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Show / Bools 11L 0f [ll/It'lflllflmlj'. Boolt iii 74/ _ . . t qlzizlldlill'" durbcfi, fen tonflztmzone Proctermmu'a/z : I‘xam In quantum ifli, z'rrchildi‘i mag/o lmbemer ,Ivz‘miomdlm' fut: allqmrmliu duffeyzlier PEIfi/l'llflf; (lem- qua lyric illgrulll "flee-lion! non (Partly/fir, Apoplexza, Wtrngo, an! comm/[20 ad- t: H A P. LXVIL 'iiflg‘f'llllr' qucc (ere/1r: all/liztfrzonw argnmzt, infer)? lltebzf, gnarl SPlrllllJ‘ Am171My" 77qu all alien!) zmpctlmzfaczente, m talet mordmutzmm adzgmztur, neg; pa- 0f Mclrmc/aol y. ti mm," of) Cerelm' poror, c7 mcatm obflrué‘t'ar irrmglzfsfitd/S[Ulla-171701! 5 fed pom" in l106 wfu proprix indolir rz/ilio prediélafymptomatd «gram atcerfimt. The The Melanrholv hath ionewhar of liktnef: with a Pl'n'xi‘m. The deftriv on of Melancholy. His melancholick indifpofition of the Brain, hath much affinitywirha T Ware/rink, as they are both dclirous affections of the Head, flowing from vitiated Animal Spirits, difordering the upper and lower Faculties of Reafon and Senfe. So that this DilEafe may admit this defcription, as beinga Delirium coma Amientshavc conceived this difaflEétion of Animal Spirits to proceed from ' ' ‘ mg the aMclancholick Humor, derived from adult Blood or Choler,rendring the re- feelioiin the Animalbph fined and lucid Particles of the nervous Liquor cloudy; whereupon the Imagts of things have a dark rep'refentation, as ifthey were vailed with 11:5- (limits; and the Animal Spirits, taking their rife from inflamed Blood, do fomcwhat refemble the Rays of Light coming from :1 Flame, as Dr. Willi; hath illulirated the different affeéiions of Animal Spirits, by the varioug dif. pofed of a depravation of Reafon, and Imagination, accompanied with polition of Light in the Chapter 'Dc McIam/Ju/r'a, Pa. 324. Al (1m? fan's con/lat Fear and Sadnefs, which flieweth Melancholy to be a Malady, complicated lute/72 f die/er zmotle fe lelM‘r'L', ('9‘ illuflrarc, yuxtd quad ml) imcmlio tarpomm wriu rim 9 zigrmiriizm, failicct fliiritm Wini, olei,fi'vi,fltlpl11n'ir mincmlzir, izitri, with the indifpofition of the Brain and Heart,by reafon it is a Delirium pro. cecding from the Fault of the Brain and Animal Spirits,conjoyned with Pafli. altar/(2111', Prorcdir, paritcr (7 Spiritm‘ Animalrt, in quantum a flmguine trafim, Ilvdl‘gclrnéllmlpom ons ariling from the Heart. , This Difeafe di‘fl‘ereth from a rPlarerritis, All/14mm, Morofir, as it is a Deliri. fil‘hfi‘lli‘. um, affocrated with a high paflionate dilcornpofure of Fear. and Grief; ' the fad concomitants of this Malady, of which the Patient can givearatim nal account, as not proceeding from any outward fevere accident .( prodii. cing thefe troublelbme paflions) but from an ill mafs of Blood, and other ill inward caufes, dillurbing the Heart, Brain, and Animal Spirits. nest-nus And inelancholiclt perfons, are not only affected with clouds of Fear and 33:31, k Grief, but fport themfelves in Laughter, and immoderate Joy, by pleafing 1""‘3‘15their fancies with the vain apprehenlions of great Honour and State, as being Kings and Princes, having> a great affluence (as they conceive ) ofall Plealiirts and Riches. morlo lame, morla illam, aliamrz/e mafia, ant febrile: an! clan, (tilt bubctet, cyafll, (9' qrmfi fuliginafi extillantur, fumfliommz ailimalium org/um rwm'e rmjiciimt, (9v irrrzdz'mzt, earnmq; proindc dam divcrfimodc pervertmzt. Andthe Animal Spirits are not f0 free and loofe in their Compage, as the Rays of Liglit,whicli are an innumerable company of lucrd Atomes, moving with great quieknefs and agility, but the Animal Spirits are more confined, asengaged in the nervous Juyee, their proper vehicle, and may be compared to form chymical Liquors, drawn out of natural Bodies by dilhllati- on, which may illuftratc delirous difaffeélions, as holding great Analogy . . with them. . Liquors Spagyrically extraEled, areaé‘trveElements, which after various manners in them, are endued With a diverfe lngcny; and the moll: The ridiculous imaginations of this Difeal‘e have metamorphofed Men into Wolves, which they have endeavoured to imitate in Barking and Howling. Others have fancied themfelves dead, and have intimated their deiircr to be buricd,and have conceived their Bodies to be compofed of Glafs,fearing left any perfon nearly approaching them, lhould rub upon them, and break them inpicces; it would be endlefs and infinite,to recount the numbers of foolilh imaginations and nonfenlical \vhimlies, accompanying Melancholy,\‘~'hi€h :fiiispi'car‘e in reference to more orlefs fymptomes,may be called Univerfal or Particular. iiiilifirilll: The Full hath more numerous delirous apprehenfions then the other, as liltiianiblzl; treating themfelves in fad, deep Thoughts, {0 thattheirfancy is rel‘tlcfsfifld lill'jnidlsm‘ fometimes entertaineth it {elf with variety of Objects, and othertimes wnh ‘ one (or a few things) of fmall importance, always running in the fancy, which they betray in fpeaking of it, to the great trouble of the Auditors. And alfo melancholiclt perfons have objects reprefented to their fancy,und€r deformed, and uncouth large Images, which {trike greater fear and terrorin- to the Minds of this kind of delirous perfons: Thcfe ill configured Phan- tafmes, being offered to the Underflanding, confound its operation‘, alldlen' der the difcourfes ofmelancholick perfons inliwnific‘ant, and not agreeable to found Reafon. D And now it may be worth our inquiry, how the natural difpoiition 0f the Animal Spirits is perverted, which Learned Dr. lVillir conceiveth to pl'OCCe from the fault of their peculiar lngeny, as he hath it in the Eleventh Chapter De" Melrmrlro/ia, @343 2 3. Hit auteur primo inqilit‘t'fil/Illll o'mmit (lt- Spiriumm {Millie/run! Atcnriingto 11mm in, the tlllicrent allcéliivusof Aniinalsiiiriis may he iln liillratcti by the various nirpolirion of Light. * excellentLiqnor, (as it is agreed by a common confeiit) is a Spirit elpoufed {05315 which is iolatifed by it, and the Spirit again is fixed by Salt, which Oppofite principles fpeak a mutual advantage, as being minilierial to each others improvements; and the Spirits of Hartlhorri, Soot, and Blood are impregnated with volatil Salts, which are very 'fubtile, yolatil, and penetrating, and yet are not inflammable ; and the Animal Spirits being regulanin motion, as cndued with a laudable confiiturion, fomewhat refcmble a'Fpiri- tuous Liquor, exalted with volatil Salt, extracted out of blood by Idillilllai- Dclirous (llr' pufitlims may bcilluflrated by Chymlcal Liquor, extraclrti by Dillilldtiun. Liquors impregnatctl with volalil Salt. do": CXCept the great Acrimony, and. Empyreuma of Spiritiious dlfill'lfjdjd‘l‘. quer, c0ming from the Fire: The Animal Spirits have a diH'e-rentmil i- ilolltion, as extracted out of the albuminous parts of the BIOOd by a more . mi d hear, LiquorsenduBut Other chymical Liquors, being endued With a fulphureous na- ed mill oily anliivir mun! fpirituous and Oily, of Parirt5c:. rure 35 cpirit of Wine and Turpeiitine,rconlil'ting parts united) are eafily inflammable,they are parted from .each other by Fire, 0.2- this difpofition (as Dr. Willi/5 conceweth) are the Animal Spirits, produ‘ cm al'hrenf . gut other different Liquors, Chymically extracted (in which ~fixed Sal; Fire out i} {oughttoa liner, is predominant) and difiilled by a gentle V'Htgar, heavy Wood, and fume kind of Minerals ', have very reftles SPirits,whofe Eflwia cannot extend themfelves int. 0 13 And |