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Diseases of the soul a discourse divine, moral, and physical. By Tho. AdamsDiseases of the soule a discourse diuine, morall, and physicall. By Tho. Adams
Diseases of the soul a discourse divine, moral, and physical. By Tho. Adams.Diseases of the soule a discourse diuine, morall, and physicall. By Tho. Adams.
London: printed by George Purslowe for John Budge, 1616London: printed by George Purslowe for Iohn Budge, 1616
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Cause.
Windiness is engendered through flegmaticke humours in the stomach; or through meats dissolved into vapours by deficiency of kindly heat. The cause of vainglory is a vaporous windy opinion of some rare quality in himself: which though it be but an atomus, he would blow (like an Alchemist) to a great mass. But at last, it either settles in a narrow room, or vanisheth into foam.
VVIndinesse is ingendred through flegmaticke humours in the stomake; or through meates dissolued into vapours by deficiencie of kindely heate. The cause of vaineglory is a vaporous windy opinion of some rare quality in himselfe: which though it bee but an atomus, he would blow (like an Alchymist) to a great masse. But at last, it either settles in a narrow roome, or vanisheth into fome.
Signs and Symptoms.
Signes and Symptomes.
Symptoms of the corporal disease are a swelling of the stomach, empty belchings, much rumbling of wind in ⟨p. 61⟩