CENTURY I

SYLVA SYLVARUM; OR A NATURAL

HISTORY.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

Of staining or percolation, outward and in-

ward...

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Of the appetite of continuation in liquids.. 10

Of artificial springs.....

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Of the venomous quality of man's flesh.....

Of turning air into water...

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Of helping or altering the shape of the body. 11

Of condensing of air, to yield weight or nour-

ishment....

Of motion upon pressure

Of separations of bodies liquid by weight..

Of infusions in water and air...

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Of flame and air commixed

Of the secret nature of flame

Of flame, in the midst, and on the sides....

Of motion of gravity.....

Of contraction of bodies in bulk

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Of change of aliments and medicines

Of diets.

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Of making vines more fruitful..

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Of the several operations of purging medicines 13

Of meats and drinks most nourishing

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Of medicines applied in order

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Of cure by custom

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Of cure by excess ......

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Of cure by motion of consent.

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Of cure of diseases contrary to predisposition 17

Of preparation before and after purging.... 18

Of stanching blood .......

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Of production of cold...

Of turning air into water..

Of induration of bodies

Of preying of air upon water

Of the force of union.

Of making feathers and hairs of divers co-

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lours...

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Of nourishment of young creatures in the egg,

or womb...

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Of the figures of bodies yielding sounds....

Of mixtures of sounds

Of melioration of sounds.

Of imitation of sounds...

Of reflection of sounds.

Of consent and dissent between audibles and

visibles.......

Of sympathy and antipathy of sounds
Of hindering or helping of hearing ...

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Of the spiritual and fine nature of sounds..

Of orient colours in dissolutions of metals..

Of prolongation of life......

Of the appetite of union in bodies

Of the like operations of heat and time.....

Of the differing operations of fire and time..

Of motions by imitation....

Of infectious diseases.

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