Nine books of physick and chirurgery written by that great and learned physitian, Dr Sennertus. The first five being his Institutions of the whole body of physick: the other four of fevers and agues: with their differences, signs, and cures.

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Nine books of physick and chirurgery written by that great and learned physitian, Dr Sennertus. The first five being his Institutions of the whole body of physick: the other four of fevers and agues: with their differences, signs, and cures.
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Sennert, Daniel, 1572-1637.
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THE THIRD BOOK. THE SECOND PART. Of the Diagnostick Signes.

CHAP. I. Of the Signes of Causes in generall.

BUt now that we may come to the Kinds, * 1.1 and that we may explaine the Anamnestick, Dia∣gnostick, and Prognostick signes: concerning the Anamnestick signes we only admonish you of this; that the causes which have gone before are known either by the effects which are left, or they are known by some profitable, or hurtful thing, which they occasioned.

As for the Diagnosticks, * 1.2 they are either of a disease neer at hand, or present: Of the signes of diseases neer at hand this is a general rule, that every mutation in actions, accidents, and excrements, after what manner soever hapning contrary to custome, and without any externall cause, * 1.3 threatens a disease; for when all these things are right according to the natural constitution, they are signes of health; as soon as any thing in them begins to change from its natural state, it signifies a falling from health into a dis∣ease, and the same signes, if they are gathered together, and increased, indicate a disease to be now present.

But since it doth not satissie a man to know that a dis∣ease is imminent, or that it is present, but it is necessary to know what the disease is, the signes are to be propounded severally, both of Morbifique causes, and places affected of diseases, as also of symptomes: and that we may begin from the signes of causes, which lead us unto the knowledg of

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diseases; concerning the necessary signes of causes, and by which any thing may be known certainly; some are pro∣per, others common, but collected together by a race or current, and are limited within their proper subject. * 1.4 The proper signes are savour, colour, and motion of humors, as to tast, blood is sweet, flegme, watrish and unsavory, chol∣ler, bitter, salt flegme, causeth a salt taste, flegme and me∣lancholy an acid, a sharp adust melancholy causeth a brack∣ish taste.

The blood is red, as also choler is red; * 1.5 flegme that is white hath a white colour, pale choler, a pale; yellow a yellow; Leek colour a greene, an Aeruginous, is like Verde∣grease; melancholy hath a black hew, troubled; black chol∣er black, splendid, and when one savour, or colour agrees with two humors, we may know the humour from the taste and collour joyned together, so that when acid flegme and melancholy are joyned, 'tis acid by the white colour, acid flegme is known, by the black melancholy.

Moreover the humors have their determinate motions se∣veral daies; the flegme is moved, the day between each, * 1.6 chol∣er; Melancholy is moved the fourth day, if such a motion be wanting the blood offends, choler also for the most part is moved about noon-day, melancholy in the evening, flegme in the night, the swiftnesse also, and slowness of motion, indicate the humours of a disease, for a swift disease depends on a thin humor, hot and cholerick; a slow, on a dull and thick.

But because those signes lie hid in the innermost parts of the body, so that the humours cannot be known, * 1.7 a current of common signes then ought to suffice: the causes and af∣fects, or the antecedents and consequences supply us with such signes; antecedents are supplied by two fountains, namely external, and evident causes, or things not natural, and the disposition of the body; but the consequences are all symptomes, and whatsoever help, or hurt.

Non-natural things dispose the body and bowels to the generation of this or that humour, * 1.8 according as they either heat the body, or cool it, or make other changes in it, of which is spoken before, Lib: 1, Part 2. Chap: 2.

Moreover, the dispositions of the body have great power in generating humors, without which those evident causes can do little in producing them. Now these dispositions may be reduced to four heads. First, there is an hereditary

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disposition of the body. 2ly. age: 3ly. Constitution of the body. 4ly. Intermission of some accustomed evacuations fit to generate this or that humour.

The consequences are symptomes, * 1.9 namely actions hurt, excretions, and retentions, and the qualities of the body changed; also diseases arising from humours. Lastly, all things helping, and hurting.

CHAP. II. Of the Signes of Causes, and of Humours in par∣ticular.

AS for what belongs to the signes of every humour in particular gone before, * 1.10 signifies that blood doth a∣bound, and a plethory as to the vessels is present, as is ex∣pressed before in the Lib: 2. Part 2. chap: 3. The habit of the body is fleshly and firm, overspread with an habituous vapour, the veins are fuller, and especially after exercise and heat swel; the muscles are extended, the strength of Na∣ture is increased, with a certain proportion of blood, and if the blood fil the veins so ful that they cannot be cooled, or fanned enough, it grows thick, and seeks to weigh down the inferior parts, hence the muscles of the leggs being filled with blood are moved with paine, and wearisomness ariseth. Re∣spiration is more difficult after labour, in their behaviour they are merry and pleasant, and their discourse and memo∣ry duller, their sleep is profound, and more durable and pleasing, with flattering dreams, and of red things, and blood; the pulse is great and strong, all natural actions are excel∣lently performed; the urine is more plentiful, and moderate in substance, and colour, and the contents therein are plen∣tiful, the colour of the whole body, and especially of the face is red, and rosie, the reins of the cies are red, the skin being touched is hot, yet that heat is gentle, they easily to∣lerate evacuations of blood, by what means soever made, sparing diet takes away the wearisomness, and quencheth thirst, but they are offended by hot and moist things, and all things which increase heat; idleness and food, increasing blood hurts them, but a plethorick constitution is known as to its strength, by gravity of body, an unequal pulse, signes of crudity, and oftentimes by signes of putrifaction; begin

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Sweet flegme abounding is known from the causes which conduce to the generation of flegme, if they have preceded, * 1.11 of which above Lib: 2. part 2. ch: 4. Moreover, those which abound with flegme are dul, flow, lazy, and unapt for moti∣on, more stupid in their senses, dullet of apprehension, pro∣pense to sleep, and sleep more soundly, they dream of wa∣ters, and raine, snow, haile, ice, and of drowning, their manners are unbeseeming, they are not easily angry, the pulse is little, dul, thin, and soft; they are not troubled with thirst, their desire is weaker, they are affected with cold diseases, moist, and durable; they send forth many flegmatick excrements, and abound with spittle, their urine is white, pale, sometimes thin, sometimes thick and troubled; their dejected ordure is crude, & pituitous; the whole body is thick, white, soft, and more cold to the touch; heating and drying things, cutting and atenuating, and eva∣cuating flegme advantage them, they easily indure fasting. On the other side all cooling, and moistning things, and thickning, and those which retaine and increase Flegme, of∣fend them; if the Flegme be sour, all those signes are the more vehement, but salt Flegme is known from the prece∣ding causes, of which is spoken before, thirst is present, a salt taste, those things which are cast out are crude, but withall biting. Moderate salt things delight them; too much drying and heating things hurt them.

Choler is known to abound if the causes, * 1.12 and dispositions of the body have gone before, which conduce to the gene∣ration of Choler, proposed before, lib: 2. part 2. chap: 9 as if a man be not drowsie, but watchful; if he dreame of fire, thunder, and lightning, and contentions, and is ful of activi∣ty in motion, and rash or precipitate in consultation, is easi∣ly angry, the pulse vehement, swift, frequent, hard; if his concoction be depraved, and turned into a nitrous crudity, if the appetite of meat be less then the appetite of drink, hot and dry diseases afflict him, and those which have a swift motion, and symptomes arising from choler; if the u∣rine be yellow, and splendid; the excrements coloured with cholour, the habit of the body is dry and leane, and carries with it lively heat, the colour of the body is yellow; cold and moist things, and such as purge choller, as also acid things delight them; hot and dry things, as also fasting hurts them.

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Melancholy is known to abound from the causes and dispositions going before, * 1.13 propounded aboue lib: 2. part 2. chap: 6. For what belongs to the consequences, those which abound with a melancholy humour are silent, full of thoughts, stable, and pertinacious, and slow to anger, who nevertheless are not easily pacified; their sleep is turbulent, perplext with horrid and terrible dreams, they are sad and fearful without any manifest cause, they have a little pulse, dul, thin, and indifferent hard, their colour is yel∣low, dun or duskie, almost black, they desire meat and Venery moderately, they are void of thirst, and abound with spittle, they make much Urine, and if none of the me∣lancholy be evacuated therewith, it is thin and white, or if some of it flow with it, it is thick and black, and they sweat plentifully in their sleep, the Hemorhoids either flow, or are suppressed, much wind is in the body, and they are apt to four belchings, the habit of the body is lean, sharp, and hard, the colour yellow, the spleen sometimes swels, and grows hard within them; tubercles appear in the veins, and they are affected with other melancholy diseases.

Black choler is a signe of yellow choler and melancho∣ly mixed together, * 1.14 and the indications of melancholy ap∣pear, but joyned with manifest signes of heat, whence mad∣ness, a canker, a Leaprosie, and such like diseases arise.

Aboundance of serous Humours are collected, * 1.15 not only from the antecedent causes, whereof we have spoken be∣fore, but also from a somewhat moist and pale body, and the Urine is crude and aqueous.

Moreover, * 1.16 winds discover themselves by those signes which are reckned above in the lib: 2, part 2, chap: 7, more∣over fluctuations, & rumblings & tumblings in the guts, and Hypochondrias are perceived, and switching pains without gravity, & wandring, & such as suddenly arise, & suddenly va∣nish; also a humming and buzzing in the ears, pantings of some parts of the body, belching, breaking wind backward, or in the paunch are discovered, and the Urines are frothy.

Malignant and pestilent humors, * 1.17 how they may be known is spoken amongst fevers, but the signes that poison is drank are, if any biting happen in the stomack, or guts, to any sound man, after eating and drinking, and if the belly or stomack be moved to expel, and their colour within six hours turn yellow, and spottie; if the extream parts of the body grow cold, and swounding, palpitation of the heart, and

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swelling happens, but if one be hurt by the biting of any living creature, or with a prick, or sting, or froth, and the offended part should mortifie, become putred, should be inflamed and swel, and the paine be great, and those symp∣tomes before mentioned appear, it is a token that the li∣ving creature was venemous.

CHAP. III. Of the Signes of Diseases.

SOme signes of diseases indicate the kind of diseases; * 1.18 o∣thers the magnitude, others the manner, and they are taken from those three fountains, the causes, those things which necessarily inhere, and the effects of the causes, and what force each hath is spoken of in lib: 2. part 2, * 1.19 and there∣fore if any causes are present, or hath gone before, it is a signe of a disease which that cause is apt to produce, but a∣mongst the causes, the dispositions, or inclinations of the body are to be weighed, which are apt to produce this, or that kinde of disease; for every body either fals into a disease like its own constitution, sooner then contrary to it; and that disposition depends on the age, sex, course of life, and manner of dyet.

Neither are those things to be past over, which help and hinder, for if hot things are advantagious, cold things are mischeivous, and a cold disease is understood; the contra∣ry comes to pass if the disease be hot: the same reason is of other tempers also.

Out of those things essentially inhering, * 1.20 or in the pro∣per essence, diseases are easily known in the external parts, and are obvious to the senses, but diseases of the internal parts, although they may be known by those things which essentially inhere, yet not immediatly; but others coming between; so a tumour of the bowels is known by the skin mediating, which is lifted up, by the subjacent parts, and it self is become swolne.

As for what belongs to the effects and symptomes, * 1.21 an action that is hurt, if it be not by some external error, it signifies that a disease is present in that part whence the action is hindred, and indeed an action abolished, and di∣minished, signifies a cold distemper, that a greater, this a

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lesser; but depraved actions signifie for the most part a hot distemper, and since an alteration cannot be made sudden∣ly, nor doth the distemper suddenly cease when the altera∣tion is introduced, if the action be suddenly taken away, and suddenly restored, it doth not indicate a disease of in∣temperature, * 1.22 but an organnick: but if the actions are pre∣sently taken away, and remain absent long, either obstru∣ctions occasioned by thick matter, or a cold intemperature is signified; the excrements too much coloured, signifies a hot disease, as also doth dry ordure, but clammy, thick and white dreggs shew a cold distemper, * 1.23 qualities also changed indicate diseases; softness signifies a moist distemper, a pale colour of the body signifies a cold distemper; but a red co∣lour a hot.

As for the magnitude of a disease, * 1.24 if a great cause, and that which hath great force of acting hath gone before in what kind of disease soever, without doubt 'twil generate a great disease, the proper nature of a disease wil easily be∣tray it self, for by how much the more the pathognomick signes (or the signes that discover a disease) shal be grea∣ter, or lesser, by so much it shews a greater or lesser disease; hither to belongs also the worthiness of the part affected, for by how much the part affected is more noble, or can draw more noble parts into consent, by so much the disease is counted the greater moreover the symptomes by how much the more and greater they shal be, to which this hap∣pens, that if the disease do not give way to exquisite, and great remedies, by so much the greater the disease shal be, it is deservedly accounted great.

A malignant disease is likewise known by malignant ve∣nemous causes preceding. * 1.25 Moreover, 'tis the nature of cer∣tain diseases, that in the same manner is they are known, they indicate malignity, such are the Morbus Gallicus, Leaprosie, and such like. Thirdly, malignity discovers it self by the effects, for when no dangerous, or vehement symptome is present which might trouble, the sick nevertheless is un∣quiet and weak, and the disease after smal remisness is swiftly, and vehemently exasperated by sweats, and other excrements, and the sick perceives no manner of ease, es∣pecially if frigidity of the extream parts, or watchings should happen, if in the beginning of sleep, sleep seeme∣troublesome; if the sick without a cause be afraid, waxeth exceeding hot, drops blood, and the other ill signes be pre∣sent, which are spoken of amongst malignant feavers, it argues amalignant disease.

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Acute diseases are known from hence, * 1.26 that they are sud∣denly moved, and immediatly after the beginning afford grievous symptomes.

CHAP. IIII. How to know the parts affected.

The fountains of the signes whereby the parts affected are known, * 1.27 Galen in his first Book of the places affe∣cted, Chap: the 5th: accounts five, the actions hurt, excre∣rions, scituation, proper accidents, and propriety of paine; which notwithstnding are comprehended under those foundations before proposed.

Amongst the causes the first are those things which are ta∣ken in, whereof some have power of hurting this, * 1.28 others of offending that part; moreover to those things which are carried about us, belong arts, and course of life, from whence it happens, that sometimes this, sometimes that part is more hurt, as sleeping, and watchings, which princi∣pally offend the braine; anger which principally hurts the heart; as also other passions of the mind.

Thirdly, those things which are retained, they more of∣fend that part wherein they are detained. 4ly. Those things which happen and befal us externally, they also shew the part affected: if any one use mercuriall vunctions, it is probable that the nervous parts are hurt, that evil which commonly overspreads signifies that part to be hurt, which is manifest, doth labour in other sick persons. By things essentially inhearing, here are understood both the propri∣eties of the parts, and the diseases themselves inhearing, for although diseases are not of the essence, of a part as it is a part; yet as it is an effect centrary to nature: diseases them∣selves seem to be in a part essentially; inherent diseases therefore indicate parts affected, a tumour appearing any where signfies either that part is affected, or the part which is placed above it; and the scituation and figure of the Tumour, and the motions hurt will shew it in its kinde; a falling of the guts into the codds

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signifies a rupture of the peritoneum, or rim of the belly; gibbosity signifies hurt of the spine, or marrow; the propri∣ety of parts shews places affected as they are proper to those parts, so if we see stones come forth with Urine, with∣out doubt we conjecture the veines or bladder to be affe∣cted.

As for the effect, * 1.29 first an action hurt shews that member by which it is offended, unless it be hurt by some external error; so ratiocination being hurt, imagination, memory, they signifie the brain to be affected; as likewise by sleep, watchfulness, exercise of the whole body; The visive fa∣culty is hurt by an affect of the eye; the hearing, of the ear; the smelling of the nose; the taste spoiled is a token of a disease of the tongue; if the urine be suppressed, the cause is to be sought in the reines, uriters, bladder, or urina∣ry passages, if yellow choller be not purged from the blood, blood, it is a token that the bladder of the gall is di∣stempered. * 1.30

Hitherto belongs paines, which shews that some sensible part is affected, yet a differing paine may be a signe of di∣vers parts; a pricking paine is proper to inflamations of membranes; a striking paine, is caused by parts sensible which are inflamed, containing arteries; a burthensome paine agrees to the whole substance of the bowels, lungs, liver, spleen, reines; inward, deep and profound paines, as it were breaking the part, signifies the membrances of the bones to be affected; a broad paine, & spreading it self eve∣ry way about, is a token that the membrances are affected; streightness shews somewhat belonging to the extending of the nerves.

The vital actions being hurt shews that the heart la∣bours. Lastly, natural actions hurt in what part soe∣ver, shew a signe of that part which is affected, but more manifestly in publick parts, more obscurely in private parts. * 1.31

Secondly, in excrements which also afford signes, more things are to be considered, namely the kinds, qualities, manner of casting them out, quantity, order; the kinds of excrements are two-fold, for either something is cast out of the substance of some part, & signifies that part to be affect∣ed, as if a little skin orflake, or little peece of flesh should be cast out of the mouth, it shews the lungs, the wind-pipe,

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the Epiglotis, the gullet or ventricle, to be corroded; and if it be cast out by a cough, it is a signe that it comes from the brest, but if it be cast out by vomit, it is a signe it comes from the stomack; or that it is not the substance it self, but that which it contained in it, and is familiar to it, that is so ejected, so meat, drink, or chile cast out by reason of a wound, shews that the stomack is proforated, or that the guts are too thin, and if the stomack be hurt, the sick wil belch much; if the guts, the wind goes out by the seat; u∣rine flowing out through an Ulcer or wound, shews that the bladder, uriters, or reins are hurt; but which of these parts are affected, the scituation of the wound discovers. The dreggs of the belly ejected through a wound, or the smel of the dung perceived in the wound, shews that the guts, especially the thick, are hurt. So also of other parts.

But seeing that the same things may often come forth from many parts; the quality of the excrement, and man∣ner of its coming out, shews which is the part affected: if the blood be thinner, hotter, more florid, and comes out leaping, it shews that the arterie is cut; but if it be thick∣er, and comes out without leaping, or dauncing, it shews that the veins are hurt; blood that comes from the paunch, shewing like that wherein meat hath been washed, shews that the liver is affected; if any come forth only by spit∣ting it shews that the mouth, or parts next to it are affe∣cted, unless perhaps it flow from the head into the mouth; if by spittle, the chaps or larynx are affected; if by cough the wind-pipe, or lungs, so that it doth not raise a cough by defluxion from the head; if by vomit, the throat and stomack, so that it come not into the stomack from the liver, or spleene, or other parts adjacent.

The quantity also of excrements afford signes; if much blood is cast out, it is a Token of an affect of the lungs; if little, of the wind pipe.

That blood which flows from the reins is more; from the bladder less.

Moreover, order in excrements is a token of the place affected; if first blood, and afterwards dreggs are cast out, it signifies that the fundament, or some gut is affected within; if first dreggs come forth, afterwards blood, it shews the guts are thin, or the parts above them are affected; so if quitture which is brought forth in the Urine come before, it shews

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there is an ulcer in the gut colon, if it follow it shews that the superior parts are ulcerated.

Thirdly, * 1.32 qualities changed also affords signes of places affected, red colour of the cheeks signifies inflamation of the lungs, the colour of the body, but principally of the face, pale or yellow shews that the bladder of the gall is not right, the flesh and skin being yellow, in dicate the bones that are under them to be corrupted, a filthy smel exha∣ling from the nostrils, shews that the parts within the no∣strils are affected; if from the mouth, it shews that the teeth, chops, lungs, or stomack are affected; if from a wound of the paunch, it signifies that the guts are wounded; hardness of the right Hypocondrie is a signe that the liver is affected, of the left that the spleen is affected.

Lastly, certain diseases pertain to effects following, other diseases of the place affected, which are therefore called symptomatick, or familiar, and are discoverers of the prima∣ry disease. * 1.33

But least that we should erre in knowing the place affe∣cted, by the actions hurt, and should take the part which is hurt by consent, for the primary affects; First the anatomy and functions of mans body, and the use and consent of all the parts ought to be known whence a part receives its nerves, arteries, and veins, and from what parts it can send any thing to them, and receive any thing through them, therefore if in a member sense, or motion be hindred, and the part suffer no ill, we must observe what nerves are in∣serted therein, what muscles move it, and whence those muscles take the nerves, and tis to be enquired, whether those parts have suffered any evil; so a nerve being hurt, tis easily communicated to the braine, the evils of the arte∣ries to the heart, the hurts of the veins to the liver, and a∣gain, the braine being affected, sence and motion is hurt; the heart, the vital actions are hurt, nutrition is weakned through default of the liver,

Moreover it is to be enquired whether a part be primarily hurt, or by consent of other parts; that is known first from he precedent causes. Namely if a part which is affected be hurt by no evident cause, but a part with which it hath consent, hath suffered some evil, tis probable that that part is affected by consent. Secondly, if any hurt coheres with the hurt of another member, that by increasing of the one the other increased, and by the decrease thereof it be

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diminished, and that ceasing, it caseth; it is a token that such an affect is stird up by consent: but from that part where the disease first declined, it shews that to be the part affected by consent; but by essence that wherein the disease remained longest; thirdly an affect by consent doth not presently infect, but for the most part by in∣tervals; fourthly if two parts are together affected, and by applying things that are helpfull to the one, or hurtfull, the other be helpt or hurt; tis an argument that tis an af∣fect by consent. * 1.34

But although any one from these Fountaines of signes may come to the knowledge of all parts affected, yet that for ex∣ample sake we may add some in particular, first Animall actions hurt, afford signes of diseases of the head and braine, whither they are diminished or depraved, yet this is to be noted of the externall senses, and motion hurt; since that the braine is not the immediate Organ of those actions, but only supplyes animall Spirits, tis to be inquired whether the cause of these actions hindred be in the brain, or in the proper Or∣gan; the excrements also of the braine sent forth through the Emunctories indicate the braine to be affected.

The signes of diseases of the heart, * 1.35 for the most part are taken from vitall actions, and the qualities changed of the body: Actions hurt are respiration which the preternaturall heat of the heart changeth, palpitation of the heart, the pulses much changed; for according as the heart is, so is the heate and colour in the whole body.

The signes of the liver affected, * 1.36 are first when its action is hurt, which is Sanguification, a token whereof the urine and dregs of the paunch afford; moreover when the habit of the body is changed, and their is an ill colour of the the whole body, and penury of blood is in the veins; some∣times also by default of the spleen, or by reason of excre∣ments regurgitating from elsewhere into the veins, the co∣lour of the whole body is changed; thirdly distribution of blood is hindred, which is known by the leannesse of the bo∣dy and flux of the belly; fourthly a perception of gravity in the right Hypocondrie, as also a tumour encompassing the liver.

When the stomach is ill disposed tis known by its * 1.37

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actions hindred, such are the appetite hurt, the concoction vitiated, which is perceived, because those that are sick either are sensible of paine after meate, or the stomach is blown up with wind, or are troubled with belching, loathing, vomiting; also if the dejection be slower or swifter, without any fault of the liver, then is fit, the stomach is to be suspected. * 1.38

The first signe that the brest is affected, is difficulty of breathing; the second, a cough; the third, paine; lastly those things which come out by coughing, as blood, quitture.

Lastly, * 1.39 the signes of the affects of the Windpipe are the same, but principally they are taken from the change of the voice, somtimes also a cough is joyned, more may be read of these things in the practicall part.

CHAP V. How to know Symptomes.

ALthough Symptomes for the most part are obvious to the senses, * 1.40 yet somtimes they lye hid, and had need have signes, which are taken from causes, and effects: nutri∣tion, if it be not rightly performed, the body is extenuated and growes leane: if augmentation be not rightly per∣fected, the body is lesse nourished; if the generative fa∣culty be hurt, either none, or weake Children are generated; attraction and retention being hurt, are known from their effects, especially digestion is known by the excrements of its concoction; so that which is in the stomach, by the dregs of the belly; that which is in the liver and veines, by the urine; those excrements which are in the brest, by the spittle; lastly the expulsive faculty is known to be hurt, if those things are retained which ought to be ex∣pelled.

The vitall faculty is known to be hurt by the changed pulse of the heart and Arteries. * 1.41

As for the animall faculty, the Physitian knows the de∣pravation of the principall faculties from the words and deeds which are different from comlinesse and congruity. In the same manner also other animall actions may be known to be hurt from their effects.

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