Arcana microcosmi, or, The hid secrets of man's body discovered in an anatomical duel between Aristotle and Galen concerning the parts thereof : as also, by a discovery of the strange and marveilous diseases, symptomes & accidents of man's body : with a refutation of Doctor Brown's Vulgar errors, the Lord Bacon's natural history, and Doctor Harvy's book, De generatione, Comenius, and others : whereto is annexed a letter from Doctor Pr. to the author, and his answer thereto, touching Doctor Harvy's book De Generatione / by A.R.

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Title: Arcana microcosmi, or, The hid secrets of man's body discovered in an anatomical duel between Aristotle and Galen concerning the parts thereof : as also, by a discovery of the strange and marveilous diseases, symptomes & accidents of man's body : with a refutation of Doctor Brown's Vulgar errors, the Lord Bacon's natural history, and Doctor Harvy's book, De generatione, Comenius, and others : whereto is annexed a letter from Doctor Pr. to the author, and his answer thereto, touching Doctor Harvy's book De Generatione / by A.R.
Author: Ross, Alexander, 1591-1654.
Publication: London :: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, and are to bee [sic] sold by John Clark ...,; 1652.
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Subject terms: Harvey, William, 1578-1657. -- De generatione animalium.; Browne, Thomas, -- Sir, 1605-1682. -- Pseudodoxia epidemica.; Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. -- Sylva sylvarum.; Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.; Medicine -- Early works to 1800.; Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works.; Physiology -- Early works to 1800.
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The fourth Book. Containing a Refutation of the Lord BACON, Doctor HARVEY, and others.

CHAP. I.

1. Fishes breath not: the Reasons thereof, and the contrary objections answered. 2. Fossil or earth-fishes. 3. Fishes delight in the light. 4. Fishes of Humane shapes. 5. Fishes are cun∣ning and d••cible creatures. 6. Why some Fishes have Feet and Wings. 7. Many monstrous fishes.

CHAP II.

1. Publick and privat calamities presaged by owles. 2. By dogs. 3. By ravens, and other birds, and divers other ways. 4. Wish∣ing well in sneezing, when and why used. 5. Divers strange things in thunder••struck people.

CHAP. III.

1. The Female hath no active seed of generation. Doctor Harvies and Fernelius reasons refutaed. 2. A Discourse of the Cholick. 3. The same soul in a subventaneous and prolificall egge. Doctor Harvies reasons to the contrary refuted. 4. Blood not the imme∣diate instrument of the Soul, Doctor Harvies reasons answered. 5. Doctor Harvies way of conception refuted.

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CHAP. IV.

1. My Lord Bacon's opinion confuted concerning the French di∣sease. 2. Concerning the expulsion of pellets out of guns. 3. Of the wax candle burning in spirit of wine. 4. Of the parts most nutritive in animals. 5. Of the spirits in cold bodies. 6. Of air, fire, water, oyl, whiteness, the hands and feet. 7. Of souls and spi∣rits. 8. Of visible objects and hearing. 9. Of sounds and mu∣sick. 10. Of singing birds, descending species, light. 11. In∣grate objects, and deafness, with other passages.

CHAP. V.

The Lord Bacons opinions refuted. Of holding the breath when wee bearken. Of time. Of long life. Of making gold. Of starres. Of oyl. Of indisposition to motion. Of death, diseases and putrifaction. Of stuttering. Of motion after the head is off. Of sympathies and antipathies of the Vine and Colewort, the Fig-tree and Rew. Of white colour. Of the Oke bough in the earth. Of transmutation of species. Of Incubus. Of grain in cold Countries. Of determinati∣on and figures. Of accretion and alimentation. Of the period of life. Of sugar, leaves, roots, snow, and putrifaction.

CHAP. VI.

The Lord Bacons opinions confuted concerning Snow, Ephemera, gra∣vitie, the sperme of Drunkards, putrifaction, teeth, bones and nails, thick and thin mediums, Nilus, hot Iron, broin, sudden dark∣ness, drie and moist bodies, fish, cornes, hunger, liquifaction, hard∣ness, moisture, accidents, light, right side, spungy bodies, stone∣walls, imagination, the cramp, hedghog, mummy, salt, Cominus and others refuted concerning motion, qualities, colours, forms, the Epilogue.