Platerus golden practice of physick: fully and plainly discovering, I. All the kinds. II. The several causes of every disease. III. Their most proper cures, in respect to the kinds, and several causes, from whence they come. After a new, easie, and plain method; of knowing, foretelling, preventing, and curing, all diseases incident to the body of man. Full of proper observations and remedies: both of ancient and modern physitians. In three books, and five tomes, or parts. Being the fruits of one and thirty years travel: and fifty years practice of physick. By Felix Plater, chief physitian and professor in ordinary at Basil. Abdiah Cole, doctor of physick, and the liberal arts. Nich. Culpeper, gent. student in physick, and astrology.

The Kinds,

VVE call this a Disease when the Evacuation made by the pores of the skin with moisture called Sweat, is stopped, when it is necessary and ought to be: Or when a Vapor comes forth instead thereof: Or when the Sweat ought to be general through the whol body, and yet only some few parts, as the Head or Feet do sweat.

This is somtimes in found peo∣ple that are plethorick or full of hu∣mors, Cacochymical, * 1.1 or of evil ha∣bit, and moist-bodied: who use to be refreshed by Sweating, which when they want is called suppression of Sweat.

When men by exercise or Baths labor to provoke Sweat for preser∣vation of health and cannot, * 1.2 then is there a want of Sweating, which is requisite for health. And this we have observed to be in some who by no means or bathing could produce the least sweat.

It happeneth in many imperfect∣ed Crises of sharp Diseases, * 1.3 and in some lingring diseases, that no sweat can be procured by Art or Nature, which should expel the cause there∣of: and this is a defect of Sweat re∣quisite in the time of Sickness.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The suppression of usual Sweating.
• * 1.2

  The want of such Sweating as is ne∣cessary for health.
• * 1.3

  The want of sweat which in time of sickness is necessa∣ry.