CHAP. V. Of the third faculties of Medicines.
THe third faculty of medicines depends for the most part upon the first and second faculties, sometimes conjoyned, otherwhiles separate. Also sometimes it follows neither of these fatulties, but a certain property and inexplicable quality, which is only known by experience. Now the operations of this third faculty are to agglutinate, to fill with flesh, to ci∣catrize, to asswage pain, to move or stay the urine, milk, seed, the courses, sweats, vomits, and performe such like operations, in, or about the body.
Thus the generation of flesh is produced by the concourse of two faculties, that is, of drying and cleansing. But driness and astriction produce a glutinating and cicatrizing faculty. A hot and atte∣nuating faculty causeth sweats, moves urine, the courses, and the like in the body; but contrary faculties retard and stop the same.
To mitigate pain, proceeds only from the faculty, to wit, from heat, or a moderately heating faculty, to procure rest, from cold only, or coldness joyned with some moysture. But to procure vomit, proceeds neither from the first nor second faculty, but from a certain occult and essential property, which is naturally implanted in Agarick, and other nauseous and vomitory medicines.