The Art of Physick
Section A. Of the 7 Naturals
Introduction

Dean: How many things are perfectly requisite for the obtaining the perfect knowledge of Physic?

Candidate: Three; Things Natural, wherein Physiology employs itself; Things not natural, which the contemplation of Health appropriates to it self; Things Preter-Natural in the knowledge of which Pathology, in the expulsion and resistance of which, the Therapeutic parts busy themselves.

D: Which do you call things Natural?

C: Those things which constitute the Nature of Man.

D: How many sorts of things Natural may be reckoned up?

C. Seven in all. The Elements; the Temperaments, the Parts, the Humors, the Spirits, the Faculties and Functions.


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Of the 7 Naturals

Introduction to the 7 Naturals
1. Elements
2. Temperaments
3. Parts
4. Humors
5. Spirits
6. Faculties
7. Actions

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The Art Of Physick
Section A.
OF THE 7 NATURALS
(Physiology)
Introduction to the 7 Naturals
1. Elements
2. Temperaments
3. Parts
4. Humors
5. Spirits
6. Faculties
7. Actions
Section B.
OF THE 6 NOT-NATURALS
(Preservation of Health)
Introduction to the 6 Not-Naturals
1. Ambient Air
2. Food and Drink
3. Sleep and Waking
4a. Exercise &
4b. Rest
5. Excrements
6. Emotions (Passions of the Mind)
Section C.
OF THE 3 PRETER-NATURALS
(Pathology)
1. Diseases
2. Causes
3a. Symptoms &
3b. Signs