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The seauenth Chapter, of fric∣tions and their effectes.
OF rubbing and frictions Galen hath amply written in his bookes de tuenda sanitate, as also Aetius, Paulus,* 1.1 and Oribasins, with sundrie other learned men, who haue vsed them for diuers occasions, & in diuers manners, some∣time with oyntmentes and oyles, which was in great vse amongst the Romaines and Greekes. Those who were olde vsed rubbing with oyle of irinum, camomelinum & nardinum. Hippocrates commendeth the same very much, for, saith he it hath the force to binde, loose,* 1.2 increase flesh and diminish the same, for harde rubbing doth loose and mollifie, much rubbing diminisheth the flesh, meane rub- doth augment and increase flesh. They are vsed for diuers other occasions, as ye haue heard, namely to loose and o∣pen the pores and conduits of the skin, to make thyn hu∣mors, and auoyd all obstructions, for the diuerting of flux∣ion from any part of the body, and especially frō the head. They must be done with a cloth or sponge, first softly and easily, sometime to continue till the flesh swell & become red, and may be done at all times, and chiefly in the mor∣ning, begining at the lower parts, so to ascend to the head, which is accompted generall rubbing. If any particulare part be diseased, rubbe onely the place affected whereby in sundry diseases diuers effectes are wrought.