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The practice of physick. In seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body / By Nicholas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And William Rowland ... Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarius Riverius ... To which are added, four books containing five hundred and thirteen observations of famous cures. By the same author. And a fifth book of Select medicinal counsels. By John Fernelius ... As also a physical dictionary.

  • Lazare Rivière
Date:
1668
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Credit: The practice of physick. In seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body / By Nicholas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And William Rowland ... Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarius Riverius ... To which are added, four books containing five hundred and thirteen observations of famous cures. By the same author. And a fifth book of Select medicinal counsels. By John Fernelius ... As also a physical dictionary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S' u- It». Its, li 'it Chap. 15. Of a Catarrh or Dejiuxioti. VI the retentive great cveafed, which by their quantity and quality provoking the expulfive, aard overcoming faculty, run immoderately by unufual and Improper ways which they finde out, to the Since then a Fluxion is the motion of matter from one part to another, we muft confider in that as in ail motions,five things The terminus or place from whence, the place to which it moves, the Mover, the Moved, and the ways by which it is moved. The place from whence, is the Brain , the 4\ Sj! it]ii fei it fey W 'Pllh, Ullltifl ^hi ('em ) and my othe yW [amt in tk 0 n* jesK tief 4 m CAUSES. In the place from which, or the part which fendeth forth, we may obferve two kinds of Caufes; One is that which begetteth much moifture in the body ; the other is that which makes the humors flow : that is called the generating, this the expelling caufe. - r .: - The generating Caufes confift in the hindring of Concodtion, which comes either from the fault in the Nourifnment, or in the Faculty. - The Concoction of the Brain is hindred chiefly from Diftemper either cold or hot. A cold Diftemper caufeth that the Nourifhment brought to the Brain, is ill concodted and turned mtoFlegm; as alto that the Vapors brought from the inferiour parts, are not fufficie.ntly difenffed, but are turned and cor.denfed into Water. But a hot Diftemper doth attradf more plentiful Nourifliment and Vapors , fo that Nature cannot efficiently difeufsthem. ‘I -r-o/ The Concodfion of the Brain is hindred through the Nourifhment, either when there is too much, or when it hath evil qualities-; fo cold, grofs and finny Meats and Drinks immoderately taken, can¬ not be perfedlly concodfed, and make the Brain crude and moift. So fharp and windy nourifhment fend many Vapors to the Head. ■ • . n - To thefc you may add external Caufes, which ufe to fill the Head with fuperfluous humidity ; as Southerly Air, long deep, efpecially at Noon, an idle life, and the like. > > > Although the Brain be called the chief fending part, yet it is not always the chief caufe of Deftuxi- bn ; butfor the-moft part, the matter is fent from other parts to the Brain: for after evil humors are colkdted either m the Veins, or any peculiar part, as the Liver, Spleen, Mefentery,Womb, not onc- ly many Vapors are fent from them to the Head, but alfo the humors themfelves are carried to the Head, and defeend again to the inferiour parts • and the fault lieth moft in the Inferiour parts in the breeding of a Defluxion, whole Diftemper is divers,and the Obftrudtion alfo divers. For a hot Diftemper of the Bowels makes abundance of Vapors, from which comes Defluxion, as in a Still or Alembick : But a cold diftemper by weak decodfion begets crude humors, which upoii the kaft occafioir fly to the Brain. : . ;;,it But the OBilrudrions of the parts of the lower-belly hinder the voiding of Excrements , whence it comes that they being increafed by degrees, when they cannot finde their free and ordinary courfe fly up to the Brain. And to this doth alfo concur the weaknefs of the Brain, fit to receive tbefe Ex¬ crements, for ( as we faid ) the ftronger parts do disburden themfelves upon the weaker, and It of- ten hippens that the Brain by reafon ofits foft and loofe fubftance is weakeft, and can lefs refift than folid and compadf fubftances. •••:•' . : ; ;«,•* ;.r-: I V* - The impulfive Caufes are too much heat of the :B rain or cool nefs, or fpmeconcodrionofBumors;- too much heat doth extenuate anddifrufe the humdrs contained ip the Brain, and opens the Pores by which they ufe to flow : inch is the heat of the Head with the Sun or Fire, or too much covering, fmeiling of hot Spices, and other paflions. ’• f v, r ; a ' Coldnefs doth comprefsthe Brain, and ftrains forth the Humors therein contained, as a Spunge H fqueezed in the hand : Such change is often in Winter, and efpecially in fudden alteration of Air; ** when a Southern-wind hot and moift is turned into a North-wind cold and dry V or when one go- iog out of a hot place, comes fpeedily into a cold. To thefe Caufes you may add coldnefs of the Feet, which by fympathy is communicated to the Brain. Many there are who deny the aforefaid compreflionofthe Brain by cold, becaufe cold doth incraf- - f3fe and condenfe the humors,and makes them lefs apt to flow ; neither doth the example of a Spunge prove any thing, which will not empty its felf in the Air. But this Opinion delivered by Hypocra- :es in fib. de Joe in homine, feems to be true; Fluxions ( faith he ) come of cold, &hen the flefh and Feins ef the Head are extended : for thofe when the Head is cold and contratted , hound together and excluding, do flrain forth moifture. And alfo the flefh doth affift them, and the hairs are on endj as being every where ftrongly preffed, and therefore whatfoevet is (trained from thence, falls rehere it is occafimd. From whence it is raanifeftythat a Coarotation and compreffion of the parts maybe made by cold, and fromtheifce a humor may be exprefled. Neither doth it hinder that denfation or thickning of humors which is made by cold, as we faid . for it may be fo -when the whole body is equally cold. But when the external parts are offended by fudden cold, they are pre- K 2 V fently