INTRODUCTION. 
Sions , they open the infcrmr DuEtus of the Bow- 
els ; as do Nitrous Salts, Soluble Salt of Tartar , 
Oat-Mcal,Jic. and this they may do , altho ’ they 
may have fame fmall AftnUion , Fy nw/Jk <?/' 
Subfiance, do not differ from ihofe which are Ab- 
Jierjive , te degree. F b» thefe things which 
cleanfe the Pores and inward Pa/fages, have a great 
tenuity of Parts , and are moderately Aflritlive, 
which cleanfe, and as it were feemingly Purge the 
greater Paffages, yet withal/ Jirengthen the fame. 
Some things are Soluble by Unifying, as Fat things -, 
and fome by wajhing and abfterfion, as Whey, So- 
lulive Waters, New Beer and Ale, &c. 
XIV. ii. AT TEN U A TER S. Thefe 
are fitch things as make thin, and are of hot and 
thin Parts, and fo extenuate grofs and tough Hu- 
mours, and are for the mofi part hot and dry in the 
feconi and third degrees, as things Sharp, Picquant, 
and Aromatical , generally they are firong provo - 
kers of the Terms, becaufe they make the Blood 
and Lympha, more thin and fluid : They alfo faci- 
litate the Delivery of Women in Labour, bringing 
forth both Birth and Afterbirth. Hereto belong 
Inciders ofVifcid Humours , which arc more firong. 
And Diffolvers of what is Grumous and Coagulated, 
as Sal Volatile Oleofum, and all Alcalious and Vo- 
latile Salts and Spirits. Alfo Extenuants, or wafers 
of the Fat Subftance , and Grofs Parts of the Body. 
And Laxatives, which are Solutives , and moderately 
hot, moift, and thin. The ufe of Attenuating 
Medicines, k previoufly in order to open the Ob- 
llrulfions of the Bowels, Lungs, and Womb. 
XV. 12. CO AG UL AT IVES. Thefe 
are fuch as make thick, being contrary to thofe 
things, which make thin or rarefy. They make 
Rheum and Humours, tough and thick . ; and fo are 
accounted either cold or temperate. They are gi- 
ven in Colds, Coughs, and vehement Catarrhs and 
Difli/lations, whereby the Flegm or Rheum being 
coagulated or thickned, it is made more fit for Ex- 
pdloration : They alfo take away the Jharpnefs of 
the Blood and Lympha, and thicken it, 'whereby they 
flop the overflowing of the Laches and Terms > in 
Wqmen, and perfectly prevail againft a Diabetes. 
They alfo flop too much Sweating, and the difpo- 
fitionof the Spirits, which often happen to fuch as 
are Weak, and in Confumptiens. 
XVI. 13. CONF ORTA T IVES. Thefe 
are Strengthened of the univerfal Man, of the 
Spirits as well as the Body ; and are generally of 
hot, dry, aftringing, and fubtil Parts, that they 
may warm thofe Parts which are cold ; dry and con- 
firm thofe which arc wcaknei by too much moift ure ; 
bind or flop the too openefs of the Pores, by which 
the Spirits arc dijfipated ; and of Jubtil and vola- 
tile Parts, that they may unite with or join, the 
Natural, Vital, and Animal Spirits, to revive and 
exbilerate than. But fontetimes , when the Body is 
i oeakned by heat and drynefs, cold things may be- 
come Confortatives, by overcoming thofe Qualities 
by which the Body k weakned ; and fo we fee the Spi- 
rits and Oils o/Nitre, Salt, Sulphur, W Vitriol, .Lime 
Juice, Juice ofLimons, 0 V. Confortatives in the 
bigheft degree, where the Body has been weakned 
by HeClic and continual Fevers , and other hot and 
dry Indijpo futons, not eafily to be expreffed in few 
words. 
II. Of External ALTERATIVE S. 
XVII. 1. STYPTICKS, HiEMOPTOICKS, 
or Antihxmorragicks. Thefe are fuch things , as 
(hop Bleeding in what part of the Body foever. They 
are for the mufl part cold , at leaf temperate , ex- 
ceeding drying and repulfive : For things which are 
cold , repel , and many of them coagulate \ or thicken \ 
and fo if they have a crajftudc of Parts , as things 
acerb and aujlere. And Medicines vehemently dry - 
irtg, which are A fringe nt, repel alfo , becaufe they 
thicken the Blood and Lympha : Thefe , if they be 
of thin parts , much conduce to Aft ri chon : Some 
Stypticks have a craffjtudt of Body , jor which rea- . 
fon they then cannct eafily penetrate the fnore re- 
mote Parts , precluding the Paffages ■, therefore thofe 
which have a thinnefs of Subflance, are rather to 
be chafe n, unlefs the caufe Her in the fuperfeies, 
as in all frefh and bleeding Wounds. Stypticks are 
indeed the higheji Afringents , and Binders , and if 
joined with Narcoticks , tranfeend in the higheji 
degree. 
XVIII. 2. ANODYNS , or PAREGORICKS. 
Thefe are eafers of Pain ; and are moderately 
hot , viz. in the firft degree , not much exceeding 
temperate , and of thin Parts, and rarejacient : So 
by opening the Pores , they Evacuate , Rarefy, Ex- 
tenuate , Digeji , and Concctf equally enco ant ring 
whatever Humour , is either Jharp , cold , grofs , or 
tough , inhering in the Pores , or near adjacent 
grieved Parts 5 which by reafon of the obftrutfion 
of the Pores , could not find a way out ■, befides , 
they are aqueous or moifiening, and aereal or of 
fubtil Subjlance , not in the leaf A flringent. But 
there are fome Cold Anodyns, which are fuch as 
give eafe in Tumours or Pains caiifed from great 
heat. Again , Anodyns are faid to be Proper or 
Improper. Proper, are fuch at we have already 
been fpeaking of: Improper, are fuch as they call 
Narcoticks, made of Opiates , Henbane , Hemlock , 
Mandrakes , Nightjhade , &c. 
XIX. t REPERCUSSIVES. Thefe 
are Repelling Medicaments, which drive back the 
Humour. They are generally cold and drying , and 
of grofs Parts for that which i s cold , repels , and 
if it has a crajftude of Parts alfo , it alls with more 
force , as that which is acerb or aultere. Thofe 
things alfo repel which are Aftringent, if they have 
alfo a tenuity of Parts , for the thinnefs of their. 
Subjlance , does much conduce to AltrjUion. And 
therefore other things which are Aftri&ive, by rea- 
fon of the thicknefs of their Subjlance , cannot eafily 
penetrate the more remote Parts , precluding the 
PaJJages. And hereto Defenfatives, and Intercipi- 
ents may be reduced , being Cold , AJlringent , and 
Repulfive. Thefe , by their Coldnefs , repel the 
Humour -, and by their Aftringency, Jirengthen the 
Part ajfiifled. 
XX. 4. DISCUSS IVES. Thefe are fuch as 
refolve the Matter contained, in theP art. They are mo- 
derately hot , with a tenuity of Parts , and very 
little rejiccant or drying : For as Difcu (fives rare- 
fy and make ibin 9 caufwg the Matter to be dijfipa - 
ted , fo excejfive heat does condenfate and dry \ 
whereas moderate heat opens the Pores , or Pajja- 
ges , and deeply penetrating , by the tenuity of its 
Subjlance , opens the Pores , attenuates the Matter , 
and fo eafes the Pain. Their ufe therefore is, 
1. To open the Pores. 2, To attenuate the Matter , 
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