Galen's art of physick ... translated into English, and largely commented on : together with convenient medicines for all particular distempers of the parts, a description of the complexions, their conditions, and what diet and exercise is fittest for them / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent. ...

Chap. 50. Of the Habit of the whol Body.

WEE told you before that the Habit of the whol Body usually followed the Nature, or agreed with the Constitution of the Heart and the Li∣ver; but of the two it is most assimilated to that which hath the strongest first quality in it, which for that cause it is called effective.

Take then notice, That we call that, the Habit of the Body, which is presented to the view of the Eye, viz. The Flesh and some of the Muscles, for the Vessels which come to these, are not a part of the substance, but certain rivolets which administer to its wants; We come now then to the Indications of this, and we shall first of all give you the Indications of a good temper of the Habit of the whol Body, which we state as a Basis of the rest, that so you may see how much all distempers decline from it.

All Distempers discolour the Skin one way or other, and from thence are Indications taken, yet if the Regi∣on be never so temperate, if the Body be never so well in Health, and of never so good a Constitution, yet if he expose his ••aked Body to the Sun in the Summer time, it will mar all the Indications that can be taken from the colour, and therefore you must heed custom as well as colour, and therefore Virgins which vail their faces from the Sun preserve their Beauty by it.

All these words have been about what our intent is to do, we now come to the matter it self.