Technogamia, or The Marriages of the Arts · chunk 40 of 64
Holyday, Barten · published 1618 · first performed or written 1618 [Feb 13] (Annals) comedy · at University T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.63 · 491 words
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Why, to drink in the heat of an Ague is present death; and I remember Galen in his Book de consuetudine, relates a story of Arius a Peripateticke, who died suddenly, being forced to drink a full draft of cold water in the heat of his Fever; though according to the prescriptions of his Physicians: yet, I confess, in him there was another adjoined cause, which Galen in the same place makes mention of, to wit, his stomach being always very cold, he resolved on a perpetual abstinence from all cold nourishments, so that this adventitious cold of the water he drank, wrought not only against his disease, but also against his constitution. Oh that was it, that was it; then fill out the liquour. You Poets would make mad Physicians; or at the best but desperate Paracelsians; But Astronomia, you stir too much; and so the heat of your disease increases to an inflammation: you must rest more, you must rest more. Nay, I shall never live, if I leave moving. ay, but not so fast; you walk as fast as you do when you are in health. Indeed, methinks, she keeps always the same pace. ay, but if you mark it, 'tis not a direct Progression, but a kind of giddy turning Round, which proceeds from a lightness of the head, caused by her disease. I dislike your diet; for in the very hottest of Summer, when the Sun is in Cancer, you eat the hottest meat, feeding altogether upon Crab; which two concurrent heats of the Meat and of the Weather, are able to cast any man into the inflammation of a Fever. Indeed, I confess that; and 'tis at that season, my only diet. ay, but 'tis bad; and again 'tis very good to feed upon variety of meat. Say you so! marry, I think, you'll prove a paradoxical Paracelsian yourself; if you hold such Tenants: for you know, Sir, 'tis the most received opinion of Physicians, that variety of meats disturbs concoction. Sir, I hold that opinion rather to argue the author's superstition, than judgement: for our nature delighteth in variety, and those meats which the stomach doth with pleasure desire, it doth most embracingly attract, and concoct most faithfully, besides the substance of our bodies consisting of a various nature, as moisture, air, and the like, one of these parts may be more spent then another, by labour, or other means; so that a man had need, for the undoubted supply of all these parts, receive a great variety of nourishments, that there may be a reparation for whatsoever the body does evacuate. I understand Sir. Besides, Astronomia, going abroad you never take care in what Air you walk. Indeed, I confess, I am too neglective of that. Oh, that's a chief matter to be provided for; for the very same air sometimes is hurtful for one part of the body, and good for another.
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Why, to drink in the heat of an Ague is preſent death; and I remember Galen in his Booke de conſuetudine, relates a Storie of Arius a Peripateticke, who dyed ſuddenly, being forc'd to drinke a full draught of colde water in the hea of his Feuer; though according to the preſcriptions of his Phyſicians: yet, I confeſſe, in him there was another adioyn'd cauſe, which Galen in the ſame place makes mention of, to wit, his ſtomake being alwayes very colde, hee reſolu'd on a perpetuall abſtinence from all colde nouriſhments, ſo that this aduentitious colde of the water hee dranke, wrought not onely againſt his diſeaſe, but alſo againſt his conſtitution. Oh that was it, that was it; then fill out the liquor. You Poets would make mad Phyſicians; or at the beſt but deſperate Paracelſians; But Aſtronomia, you ſtirre too much; and ſo the heate of your diſeaſe increaſes to an inflammation: you muſt reſt more, you muſt reſt more. Nay, I ſhall neuer liue, if I leaue mouing. I, but not ſo faſt; you walke as faſt as you do when you are in health. Indeed, mee thinkes, ſhee keepes alwayes the ſame pace. I, but if you marke it, 'tis not a direct Progreſſion, but a kind of giddie turning Round, which proceeds from a lightneſſe of the head, caus'd by her diſeaſe. I diſlike your dyet; for in the verie hotteſt of Summer, when the Sunne is in Cancer, you eate the hotteſt meate, feeding altogether vpon Crab; which two concurrent heates of the Meat and of the Weather, are able to caſt any man into the inflammation of a Feuer. Indeed, I confeſſe that; and 'tis at that ſeaſon, my only dyet. I, but 'tis bad; and againe 'tis very good to feed vpon varietie of meate. Say you ſo! marry, I thinke, you'l prooue a paradoxicall Paracelſian your ſelfe; if you hold ſuch Tenents: for you know, Sir, 'tis the moſt receiued opinion of Phyſicians, that varietie of meates diſturbes concoction. Sir, I hold that opinion rather to argue the Authors ſuperſtition, then iudgement: for our nature delighteth in varietie, and thoſe meats which the ſtomake doth with pleaſure deſire, it doth moſt embracingly attract, and concoct moſt faithfully, beſides the ſubſtance of our bodies conſiſting of a various nature, as moyſture, ayre, and the like, one of theſe parts may be more ſpent then another, by labour, or other meanes; ſo that a man had need, for the vndoubted ſupply of all theſe parts, receiue a great varietie of nouriſhments, that there may be a reparation for whatſoeuer the bodie does euacuate. I vnderſtand Sir. Beſides, Aſtronomia, going abroad you neuer take care in what Ayre you walke. Indeed, I confeſſe, I am too neglectiue of that. Oh, that's a chiefe matter to bee prouided for; for the verie ſame ayre ſometimes is hurtfull for one part of the bodie, and good for another.