A treatise on the non-naturals. In which the great influence they have on human bodies is set forth, and mechanically accounted for. To which is subjoin'd, a short essay on the chin-cough: with a new method of treating that ... distemper / [John Burton].

  • Burton, John, 1710-1771
Date:
1738
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Credit: A treatise on the non-naturals. In which the great influence they have on human bodies is set forth, and mechanically accounted for. To which is subjoin'd, a short essay on the chin-cough: with a new method of treating that ... distemper / [John Burton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I (■ k J 7 he whole Tear droughty^ hut not fo hot as the hfl. A moifl^ cold^ rainy Seafon to Sepvember, thence to November warm and pleajant^ and the TV inter was mild. Spring and half Summer cold.^ wet., and rainy, \ zvith Northerly JVinds ^ Summer dry, hut not hot in Pioportion, with hortherly and Eajlerly IVinds to the Begin¬ ning of Winter. Sudden Cold in Autumn. Summer cold and wet, vjith North Wind to the Beginning of JVinter, then a JJoarp Frojl for a Week, then vjas very wet and rainy, with North Winds. From January to the Middle of Apr'] zvarm and 7 pleafant, with Southerly and IVeferly Winds, j Snow in March. From the Middle of April to December, cold and \ zvet. J January fnaip and frojly. In February cold, Raini, Siiow and Froft alternately. Tflay hot and dry, zvith South and Weft JVinds. June and July wet and moijl, with chiefly North JVinds. ^ Auguft pleafant and warm, September, Oftober 7 and November, zvere changeable, rather in- ^ clinahle to cold and moifl. j Moft of December zvas cold and frefly. *rhe reft of JVintcr cold, but in other Rejpedls I inconflant. j *Ihc End of March zvas warmer, zvith Abun- ■ dance of Rain, this State lajtcd to the Middle 'of April, zvhich zvas zvarm and plea¬ fant. ' ' From the Middle to the End ^May colder, with ^ ‘ much Rain. Unfettled JVeather to the Middle of July, then C 'zvas hotter to September. j September and Oftober cold and moift, then Froft zvith North JVind for a Fortnight, then cold and moift to the Middle f/'December, then a hard Froft for three JVeeks, Junuary cold and jnewy, zvith North JVinds, j Pagii 3 I I 115 II7 I2I 122 124 125 126 128 129 130 132 133 ib. 134