Note (19) — BOOK III.

19. Purged in the inferior parts.) The whole sentence, which runs thus, Ubi ab inferiore parte purgandus aliquis est, ventrem ejus ante solvendum esse: ubi à superiore, comprimendum esse, is taken from aph. 66. sect. 7. And after comparing them together, I conceive our author’s meaning to be, that when the intention is to purge, the belly should first be moistened by diluent liquors taken inwardly, or perhaps a laxative clyster administered to facilitate the operation. On the contrary, when a vomit is intended, the belly should be bound.