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of the Bodies of Met , and Lining Creatures , (as in Agues, 
vVormcs, Coniurnptionsof the Lungs, lmpoiiumcs, and VI- 
ceis both Inwards and 1 Outwards,) they arc 2 great 'Van of 
Pbyfcks, and Surgery : And therefore wee will rdeiue the En¬ 
quiry oithetn to the proper Place, where wee flhall handle Me¬ 
dicinal! Experiments otall Sorts. Or the ref.I We will 1 ow Enrcr 
mcoan Enquiry: wherein much light may be taken,from 'hat 
which hath beenefaid, of the Meanes to Enduce or Accelerate 
PutrejaBi&n .For the Reniouing that, which caufed Putrejafti- 
on t doth Preuent and Au 01 d Vutrefatlion. . 
The hr ft. CMetines of Prohibiting or Checking Tutrefaclion, is Cold : For 
fo we fee that Meat and Drinke will lall longer, Vnputrified, or Vnfow- 
red, in Winter, than in Summer: And wee lee that Flowers, and Fruits, 
put in Conferuatories ofSnow, keepe frefh. And this worketh by the De¬ 
tention of the Spirits and COnfiipation of the Tangible Parts . 
The fecond is Jfir ift ton: F or Aftriftion prohibited Diffplution; As We 
fee (generally) in Medicines , whereof fuch as ate Afltingents doc inhibite 
Putrefahlon: And by the fame reafon of Aftringency, fome final! Quantity 
of Oile ofVitriolljWillkeepc frefti Water long from Putrefying. And tliis 
Aftritiion is in a Subfiance that hatha Virtuall Cold-, And it worketh(parc- 
ly)bv the fame Meanes that Cold doth. 
The Third is, the Excluding of the Aire • Andagaine, the Expofing 
to the Aire : F or thefe Contraries, (as it commeth often to pafle,) worke 
the fame Effect, according to the Nature of the Subieet Matter. So we 
fee, that Beere> or trine 5 in Bottles clofe flopped, lalllong , That the 
Garners wilder Ground keepe Corne longer than thofe aboue Ground $ 
And that Fruit clofedinWax keepeth frefh : AndlikeWife Bodies put in 
Honey, and Flower , keepe more frefh : And Liquors, Drinkes , and layces, 
With a little Oyle call on the Top, keepe frefh. Contrariwife, we fee that 
Cloth and Apparell\ not Aired doe breed Moathes, and Mould ; and the 
DiUerfitv is, that in Bodies that need Detention of Spirits, the Exclufion 
of the Aire doth good; As in Drinkes , and Cdrne ; But in tiodie < that need 
Emiffion of Spirits* to difehafge fome of the Superfluous Moifture,it doth 
liutr, for they tequite Airing. 
The Fourth is Motion, and Stirring . Vox hurt ft cl ion asketh Reft ^ For 
the Subtill Motion, which Putrefaction required"), is dtflurbed bvanv A- 
0 it n ion ; And all Lee all Motion keepeth bodies- Inregrail, and their Parts 
together • As Wee Re that Turning oiler of Corne in a Garner • Or Let¬ 
ting itrunne like an Holire-glaflc, from an vpper Roome into a Lower, 
doth keepe it Sweet: And Running Waters putrefienot .: And in Mens 
Bodies, Exercifehitidcreth Putrefaction ; And coiitrariwife Re/l ,a id want 
of Motioned x Stoppings, (Whereby the Runnc of Humours, of the Motion 
ofPerfpirdtion, is ilaied,) further Putrejaftion > As wee partly couched a 
little before* 
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