Of Ʋrine.
IF a mans urine be white at morning, and red be∣fore meat, and white after meat, he is in health; if it be very thick and fat, it signifies paine in the head.
Urine that is fat, white, and moist, betokeneth the Feaver quartaine.
Mikrokosmographa. A description of the little-world, or, body of man, exactly delineating all the parts according to the best anatomists. With the severall diseases thereof. Also their particular and most approved cures. / by R.T. doctor of physick.
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- Mikrokosmographa. A description of the little-world, or, body of man, exactly delineating all the parts according to the best anatomists. With the severall diseases thereof. Also their particular and most approved cures. / by R.T. doctor of physick.
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- Turner, Robert, fl. 1654-1665.
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- 1654.
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Urine that is bloudy and fleshy, denotes some hurt and rotten Ulcer in the bladder and reines, who pisseth bloud without sicknesse, hath some veine broken in his Reines.
Womens urine that is cleere and shining, if she cast oft, and have no desire to meat, it signifies she is with child.
Womens Urine that is strong white, and stin∣king, signifies infirmities in the reines, in her se∣cret Receipts, in her Chambers full of evil hu∣mours, and consequently sicknesse of her whole body.
Womens Urine that is bloudy and cleere as wa∣ter under, signifies head-ach.
Womans Urine of the colour of Lead (if she be with child,) demonstrates the child to be dead within her.
Urine one part red, another blacke, another green, another blew, betokeneth death.
Urine that is black and little in quantity beto∣keneth death.
Urine of the colour of Lead, that shineth raw, and bright, if the skin in the bottome shine not in the bottome, it signifies death.
Urine of the colour of water, having a darke skie, it betokens death.
Urine that hath dregs in the bottome mingled with bloud signifies death.
Urine black and thick, if the sick loath when he
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goeth to the stoole, it signifies death.
These are the most certain and generall Judge∣ments of Urine; many more there are, but I omit them as the most falacious study that appertaines to Physick; and if men trust to the urine, it will most usually deceive the learnedst Doctor that is: I knew a Gentleman that was taken with a vio∣lent Feaver, he continued three daies, the disease increasing the patient weakening; the third day a Doctor saw his water (who I forbeare to name, because he is since dead,) his Judgement was that the patient was in perfect health, and had no dis∣temper on him; but that morning the small Pox began to appeare on his body, and he had them as full, and as tedious a disease of it as any man e∣ver had: another Doctor gave the same Judge∣ment on a sick persons water, who died within halfe an houre following.