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Show 0f we flppetite of Tar/z. 2 86 Book 1‘. K17, Degree, to {upply the needs of the Tongue, Palate, Throat, and Gulet, which fpeedily giveth cafe and pleafure. Thirll hath more or lefs Reps, to greater or lefs Intenl‘enels, as it ishight. branes of the Faculty, flowing either from the Evacuation of the natural Conglomerated Glands,appertaining to the Mouth,and its ad)acent parts,they Coats belonging to the faculty of Thirlt, or from the vehement drying heat _ of the neighbouring parts. 'l he {object of Thirlt, is obnoxious to divers Diforders: Firl't, Becaufe are then rendred rough and dry, which often happens in Dropfies, Scorbutick Diflempers, and the like, wherein the Membranes of the Mouth are put out of Time, and dry, and mull: be reduced to their proper Harmony, by Li" quors agreeing with the Palate, and Membranes the feat of Thirfi; which are fometimes difaflceéled with bitter Recrements, tranfmitted from the Stou whim it is a fine Contexture, framed of delicate Minute Nerves, whereupon it is drafitction Another caufe of Thirl}, may be an ill difpofed Salival leiquor, which iiihiirirrinn in its native purity, is Thin, Watry, and Tranfparent, and ranged With no ailiiiti'siii- fountains of Saiival Liquor, feared in and about the Mouth, moifining the Ffjmfififlmm highly difcompofed by Roughnefs and Drinefs, which importeth an un‘na. $53,133?" rural feiifation and touch, to the Membranes of the Mouth, and neighbouv THC-kink"! 237 difgufifnl (Luality, dilafiefiing the Tongue and Palate: .But when this Juice valLiqmn . is ihiprargnated with Grofs, Saline, and Acid Particles, in confederaey with the Blood,which often have recourfe by the External Carotides,into the minute ned or, lowred, by the different degrees of Drought aflicling the Mem- ,‘ 1333121. Part ii, ring parts, dilbrdered by an uncouth hardnels, and Alperity. Secondly, The fubjeét of this Faculty loofetli its pliablenel‘s, by tealbn ofthcr new of Drought, whence the Membranes of the Mouth grow {tiff and uneafie Sf,{1,3,3 115m. to the Tongue, in giving a check to its repofe, and freedom of Motion. :EZilcilifllictién ThitdlY, The liibjeéts of Thirfi, the Coats of the Mouth are fometimes mach through the Gulet, into the Cavity of the Mouth in intermittent Fe- vers, and other Dil'cempers, and are alfo mixed with the Blood, and impelled into the fubfiance of the Salival Glands, fpuing out Bilious Humours mix-ed with Salival Juice, into the Mouth. ll) parched with violent heat of Malignant Fevers, that they grow rigid, and uncapable of Extenfion, cracking into Chinks and Furrows; and are alfo befmeared \vitha clammy Matter, fpued out of the Salival Glands by C H A P. X X II I. their Excretory Veflels, upon the furface of the Tongue, and Mouth, where the Vifcid Matter growing more Indurated, is afterward accreted to the Membranes appertaining to Thirfi; fometimes liuing them with Pale and Yellow, othertimes with Brown and Black, as fo many difmal Characters, The Tat/yologie of the e/fppcritiw Pam/t],- relating to the Stomach, {peaking the great prevarications of our Tongue and Palate, giving us the opportunity of fad reflexions upon our Guilt, in the glals ofour Sufl‘erings. [will clofe this Difcourfe with the Caufes, productive of Thirl't, of which fome are Primary, and far fetched, and others more near, and Immegll‘Flyl‘l‘rfifg‘if diate. The Full: may be borrowed from violent heat of the Blood ( having plantain: conl'cant recourle to the Membranes, the feats of Thirft ) which taketh its He great Defign of Nature, in contriving the curious frame of the T Stomach, and all its Difpofitions and Faculties, is in order to be Em. cients, or infiruments in the produélion of Chyle, the end and perfection of all the Powers, and Operations of the Stomach; which are either principal ofihehlood, birth from a great Ebullition in Putricl Fevers, flowing From oppofite Elements, which being in high contel't with each other, are not ealie to be reconciled under one Chain of Mixtion, whereupon the Blood doth tend to I'llti‘efaotion, always accompanied with Eff‘ervefcence, a caufe generative of as the Concoétive, or infirumental, as the Appetitive, Retentive, and Bit-- Drought ; wh‘ch is allb derived from the linoaky {teams of the Vital Flame ( when highly acted with violent Motion ) pafling through the Branches of the BrOIIC/Jid, into the common Channel of the Afpem Ayn-rm, and from élion is Celebrated; Thefe Faculties are receptive of many Violations: Firl'c, As the Mini, llerial, the Appetitive, Retentive, and Expulfive, are not able to pay their thence into the Cavity of the Mouth, which it afiEéteth with drinefs, of duty to their Superior, the Concoé'tive Power. which Thirlt is an immediate Rel‘entment, reprefented by the continuation is the Appetite, which is its Monitrix and Remembrancer, to court Nature of Nerves, as {o manyinf'rruments 0F Senfation. to its advantage of Eating and Drinking. ‘ _ . . And this Handmaid of the Coneoétive Faculty, is often defeéhve in its Office, either when the Appetite is wholly loft, or when it is only .r'emil‘s, in paying its obligation to Nature; and when it is over-active and diligent, The ftcontl t ['e t‘Th'rll ~ The fecond Caufe of Thirlt, is the defect of Liquor, iffuing out the Sa. _ . high: dcri- llVal Glands, as f0 many Minute Lakes, feared in the Tongue, Palate, Lips, :fifg'fifr'fm Bars, and internal parts of the Mandibles 5 which are appointed by Nature to moilten and intenerate the Membranes, relating to Thirl'c. pullive, which are all Minifl'erial to the Concoétive Faculty: The one to follicite us to Eat and Drink, and the other to retain the Aliment; and the third to difcharge the Excrements, as troublefome Guefls, after the Conco- The firlt Minil'cer in order in giving a great trouble to the Concoé'tive Power. ‘ . . If the little Fountains be dried up, either by fome unkindly Heat, or by the overmucll detainment of Blood from its natural Courfe, or diverted to fome other parts, as in divers Ctonick DiIEafes of Dropfies, or any large evacuations of Sweat, Urine, or Stool, Wherein the Salival Fonranels arek drained, and the tender Membranous Compage belonging to Thirlt, groweth over folidi hard, and dry, giving great offence to the Tongue and Mouth, Gulet and Stomach -, whereupon they immediately covet draughts of l iquor, as 3 Boo" to gratific the importunate defires of a querulous Sollicitrix. Another The firft is called by the Greelq, 'Avrfegiz, by the Limiter, Appetzmr fleye- 3511;113:155}? Elm, when the Stomach is defpoiled of its appetite of Hunger; either when Frih from m; the natural temper of the Ventricle is highly difordered, as fometimes .by Agggga"; immoderate heat by violent Exercifes, Fevers, or excellive Good Fellowlhip; or when the Tone of the Stomach is fpoiled, by reafon its Fibres have 101?: their acute Senfe, either when the Animal Spirits, and 6:11ch Numczm, are Wholly defective (the Brain being obl'cruéted in Apoplextes) or exhaufied im Diarrhea s, |