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Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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INTROD
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Ofthe' Firft Qualities " of
. MED 10 INE s.
I. T HE hitting: of hledicatnent: are jive-fhld’
according, 1. To their Temperamentt.
2. A: they are-Alterativee. - 3, As they are Ap- ‘
propriate. '4.;Ae‘ they Dintin7jh hmethirifg .5. A; ‘
they Add or Rejiorefcvtttething 5 all whiz ualitie:
we eorne now to explicate in order. 3
II. The Tent erarnentr ofiMedieanten? are %ve-
old can idere , t. A: .t e are per eilly m-
;erdte, V‘iflz.’ neither Hot noryCold, D nor- Moiji.
2. A: they areHot. 3. A: they are, 111.. 4. A;
they are Dry. .
loft of whieh,- tpere'ar'ejatho be 4 Degree:, re.
.. ceding from their infiltlpdl, vet. gr. An Herh which
it Hot, may be at m the Eff, jecond, thirdtor
jhurth Degree. of heat. Again, rm: the four rirne
Qualities, thefe al a roceed, vxz. that a 11 edtea-
rnent, 1. o: itji: Hot, may be hot and dry, orlfot and
raoifi.‘ 2. A: it, i: Cold, alfo cold and dry, or cold '
and moifi;.and thefe likeuJe in all the four De-
greeh of Temperature. . - j : ;
III. Temperate (lledieantente are fueh which work
no change at all, ‘1]! refpet? of heat, eoldaefr, dry-
neft, or rnoi tare. ' ‘ ..
And the e tna he Temperate in .jhnte refpelt‘.
j, A: being neit er bot nor cold, and yet may be
enoifl or dry; 2. A: being neither moi]? nor dry,‘
and 'et nta behot ”f 6014' Their Ue '1', where
therb are yno apparent Exeejite of 14f“, 0,)”,
Qualitie: ;' tojpreferve the BMyTernperate, con-
h’roe Strength, and rehore‘deeayedA ature.
' in]. Hot Medieatnent: (and ht alfo Cold) are
eonjdered in n] et? of our Bodtex, and not of them-
felve: .- Err tho e Simple: are called Hot, whtch heat
our Bodiet. 1 .4, . .
Their Ufe: are, 1.0To make the ofendtng Hu-
ntour thin, to he expell’d by Sweat, or thro’ the
Poret. 2. To help Concolliort. 3. Io warrn and
comfort the Vifcem. 4. And by outujatd applzea-
tion, to dtfeuft Timon. .5. 0r ratfe Bltjiert,
on: Cattteriet, RC. according to the degree: of
fat, ,‘ ‘ , - .
, ‘11! Betti)“. outwardly W1)? 1
I Ae‘they are Moifi. Inthe four:
V. Cold Medicarnentt are fueh, a: cool our Bodiei'
hetng over-heat, by any adventitiour or accidental
oufer. 4 . , '
Their Ujhr'are, 1., T o cool the Parte or Bowelr.
2. To eondenfe Vapourx. 3. To thither: Hurnaure.
4. oabate the heotrfFevere. 5. To refrejh the
Spirit: alntoj? [ufocateai 6. Alloy inflammation:.
7. Repref: Sweating. 8. Eafe violent Poll)”.
VI. Drying Zl'Iediearnentr, are fuel) a: make dry
the Part: overflowing with ntoijture. .
They are ufed; I. Tajiop Fluxex. 2. To eornfort
and lir‘engthen Nature. 3! To aonfttrtte a fuper-
jiuity (2f -Huntour.r. 4. To fortify the Botoeh.
5. To rejiore in Conjietnptiont, where great fiuxc:
of the Bowel: have been.
' ‘ VII; Meiji Medicarnentr, are fuch a: are oppo-
[td to drying, which rnoiji‘en, loofah, are lenitive,
and make [lip e .
They are u e , I. To moijlen an' over dry and
eonjiipated bit ofoBody. 2. To eafe Coughing.
3. To help’the roughnef: of the Wind- pipe. 4. To
loofen the Belly. 5. To relax Part: controlled or
hardned. .
VIII. Thing: hot in the fir]? Degree, gently warn:
the Body being over tooled, and outwardly open the
Pater. ZHot in the [eeottd Degree a: much exceed
the ,‘irjt‘, 1 a: the frflfexceed Temperature, and
thefe out tough Humourt, 0 en Obltrulliom, and
the Pore: alfo outwardly; lift in the third Degree,
more powetfulbv heat, and "are able (if much ufed)
to inflate the‘ Body, and raufe Fevere, provoke
Sweat exeeedingly, and rehji the moltgnity of the
Plague or Pejlilence, and more powerfully aljo out
tough Huntourt. Hot in the Afourth Degree, burn
raife Bltliere, eor-
rode the Skin.
IX. Thing: eold in the frfl Degree, qualify the
heat of the swab, ‘and' refrejh the Spirit. Cold
in the feeond Degree, are chiefly of it]?! to abate In-
hantrnatione. ' Cold in the third Degree, are Reper-
cujz‘ve, and drive hook the Matter, rtpref: Sweat,
and keep the Spirit: front Fainting. Cold in the
fourth Degree, fiu ify the Senfer, eafe violent
Pail”, and are of: in extrearn Watehingr.
X. Thing: dry in the jar]! Degree, Strengthen.
In the jE’eond Degree, Bin . In the third Degree,
jiop Fluxee, and refiore in Corftntptionx. In the
fourth Degree, jiop Catarrhr, and all Fluxe: of
Blood and Humour” are highly Stiptitlc, and dry
up afupertabuadaney oftnotftare;
'4 XI. Thin e mi in the fir Dogree, are a .
jivd to drying in title fame Degree : They ”10553):
the Body, and Part: dtyed. 1n the fecond degreeJ
they Lenify, loofe'n the Bell , and rnaho jllppn)‘,
In the third degree, they fmooth the roughnef; (f
the Mod-pipe. In the fourth degree, they cure a
eonjtipatiott of the Bowele. .
XII. 'Ihur Medieiner alter according to their
Temperature : thy'e alTive Qualitie: are Heat
and Cold -, and by them leeajet atje jhitl to be era-
dicated. The Pafue are drynef: and moifiure, and
they are fulfervient to tVatur’.
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