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Show T be Diverfities Le&. VI of Tasts, lowed, caufeth a kind of pricking in the Thre at 5 as when One is provoked by a fharp Rheum CH Ashe bk BFECTor SEAT of Talts. d Laft way of diltinguifhing Tafts, is bytheir S #, or the Part or Parts where they r +wholly or chiefly perceived. And fo, Fixed, or Movable, aif, is that which keepeth within the compafs of fome one Part, all the time of its Duration ; as upon the Ip, or the Root of A Diffafive be, is either Diffufive or Tranfitive. e, I call that, which by degrees fpreads ad into divers Parts, and yet in the mean time, adheres to that Part in whichit is firft perceived, So the B7tterne/s in the dryed Roots f Black Hellebore, is firft felton the Tip of the Toxgue; from whence fpreads it {elf to the midle ofthe fame. And the Bitterne(s of the Leavs of Wild Cuenmer, {preads from the T7p, to the Root of the A Tranfitive Tafte, is that, which after fometime, wholly x the Part whereinit is firft perceived, is thence transfered into ther Part : as the Bitterne/s of Gentian, imediately from the Tip, to the midle of the Tongue. And moft of the Diffufee, are alfo Tranitive. 6, g. Thefeveral Parts which thefe ways become, and with fome latitude may be c , the Seats of Tajts, are, the Lips, Tongue, Pai Throat and Gulet. 7. §. Uponthe Lips, the Root of white Hellebore, as alfo of Pyrethrum, bei wed, make afenfible Impreffion ; which continues (like the flame of a Coal betwixt in and out) for 9 or 10 Mizutes. 3ut the Heat in other Parts muchlor 8. §. Upon the Tongue, Tafés are perceived in Three places, as hath been intimated, On the 7p or Cone of the Tongue; as molt commonly. Onornear the Bafis of the Toxgue; where the Ta/e of the Leavs of Wild Cucumerchiefly fixeth it elf. Or ontheVertex or midle Tongue; in which place it is obfervable, that the Taf? of Gen, Colocynthis, and divers other Bodies, is then confiderably {trong, when not at all perceived at the T7p of the Tongue or in any other Part. Palate or Roofe of the Mouth, the Root, as I take maketh its chief Iwpreffion, and there confome degree. wnla, Larinx andother adjacent Parts Tafte. Forthere are many Bodies, which ave {carce any Tasfe upon the Tongue, or any other of i yet make a {trong Impreffion on the Throat as the ify, little Celandine, and of Pimpinel 5 2 reury, 1i ah ta Na Afpa and others. Which being cl " tr. §, And that this Tuf e or Senfe, is truly diftin& from eithe the Heat, Pungency, or Acritude upon the Tongue, it is hence fi manifeft 5 In that Pyrethrum, which is very Hot, and Cortex Win which is very Pungent upon the Tovgue 5 yet their Fuyce being lowed, caufeth no Heat, Pungency or Exafperation in the Throat. 12. §. Lafily, if we will take the word (Taff) ina larger fenfe. the Ocfophagus it felf may be faid to be fometimes the Subjed thereof; as of the Heat produced by the Root of Common Wormwood. For of this Heat it is remarquable, that being firft perceived on the Tip ofthe Tongue, it thence makethits tranfit to the Root of the Tongue, and fo into the Throat, and by degrees defcends into the very Gulet 3. where it feemeth to warm the Stomach; and fo continues, in fome degree almoft } ofan hour. And the Tranfition and Defcent of this Hest ic made, although none of the Fuyce be fwallowed. Lusés are diftinguifhed with refpect to their Subject. 13. §. And inthis maner So that the general Diverfities of Tafis are thefe. With refpet to their Species, they are Simplices vel Compofiti; To their De- gree, Remiffi vel Intenfi 5 To their Duration, Breves vel Dinturni « To-the Terms of their Motion, Celeres vel Tardi; and laftly, To their Subjed, Fixi, Diffilivi & Tranfitivi. 14. §. [HAVE thus endeavourd to draw up a Scheme or Inventory of the feveral forts of Tafis. In which, fome maythink, that I have over done: and that as Galen hath been cenfuredfor being too curi- ons in the DiftinGions of Pulfes; fo havel been, in thefe of Tu/fs. Not to enquire now, howfar the Differences of the Pulfe maybe extended, orbefit to be taken notice of; I fhall only fay, That we have not fo much reafontocenfure him, if he hath givenus fome few which are coincident; as we have to thank him, for obferving fo many which are reallydifting. i 15. §. By the Scheme of Taits here reprefented, we may be able, fo to enumerate the Modes of any Taft, as to make a Scientifich Definition of it. Whichis pleafant Ivs#ruction to any inquifitive mind; thefe things being all matter of fenfe and demonftration ; wherein lyeth, though not always the moft plaufible, yet the moft fatisfying Philofophy and where men, after they are grownwearywith turning round, are oftentimes contentedto reft. 16. §. But the ufefulnefs of this Schew will further appear, in two refpetts 5fe.In conducting us to a cleerer and more particular Explication of the Canes of Tafis: and the Inveftigation of the Virtues of thofe Bodies in whichtheyrefide. Whereof in the following Chapters. |