
rieties and cures ; and particularly of the tfora\zx\A its nature, 0- 
rigine.cure. Sixthly^ of the impetigo or Lefra Gracorum^'ns rife, 
property, and remedies. 
To fum up all , the Author hath firj , wiih great care 
and exaflnefs viewed in the human Body thofe Parts and 
Places where the Medicines are to perform their operation : 
2i&^;? he hath been follicitous, according to tht phdnomena of all 
and every part,difcoverd by his Anatomical Obfervation, to ren- 
defolidand gtnw'm hypothefe$ of the Difeafes, by himdefigned to 
cure ; and having made it bis bufinefs to derive the Caufes of M^r 
ladies from their very Sources , he hath every where endeavoured 
tofhewfrom what difpofition of Blood and Humors, from w^hac 
affeflion of Animal Spirits, and from what conftitution of Fibers 
and other folid parts, every ficknefs he treats of proceeds. And 
having laid thofe things for a foIid foundation, to build ti:weuFon 
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