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Helping of Nourifhment in Lining Creatures :The Nobieftand Pf.'ncipall 
| V le whereof is, for the Prolonoation of Life • Rejt duration of fome Degree 
of Tomb 5 and imeneraiion of the Parts : Forcertaineic is, that there are 
in Lining Creatures Parts that Nourifh, and repaire Eafily* And Parts that 
Nourifh and repaire hardly. And you mu ft refrefh, and renew thofe that 
are cafie to Nourifh 5 that the other may bee refrefhed, and (as it were) 
Drinke in Nourifhment in the Paflage. Now we fee that Draught Oxen, 
put into good Pafttire, recouer the Flefh of young Beefe * And Men after 
long Emaciating Diets, wax plumpe, and fat, and almoft New: So that 
you may furelv conclude, that the frequent and wife Vfe of thofe Emacia¬ 
ting Diets , and of Purgings: And perhaps of fome kinde of Bleeding • is a 
principall Meanes of Prolongation o£Life - 3 And Reftoring fome Degree of 
Tenth : For as we haue often fa id, Deal bcommtih vpon Pitting Creatures 
like the Torment of CMe&entius. 
Mot tua quinetiam ittngebat Corpora viuis. 
Component Manibufcf Manus , at£ Or thus Ora. 
For the Parts in Mans Body caiily reparable(as Spirits 3 Bloud, and Flejh) 
die in. the Embracement of the Parts hardly reparable (as Bones 3 Nerues, 
and Membrane if)ax\d likewife fome £»/ra//^(which they reckon amongft 
th eSpermaticak Part*) are hard to repaire : though that Diuifionof Sper- 
matecalf and Menftruall Parts dot but a Conceit. And this fame Obferua- 
tion alio may be drawne to the prefent pnrpofe-of N ourifhing Emaciated 
Bodies: And therefore Gentle Frication draweth forth the Nourifhment, 
by making the Parts a little hungry,and heating them 5 whereby they call 
forth Nourifhment the better. This Fricatien I wifh to bee done in the 
Morning. It is alfo beft done by the Hand, or a peece of Scarlet Woolf wet 
a little with Oyle of Almonds , mingled with a fmall Quantity of Bay-falt, 
)r Saffron. We fee that the very Currying of Horfes doth make them fat, 
and in good liking. 
The Fifth Meanes is, to further the very API of Ajjimilationof Nourifh¬ 
ment • which is done by fome outward Emollients , that make the Parts 
more apt to Ajjmilate. For which I haue compounded an Ointment of 
Excellent Odour, which I call Roman Ointment , vide the Receit. The vfe 
of it would bee betweene Sleepcs j For in the latter Sleepe the Parts afli- 
milate chiefly» 
T Here bee many Medicines , which by themfelues would doe no Cure, 
but perhaps Hurt, But being applied in acertainc Order, one after 
another, doe great Cures. I haue tried (my felfe) a Remedy for the Gout, 
which hath feldome failed, but driuen it away in 2,4. Houres fpace: Jt 
is hr ft to apply a Pultaffe 3 of which vide the Receit . And then a Bath or 
Fomentation, of which vide the Receit ; Arid then a Plaifter, vide the Re¬ 
ceit. The PtdtaJJ'e relaxeth the Pores, and maketh the Humour apt to Ex¬ 
hale The Fomentation calleth forth the Humour by Vapours ; But yet 
inregardofrhewaymadeby the Vultaffe 3 draweth gently • And there¬ 
fore draweth the Humour out 5 and doth not draw more to it •• For it 
C is 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching Filum 
Midictnale. 
