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Show goo Off/ac Turbo/cg} ofHerIt relating to the Stomach. Book 13%: counts, either by the Heterogeneous Ferment of: fome Fat Liquor immitted into the Cask, which doth hafien the Eflei'vclcence of fomc grols Wines, not apt to Ferment of themfelves; or when New Wines (turgid with a quantity of Lees) are impregnated With Sulphureous Particles, exalted Bookl. Part II. 301 And the Vital Juice, acted with unkindly heat in Fevers, f'taieth tome little time in the lnterfiices of the Veflbls (when it is received into the fubfiance of the Ventricle ) whereupon it groweth inflamed. ahore "Karim, by whofe mediation the Compagc of the Wine being Open. ed, and its Particles freed from a ftriét mixtion, do produce a high Effeer. fcence of the Fermenting Liquor. And the Ebulhtion of the Blood holdeth fome proportion (though alter C H AP. a different manner) with the fermentation of Vegetable Juices; as fome " matter or" a dillimilar nature, aflbciares with the Vital Liquor, and bein ' not eal'ily Alliniilated, inaketh a great difpute and Eli'erve fcence in the Of the Nervous Liquor, M a Ferment, belonging to the Stomach, iiz‘or'der to C/ay/z‘fimtion. Blood, till the Extraneous Particles be fubdued, and brought into alliance with the Blood, or fevered from it as Excrementitious, and difchirg ed by Exeretory Duc'is; that the opened Compage of the Blood may be clofed again, and the Particles be reunited in mixtion, and reaflume their former Efore I Treat of the peculiar Ferments of the Stomach, the Nervous fituation and pollute. Juice, and Serous Liquor of the Blood, I Will premife in lhort, the And this Elfervel‘cence of Blood, (proceeding from Extraneous parts,- of a different Conflitution, not ealily reconcileable to the Blood,) is difpen- fed with it into the fubltance of the Stomach , where it much Weaknet h the Tone, and perverteth the oeconomy of Nature, in reference to the Con« coétion ol‘ Aliment. . . are tranlportcd beyond their native Conlhtution, and grow very abulive in their Temper, in debauching the gentle heat of the Blood, till it grow tumultuary and fierce in point of Ebulhtion, and turbulen t and impetuous in reference to Motion ; which have an influence upon the Stomach , andmuch dilbrder its Fermentation, relating to the Pi'oduétion of Chylc. And after both manners, either when the Blood runneth confiifed, by realfon of {nine Extraneous Particles of Crude Cliyme, not readily allociatin g with its Mafs, in a perfect Union; or when the Spirituo us and Oily Parti- cles grow enraged, as too much exalted by undue Fermenta tion, whereupon the Elood is difordeted by too great Ebulhtio n, i'ailéd in the Heart and Veflcls, whereby its due Compage is relaxed, and the aéiive Particles fit at liberty, grow as it were into a flame, and tranfmit their fiery Aromes into the Ventricle, and all parts of the Body : With this difference, that the Ebnllition of the Blood taking its rile from indigefl ed Chymeis, more 3 L '. ("Manama Sgt-om. ' calily quieted, and giveth lbme intermiflion free from Paroxifms, wherein the Stomach oftentimes recovereth its Appetite, and Tone, and is capable 0f Concoéting Aliment, not hard of Digefiion. But the Ebulhtion of the Purple Liquor, which arifeth out of the dilatder of Spitituous and Oily Particles, is productive ofacontinued Fever; and here the Compage of the Blood is fo far loofened, and the bond of due mixtion is in fome Port {0 violated,that the Spirituo us and Oily Atomcs being as it were let on fire, break out into a kind of flame, which cannOE receive an allay, till the inflamed Spirituous and Oily parts do burn out: and tranl‘pirc throu h the innumerable Cutaneous Pores : But before this i5 accomplilhed, the éBoiling Blood having frequent aeceffes to the Stomach, much difcompofeth the various ranks of Fibres, and by defpotling them Of their due Tone, doth weaken the Retentive Faculty of the Stomach (putting it upon frequent Vomitings) fo that it cannot make a clofe application of it felf, to the Meat and Drink. ‘ d An nature and propriety of Ferments, taken in a general Notice, as very {erviceable to the better underflanding of the proper Ferments defigned by Nature as efficient Califes, producing the COUCOélClOn of Aliment. ‘ . V Ferments are commonly elteemed Minute Bodies, which are very little :3?"- in Bulk, if they be compared with the Mal-Ts they actuate, and exalt, cau- 31min." Secondly, The Blood hath an irregular heat and Intel'tine Motion, when its Element, the Spirituous and Oily Particles, of which it is Compofe d, : XXIX. ling by vertue of their Spirituous and _Volatil Particles, an Efl‘ervefcenceun $2,351,; as: the altered Matter, which is founded in the Mutual Contel'cs, and lntel'tine cipitation? Motion of various Elements, before they enter into a perleét union With the Mafs they highten : Whereupon the Operation of Ferments are modelled alter dilTerent Manners, and Proeelles, fome by, way of Ebulhtion and Intumelcence, by rendring the Compage of the fubieét Matter ( they work upon) more loofe and open; or by way of Secretion, or Prec1pitation, when after a due Fermentation of the Matter, the more pure parts are feVered from the more grofs, the Alimentary Liquor from the Becrements. _ And all Active, Fluid Bodies, impracgnated With Spirituous, Saline, and SEER?" Sulphurcous parts, much hightned by Heat, may )ultly claim the title of 3113:3233? ' Defcription, ' ' ; ii : Ferments: To confirm this many Infiances may be g iven. As £315,235", ‘ ' Wine which confilteth in many active fubtle Particles, 1,";ch Ehgheld‘vstiiihltfgimentadve difpofitions, minifierial to enoble the venues of Drum, Concrete Bodies by Fermentation, frequently experimented in Courles of Chymifity, as fluid Salts, the Spirit of Vltl‘lol and Sulphur, do Open the bodies of Mines and Minerals, and by unloofing the bonds of Mixtion, do fever their innumerable Atomes (of which they. are integrated ) from each others Company, and do embody themfelves With the Menflnmm ( dill'olving them) to which they are near akin in dil'polition. ‘ . ‘ . . But on the other Hole, fluid Salts, though they are endued With Corroflve Difi'ercntba, . ~ dies have V:qualities yet they are in no capactty to diffolve Wax, Pitch, Rofines, Tur- Emma; ‘ ‘ ' ii: iii a : pentine, ' and the like; which being of a Sulphureous inflamma m ble nature, "mm. ‘ ' ' dilfolvcthem. a e d i if lved b Oili and Unétuous Menfirua, Which do participate at fimilar , termpitr? with Zhe {slid Sulphureous bodies, into Which Oily Liquors do infinuate themfelves, and enter into a near Union and Confederacy, as prefern- mes . . vativcs of each other. work upon bod," that secondly, Ferments do not univerfally work upon all Subieéts, but have $15,355 d1. determinate Operations, as they are naturally inclined to raife InteihnefMo- grim": [a i l ' i t eir tamper tion in fuch Bodies, as are affefted With peculiar Difpolittons, holding 0:11:12: thqughin an. analogy with the temper of the Ferments, whereupon they enter into a:i o- gggfitxym & Ii ii . cm. on |