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Show Qmepiz/ity and awopi/Zane/Tt‘T-mfi A want of Endeifianding may . proceed. from an over-much largerm teat . . . i _ _ ‘ titygot the Brain, as being fometimes furnilhed With few Animal Spirits, or an ill h. Lintlcftmheay brous Compage, not duelyconl'rituted ; or a defect ofReafon may Come from ""h‘lfl‘iZKr a finall proportion of Brain, in which a paucity of nervous Liquor, and "Lt-too Spirits are generated. A Stupidity . . . A Stupidity alfo may arife from an ill Conformanonmr Figure of the Brain glllj;fi1ll:l"ll‘ltf\l ( which ought to be ofa Sphatrical fhape, and when "'15 either mo much de- tfvrtirltruzr prelfcd or prominent, it indifpofeth the true fituation of the nervous fi- iiiiir. " brils, ( chiefly conflituting the frame of the Brain ) whereupon the nervous Liquor, and its more agile Particles, have not a free and regular motion in order to the exercife of the meaner and more excellent operations of the Brain: So that the fibrous Compage, the Brain being difiorted, the Fancy like a fulfe Looking-glafs maketh an ill reprefentation of Phantafmesto the Uiidei-Ptanding, difcompofing the due and proper notions of things. TheTcxtiirc Thelaudable Texture ofthe Brain may be much difotdred by the excels, gaiyhicuiiié‘p or defeé‘t of heat, as over-powred by cold watry Recrements, rendring the 312213 2?," nervous Compage of the Brain weak and flabby, and utterly unable to ac. qualities- complilli their due tenfion, in order to promote the progrefs of the Smart Nera/afm, and its more volatil parts, which being too thin and agile, do tranfpire and evaporate, as being not confined within their proper fphatre, by the more folid parts of the nervous Liquor. And not only the Brain is difaffefted by excefs of coldnefs and moiliure, as in old perfons and Children, rendring them very dull and ltupid in their m Fromm conceptions; but the Brain islrendrcd highly uncapable of accomplilhirig its urthi Com- aéts, as its fibrous Compage is grois and earthy, and the Texture of it is fiffifnfftfdifhc iigiiiiiiiidif; "WW" Lioniltd by firms. ill framed, as being over-clouded by grofs Fumes or Vapors, or as beingtoo denfe and compact, making it too opaque; fo that the lucid Particles of the Animal Spirits not able to diffufe themfelves through the grofs fubltanceof the Brain,do leave it unapt for the performance ofits Funétions : whereupon this Difeafe is fometimes hereditary, as propagated from Parents to their , Book HI. 0/ Stupidity and zlfi'opgflliiz tj/IT There are many evident caufes prodiié‘tive of this Dhaka", v" malis of Blood, and nervous Liquor, procecdi‘. na from . an '11 jAiras , an grof1 s L Dim, deep Thoughts and Paflions of the M ind, b whii chi ren 1 der the Ani- 1‘ i mal Spirits_unaétive, caufing oftentimcs a flupid indi fpofition, and defcé‘t of Senle and Realbn. Sometimes the generous Particles of the Blood and nervous Liquor, li'L‘Vi' * Bin do evaporate, and grow (Hate and vapide ( ans gener i .. ' . tit-Hum]. ous \Vine havm g loll its titanium; oily and volatil Particles turneth faint and palcd) whereupon young ""3"" Meir growing old, lofc the perfeétion of the vital and nervous Liquor Baltiic'j‘iiu: and the Animal Spirits acquire a dull {luggilli difpofition not fit for mo tion. ) M " The Blood an d Animal Liquor ' ' is ‘ often entrvat J a x - 1 x ' x ed by Luxury, Veiiei'y,and harm- .29. ' ioyethtl-t‘ S ' rif:‘éii'froioiiiiBiifytciitiilii[63:55:51driiilid' _ iii)? ~ , 5‘ g accide "d in Hypnconthe 0"" I" ._"'L‘ driack Bodies; and the nervous lubfiance or the Brain liilfcieth 'l 7rmt Ni weaknefs and refolution in frequent Convullive motions in A ()‘lt‘ift‘: ~ v Hylienck Fits, Fpileplies and the like; fo that [have feien Mopcs and Stupid , alter many fits of Ceplialick Difeafes. foinl: lljeconit3 5'" :1, "a iiiiliiirli: I Early Wit in Children often degenerates into dulnefs ( accordinnr to the Flrlvwir‘ vulgarpi‘overb, foon Ripe, foon Bottom) by realonthe finer part: ofthe digmuqiigir SMUIJ‘ Nerve/us, being over-aetive and thin, do often quit their lilbiect "M "It" and leave it grols, and fpiritlefs, making the Brain unfit to perform it; operations. Great firokes upon the Head, making conculiions ofthe Brain do him Gm (Inimider the due and regular motion of the Animal Spirits in the deCC'S pla- U") . I rtd between the nervous Filaments, and make Men dull and foltifli) 'ind "mm-"m foinetinies Mad. ) ‘ hymn". When Men frequently indulge themfelves in the iminoderate ufe of Wine, Ale, Brandy, and Strong-waters, their Stomach lofeth its concoD Chic Faculty, making an ill Chyle, and iiiafs of Blood, confilling och- Children7 by grofs feminal principles, which are alfeéted with the ill frame tCi‘ogeneous fermentative Elements, which deftroy the purity of the Vital of the'Brain, and its grofs nervous Liquor and Spirits, which are ingredients and nervous Liquor, rendring the Animal Spirits unable to perform the funéhons of the Mind. , The frequent and too great Dofes of Opiats do incrafliite the mafs of Opiaicstoo blow; and nervous Liquor, and are endued with a malignant Temper, Q,‘,§li',f.'[{,i§i Vf'l)' Ulfcniive to the Animal Spirits, by rendring them Fffzetc and V.i- "f‘h"'§."M°" in the genital Liquor, producing an ill Compage and Subliance in the Brain of Children. Egymmm In fome, the dull, grofs, fenny Air hath a great influence on the Blood fiftiiii‘iiism and nervous Liquor of the Inhabitants, fothat Men were llyled Fools in Ed: bilcal'e. m, as breathing in a thick Air, wonderfully dilcompofing their Wit, an rational Faculties, reudring them fenfelefs and ftupid. . {,‘Tmc‘i; Befidethefe pretcrnatural indifpofitions of the Brain, another doth difaf- {yffl‘gfllfb fefl it, which is an ill Conformation, as the Ititerl'tices of the Filaments, are rIHmiF. fo narrow and fmall, that the nervous Liquor and Spirits want a free PM"? through the fibrous Compage of the Brain; whereupon their Animal 0pm" tionszire not duely celebrated -, and thefc fpaces of the Filaments are noton- ly too clofe, but fometimes over laxe, as being cloggedwith ferous Recre}; merits, fpoiling the nervous frame of the Brain of its due tenfent‘fs7 flu" hindring the ptogrefs of the Stratus Nerwofiu , and its more noble Particles, the immediate inllruments of the fenfitive, and intellectual Powers. . '11:: 5'1:in Sometimes the clofe Interflices of the nervous Filaments, do afl'ocnte W" in: grofs unaétive Animal Spirits, which fo dull the Brain, that it cannot 6X9" of its Operations; whereupon the Smut NCr‘Z/o/lw', and its crafs Particles cannot 'i' aét the nervous Compage of the Brain,as lofing their free motion in the 0V5? WP, and unfit for motion; f0 that the Brain lofeth its Tone7 and can- N "H not We" accomplilh the acts of Senfe and Reafon , often making Men 10R" and Sors. Violent pafiions of the Mind (as a pannick Fear, and deep Sorrow, Violcntmlh3nd the like) do {trike f0 great a terror, that th'y unman the Patient, fif.‘ftd,‘{,l,"[ j§. and confound the regular motion of the Sure/tr Nerwnflw and Animal Spi- 1m" Hts, re"dl‘ing a Man {lupid and fenflefs, and not able to make provifion 0r the prel'crvation of his Life and Perfon, as being betraye d by palli- Sf‘ in time of Battle; So that as the Wife man faith, Fear betrayerli .ofe fuccors that Reafon ol'fereth. Melancholick, and Hypocondriacal Perfonsloinetimes'larquire a Morofis, Deep which happens to perfons of deep Thoughts, often addicte d to the Stii- its..." 'adsof); earning 5 whereupon, the Animal Spirits are depauperated, and the 3}!" M"‘"""' that ThSenfe and Reafon 'dllnlnlflled, or wholly abolilhcd in Fops; 30 Olightful and Studious perlons often propagate Fools, as they flraight fpaces of the nervous threads, which do caufe a want or dulnefso 13 Wit and Judgment. There CYCT" |