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Experiment 
Solitary cou¬ 
ching C are of 
Difcajes which 
are contrary i9 
tredifrofitun, 
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pell by Vomit. Wcfinde that in Confumpt ions of the Lungs, when Na¬ 
ture cannot expellby Men fall into Fiuxesot th cfreffy 3 an J then 
thev cl vc. So in Peftilent Difeajes, if they cannot bee expelled by Sweat f 
they fall hkewile intoLoofeneJJe, and that is commonly Mortall. There¬ 
fore Phyfit tans fhonld ingenioully contriue, how by CMotions that are in j 
their Power* they may excite /award Motions that are not in their Power* ! 
bv Cor)feat ; As by the Stench of Feathers , or the like., they cure the fifing j 
of the Mother. 
H ipocrates Aphorifme , In Morbis minus , is a good profound Apho- 
rz/wr,Jtimporteth, that Difeajes* contrary to the Complexion,, Age, 
Sex, Seafonof the yeare* Diet , &c. are more dangerous, than thole that 
are Concurrent. A man would thinke it flionld bee otherwife •, For that, 
when the Accident of Sicknefje, and the NatnraU Difpofttion* doefecond 
' the one the other, the Difeafe fhould bee more forcible : Andfo (no 
doubt) it is ; if you fuppofe like Quantity of Matter. But that, which 
maketh good the Aphorifme, is • Bccaule fuch Difeafes doe (hew agrea- 
| ter CoHeilion of Matter* by that they are able to oucrcome thole Natural! 
J Inclinations to the Contrary. And therefore in Difeafes of that kinde, 
| let the Phyfitien apply himlelfe more to Purgation , than to Alteration * 
f Becaufe the Ofteiiceisin the Quantity . and the Qualities a re rectified of 
j them fellies. 1 
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P Hyfitians doc wifely preferibe* that there bee Preparatiues vied before | x P erimenc 
I a ft Purgations 5 For certaine it is, that Purgers doe many times ching 
great Hurt, if the Body bee not accommodated, both before and after tlors bcfor = 
the Purging. The Hurt that they doe, for want ofbefore Par- j thf 
ging, is by the Stickingof the Humours, and their not comming faire [ jW;f&crwan! 
away ; Whichcaufeth in the Body great Perturbations, and ill Acci- 65 
dents, during the Purging • And alfo, the diminifhing, and dulling 
of the Working of the Medicine itfelfe, thatitpurgethnotfutficiently. 
Therefore the workc of Preparation is cionble - To make the Humours 
Flutde , and mature • And to make the Paffages more open ; For both 
thole helpe to make the Humours palTe readily. And for the former of , 
thele* Sirrups are molt profitable 6 And for the Latter, Apo&nmes , or . 
Preparing Broths • C lifters alfo helpe, left the Medicine If op in the Guts, ! 
andworke gripingly. But it is true, that Bodies abounding wirh Humours , 
j And Fat Bodies 5 And Open treat her • are Preparatiues in themlelues • be- ! 
' caufe they make the Humours morefluide. But let a Phyfitriarsbcwate , 
howhee purge after hard Frofly weather^ and in a Leane Body ft without 
Preparation. For the Hurt, that they may doe after Purging ; It is can- 
fed by the Lofting of fome Humours in ill Places : Forit isccrtaine, that 
there bee Humours* which lomewhere placed in the Body, are quiet, and j 
doe little hurt 5 In other Places (especially PaftageS) doe much mif-j 
j chiefe. Therefore it is good,after Purging, to vie Apo&umes^ and Broths, j 
I not lb much Opening as thofe vfed before Purging but 'Abfterfitte and ! 
C 2 Mundifying 
