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isa Gentle Foment atm, andhath withalla Mixture (though very little) 
of fome Stupefachue. The Plaijler is a Moderate Aflrigem Plaiftcr } which 
repelleth New Humour from falling. The Pultajje alone would make the 
Part more foft 3 and weake • And apter to take the D e fluxion and I mpref- 
iion of the Humour. The Fomentation alone, if it were too weake, with- 
out.way made by the Pultaffc, would draw forth little * if too ftrong, it 
would draw to the Part, as well as draw from it. The Plaijler alone,would 
pen the Humour already contained in the Part, andfo exafperate it, as 
well as forbid new Humour. Therefore they muff be all taken in Order,as 
is faid. The Pultafje is to be laid to for two or three Houres: The Fomenta¬ 
tion for a Quarter of an Houre, orfomewhat better, being vfed hot, and 
feuen or eight times repeated : The Plaijler to continue onftill, till the 
Part be well confirmed. 
T Here is a fecret Way of Cure (vnpra&ifed • ) By Affuetude of that 
which in it felfe hurteth .Potfons haue been made,by lo ne, Familiar, 
as hath beene faid; Ordinary keepers of the Sake of the Plague, are fel- 
dorne infedted. Enduring of Torture ^ by Cujlome, hath beene made more 
eafie : The Brooking of Enormous Quantity of Meats , and fo of wine or 
Strong Vrinke , hath beene, by Cujlome , made to bee without Surf el, or 
Drunkennefje. And generally Dtfeafes that are Chronica fl, as Coughes } 
P fab tjickes Some kindes of Palfeyes, Lunacies , Sec. are moil dangerous at 
the firft: Therefore a wile Phyjitian willconfider whether a Difeafe be In- j 
curable • Or whether the Iuft Cute of it bee not full of peril! ; And if hee j 
Unde it to be fuch, let him refort to Palliation s Andalleuiate the Symp- j 
tome , without bufying himfelfe too much with the perfedt Cure: And ma¬ 
ny times, (if the Patient bee indeed patient) that Conrfe will exceed all 
Expedition. Likewife the Patient himfelfe may Urine, by little and little 
to Ouercome the Symptoms^ in the Exacerbation^ andfo, by time, tunic 
Sulfering into Nature. 
D iners DifcafeSi efpecially Chronicall (liichas Quartan Agues ;) are 
fometimes cured by Surfct, andExceJfes •. As Excefjeof Meat, Ex- 
cejfeof Drinke y Extraordinary Fajling , Extraordinary Stirring, or Latitude, 
and the like. The Caufeis, for that Dtfeafes of Continuance get an Ad- 
uentitious Strength from Cuftome,befides their MateriallCaffe from the 
Humours .• So that the Breaking of the Cuftome doth leaue them onelv to j 
their fir ft Caufe^ which ifit be any thing weake will fallolf. Befides, fuch I 
Excejfes doe Excite and Spur Nature, which thereupon rifeth more forci¬ 
bly again!! the Dijeaje. 
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T Here is in the Body of Man a great Confent in the Motion of chefe-j 
uerall Parts. Wee lee, it is Childrens fport, to prone whether they j 
canrubvpon their Breaft with one hand, and pat vpon their Fore-headi 
with another ; And ftraight-wayes, they fliall lometimes rub with both j 
Hands, or pat with both Hands. Wee lee, that when the Spirits, that 
come to theNofthrils, expella bad Sent, the Stomacke is ready to Ex- 
pell 
