Part 17,

Speckacor and Trifler, doing lictle or no-| found ouc this Weapon-Salve, and therefore
thing himfelf, but commicting the whole bu- finefs to Nature; in regard that from che negleét and omiffion of the neceflary o- pening of the Wound, there may more dan- ger and damage arife in one day, then can. afterwards be removed in a whole Month. |
And fo likewife forTents: as onthe one fide where there is no need of chem, | wouldnot per{wade to the putring of any into che W ound, (much lets chat there fhould be fuch Tents made ule of chat may caule pain, ex- cite a fuxion, or hinder the flowing forth of the Pus;) fo onthe other hand, where ne- cefficy urgeth, and the Caules before menti- oned require the ufe of chem, there I conceive they cannot pofiily be omicced without da- mage and danger. Buc yee neverchelefs in regard that experience perfectech Arr, Cex- amp!e fhewing usthe way3) I fhall not with- ftandor oppofe any man in his making trial and experience even of this way likewile, fo thaticbe (as Lhave faid before)without any danger unt the Patient 5 and as‘Magatus him- felf advifech, (inhis 1B. and 40.Cb, about the end thereof) beginning alwaies from chofe
grees proceeding unto thofe that are more grievous and difficult.
Chap. ro. Of the VV eapon Salve.
PA HH ofe things chat have been (in the prece-
dent Chatter) {poken touching the opi- nion of Cefar Magaius and Ludovicus Sep- talivs, as concerning the curing of Wounds, put me now in minde of chac Unguent they commonly cal the Weapon Salve. For as thofe fimple Wounds of the flefh (as hath been faid in the foregoing Chapter) are Cured by the benefic of Nature alone, without any
| more light and ealie, and from thefe by de- | | Lhe Weapon Salve (faith be) was a good while
| fince by Pavaceltus given to Maxinilian the
| ounces s Mummy and mans blood, }
the invention thereof is by very many afcri- bed unro him; but whecher he were che firft that we findto have made mention hereof or not, of this there is no queftion, buc chat he hath been very forward in the divulging of it. Paracelfus himfelf (in his 1. B. Archidox. ‘Magice) hath chis defcription of it. Take The ‘Mof of a Dead mans } Skul, tooo ounces 5 ‘Mummy balf an ee | ounce; ‘Mans. fat, treo ounces > | bible ier eof:
| ‘Mans blood, balf an ounce; Oylof j
| Linfeed, two drams, Oylof Rofes, and Bole-
Armenick, of each | make an Unguent.
Into which he puts a piece of Wood thac hatch been foaked in’ the Blood that comes fromche wound, and then chroughly dryed; ;and every day conftantiy he covererh che | Wound with a new Swathe chat had been itchtoughly moyftened in the Urine of the ; wounded perfon. But then for the anoyn- | ting of the Weapon, he addeth yet further, | Honey, one ounce; and Bulls fat, one dram.
Jobn Baptifia Porta Cinhis 8.2. of Natu- ral Magick, and 12.Cbap.) wriceth thus of it,
one dram’ mingle tbem, and
Emperor 5 who baving made trial of it eftee-
med it very bighly all. bis Life after : of which | | there weas {ome beftored on me by a certain noble
perfon then living im this Emperors Court.lf the
Sword that eave the Wound were brought, or a piece of Wood wet in the blood of the {aid Wound, the rounded perfon was then cured, al-
beit be were never fo far off:
| Take Ufnea, or the Mo§ that |
groweth upona skul left tbeopen | Air, and. mans fat, of each two
Porta bit des {cription of the Weapon falve,
of each an ounce and balf ; Oy! of Linfeed, Tur -
other great provifion, without any frequent | pentine, and Bole Armenich, of each oneounce 5 opening of the Wound, and without the ap-| let them be all wel mingled togetber ina mortar;
plying of many Medicaments: So thofe Wounds likewife that are faid to be cured by this Weapon-Salve, my Opinions,
Naturealone. But inregard that there are many who have afferced the contrary 5 there- fore we think ic not amifs in this place to make fome enquiry into this Opinion of theirs ; andcotel you what | conceive is to be thought as touching this W eapon-Salve. Now we fhall Firft ofall give you the de- {criptions of this Unguett or Weapon-falve 5 and then we fhall acquainc you with cheufe of ic, and what Argumencs are ufually brought for the defence therof. Now moft are @fUpinion, thac Paracelfus was the firft hac
thac | they are cured by che help and afliftance of
| and then. preferved inan artben Veffel fom-
what long and narrow. Dip tbe Sword inte the Unenent, and foleave it 3 let the wounded perfonin the morning wafh the wound with hi own Water; and fo adding notbing at all there- to, let the wound be boundups and it fhall be cured without any pain.
And Crollivs himfelf likewife at- tribuceth chis Unguent or Weapon | Crolliusbis Salve unto Paracelfus sand hecals ' Deferiptian. ic che Sympathetick Unguent of | Paracelfus 3 and thus he defcribethit.
Take the fai of a Bore Pig or Brawner, and Bears fat, of eacbfour ounces s The older tbefe Creatures are the better ws their fat. both thefe fats firfk of all ( for the {pace of balf
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Of the VVeapon:Salve.
anbour boyl in red wine over a gentle fire. After this it is to be poured out upon cold water and the fat fwimming atop 1s to betaken off with afpoon, and whatfoever finks to the bot- tom throw itamway. Then afterwards,
Take, of Earth worms wafbed in Wine or Water, two fextaries , let them be put for a while into the Bakers oven inan Earthen pot covered, wbereas they muft be baked; fo you muftbave agreat ‘care that they be not burut 5 and after this, beat ibemanto a pouder.
Lake Of this Pouder, the dryed brains of a Brarener, Red Saunders that (mells foveet, ‘Mummie, and tbeHematites. or Blood ftone € asbe calls it ) of each one ounce.-' ‘Afcer this,
Firlt, Let the Weapon where-
Sania of with the man is Wounded bean- Unguent, o> , oyited every day once, if neceffi~ weapon falve. ty require it, and the wound be reat sbutrotherwife ix will be
fufficient, if the Weapén be anoynted every o- ther, orthirdday 5 and then let it be kept im @ Clean Linen Cioth,and in a place a little warm but notover bot, left that any damage fhould thereby be brought upon the Patient: We muyfe likevoife be very careful that the Weapon fall not down fromon bigh, neither that the wind blow upon it ina cold place 5 for tf this fhoula happen
| the Patient wilrun mad. | Secondly,
Before you anoynt the Weapon,
. Lake Ufnea;sor Mo(s from the skul of one | Confider, vebetber the Wound were made with thai died a violent death,let this: Mor be cut off | the point, by pricking: and if it were, let the
from the skul in the increafe of the Moon, and fhe being then in a good boufe, as that of venus
| Weapon be firft anoynted upwards, ( aid not |below ) and fo. defcending toward ‘the point
PS ° Bees. Ba ~ } A € if be pofjible )-but nov of Mars; or Saturn’, | thereof; for otberweife much burt may be brought
the weight of tro filbeyds or thereabout. all of them | beive bruifed. togetber, and rwell
And | upon the Patient.
Thirdly, Buz if thou canfb not certainly
mingled with ibe fut, let there be an ungnent| kiow bow deep, or in what manner the Wea~
made according t@ art 3 and thenin a Glafs
weffel ftopt Corif you ibink good; in. a Box ) |
det it becarefully kept for ufe.
If after longtime rbe unguerittbappento be o- wer dry, it may-be'a new moyftencd and foftened with the aforefaid fat, or virein bony. - Let the Uneguent be made, the Sun being inthe fign|
Libra.
| ‘Now as touching the Efficacy afr Ufesh and ufe of 1t,betbus writeth: This thes tiie ) Ys d 2 = yy @- quent. eda performed by the “Magn
tick attrattive virtue of this Me- dicament, caufed by the conftellations, which
pon entered into the flefh, thou mayft then ans oynt it allover; but otberwife it vill be Suffici~ ent to anoynt that part of the Weapon vwhere- with any one ss burt.
Fourthly, There is no Neceffity of fering the mound together after the manner of Barber Sur- geons 5 but every day only to bind it up with a clean linen Cloth, firft wet in the Patients Urine.
Fifthly, That day that any one anoynts the Weapon, let bim abftain from Venery.
Sixcthly ,Beforethe anoynting of thé Weapon, let the Wounded ‘perfons blood be witb al {peed
thorovothe medium of the Air 1s brought unto ftanched.
the wound, and Foyned therewith, that(o the fpiritual operation may be dravon forth into ef- fect: Tis wrought’ Cl fay ) by means of the Ajtral and Blementary conjunttion.
There ave thereforetbree things that by this unguent.caufe foadmirable an Effet. 1. The | Sympathy of Natures 2. Lbe influence of the beaven'y Bodies, perfetting their operations by tbe Elements. 3. The Balfam, vobich being endued vith avirtue of beating is naturally | applyed unto. any man, wit out any difference. | With this uneuent are cured ali Wounds, by | Phat weapon fosver they be inflitted,and vebat- | foever the fox ibe, ( and yet fo notreithftanding | that neither the‘Nerves, Arteries, nor yet any One of the three more princopal members be burt) fothar the Weapon may but pofibly be bad, al- though the patient be many miles diftant fromus Andinvepard that it is of aConglutmaring,
uppurating, and renewing Nature, it.doth nok perms. ( if t-berightly applyed) any bartful Lympromto follow upon ts
Seventhly, In frattures, and ruptures of. bones, you may add unto tbe unguent fome of tbe powder of the greater comfry, or tbe roots of black Hellebor.
Having the weabon wherewith the Patient was burt, if thou be defirous to know whether
| the Patient be likely to live, or-to die of bis Wounds thou artto maketbe trialbin this mans
ner. © Takethe weapon and make it bot over the coals, fo bot that.tbou can hardly endure thy band upon it 5 and then fprinkle “pon it
fome powder’ of Red Sanders, and the-blood fiones and ifthe Weapon then {reat drops of
blood, the patient will dies but if not, berth e{cape it. |
But if we would know whether tha Patient order bimfelf aright in bis drinkand oiber Re- quifites: toiy may thus be known, if there ba tatheweapon {pots of blood, be Ys difordered 5 butifno {uch {pots,then the Patient ordereth bimfelf aright.
We aresmoredver to iake notice ; firft, that if we bavenot the Weapon, Cor inflrument what
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— = = ° » 5 opening of the Skin, and burting of the flefb, by Fobannes Wittichius leavecth out the Ujnea or
Part. J V.
spbhich any Blood goetb forth, may be Cured| Mofs, and he chinks the matter not great, whe- with this unguent,{o that a little piece of Sallom | ther it be put in, or left out of the Compohi-
Wood be moyftened in the bloody opening; and after that the Blood: flicking thereto be dryed (not by the beat of theSun, or the fire, but of it felf. and ovn accord) it be then put into tbe above mentioned ‘Unguent, kept clofe covered in the Box, and there left.
Secondly, lf the Wound fhould begreat and deep, it may then be cleanjed every morning, and bound up with a new Linen Cloth, voitbout any
other ufe of Extraneous Oyls, ‘Unguents, and |
the lake 5 and then this wound ( hove ever it were inflicted) voill bealof.it elf; and it fufficetb that the little piece of Wood once only moyftened in the opening of the Bloody wound, be then put into theBox of ‘Unguent(as aforefaid and there lefttoremain, until the Wound be perfettly Cu- red. Thirdly, But yet notwithftanding, aa oft a any new Wound isto be bealed, there w al- wares required a nev piege of Wood. Fourthly, Butif it befo that the Wound wil not bleed, 1 5 then with the Wood folong to be fcavrified, until the blood flow forth: and fo like- wifeintbe curing of the Tooth-ach 5 the pained Tooth ws fo long to be fcraped with a Pen-knife, until it bleeds and then the Pen-knife after tbe blood. # dryed up, 7. to be anoynted with this ‘Unguent 3 and {o the pain zs prefently affwaged. Uf a Horfe be prickt with a Nail in his F oot, let the ‘Natl befir{t of all drawn forth, and anoyn- ted with this ‘“Ungment, and the Horjes Foot fballimmed:ately be cured, without any fuppu- ration.at all. And fo in this fame manner all. living C Sian baving fiefo and Bones may be Cu- rea. Bhe defeription of Gabelcho-
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Oftaldus Gabelchoverus (in his Prattica Germanica,) thus ! Defcribecth it.
Take the fat of aBoar, and of aBear, of
each one pound 3 and thefe being melted be pour- eth then into red Wine, “Unto thw fat be ad- deth poveder of the Blood-ftone, one ounce; Red Saunders, fix ounces; Earth-worms prepa: rediwo drams 3 Ufnea or Mo of a dead mans Skul, as much as may be gotten; andthenbe mingletbtben, and maketb an ‘Unguent: tou- ching the ufe whereof be veriteth almofttbe very fame that Crollius doth.
Another Defcrip- 1 Others have this Defcripti- tion. on of it.
tion. Neither doth he addthe Mummy, or the fat, orcthe Blood. Andchis others like- wifedo.. AndI my felf knew one, whoun- dercaking fucha Cure, Compounded (as oft
a Porker, andafew other things, withour
from the Body of Man.
That Poly pragmatick fobannes Colerus (inthe 18. B. of his Oeco- nomy, and 154. Chap.) gives us this Detcription.
Defertption.
Take the fat of aBrawn, and of a Bear, of | if i [pid
each balf apound; “Mofof aMans Skul, one pugil 5, Barth-worms, one quart; Blood-ftone, two ounces 3, ‘Red Saunders, and Raot. of the greater Confound, of each three ounces 5 mingle them, and with Wine make an Unguent. Neither do they all agree as couching the time whereinthey would have ‘this Unguenc to be made. Croliius requireth the prepa- ring of it, the Sun being in che Sign Libra. Ochers do include this tume within narrower
bounds yer; and they will have it cobe only |
the renth and eleventh day. of September. But others there are that allow us any time for
the providing of it. =
But now as for the manner of ufing this Me- dicament; ic having been fo fully and largly
de{cribed and fec down before out of Crol- |
linus, I hold ic needlefs here co repeat it.
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ufing it.
ever it be wherewith the wound is inflicted: ‘or if this cannot be had, then any other wea-
‘pon, or wood, (bucmore efpecially that of |
ithe Sallow Tree) or any thing elfe put into
che blood of the wounded perfon. Andthey likewife conceive that ic matcers but very lit- ‘cle, Cor not atall) whether the wounded
party be prefenr, or many miles diftant 5 nei- |
'cher have they any regard ac all unto the
wounded perfon, but only unto the weapon, |} thas chisbe anoynred. But yer neverthelefs, |
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fome there are who givein charge likewile,
‘the Wound, and there died and ftained wich |
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chac the Wound be every day wafhed and t |
made clean with Urine or Wine. .
Take the Lard of a Bravener. Cmelted on the i fire, and poured forth upon cold Water) aamuch| appeal unto Experience: and Rudolpbus aa you think good; tha poreder of prepared| Goclenins the younger writeth chat he is able Barth-vworms, the povoder of theBlood-fione,|to nominate Emperours, Kings, Princes, and of Red Saunders, and VUfnea or Mof of; Earls, and Lords, (whofe Authority and amans Skul, of each as much ae vill fuffice,| Credit wasno way tobe called in queftion)
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Chap. 10. Of the VV eapon: Salve.
that were ready to give their ceftimonials |asalfothe Aftraland Elentental Conjungi-
rouching the efficacy of chis Unguenc. on, And therefore (as we cold you before) t ; Moreover the Patrons of this \f{ome there ate that never make. this Un- Reafans at- | Unguent think (as they telus) that jgvene buc at fuch a certain cime of the yeer, : there may be natural caufes rende=|and polition of the Scars. -. Buc che other vir- ie I red of this Action. And Crollins|tue they decive from the Natural Balfam, term al ignorant and fimple chacj which together with the Blood fticketh upon
i} doubt of the efficacy of this Medicament, or|the Weapon or inftrumeént prefled upon the \ thac refer chisCure unto Sorcery. Bucnow|Wound, buc firft befmeared -with the that they may prove that this Cure may be| Blood of the wounded perfon. For thisBals | performed ina Natural way, they firft ofat|{am (fay they) by reafon of thac Sytopacthy
take a great deal of pains to prove, that there |ic hath with che Wounded parc. conimuni- are fome actions to beinftanced in, that are |catethunco the Wound che faid virtue of the not wrought by che inrervening of any Cor- |Medicamentr; by the Mediation of the fowwit poreal contact, but by an occult Sympathy, of the W orld. And for the confirming of and Magnetifm (as they callic.) Andfothe jchischey produce likewife othe: examples,
_ Load-ftone draweth Iron,albeit that iccouch |The Zenith (as they rermic) of young Mai- ) not corporeally; andic is moved coward dens being caft into the fire (they fay) very ny the Pole. The Stars doalfo Ad upon thete | grievoufly hurcech the virgin from whom ic inferior Bodies, without any the aforefaid | came;and that theSecundines(or afcex births) |) Contact. The Torpedo or Cramp-Fifh af-' if chey be ill handled wil caufe great daniage | fettech che hand of him thac boldeth the}and danger unto thac Woman our of whom |Spear. There are fome likewife thac can by
they flowed, Although they do not like- no means endure tobe inthe Room witha, wife here fufficiently and cleerly explain Cat fhutup inaBasker; andalchough they | themfelves: For Crolliw writeth, that this {cehet not, yet chey canby no means brook) Cure is performed by cheMagnetick atcra- her prefence; fothac, unlefs either the Car} ctive virtue of the faid Medicament caufed by be catryed forth, or themfelves remo-| the Conftellations 5, which virrue (fay they } ved into fome other Room, they prefently| by the “Medium of the Air may be brought fal inco {wounding fits. Dogs likewife know | unto the Wound, and conjoyned therewith = their Mafters foor-fteps, as alfothe creadings | and chen immediatly be addeth that thereare and.traces of wild beafts, by whichthey fol three things chat by this Medicament Gaufe fo low and purfue chem. The fhade of the} admirable-an effec. \ 1. TheSympachy of Yew-Tree is very hurcfal-unto. mankind. | Nature. 2. The influence of the ‘Celeitial And very niany more of fuch like inftances | Bodies; performing: its Operations by the and examples that may be obferved in Na- | Elements... 3.: Fhe Baifam, char being endu- ture, they heap up, to prove that there may ed witha healing virtue is Naturally puc up- be Natural occult Aétions without any Cor- | omany one whatfoever, without any diftin= poreal Conract: which (becaufe that they | dion of either Perfon or Sex.
are moft manifeftin the Load-ftone) there-|, But in very cruch €chac we
fore from ic they cal them al! in general Mag- | may briefly open unco you,and | Reafons avaintt
netick Actions. | fhew you our. Opinion touching | the defenders Another thing that they prefuppofe and this Unguenc) that which in.che | falve's take for granted, is this, that thereisacer- firit place renderech ic very fu- tain {piric of the world, diffufed al the world Apicious, is this; chac they give us not one overs which fpiric (fay they) is the Director | only way for the compofition of thisUngnenr and Vehicle of al occult powers and Actions; but very mahy 3 and in'fome of them thofe and which conjoyneth and keeps together all things are omitred and wholly left our, ‘from the parts of che world; and caufetha {weet which others deriveal the virture of this Me- and admirable agreement and harmony be- | dicament 3. as isapparent from che many de- tween them. i{eripcions above mentioned. (And fo Wit- Buc Thirdly, As for what concerns the tichivs leaveth out of che Compofition che virtues of the Weapon-falve, they relus thac |“Ufnezor mots, the Fat, and Blood of man s there isin ita two-fold virtue,one in the Un- | which yet neverchelefs Gebers make the very guent ic felf, ro wit, of Confolidatingand Bafis, and Foundation, of all che virtue of agelucinacting of the Wound; andthe other this Medicamenc ; and -it-is with them the that that isin che Weapon anoynted,& which principal part thereof. And yet neverche- ¢arrieth that power untothe wound. They lefs chey will all of’rhem promife you the
derive this former virtue from many things very fame effedt> and every of them extol-
of which chis Medicament is compounded, lech his ownas fit and proper for.al Wounds, and from the influence of the Conftellations;, whatfoever the Weapon be wherewith they
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| king, or by Cutting, or by any thing caft.at ‘the party, or by afals albeit chat Goclenius indeed and Crollius do except thofe Wounds ‘that are inthe Nerves, Arteries, or any of
|} fon walking ic Lightened, therefore his wale
| king wasthe.caufe of the Lightening; ‘fo no imore will it,follow, «this, wounded perfaon
| was healed; and he applied the Weapon
the more principal Members, asthe Hearc,|Salve,. therefore the Weapon-Salve was
Brain, &c.
the. caufe ‘of the cure; unlefs ic be de-
Whatothers object againft che Compoli- | monftrated, that fromthe faid Unguent this
tion of this Medicament, cto wit, that the Authors of this Unguent require the Ufnea or Mofs chat isicut off froni the Skul of aMan hanged, as alfo joyning therewith Mummy, Mans Blooda little warm, and Mans fat, and that inthe Mans Blood and fat they think the marrow and pith of the whole-bufinels (that is cofay,° the whole virtue ‘of this Uneuent) toconiift; whichthefe Judg to befuperftici- ous5 this Objection l:no waies own, neither willl defend it 5 ic being fo well known, that Mans fat, and Skul;»Mummy, and Ufnea, are made ufe of by:other Phylitians Cwithouc any fuperftition) in the Curing of Difeafes.. And yet nocwithftandiug of this.l muft here ad-
monith you, thac ¢fecing that Magicians and |
Wizards) (as willxappear out of Apuleius uponthe 2.and 3.B. of Ovids Metamor phojiss and ‘Nivolaws Remivius, w his 1.B. of Damo- nolatry; and 16. Chap. and ‘2. B. Cb. 1. and
hers alio chat-have wricten of witches and |
Sorcerers) feeing (Lfay) that thefe are wont in thew forcery toufe mans Blood and F leéth, and other parts of Mans Body, every one ought ro be careful (who will make ufe of fuch Medicaments) that he do not fuperftici- oufly ulethe faid Medicament, for the procu- ving of a Natural effect; and fo thereby gra+ tifie the Devil, (who is the enemy of Mars both Soul.and Body )and fo unawares do him Service; which may be done, if he ufefuch Medicaments for thofe effects that are not in the Natural power’of thofe things; and cher- | fore if thofe effects thal follow,: they are vo| be imputed and afcribed unto the Devil, Cby fuch like fuperfticious practifes laying {nares for mankinde, ) rather.chen unto the ching it felf. . C |
As touching the effect of this Medicament5 thatic doth not evermore anfwer the-defire and expectationy we are fhewn by Guilbel. Gabricius, in his third Cent: and 25. Obfer-
vation. And be.ic fo, that-Cas many great |
and ‘eminent perfons have ceftified) divers who have made ‘ufe hereof haverecovered : yerneverthelefs thefe.can atteft-no more buc this, thatthe perfonwes wounded, that un- to’ him there’ was‘adiminiftred: this: kind of Cure by the Weapon-Salve, and chat this perfon recovered: -butthat he recovered by the-vircue of this Medicament, vhis:'they can- not veibifie, ~For there may ‘be oftentimes many things conjoyned with ‘fome effec, that are noc the Caufe thereof. Andthere-
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|is, 1c proceeded not from the faid Medica- ment, buceitherfrom Nature her felf, or elle from fuch other Medicaments as were adnu- niftred before, together with, or after the faid Medicament whereuntothe Cure is afcri- bed. And avery great difference there is between Phydick and other Arts. For ino= ther Arcs the effect being upon fomthing that is folid dependeth wholly upon the Arci« ficer > anduif there be any: ching well orill \done by him, all this is co be imputed and |atcribeduncothe Arcift, unlefs itfo fal out, as happily ic mays and often doth, that by reafon of the unfitnefs of the fubject matter, (for as weuletofay, aMercury or Statue ig not made of every piece of Wood) or elfé by reafon of fome fault inthe. Inftrument, fom- what may happen to be\done amifs.; fince
our Inftitutions, and 1. Chap.) the fubjects of other Arts do:nothing at.all, but only obey the will of the workman: whereas in Phy- fick, ‘che fubject matrer thereof hath a certaig
[innate power; by which (being affifted by
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Sothat the whol buifinefs in fhort comes to this, thac che Seate of che Controverfie here is not, whether. in a perfon wounded, and recovered again, the Cure were done by che -Weapon-Salves but this, whether op,no the Weapon-Salve were the Caufe of che healing ofthe Wound; touching which wearenow tomakea little furcher enquiry.
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Salve, the, Conglutination of the Wound is ro be afcribed unto Natuce alone, as the next and,principal caufe.. Which being: fo, and che truth thereof being fuch that it cannot’ bé denied; now inthenexc place we dretoén- quire, whether in thefaid Cure, the healing of che Wound be.co be afcvibed ainco Nature alone; or-elfe indeed. whether, or nochere be not likewife fome Concurrent. efficacy of the. Weapon-salve. Unto, me, the former deemeth the more probable, therefore, be= caufe thac ic isa uth, moft, certain (as buc
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the whole work*be commiced, to Nature, that the heatand temper of the parc; (ic be- ing the inftrument) ‘be Kept entire, and that without urgent necefficy it be nor molefted and difquieted by, Medicaments.... Andtom- times we fee chat fuch dangerous: Wounds chiefly and efpecially by che benefit of Na- ture, without the application of any Medica- ment, Cor iuch as 1s of no great moment}are cured ; fochac icfeems tobe afcribed catcher Of which very thing the Obfervations and Ex- amples are every where fufficiencly known.
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che part, .or the removal of thofe impedi- ments that hinder Nature in her work; we are now. inthe next place to fee, whether the Wreapon-;Salve; can perform. chofe things. : Where we inftantly meet with this firft dithculcy; co wit, whe- ther poflibly: the, .Medicament that 1s not anoyated upon the Wound. ict felf; buc! upon. che! Weapon, ov-any ching elfe thatis befmeared with Blood from the Wound, camyi¢ldany ‘benefit, efpecially if the wounded perfon be abfenc, and many) miles diftanec ftomithe anoynted Weapon. »-And indeed: to. prove this, they ufe two Reafons, as wealfa told you formerly : che firfbis this,thac chere may be aGipns from occult and hidden.qualicies, andata diftance, (which they cal Magnetick actions) becaufe that by che, fpiric of che world the virtue of rhe Unguentimay-be con- eyed unto the Wound, as we-dee ic to bedone by the Sympathy and Antipathy of many things. , But neither provech the thing thac it onghe Ito prove. For firft of all, albeit we grant jthac {uch Actions there are, and thac thofe Ichings that mutually A&, andare paflive, do noc alwaies corporeally rouch one the others yet neverthelefs, chat this isfointhe Wea- pon. Salve, and whether or no any, virtue can be detived from the Weapon anoynted unto the Wound at fo great a diftance and interval of places, this is yet to be proved. . For it doth noc follow, chere are fuch admirable
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of this Unguent fo boldas co extend the vir- ithe Weapon-Salve hath fuch a vertue. And, tue rhereofuncoal Wounds 5 for (asa liccle that thisisnor done, he fhal eafily, perceive before we told you) Crollins and Goclenius do that will bur confider thofe ether Actions of except the Wounds of the more principal | this Nature, that.are performed ata diftance.: Members, as alfo of the Nerves and Arteries -| Since that the operation followeth, the being
and there was nevet yet found any thac durft) ofa thing, ic as cherefore neceffary chac be- make ufe of this Unguenc in Wounds caufed! tween the Agent and the Patient there fhould by Gun fhor. And who is there chat dares de-/ be a certain conjunétion and mutualContact. ny that other lighter and fleighter Wounds, butnow, in regard chat the things between may be cured by Nature alone? And if any Which the Action is donot all of them touch thing extraordinary, and that which feem-; one the other with-cheir Bodies, there is ane- eth to exceed the power of Nature, happen. ceflicy chae they fhould couch in fome other at any time inthedaid Cure by the Weapon-| Manner. And this is twofold: for Salve, we ought wellto contider, and look either the ching thacis faidito act mocoic, whether it be not wrought by the affi-,,ata diftance, icndech forth fom- thing from its own Body, and fub- | Ho Compact and agreement, either explicice, or | ftance, (which the Ancients called. Biluvi- implicice, um or Aporrhoia, and Phytitians where they
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And now therefore it being. a known truth, that Nature alone Cand asthe next Caufe) may apolucinate Wounds, and that Medica- ments (as above we thewed you). do perforni
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treat of Contagion, cal it Miafmos,3 touching which fee further in the fourth B. of Feavers; Chap..4. and the 2, Ba, of our. Inftitutions,