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Show "11,; 0f Wind t/yc gromm' of a fluipmnrir. Chap. X X I x; it felf a great difference of Vapours, and Flatus, which according to the different Aliment and variety of Concoé‘tion, fome are Volatil and Mer. enrirtl, fome Sweet and Oily, others VVatry and Infipid, fume Saline and Acid, others Rancid andNidorous; as Learned Doé‘tor Ghfibn hath well obli3rved. Vapours and I'latus do finnewhar refemblc a Dellillation, in winch the warty and fpirituous Elements do firl't rile, as the more thin and Volatil; and afterward {1,6 more grofs' Sulphureous and Saline Particles, are at lat} accompanied with an Empyrczmm: After the fame manner in the Stomach fie more light and fpirituous parts of the Aliment are firfi elevated, and afi-gy a more long Fermentation, the more grois and fiilphureous are extracted by a tlcfceiit below, in the Intel'cines: The Watry Steams do afloci. are "his sulphureous and Saline, and no Vapours are f0 pure, and fpirituous and volatil, but they admit fome mixture with the more grofs faline and Chap. X X I X. 0f H/z'rm' t/Je ground of a ‘Ij‘mpzmitz'r, 1'75 emollient temper, do by degrees relax, and difiend the Membranes, with inrr‘pvzv'm ari‘ I, 'g liomwm tn, Vapours 1) oh ztiitl: E‘nollient iii: out any great pain. great pain. Fl tus feared in the empty lpaces of the Belly, is confederated for the moi": part with warty Recrements, and vapours flowing from it, being of a loft true it reth a greater degree: do that in fome fort, the Vital Liquor is productive of natural Fteams, which do degenerate into a Flatus, and fuppofe a nteternatural difpofition of the Blood (exalted in an unkindly Fermentan iion) which by its ferous Particles, injeazed into the Stomach, vitiateth its {iilphureons Steams, which do frequently embody with each other. Vapt‘ui's in The mixed Vapours confiituting the Halitus (out of which the Flatus Concoéiion, and turncth fome part of the crude Chyle firft into Vapours, and then into Wind, elevated into a higher degree to a greater thinnels and volatility, by acquiring Elal'tick and Tenfive Particles, which do confiiu g‘w‘j‘goffifrll Lift", iii: grii‘cmgnin'l amt-ii t5 are mild, and eatily encloil'tred within any Confines, VVhereupon it may be thought with no {mall Reafon, that a Flatus doth not only diner in Degree, but Ellentially , by reafon volaticed Vapours do iiiiie) are receptive of many Difcriminations, as they participate divers Principles ; whereupon they are endued with different tempers, tome more lllllCl, and others more fierce; the more gentle are thole Steams, which are molt of all propagated from watry Particles, and the more fierce from grofs tute the nature of a Flatus, ellentially different from that of Vapours, who ""3"" """l' liilpliureous Atomes, caufing great [terms in the Body, and fomewhat more do arrive a different Form, and cannot be Condenfed into its Mrzrerz'iz quiet are tliofe vapours, that proceed from falilie Particles, and are of a middle tempt-r hetvveeii rlie warty and fulphutcous Steains. \Vhereupon a I'latus immediately propagated from liiglitned Vapours as Sltbfl'mtd, from whence it firl't iffued, into which Vapours may be eafily changed by Cold. its next matter, are diflerenced by the \arious Elements from whence they take their Origination, and the more quiet and fedate, are derived from more gentle material Principles; and others more Violent and tumultuaty, are derivedfrom hot and raging Elements, as in Hypocondriacal \Vinds, that give high difcompofiires, caiifcd by violent tenfions of Nervous and IVlleJl‘JnOUS parts; but a Tympzmitir borrowing its origen from milder Prin- interceding the Rim, Caul, and Inteltines ‘, and allb infinuates it fell" into the Milky VelTels, Veins, and Arteries, and aflociates it felt" with the Math of Blood, caufing Hypocondriacal Difeafes and Pains of the Head, and Having treated fornewhat of the matter of a Fliitus, how vapours are ‘Ihc'manntttii' the A;fdferI-A1 Snbflram, our of which it arilEth, with your leave, I will dif- be ofl‘etcd, That they differ in the whole kind, fome are Natural, as being iiifit‘fliiiliifll courle briefly, of the more Eflential Principles, of which a Flatus is conliifiiiitiiy'rf ililtlltt'd, and by what means vapours are turned into it, which is accom- mild heir. plilhed by divers Modifications of more mild, or intenl'eheat; whereupon when Vapours do arife out of a dilpofed Matter by a more gentle heat, they have a lets rarefied Matter, and retain fomewhat of the Element from whence they are propagated, and will upon eafie terms refolve into it again as is molt c\identin divers kinds of Diftillation. , mm mm ‘ But Wind proceeding from vapours, exalted to fiich a degree of Volati")5 as to Ohm? a peculiar nature different from that of vapours, will gii‘cilriiylidlr; gyiiiiicsni‘c no ways admit luch a Condenlation, as to return into the Matter from whence it is generated, and is much difi‘erenced from vapours, which are A natural Flatus is very much confederated with Steams, flowing out of the Alimentary Liquor in the Stomach and Intefiines, and is of a quiet and lent, giveth a great trouble by a great tenfion of Nervous and Membraiious parts, by endeavouring to its ut molt to break Prifon, ofibretlia great violence to the thin Walls immuring it : Which ought not to be tinderfiood "l a Hilmifii fiOng from warty Particles (which are much in firri as not fully PdellCCd and Confllmmated) as mixed with vapours, ltomjwhent‘e Difiempers. tlhey arife, and are of a mild temper, as may be probably conjeé'tured in 3 .Jillpdllltu, which is accompanied With little or no pain, by reafon the Flaws Th: ditcrcnt kindsofnfnr‘: compliant to the temper of the fubjeét in which they are converfant 3 and others Preternatural, which give a trouble and difcompofure to the parts confining them. inoEenfive temper, not {peaking a difturbance to the foft and tender parts in which it is enclofed, making no tenfion or vellication of the Nervous and Membranous parts. A preternatural Flatus is of a different difpofition, having little or no mixture with benigne vapours, illuing from a well ConcoEted Chyle, but from crude and indigef‘ted Aliment in the Ventricle, and afterward Steams being advanced into a more thin and volatil nature by the unkindly heat of the Stomach and Blood, obtaineth an Elafiick temper, and not willing to be reflrained, as being ambitions to expand it (elf, doth violently difiend thofe fine fenfible parts, which give it Controul; whence enfue great Infla‘ more quiet and ealic to be confined; but Wind that is refilefs and turbu- A Flrll'LiS iiili‘» I'ereiir e .LC {tom Vapours. varicug Wind being Volatil and of thin difpofition, is feared not Only in the large The aimed: at Cavities of the Ventricle, and Guts, but in the empty {paces of the Belly, \Viui‘. alfo croudeth it felf between the Membranes, in divers parts of the Body, as into the Duplicature of the (Peritonmtm, and Caul; out of which, I have often heard Wind come hifiing forth upon Difl‘eé‘tions. To give a farther infight into the nature of a FlatLIs, this difiinélion may ciples, niakcth lefs diftutbance in the Membranes, feared in the Belly. Out Learned Doétor Glyflim, my late worthy Friend, hath an excellent Difconife of a Flatus, wherein he maketh a Comparifon between the caulk-3 of Vapours and Wind, of which the lafi: as I conceive, is an ex» :ilted degree of Steams, caufed by an intenfe heat 5 the production of \‘3-,. pours may be refembled to the heat of B. M. but that of 3 Flame requiw tions, and Pains, molt evident itiStomacic, Iliac, Colic, and Hypocondriacal So The iii'criprion oF a natu< ral Flatusi A'prctcrnatun ral Flatus is very troublefume, as it confillcrh of Elallic Patti. clcs, produé‘rivc of many Dil'cal‘ts, |