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haits original co be foughe for 3 in the difcovery of which Galen hath al{o been very Curious, and caken gre@t pains 3 infomuch chac he here cakech occafion (which otherwife he doth but very fel- dom) co make mention of che wifdom, power, and goodnefs of Almighty God, the Author and Framer of al chings 3 and he hath here endeavored
to examine his Omniporency and Wifdom in chis particular, and co confute Mofes, as we may fee in his eleventh Book. of the ufe Chap. 14.
Bur if we ferioufly weigh the matter, we ‘can- not by any means grant chac the haus are bred only from che excrements, or the vapors exbaling out of the body, and fticking in fome certain places 3 but, we are racher co decermine chat they are ge- merated from the formative (we may term ic che pilifique or hair-breeding). faculty, forchecau- ies a little before mentioned. . And chat the hairs are generaced, not only from fome kind of fuligi- nous vapors, buc froma matcer that is far more folid, and neerly allied unto che matter of the Nails, and Horns, we are caught even by chis, chac the hairs are not eafily corrupted, buc are (even after death) preferved along while whol and en- tire. Touching which Gabriel de Zerbis cela- teth a Hiftory ¢ in his Book of che Anatomy .of Mans Body, inthe Ticle of che Anatomy of the Har, fol. 15.) inthefe very words: At Rome we both faw. and touched (faith he) the dead body of a Woman buried in the way called Appia ( juft oppojite unto tbe way where Cicero was bu- ried: and therefore it was. the conjetture of the moft, that this Carcafi was the dead body of Tul- liola the dearly beloved. Daugbier. of tbe faid Ci- cero, as it might be underftood by the Infcription : this Carcafs was taken out of the G rave, voberein by means of great flore of Myrrb,and fome Mum-
my likervife, it ws believed that it bad been pre- Served frous corruption, from the time of Cicero, even unto the time of Pope Sixcus the fourth ;, be-| ing neer upon one thoujand five hundred yeers. In this Garcafs there: veas good. ftore of Hair, adorned, and tied up with a Golden Fillet 3] as it was thentbe Cuftom to bury thofe of ber age. | This Carcafs. (having been alfo generally viero- ed by fundry Spettators, and almoft-by al the peo- ple as wel as by my felf.). voas fromtbence removed and braugbt to Rome,, svberein three daies time (the means that preferved it being now far diftant
fromit). it putrefied, andwas foon. refolved into
ais Sol principles, and became mingled with the Barthy Element vbereimit jay... Ando altoge= ther inthe fame manner, like as.che Nails in Men
And therefore chere is fome other caufe of the! fick faculty that is by the Greator ‘implanted ih :
fome certain parts; and hence alfoic is chat there
oftentimes arifeth {uch a greac variery of colorsin |
the.Hair, For (asiwe have alceady {aid) the hair in the head and beard is from day to day augmens ted. and lenpchened 3. bur that ts inthe Eyelids and Eyebrows » which for
it isnot fo in the hair |
Che moft pare-evermore keepeth'ac one and che
fame lengch. Moreover the hairs in the Eyelids ftand alwaies ftcaight forward; and if either their
of che Parcs, | length be increafed, or their ftraighcnefs incurya-
ted, they chen hinder che fightyand caufe an incon: venience, Men have beards, Women have none : the Creator, co wit, having altogecher deftined thefe hairs unto a certain ufe; and therefore he hath given this pilifique or bair-breeding faculty unto {ome parts, and nos unto other {ome ; which faid faculty formeth che hairs, for cheir certain quantity, figuce, and color. In Man-kind and Animals chere growech no hair under che feeg ; che Hate alone excepted, which (as Ariftotle cefti- fieth in che third-Book of his Hiftory of living Creatures, Chap. 12.) hath hair growing under the fee. And this moreover arguech thac the haic in Animals proceedeth from 'the formative facul- ty 3 to wit, for that by che ftrength and force of Imagination che form and color of the hair may be changed, as out of the 30, Chapter of Genefis, in the Hiftory’ of Facob fufficiently appear~ eth.
The matter of the Hair (as of al | other parts of che body.) is che blood, a Han as hikewife Adrianus Spigelins (in | i his fift Book of the Fabrick of Mans] Body, Chap.10.) hath determined; and this aJ- {o appeareth plainly in che Affect we cal Plica Polonica, in the which if che hairs be cur, there iffueth blood out of them 3 but chis blood is of she meaner and more ignoble fort. For Nature doth the pare, and difchargeth che office of a good and provident Houf-keeper, (diftributing unto each particular perfon:in the Family what properly be- Jongeth unto him) ‘and wich che beft and puteft parc of the blood: the nourifheth ithe more noble and worthy parts of che body, diftributing the re= fidue unto the ignoble and lefs principal pacts, co wir,, into che Nails and Hairs in Man. kind 3 and in Bruits, into che Hairs, Hoofs, Horns, and Fea~ thers: of which we have already likewife {poken, inthe chitd Book of our Infticutions, Part:ae Sect, 2. Chap. 36, But altbhoughic be true chae
the Hairs proceed from che more ignoble parc of © | |
the blood,’ yet notwith{tanding ie -is unétuous ,
and (if we may fo {peak wich the Ghymifts) very Oylys
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and Woien, che hoofs and horns in fout-foored | by the. burning of them) as having J know nok
Beafts, the painted and vacioufly colored Fea- thets in Birds are produced'by che Formative fa- Guley 5 andif chey chance co fal off they are again renewed in che fame mater ;. even fo likewile
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“Chap. Of things amifs inthe Hair, ec. 2613 ag larva lal NILE eA Ea LS a STOR Re Oe GP ed - ie in }) andeffeminace Petfons produce no Beard; and ;of che fhedding of the Hair, as we thal hereafter i 0 Clas shofe chac are exceflive and immoderate inthe ufe | fhew you. . ti We | 4 the, _ of Venus are foon bald ; and onthe contrary, ‘Eu- | As for Baldnefs; in che ficft place; look what in wi lone nuchs are never bald. Ces Patos (thatistofay, che falling down of thé ie ni bj | From al which we may likewife ea- | Leaves.) isin Trees, che hike is baldnefs in Ani« bi ht : The wf of * fily collect what the ufe of cheHair is, !mals, yea alfo in the very. Trees* themf{eives : a8 3 | theHair. | For Certain 1cischatchey have cheir wheteupon 4riffotle in bis fixch Book ofthe ge- a - : ; | peculiar and proper ufes; fince chat nerationof Animals, and Chap. 3. writeth: Men yy a i ten she Hairs on che Head are (as ic were)the Natural /( faich he) of all living Creatures aré moftly vm | i § iy + Covering thereof ; the Haars in che Eye-lids do | Subjet unto baldnef, and they evidently become as oie - ‘after their manner conduce unto and further che | fo Sooner then any otber Creature whatfoever, eet : mnt) fights and when they are pulled forch or fall off | Which kind of Affeét is in a manner generab. if ave iit) of chemfelves, i¢ much prejudiceth and hinderech | For of Plants likewife, fome of them bave all~ ip 4
hig che fight ; che Hair of the Head, andthe Beard, | waies green Leaves, others of them lofe their | et Ofe bys in men elpecially, ferves asa greac ornament unto. Leaves. The like Affett is baldnefi in thofe: fl i
| Fy Man, and they render him more venerable ( as ic | ™en unto whom it happeneth that they fhould be Whi were) in the account of others. But now in| Bald. or whenas by little and little Cfome | ‘“taa) “pepatd char the Hair under the Arm- pits, in the | 0m, fometben ) both the Leaves, and the Fede Hiatt hs ti) privy pacts, andin che Thighs, is given us by | thers, and the Bairs fall off; when this fame Af- tle Ae _ Nature neither for a Covering, nor yet for. an or | fett fhal bappen univerfally, then it receivei), thefe aly Hi | Hament, cherefore we may conclude that Nature | Vords, Baldnefs, falling of the Leaf, and fhed~ Mia | Ee Tits) ain che production of chefe Hairs fought fome fur-| ding of the Feathers. And Columella in his her
uit) gher end, and intended fome other ufe 3 to wir, | fcucth Book of Husbandry, Chap. 33. faich chac
Ube ha | ghar hereby in the generating of thefe Hairs che | the young and cender Chefnuc Tree that is \ efiul | more ignoble parc of the blood may be confumed : | infefted by Mice and Moles, doth oftentimes be= ae, at of) from’ whence likewife ic is, chac in fome they }come bald, Now baldnefsina man, ‘ha . tay be f ‘grow forth and appear more abundantly, and in| !s a certain fmoothne(s, or defect of Bsldne[é Ni Sy zene | others more fparingly 5 as Jafants alfo are Cin Hair in the fore parc of che Head, tam } whas is i. Pay | iP) moft parts of cheic body ) alsopecher void of | king its original from che want of Ali+ | it | Hair; which nocwichftanding are afterwards ge- |ment. And this moft commonly chancech nature \ Wainy | ogy) ‘etacedin chem as they encreate in yeers,che mac- | Cally in the progcefs of yeets 3 buc yer neverche- ui! iti, ) tex of che Flair being more ‘and more heaped up| lefs unto fome ic happeneth prececnaturally By _. together. whichas thereupon to be accounted precernacural mt ied . and vitious. | a thisale By ‘ ; big ila ai: ils) Chap. ra. Of things amis in.the The Canfes, | mi te FAlur: and fir ft of Baldne/s and| . Youching che Caufes of Baldne(s,Phyficians do 4 a a | ES Sy oe vy [indeed very much differ in cheir Opinions. Butié ||) redoth want of 4 Beard. we wel weigh the manner howHairs are peneraced, a) HE od and in che Head, che bufinefs in Controverfie wil noc ID ae
ovtath f AX therefore, fince thar the Hairs ate gene~| feemac all dificuls.. For whereas both the mat- Wi Hit Wil ae ae pure
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rated from the formative or Hair- breeding | cec and the Aliment is fent and {upplied unco che faculcy, they have cheir Nacural Canfticution, | Hairs from che Brain more efpecially 3 therefore it HI which confifteth in chewr Nacucal magnitude, and | we fay indeed, chat the defect of the neceffary i 1M iN ftore, figute and color; which faid Confticucion| Alimenctis the neereft caule of chis fhedding or i when once it is loft, they are chen fubje@ unto falling off ofthe Hair: yee nevercthelefs. this Af= a many different Vices; which if you pleafeco call | fect proceedech oftentimes from the Confticution | Difeafes, I wilnoc gainfay you. And indeed the | of che Brain ;. to wit, if ic become more dry then a
firft Vice is in che defect of chem 5 and chisis ei-|is meet. ‘Hippocrates tels us the fame, in the ie _ ther Nacural 8 {uch as happeneth unto very many | fixch of his Epidem. Comment. 3. Tic. 1. where tha according to their age 3 orelfe itis precernatural, |-he thus wricech 5 the Confumption of the Brain, arto ‘The ficft of cheie is vermed Baldneis 5 of che fe-| and by reafon thereof baldnefs ; dco Where Cas ot) | Cond forc, are; che Shedding or Falling off of the | Galentels us in his Comment. upon the place ) by yey | Elair, che Alopecia,and Opbiafis. There is in- | che Confumption of che Brain, thac diminution vit |) eed tn all chete Vices of the Hair a falling off of | chereofiscobe underftood, thac happeneth unre yo | the Hair fromthe part ( whatever ic be) where | old men from its extraordinary drinefs,. For if mt | fotmerly ic was growing 3 andfo (in che general) | che Brain‘once becomeekcreamly dry, chen chere igo || @bchefe Vices may be comprehended under che | will be nothing f{uperfluous chérein remaining | pame of ‘Defluvinm or falling off: but ufe hach |chact may fuffice for the nourifhing of che Hairs.
oth fo far prevailed, chac che name Defluvium or fal- | And Ariftotleceachech us the fame, who (in his ui |) Athg: off is (in {pecial_) caken fora cercain Species |fifth Book of the Generation of living Creatutes,
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Chap. 3.) writetb, chac baldnefsis caufed trom che {carcity of che moift heac and fatnefs, hac 1s co fay of the moift Aliment. For there 1s in old People an excrementicious humidity, that 1s ra- ther coo much abounding, then any wanc chere- of. Andindeed, as wehavealready faid, bald- nefsis natural uncothe moft, becaufe that in che progrefsof their yeers ( and as old age comes on) the Brain in every one becometh more dry then 1s meet: but yec unto fome this baldne(s happeneth in their Youth and green yeers, to wit, unto chofe ghac from {ome preternatural or violenc caule have theic Brains overdried before che times which Caufes may be many. The Chief and moft princi= pal of chemal is che immoderate ufe of Venws that powerfully driech the Brain. Whereupon ic 1s shat before che ufe of Venus none groweth bald; Neither are Eunuchs bald at all (in che fixth Sect. of the Aphorifms, Aphor. 28.) in regard they lofe not, neither caft forch any Seed 5 and fo the | _ Jikemay be faid of Youths, and until they at- ae tain unto ripenefs of yeerse bay dae are feldom or never bald (and yet neverchelefs | Albertus Magnus ceftifierh chat he
eC Brain alfo in chem is not fo eafily and foon dryed ; ai and becaufe chat Women eject not fuch ftore of Seed asthe Mendo. The Brain is likewife over- much ( and overfoon ) dried by ¢co much Watch- ing, Study, and Cares.
As for that opinion of Attaurins, who'in the firft Book of his Method, Chap.-5. aflignethover- much humidity for che Caufe of baldnefs, if any one hatha mind coreconcile ic with che opinion of Hippocrates, Galen, and Ariftotle, he cannot more fitly explain it, then by faying chat the de- fect of Alimental hutidity is indeed che Caufe of Baldnefs; and yes notwithftanding thac excre- mencitious humidity caufech chat this baldnefs bappeneth fo much the fooner and more eafily : after the very fame manner that Leaves of Trees fal off indeed by reafon of che want of neceffary Aliment ; and yec'neverchelefs they fal off fooner and fafter, ifany adventitious and Accidental bu~ midity (Rain, or che like) happen.
Signs Diagnoftick.
The very Truth is, that baldnefs of it {elf appea~ rech fufliciently untothe Eyes. Buc yec neverthe- Fels in what re(pect it diffeceth from the other {pe- cies of the falling away of tbe Hairs, we fhal now explainumoyou. This Baldnefs wenow {peak of differeth fromthe Apolecia, andthe Opbiafis or Area, ia this, that chefe Vices are fleecing from
from any certain parts of che Head'5 whereas bald- nefs happenech evermore in the fore-pare of the Head.) But from the falling off of the Harr, in {pe- cial Co called, this baldnets differesh, becaufle that
Of Praktical Phyfick.
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place to place neither(in them )do theHairs fal off
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in the fhedding and falling of the Haic, che Haival generally ( oracleaft, che greaterpact of them, here and chere, up and down throughout the whole Head) fal off; bucin baldnefs chis falling of the Hair is only in the fore part of che Head. Prognofticks.
1+ Baldnefs indeed in it felf bringeth no danger acall Cbuc thac is caufeth that che Head lieth che more open to be burt by che excernall injuries of the Airs and chac ic is as ac were che forerun- nec and fign of the baftening of our Mortall Nature cowards her diffolution) and yec not- withftanding ic caufeth a great deformity and unfightlinefs ( efpecially sf it bappen early, in the time of Youch) andchac chacis refen= ced and difliked by. che moft of chofe chac be- hold ic: andic isreporced, chat Cains Fulins Ce~ farthe Emperor ¢ famous both for his learning, and likewife for his warlike explotts ) could fo.4h brook and bear the baldnefs wherewith he was afr chac-afcer bis making criall of very many Remedies tono purpofe, it was.ac lengch granced
land ca) ita Perciwig ) which is now adaies in ve- ry great and common ufe. |
2. Buc that baldnefs chat arifech either from old | age,or immaturely in checime of Youth, wilad- | mig of no Cure 3 like as neicher doth the fhedding | of the Teeth in fuch as have attained unto their {ul | growcb, fince chat the defect of that Alimentary | humidity cannot by any means be reftored.
36 Thofethat are Bald bave not the Varices | (viz. the crooked {woln Veinsin the Hipps, &c._) | very great: buttbofe that during thei baldnefs bave thefe Varices coming upon them, thefe again recover their Hair 5 as Hippocrates cels usin che | fixth of his Aphorifims, Aphor. 34. Buc this Am phorifm is falfe, as Galen in his Commentary, | ceacheth us: fince char we are none of us ignorant | chae Baldnefs isan incurable Affection; and that | ic is likewife falfe, chat great Varices never hap- | pen'unto thofe that are bald 5 andalfo chat upon | the arifing ofthe Varices the baldne(s ceafeth : un | lefshaply Cas fome wilbave ic) he cal chat Cal- | witium or baldnefs, chat Phyfitiansterm Mada- | rofis, chacis, the falling off ofthe Hair. For this | indeed in regard thas it hath ics Original from vie | tious bumors (like as thac we call Opbiajis arid’ Alopecia’) thefe very depraved -bumoc | being tranflated ito the Thighs may caufe the | Varices, and fo che man may pollibly recover ana | réeceivehis Hairagain. Forif chere were at firft atofs‘of che Hair by reafon of cheir roots being) corcupted by the faid vicious humors ; then good | ‘pround there is co’believe chat chis Hat wil again now ‘rérurh uote ics Naturall ftace, upon the cranfladon of he aforefaid humors unto jome o-, cher places | The|
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{aw two Wo- | unto bim by the Senate, that he might perpetually | ii men that were bald; in bis nineceench Book of | wear the Lawrel: whoifbe werenowacthis day | Animals, Chap. 6. ) in regard that cheit Confticu- livingsmight eaftly cover his baldnefs with aGove- tion is naturally more mosft 5 and therefore che | ting of Hair made of other mens Har (we in Eing- |
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(that is cofay, fuch as affordeth a fat juyce) and of eafie conco¢tion. Lec him abftain from meats
m Bue although that baldnefs when ic is artived at} chac are falc, fharp, {owr, and auftere Cfuch as are | ics height can no waies be cured :: yec neverthelefs; moft of the Summer Frurs) thac yield bur ltecle }| in regard chac baldnefs doth both exceedingly ins |
aliment, and chae alfovery fluid. Let bis drink commodate che healch, and caufedeformity 5 we| likewife be (uch as yieldeth a gocd juycee But muft therefore do our endeavor al that may be, co| Jec him abftain from fttong and old Wine, having prevent and recard ic. Which cap by no other }in ita powertodry overmuch, Venery is efpe= means be done, than by repairing the aliment of| cially hureful im cltis Affect, Watchings, griefs, she hair thac beginnech co fail, and attracting 1c | cares, and che anxieties of che mind are alfo hurte unto the skin of che head. ‘And therefore we) fulin chis Affect.
muft do our ucmoft thac che fat and hot humidi- The want of a Beard
cy by which the hairs are‘nourifhed may be pres . ferved and drawn unco theskin.. There areiome| We faid before chat che Beard was an Ornameng
likewife chat add moderate aftringents, if the skin) unto a Man; and therefore if chis be wanting in be become thin chrough the heat of the head. But} Men, it caufech a very great deformity. Now. whenas baldnefs doth arife from the defect of Alt- | chis may fail either alrogether, as in Eunuchs, and ment; and whenas by reafon of drine(s the pores | certain others chat are womanifh and have alto= and paflages of che skin are clofed and altogecher | gether effeminate bodies : or elfe it breaketh forth fhut up, there tsno need acalof Aftringents ; for! very flowly, or proweth not fo thick as ic is wont. if chey be adminiftred, then the Aliment chac| Al which happen, either froma defeét of the mat- floweth unco the hairs wil be alcogecther re-/ ter, or elfe by reafonof the thicknefs of che Skin preffed. | cut of which it isco break forth; or from fuch a Now what kind of Medicaments they arethat, Conftitucion as binderech che appearing and correct che diftemper of the bead, and the drinels' growth of a Beard. | of the brain, we have already fhewn you in che Now whereas the wantof a Beard in men of firft Book of our Practice, Part 1.Chap. 4. But | chat age wherein Beards are wonc to bud and grow that the Aliment may be actraéted unto the roots | forch, doch breed fome Kind of unfeemlineis and of the hairs, frictions are to be firft ufed before che | deformity andchat {uch asare at thei ful: age Medicaments $3 which yee nocwithftanding ought | (hac chey may hereby. procure unto themfelves to bemoderate, that they may only accraét che / both gravity, and refpect from othets) do much Aliment, and nor ditcufsic. Bure thefe Medica | defire and endeavor after a Beard ; ic 1s cherefore ments ought tobe hot, and foatcracting, witha! very ufual.upon this very accounc.co.cal if che moderate aftriction, by which che Aliment may | help and afliftance of the Payficians But che be drawn unco the roots of rhe bair, and there de~ | cruth is, che event feldom an{wereth the defice, or tained. Diofcorides in his firft Book, Chap.11o. | at leaft but very flowly, co wit, when Nature of and Galen in histeventh Bock of the faculty of | het ownaccord atcempreth the production there= Simples, S$. Ciftus, commend Ladanum 3 and_| of. yet more in cate of che falling of the bair, than in baldnefs: yer neverthelefs very many there are | give youa Medicament of two, for che aforefaid that ufe che fame likewife for baldnefs, and efpe- | purpofe: and more you thal have in the Chapter cially che Oy] chereof, which they prepare in this/ tollowing, manner: | Take Oyl in which Southernwood bath been Take of the beft Ladanuim cut into {mal pieces boyled two ounces 3 the afbes of Bees or Wajps one pound ; pour thereunto of Rofe water fix one dram, ‘Mouf-tirds oneferuple; Honey one ounces ; Oy! of fweet Almonds four ounces; ounce; Ladanum tbree drams; Bears fat a boyl them together, and firainit often, until itbe much as wil fuffice: Make a Liniment. Or, cléer. Or lettbe Ladanum be diffolved in the. Boy] Mugwort in Oyl, and Jet che place be a- Oyl of Maftich, andthen ftrained. 1c is very | nointed withthe Oyl; which maketh very much good likewile co wath the head wich che Deco@ti- | for che forwarding of che flow. gcowth of che on of Fénugréel. See more of thefe Medica-| Beard. Or, ments for this ule in Galen his firft Book of the| Take Pouder of the feed of Night/bade as much Compoficion of Medicaments according to the | as you pleafe, and Oybof ‘Egos afufficient quan- places, Ghap.1. And we fhal alfo mention fome | tity: mingle them, &'c. | more of them in che following Chapter. Or let the place be often wafhed with che De- The Dyet coction of Southernwood, Maidenhair, Golden . Maidenhair, Rofemary,’and che Reed root: and *_ And firft of aly a right Courfe and Order of | afterwatd lec it be anoinced with the Unguent chat Diec conduceth very much unto:the retarding of | is made of Ladanum. Let the meats therefore thacche Paci- | And ific betrue (as fome there are chat chink nt eateth be of a good juyce and nouriflimenc, |1tis) thac thefe Medicamencs that even now we named:
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mention do not alof chem generate hairs only. by chem manifeft qualities, and by caking’ away che Caufes of che falling off of che hair 5 but chac they likewife produce hair by {ome occult quality thac is inthem3 fuch hke Medica-| ments ate therefore e{pecially tocake place in che) production of a Beard, nor where there hath been a fhedding or falling off of che hairs of che Beard, buc where they never as yet grew.
Ic is alfo we] known, thac ic much corduceth unto the {peedy growing of the Beard, if che firit | foft hairy down upon che Chin bé often thaved offs by which means che Aliment isthe more a-
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named, and chofe that we fhal hereafter furcher
bundantly allured and drawn untothe Roots of che hair.
For che furthering and baftening of the Beard, thefe following Medicaments are likewife com- mended.
Take Oyl of Dill, Oyl of Spike, of each five ounces; thetender Sprigs of Soutbernwood two bandfuls; Squils three drams 3 the beft Wine three ounces 3 let them boyl until the Wine be con- fumed, and then ufeit. Or,
Take Oyl of Garden Pinks, and fweet Smelling Spike, of each three ounces; Oyl of Rofes four ounces; of Cloves onedram; of Ladanum two drams 5 foceet fmelling Wine two ounces. Let them boyl al of them unto the con{umption of the
Wine. Add of Musk one fcruple, and mingle
them, Chap. 3. Of the [hedding of the ap. 3. Of the fhedding of the
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ding of the Hair may be termed a Defluvi- |
um ox falling off: yee neverthelefs ufe and cu- |
ftom have fofar prevailed, chat che fhedding of | che lair here and there in che Head (in al or moft parts chereof ) is in {pecia] cermed a Defluvivem or falling of the Hair 5 fo chat they fal not only in one place, buc either chey al fal off throughout the who] head , orat Jeaft they moft of them fal
away in moft paits of che Head.
The (aufes.
There isnot one Caufe alone of this Defluvi- um of the Hair, but cheCaufes are many ; co wit, Eicher che want of Aliment, or che pravity of che humors corroding the roots of the haic, or the chinnefs of the skin, not admitting the aliment ofthehair. Tbe two former Caules have their place in chofe thac ate Phchifical ; in whom ifthe hair fal off, chis cometh co pafs (as Galentels us in his Comment. Aphorifin 10, Sect. 5.) becaufe there is here both che greateft defect of Aliment, and fomeimes alfo the corruption of the humors. The fame happeveth for the moft pare in malig. nant Feavers, fuch efpecially of chem: in which
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