V 
111 'll 
(aturall Hiftory: 1 
1 . 1 
1 
duc Notionad, and ill Limited ; And Definite Axiomes arc to 
xdrawneouc of Mea/ured Inflances: And fo Aficntto bee 
made to the more Generali Axiomes, by Scale. And of thefe 
ECindes of Proceffes of Natures and (barafters of Matter, vve 
will now fee downe fomc Infiances . 
Experiment 
Solitary, tou¬ 
ching the Cau- 
fes ot Putrifa- 
tiwn. 
836 
\ 
A LL Futri/aBion come chiefly from the Inward Sprits of the Body . 
jt\. And partly alfo from the Ambient Body, be it Aire, Liquor, or what- 
loeuer elfe. And this laft, by two Meanes: Either by Ingrejfe of the Sub. 
fiance of the Ambient Body, into the Body Putrifitd • Or by Excitation and 
Sodicitation of the Body Putrified, and the Parts thereof, by the Body Am¬ 
bient. As for the Rcceiued Opinion, that PutrifaBion is caufed, either 
by Cold, or Peregrins and Preternaturall Heat, it is butNugation: For 
Cold in Things Inanimate, is the greateft Enemy that is, to PutrifaBion, 
though it extinguifheth Vinification, which euer confifteth in Spirits At¬ 
tenuate , which the Cold doth congcale, and coagulate. And as for the 
Peregrine Heat , it is thus farre true; That if the Proportion of the Aduen- 
tiue Heat , be greatly Predominant, to the Naturall Heat, and Spirits of 
the Body , it tendeth to Diffolution , or Notable Alteration . But this is 
wrought by Emtfiion, or Supprefiion, or Suffocation, of the Natiue Spirits $ 
And alfo by the Difordinatien , and Difcompofture of the Tangible Parts - 
And other Pajjages of Nature • And not by a ConfiiB of Heats. 
1 Experiment 
Solitarytou- 
\ch\ng Bidiet 
j ynperfeftly 
Mixt. 
837 
f N Verfions ox Maine Alterations of Bodies , there is a Medium betweene 
JLthe Body, as it is at firft, and the Body Refilling • which Medium is Cor- 
pwimperfeBe Miftum , and is Tranfitory, and not durable • As Mifls , 
Smoaks , Vapours , Chyltu in the Stomach, Lining Creatures in the firft: Vini¬ 
fication : And the Middle ABion , which produceth fuch ImperfeB Bodies , 
is fitly called (by fome of the Ancients) Inqttination, or InconcoBion, which 
is a Kinde of Putrifaffion For the Parts are in Confifion, till they fettle 
one way, or other. 
Experiment 
Solitary tou¬ 
ching ConcoUl- 
en znd crudity. 
838 
T’* He word ConcoBion, or Digefiion, is chiefly taken into vfe from Li- 
JL sting Creatures and their Organs * And from thence extended to Li¬ 
quors, and Fmttj&c.Thcrefore they fpeake of Meat Concotfed, Vrineand 
Excrements ConcoBed', And the Foure Difgcfiions, (Inth e Stomach*, In the 
Liner. In the Arteries and Nernes • And in the Seuerall Parts of the Bo¬ 
dy,) are likewife called ConcoBions : And they are all made to bee the 
WorkesoffliM* All which Notions are but ignorant Catches of a few 
Things, which are moft Obuious to Mens Ob/eruations. The Conftan- 
teft Notion of CottcoBion is, that it fhould fignifie the Degrees of Altera¬ 
tion, of one Body into another, from Crudity to perfed ConcoBion ; Which 
is the Vltimity of that ABion or ProceJJe.' And while the Body to bee Con¬ 
ner ted and Altered, istooftrong fox the Efficient, that fhould Conuert , or 
Alter it, (whereby it refifteth and holdethfaft in fome degree the firft 
Forme , 
