5218Natural Hiſtory;
PHyſitians do wiſely preſcribe, that there be Preparatives uſed before Juſt
1165. Purgations; for certain it is, that Purgers do many times great hurt, if
22Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Preparations
before Purg-
ing, and ſet-
ling of the
Body afier-
ward. the Body be not accommodated, both before and after the Purging. The
hurt that they do, for want of Preparation before Purging, is by the ſtick-
ing of the Humors, and their not coming fair away; which cauſeth in the
Body great perturbations, and ill accidents, during the Purging; and alſo
the diminiſhing and dulling of the working of the Medicine it ſelf, that it
purgeth not ſufficiently: Therefore the work of Preparation is double, to
make the Humors fluide and mature, and to make the paſſages more open;
For thoſe both help to make the Humors paſs readily: And for the former
of theſe, Syrups are moſt profitable; and for the latter, Apozums or Preparing
Broths; Clyſters alſo help leſt the Medicine ſtop in the Guts, and work griping-
ly. But it is true, that Bodies abounding with Humors, and fat Bodies,
and open Weather, are Preparatives in themſelves; becauſe they make the
Humors more fluid: But let a Phyſician beware how he purge after hard
Froſty Weather, and in a lean Body, without Preparation. For the hurt
that they may do after Purging, it is cauſed by the lodging of ſome Humors
in ill places; for it is certain, that there be Humors which ſome where
placed in the Body, are quiet, and do little hurt; in other places (eſpecially
Paſſages) do much miſchief. Therefore it is good after Purging, to uſe
Apozums and Broths, not ſo much opening as thoſe uſed before Purging,
but Abſturſive and Mundifying Clyſters alſo are good to conclude with, to
draw away the relicks of the Humors that may have deſcended to the lower
region of the Body.
1165. Purgations; for certain it is, that Purgers do many times great hurt, if
22Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Preparations
before Purg-
ing, and ſet-
ling of the
Body afier-
ward. the Body be not accommodated, both before and after the Purging. The
hurt that they do, for want of Preparation before Purging, is by the ſtick-
ing of the Humors, and their not coming fair away; which cauſeth in the
Body great perturbations, and ill accidents, during the Purging; and alſo
the diminiſhing and dulling of the working of the Medicine it ſelf, that it
purgeth not ſufficiently: Therefore the work of Preparation is double, to
make the Humors fluide and mature, and to make the paſſages more open;
For thoſe both help to make the Humors paſs readily: And for the former
of theſe, Syrups are moſt profitable; and for the latter, Apozums or Preparing
Broths; Clyſters alſo help leſt the Medicine ſtop in the Guts, and work griping-
ly. But it is true, that Bodies abounding with Humors, and fat Bodies,
and open Weather, are Preparatives in themſelves; becauſe they make the
Humors more fluid: But let a Phyſician beware how he purge after hard
Froſty Weather, and in a lean Body, without Preparation. For the hurt
that they may do after Purging, it is cauſed by the lodging of ſome Humors
in ill places; for it is certain, that there be Humors which ſome where
placed in the Body, are quiet, and do little hurt; in other places (eſpecially
Paſſages) do much miſchief. Therefore it is good after Purging, to uſe
Apozums and Broths, not ſo much opening as thoſe uſed before Purging,
but Abſturſive and Mundifying Clyſters alſo are good to conclude with, to
draw away the relicks of the Humors that may have deſcended to the lower
region of the Body.
BLood is ſtanched divers ways:
Firſt, by Aſtringents and Repercuſſive
3366. Medicines. Secondly, by drawing of the Spirits and Blood in wards,
44Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Stanching of
Blood. which is done by cold; as Iron or a Stone laid to the Neck doth ſtanch the
Bleeding of the Noſe; alſo it hath been tried, that the Teſticlcs being put
into ſharp Vinegar, hath made a ſudden receſs of the Spirits, and ſtanched
Blood. Thirdly, by the Receſs of the Blood by Sympathy; ſo it hath been
tried, that the part that bleedeth, being thruſt into the body of a Capon,
Sheep, new ript and bleeding, hath ſtanched Blood; the Blood, as it ſeem-
eth, ſucking and drawing up, by ſimilitude of ſubſtance, the Blood it meet-
eth with, and ſo it ſelf going back. Fourthly, by Cuftom and Fime; ſo the
Prince of Aurange, in his firſthurt by the Spaniſh Boy, could ſinde no means
to ſtanch the Blood, either by Medicine or Ligament, but was fain to have
the Oriſice of the Wound ſtopped by Mens Thumbs, ſucceeding one an-
other for the ſpace at the leaſt of two days; and at the laſt the Blood by
cuſtom onely retired. There is a fifth way alſo in uſe, to let Blood in an ad-
verſe part for a Revulſion.
3366. Medicines. Secondly, by drawing of the Spirits and Blood in wards,
44Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Stanching of
Blood. which is done by cold; as Iron or a Stone laid to the Neck doth ſtanch the
Bleeding of the Noſe; alſo it hath been tried, that the Teſticlcs being put
into ſharp Vinegar, hath made a ſudden receſs of the Spirits, and ſtanched
Blood. Thirdly, by the Receſs of the Blood by Sympathy; ſo it hath been
tried, that the part that bleedeth, being thruſt into the body of a Capon,
Sheep, new ript and bleeding, hath ſtanched Blood; the Blood, as it ſeem-
eth, ſucking and drawing up, by ſimilitude of ſubſtance, the Blood it meet-
eth with, and ſo it ſelf going back. Fourthly, by Cuftom and Fime; ſo the
Prince of Aurange, in his firſthurt by the Spaniſh Boy, could ſinde no means
to ſtanch the Blood, either by Medicine or Ligament, but was fain to have
the Oriſice of the Wound ſtopped by Mens Thumbs, ſucceeding one an-
other for the ſpace at the leaſt of two days; and at the laſt the Blood by
cuſtom onely retired. There is a fifth way alſo in uſe, to let Blood in an ad-
verſe part for a Revulſion.
IT helpeth, both in Medicine and Aliment, to change and not to continne
5567. the ſame Medicine and Aliment ſtill. The cauſe is, for that Nature by con-
66Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Change of A-
liments and
Medicines. tinualuſe of anything, groweth to a ſatiety and dulneſs, either of Appetite
or Working. And we ſee that Aſſuetude of things hurtful, doth make
them leeſe their force to hurt; As Poyſon, which with uſe ſome have brought
themſelves to brook. And therefore it is no marvel, though things help-
ful by cuſtom, leeſe their force to help, I count intermiſſion almoſt the
ſame thing with change; for that, that hath been intermitted, is after a ſort
new.
5567. the ſame Medicine and Aliment ſtill. The cauſe is, for that Nature by con-
66Experiment
Solitary,
touching
Change of A-
liments and
Medicines. tinualuſe of anything, groweth to a ſatiety and dulneſs, either of Appetite
or Working. And we ſee that Aſſuetude of things hurtful, doth make
them leeſe their force to hurt; As Poyſon, which with uſe ſome have brought
themſelves to brook. And therefore it is no marvel, though things help-
ful by cuſtom, leeſe their force to help, I count intermiſſion almoſt the
ſame thing with change; for that, that hath been intermitted, is after a ſort
new.