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Show Of the [Warmer of CZy/fifmrion Book 1. Part I I. Digeflirwz flicrifim, tot putrefafiiommz pix-ride", that there are many fpcci. fick digefiive Ferments, as there are diflinctions of putrefaétions. . In order to make a Reply to the improbability of this opinion, itmay be reafonable to give an account of the nature of putrefaé‘tion, which Arzflotlg thus delineth, lib 4. ilzetearum,cd]7.17rimll, Guinean signamrgasrrarar:,9 ,urmg 4,,nmrdgwmcr; Mm; "who .- That putrefaétion is a corruption of the Putrel'zt'lion is made in a mail} i‘rxly, by ambient llcai, which c'u ruptcth tl'c natural. proper and natural Heat, exif'ting in a moift Body by extraneous Heat is Lodg. ed in an ambient Body. This definition doth comprehend in it, all the terms of a perfect demon. firation, wherein it doth dcmonfirate the proper Affection to be ina proper Subject, by a properCaufe. The proper Sub}e& is a moift Body, for nothing is capable of putrefaétion, but under the notion of moiliure, and the Cauf'e is ambient Heat, which is not only feared in the Elements of Air and War. tcr, but in every Body, encircling another within its warm embraces, which may give a trouble to its inward native Heat, by rendring it too intenfe and unkindly, f0 that in fine, putrefafiion is a corruPtion ofthe natural Heat,fo far deflruéiive of the material difpofitions of the Body, that it cannot entertain its more active and noble Principle, as its ultimate perfefiiori, which is con- founded by extraneous Heat. \Vhereupon, according to this definition of Ari/tolls, if the natural Heat and inward Principles of the Aliment be corrupted by the ambient Heat ofthe Stomach, and neighbouring parts 5 the 'zzzfcrm, and the diHErent operations of Th" putrtfathan oftlic Allmz‘lli licpravcrh the nlulnoiBlDDd. the various Ferments corrupting the body of the Nourilhmenr, lodged in the Ventricle; it muit necelfarily induce fuch depraved Difpofitions into the ali- mentary Liquor,which are inconfii'tent with the fiipport of the mafs of Blood, as it is compounded of pure Spirituous, Sulphurous, and Saline Particles, great enemies to putrefaétion, and can in no wife he fubfervient to nutricion (as foctide and putride) which is liifiained by fweet, and well tempered parts of Cliyle and Blood, and nervous Liquor, and not by putrid degenerate Mat- ter, the refult of an unnatural Heat, and ill qualified Ferments in the Stomach. Tlc ExtremcllllllUnS PulleilfC le\ c: (ti (mm the Alimtn» (my. by a Wherefore it is requifite to preferve the feleét Oeconomy of Nature, well infiitured by our Glorious Maker, that the Heat of the Stomach, and adjoyning parts, aflifiing it, Ihould be Soft, Delicate, and Natural, holding Ana- logy with the temper of the Aliment, and fo gently fever the Alimentary parts from the cxcremcntitious, not at all affecting them With noifom putride on: ur pu- qualities; becaufe if the Meat and Drink be corrupted in the Stomach, it cantrciaflimr in penile Heat, not produ‘ the nourilh. not contribute any proper wholfome difpofitions, for the fupport ofStrength, mcu Health, and Life, by reafon the purride qualities of the Chyle, when recei- ved by the Iaéleal VeIfels into the fubclavean, and from thence tranfmitted by the Cava, into the Right Chamber of the Heart, mutt necefliirily create unnatural Fermentarions in it, caufing Fevers, Inflammations of the Lungs, Pleu- rifles, and the Plague it felf, and many other Epidemial Difeafes. Farthermore, it is fo contrary to all Reafon, that Nature {hould contrive an ill confiituted, and a putrid principle of Chyle, which being the foundation of Blood, and nervous Liquor, would ruine all the operations Of Life, Senfe, Motion, and Generation, in difpofing the Organs ( in which the nobler and meaner Faculties refide) with impure and noifome qualifications, fo that they cannot exercife their Functions, which would fpeedily {peak a period to the fubfiltence of Man, and other inferior Animals. Wherefore Book I. Part II. 0/ the [Manner of Chj'llfit‘dtion. 3‘7 Wherefore I conceive it not rational to believe, that the Concoélion of , Mea: and Drink in the Stomach, lhould be performed by any Purrefcent Fermentation, which tendeth to a Rate of Corruption, when the principles of the Body are difnnited, and the bond of Mixtion united by fome unna- rural heat, and ill qualified Ferment, and the Intefiine Motion endeth in the Diflolution, and Putrcfaétion of the Body. But on the other fide, the Elaboration of the Alimentary Liquor, is ac- complifhcd by a Perfeéiive Fermentation, which is not founded in Corrup- tion, but exaltation of the Concoéted Liquor, feparated from its grofs Faces, by a gentle natural heat of the Stomach, and nearly confining parts, TWabm‘ iiiiirfririiic- iopr'clfrigifcby We"? and by laudable Ferments , well proportioned to the nature of the Ali~ iiiionfrmin‘ man. 'I he Intefiine Motion, by which the Alimentary Liquor is rendred pure, Thclntcf‘in: and not putrid, doth not exactly anfwer the Fermentation relating to the Sigifii‘cdnd‘: Juyces of Fruits, as Wine, Sider, Perry, and the like; not to the Fermenmeflfiifi ration of artificial Liquors of Ale, Beer, @C. Pcrmfimflii'n And though Unétuous Subfiances, as Butter, Oyl, and Fat of Meat, and other Sulphureous Liquors, are immitted into the Retort of the Ventricle, iiiifiimmc yet they do not vitiate the Intefiine Motion of a well qualified Stomach, in reference to Concoétion; whereas if you injeét Lard, or any other fat ""9"" Flefh, or other Uné‘tuous Liquor, into VelIels filled with New Wine, Ale, mac". or Beet, the Muft is checked in its too high Ebullition, by quelling the aeti- vity of the Ferments,which doth preferve the fweetnefs of the Wine, which it firfl obtained in the Mull: And [conceive it very difficult for a Chymifl', though very Skilful, to raife a Fermentation in Fat and Oily Bodies. Again, By adding Salt of Tartar, or other Salts, we take 03, or hinder $15,033,?" at leaIt the Fermentation of Wines, and do refine them by the Precipiradie m0 his" tion of their Faces; but we daily eat Salt with our Meats, to render it :i'r‘r'nviiitciilaiiii more Savory and Pallatable, which no way fpoilerh, not giveth allay to the {1:312:21 Fermentation of the Stomach, in point of Chylification; which is farther evident in good Stomachs, which eafily digefi Salt-Meats, as Hung Beef, 1:11: Pork, Herrings, Ling, Salt-Fifh, and this fair Flefh or Fifli, fome Stomachs will more eafily Concoé}, then fome frefh Flefh or Fifh 5 which I conceive, proceedeth from proper Ferments ol- the Ventricle, more eafily diflblving Salt, then FreIh-Meats. Though the Serous Liquor of the Blood is impregnated, not with acid, $33,133:," but faline Particles, yet Vinegar ( whofe eflence is founded in Salt, brought ‘lwstomach. to a Fluor) befprinkling and imprzegnating Herbs, made of variety of fa~ $133333?" vory parts, as alfo cold Meat, with their acid Particles, doth not give a mfl‘rihflie diiitirbance to the Fermentation of the Stomach, by realon thofe acid parts ‘l‘cvwmm‘ being exalted by the natural heat, and proper Ferments of the Stomach, do acquire a fweetnefs, when they are turned into Chyle. The Fermentation in the Juyces of Fruit, Corn, and the like, made by arti- ThsFflmcn' ficial Ferments, doth raife up the fubjeéts fermented, to greater Dimenfions 21:05:31,555 , Whence it being puffed up,doth polfefs a larger place then before 5 Wherefore,, gfifr‘ifcipan. if the Intefiine Motion of the Stomach,doth in fome fort run parallel, in like- fifcfii‘jf thin nefs with artificial Fermentation,then the Cavity of the Stomach mufl be much "0" 0? Al" ‘ enlarged, and puffed up, and the Abdomen and Face, and other parts, mufl amiss" be fwelled in this firong FermentatiOn, which is not agreeable to the Stomach, and other parts of Mans Body: But this Fermentation of Vegetables, doth not fuit With a. Humane Stomach, which is aéted with a {oft heat, and kindly Ferments, |