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lofophifeih after this manner. He teacheth, that there are indeed' 
' AarnaL Spirits 5 that they conftitute the Being of the Corporeal 
Soul, and are a-lfo the nextzx\& immediate Inftruments of all Ani- 
mal motions,producing them by a kind of Explofton or Shooting; 
upon which Elaftick, or Explofwe power he eftabliflfs his whole 
Dotfrine of Convulfions . To which he annexes a Difquifition of 
the Scttrvey , as being near of kin to the fame Dodirine, and 
grounded upon the fame Hypothecs. 
Ihe Firtk part conjijls of XII Chapters, 
1. OF Convulfive Motions in general. 
2. Of the EpiUpfy or Falling-Sicknefs. 
5. Of the d ifferences of the Epilepfy, and the Gaufes of fome 
of the Symptoms thereof 5 together with a Dr aught of the me- 
thod of Curing this Difeafe. 
4. Of the other kinds of Convulfions, and particularly of 
thofe in Children. \ 
5. Of the Convulfive fits in grown and aged perfons, proceed- 
ing chiefly from the vitiated Origin of the Nerves. 
6 . Of thofe Convulfive Motions, whofe Caufe lies about the 
Extremities of the Nerves, or within the Plexus nervei . 
7. Of thofe that are caufed by Liquors, bedewing the nervous 
Bodies, and irritating the whole procefles of them into Convui- 
fions: where are confidered the Cramps that arifefrom Poyfons.. 
8. OhheU'niverfal Convulfions, that are wont to be caufed 
in Malign 5 or ill Judged, and fome anomalous Feavers : where 
are deferibed the Epidemical and Maligne ConvulfiVe Diftem- 
pers, formerly reigning in fome parts of Germany , as alfo that 
Epidemical Feaver, which raged An, 16.61 in England, and did 
principally afflift the Brain and Nerves. 
9: Of thofe that proceed ftom the Scorbutick Difpofition of 
the Nervous jpuyee. 
10, Of#//?mV£paflions, where he maketh the Womb plead 
Not guilty. 
1 1 8 Of thofe Paflions, that are vulgarly called Hypochondria* 
sal, (hewing, that they are chiefly Convulfive 5 where by the by 
he treateth of chalybeat Remedies. 
i2„ Of Convulfive Coughs and Aflhm/s, and their Cure.' 
